Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,382,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

672

Unreached Groups

507 (75.4 %)

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
%
Evangelical
Scripture
Status
Est. Workers
Needed *
Porowakara Sri Lanka 61,000 Sinhala Buddhism 5.08 % Complete Bible -
Radava Sri Lanka 372,000 Sinhala Buddhism 7.36 % Complete Bible -
Radayo Sri Lanka 1,800 Sinhala Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Rajaka Sri Lanka 153,000 Sinhala Buddhism 7.03 % Complete Bible -
Salagama Sri Lanka 318,000 Sinhala Buddhism 12.16 % Complete Bible -
Sinhalese Sri Lanka 189,000 Sinhala Buddhism 6.81 % Complete Bible -
Tondagattan Sri Lanka 1,500 Sinhala Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Vellidura Sri Lanka 1,300 Sinhala Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Wahumpura Sri Lanka 8,384,000 Sinhala Buddhism 7.01 % Complete Bible -
Yamannu Sri Lanka 79,000 Sinhala Buddhism 3.68 % Complete Bible 2
 Thai Sweden 33,000 Thai Buddhism 0.50 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Sweden 2,700 Japanese Buddhism 3.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Vietnamese Sweden 9,600 Vietnamese Buddhism 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
 Thai Switzerland 8,900 Thai Buddhism 2.00 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Switzerland 5,300 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Tibetan, Central Switzerland 8,100 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 1
 South Asian, general Switzerland 77,000 Sinhala Buddhism 5.00 % 1.50 % Complete Bible 2
 Thai Taiwan 65,000 Thai Buddhism 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Taiwan 14,000 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Vietnamese Taiwan 226,000 Vietnamese Buddhism 10.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
 Mongol, Khalka Taiwan 1,100 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism 2.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Pa-O Thailand 900 Pa'o Buddhism 25.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible -
 Burmese Thailand 213,000 Burmese Buddhism 0.50 % 0.42 % Complete Bible 4
 Thai Thailand 23,275,000 Thai Buddhism 1.60 % 0.90 % Complete Bible 466
 Han Chinese, Min Bei Thailand 15,000 Chinese, Min Bei Buddhism 5.00 % 2.00 % New Testament 1
Totals: 672 Peoples   503,382,000     507       5,787


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