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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,505,000

% of World Population

6.5 %

People Groups

689

Unreached Groups

540 (78.4 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Rigzong Pakistan 1,700 Balti Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Beda Pakistan 400 Balti Buddhism ● 2.70 % Bible Portions 1
Japanese Panama 2,100 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Paraguay 6,500 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Peru 155,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 3
Japanese Philippines 4,500 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Poland 45,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 10.00 % 1.30 % Complete Bible -
Japanese Portugal 700 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Qatar 56,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Russia 900 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese, Kinh Russia 14,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol Russia 187,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.16 % 0.16 % New Testament 4
Mongol, Khalka Russia 3,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
Soyot Russia 3,700 Tuvan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tuvans-Todzhans Russia 1,900 Tuvan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese Singapore 20,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Singapore 46,000 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Han Chinese, Min Nan Singapore 1,184,000 Chinese, Min Nan Buddhism ● 10.00 % 9.43 % Complete Bible -
Han Chinese, Mandarin Singapore 1,375,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 12.00 % 10.61 % Complete Bible -
Han Chinese, Teochew Singapore 595,000 Chinese, Min Nan Buddhism ● 10.00 % 7.07 % Complete Bible -
Han Chinese, Cantonese Singapore 433,000 Chinese, Yue Buddhism ● 12.00 % 7.00 % Complete Bible -
Japanese Singapore 39,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.60 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Singapore 17,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Deaf Singapore 12,000 Singapore Sign Language Buddhism ● 16.04 % Translation Needed -
Thai Spain 1,400 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 689 Peoples   503,505,000     540 ●       5,917
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