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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,860,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

686

Unreached Groups

534 (77.8 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Tseku Bhutan 6,600 Tseku Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Layakha Bhutan 3,500 Layakha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Lunape Bhutan 1,200 Lunanakha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Monpa Black Mountain Bhutan 500 Olekha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Ngalong Bhutan 89,000 Dzongkha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 2
Okinawan, Ryukyuan Bolivia 2,600 Okinawan, Central Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 1
Chinese, general Botswana 1,500 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 25.00 % 10.00 % Complete Bible -
Chinese, general Brazil 319,000 Portuguese Buddhism ● 30.00 % 4.00 % Complete Bible -
Han Chinese, Mandarin Brunei 13,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 15.00 % 12.00 % Complete Bible -
Han Chinese, Hakka Brunei 2,800 Chinese, Hakka Buddhism ● 15.00 % 10.00 % Complete Bible -
Sinhalese Brunei 1,300 Sinhala Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Bulgaria 1,600 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese Cambodia 5,300 Burmese Buddhism ☀ 0.09 % 0.07 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Cambodia 3,400 Thai Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.15 % Complete Bible 1
Chong Cambodia 1,600 Chong Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Unspecified 1
Khmer Cambodia 14,235,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.20 % 1.90 % Complete Bible 285
Vietnamese Cambodia 827,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.17 % Complete Bible 17
Lao Cambodia 24,000 Lao Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Lao Phuan Cambodia 2,400 Phuan Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Translation Needed 1
Khmer Krom Cambodia 284,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.60 % Complete Bible 6
Deaf Cambodia 127,000 Cambodian Sign Language Buddhism ● 3.13 % Bible Portions 3
Kui Cambodia 35,000 Kuay Buddhism ● 3.50 % 0.53 % Complete Bible 1
Khmer, Northern Cambodia 5,300 Khmer, Northern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese Canada 4,300 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.11 % 0.05 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Canada 20,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.70 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 686 Peoples   501,860,000     534 ●       5,943
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