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Population of Adherents

504,878,000

% of World Population

6.4 %

People Groups

683

Unreached Groups

531 (77.7 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Mongol, Khalka Mongolia 2,367,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.86 % Complete Bible 47
Deaf Mongolia 17,000 Mongolian Sign Language Buddhism ● 1.72 % Unspecified 1
Uriankhai, Altai Mongolia 30,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Uuld Mongolia 15,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Khoton Mongolia 12,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.08 % New Testament 1
Torgud Mongolia 16,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.70 % New Testament 1
Uzemchin Mongolia 2,400 Mongolian, Peripheral Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Micronesia, Federated States 800 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Mexico 5,600 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Marshall Islands 400 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Maldives 2,700 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese Malaysia 30,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.17 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Malaysia 30,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Malaysia 15,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Malaysia 104,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Sinhalese Malaysia 4,500 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Thai, Southern Malaysia 4,200 Thai, Southern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Thai, Tak Bai Malaysia 4,200 Thai, Southern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Sinhalese Libya 17,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Burmese Laos 5,200 Burmese Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Laos 147,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 3
Tai Khun Laos 800 Khun Buddhism ● 4.00 % 2.00 % Bible Portions 1
Tai Khang Laos 27,000 Kang Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Khmer Laos 7,500 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 1
Thai, Northern Laos 38,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Totals: 683 Peoples   504,878,000     531 ●       5,970
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