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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,369,000

% 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 *
Thai Ukraine 3,800 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Ukraine 3,500 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 4,000 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 26,000 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 14,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Burmese United States 194,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 4
Thai United States 127,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 3
Japanese United States 839,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 17
Khmer, Cambodian United States 255,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 5
Vietnamese United States 1,664,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Lao United States 210,000 Lao Buddhism ● 4.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 4
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol United States 1,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Sinhalese United States 7,500 Sinhala Buddhism ● 4.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
Phu Thai United States 56,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.10 % Translation Started 1
Sherpa United States 500 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Thai, Isan United States 85,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % New Testament 2
Tibetan, Central United States 10,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Complete Bible 1
Lahu Shi United States 2,200 Lahu Shi Buddhism ● 20.00 % 0.50 % New Testament -
Tai Lue United States 4,500 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Mongolian, Peripheral United States 3,600 Mongolian, Peripheral Buddhism ● 3.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 1
Mongol, Khalka United States 15,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 689 Peoples   503,369,000     540 ●       5,916
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