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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

505,407,000

% of World Population

6.4 %

People Groups

677

Unreached Groups

530 (78.3 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Japanese United States 844,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 17
Khmer, Cambodian United States 256,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 5
Vietnamese United States 1,673,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Lao United States 211,000 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 11,000 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 5,000 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 27,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Complete Bible 1
Mongolian, Peripheral United States 3,600 Mongolian, Peripheral Buddhism ● 3.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tai Lue United States 4,500 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Mongol, Khalka United States 16,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
Khuen United States 2,800 Khuen Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % Translation Needed 1
Kalmyk-Oirat Uzbekistan 900 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Buriat, Russian Uzbekistan 1,100 Buriat, Russia Buddhism ● 7.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Vanuatu 1,500 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Japanese Vietnam 9,600 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Khmer Vietnam 1,331,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.87 % Complete Bible 27
Vietnamese Vietnam 81,378,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.40 % 1.40 % Complete Bible -
Lao Vietnam 18,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.40 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 1
Phu Thai Vietnam 252,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 4.50 % 2.50 % Translation Started -
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan Vietnam 109,000 Tai Nua Buddhism ● 0.19 % 0.17 % Bible Portions 2
Kucong Vietnam 8,000 Kucong Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.24 % Translation Needed 1
Tai Lue Vietnam 6,900 Lu Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Totals: 677 Peoples   505,407,000     530 ●       5,926
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