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Population of Adherents

502,016,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

666

Unreached Groups

511 (76.7 %)

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
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 5,500 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Marshall Islands 300 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Maldives 2,600 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese Malaysia 31,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.17 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Malaysia 31,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Malaysia 16,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Malaysia 108,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Sinhalese Malaysia 4,700 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Thai, Southern Malaysia 4,400 Thai, Southern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Thai, Tak Bai Malaysia 4,400 Thai, Southern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Tibetan Liechtenstein 500 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Libya 16,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Burmese Laos 5,300 Burmese Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Laos 150,000 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 7,700 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 1
Thai, Northern Laos 39,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Vietnamese Laos 128,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Kiorr Laos 5,000 Kiorr Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % Translation Needed 1
Lao Laos 3,565,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 71
Oy Laos 25,000 Oy Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Unspecified 1
Lao Phuan Laos 155,000 Phuan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Translation Started 3
Totals: 666 Peoples   502,016,000     511 ●       5,879
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