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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

505,553,000

% of World Population

6.5 %

People Groups

678

Unreached Groups

530 (78.2 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Huay Thailand 600 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Thai, Khorat Thailand 11,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Lao Ga Thailand 2,100 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Lao Krang Thailand 58,000 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Lao Ti Thailand 200 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Tai Bueng Thailand 6,500 Thai Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tai Gapong Thailand 2,200 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Lao Ngaew Thailand 35,000 Thai Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Thai, Tak Bai Thailand 22,000 Thai, Southern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Lao Wieng Thailand 57,000 Language unknown Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.60 % Unspecified 1
Lao Lom Thailand 29,000 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Khmer, Northern Thailand 1,461,000 Khmer, Northern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.33 % Complete Bible 29
Mok Thailand 700 Mok Buddhism ● 1.40 % 1.40 % Translation Started 1
Chinese, general Turkmenistan 3,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 3.30 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 1
Buriat, Russian Turkmenistan 500 Buriat, Russia Buddhism ● 6.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
Thai Ukraine 3,800 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Ukraine 3,400 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Thai United Arab Emirates 3,300 Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese United Arab Emirates 4,100 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese United Kingdom 14,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Thai United Kingdom 54,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese United Kingdom 30,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Khmer United Kingdom 11,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.70 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese United Kingdom 27,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Burmese United States 195,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 4
Totals: 678 Peoples   505,553,000     530 ●       5,926
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