Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,316,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

686

Unreached Groups

534 (77.8 %)

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 *
 Deaf Japan 248,000 Japanese Sign Language Buddhism 1.54 % Bible Portions 5
 Thai Italy 5,300 Thai Buddhism 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Italy 6,200 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Vietnamese Italy 1,000 Vietnamese Buddhism 7.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible -
 Sinhalese Italy 59,000 Sinhala Buddhism 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Han Chinese, Hakka Indonesia 770,000 Chinese, Hakka Buddhism 29.00 % 6.00 % Complete Bible -
 Japanese Indonesia 14,000 Japanese Buddhism 2.30 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Burmese India 17,000 Burmese Buddhism 4.57 % Complete Bible 1
 Chak India 400 Bengali Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Chakma India 260,000 Chakma Buddhism 4.88 % Complete Bible 5
 Dakpa India 100 Brokpake Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Groma India 700 Groma Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
 Han Chinese, Mandarin India 11,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism 6.64 % Complete Bible -
 Kachin India 44,000 Jingpho Buddhism 0.47 % Complete Bible 1
 Khampti India 21,000 Adi Buddhism 0.89 % Complete Bible 1
 Lama India 800 Tibetan, Central Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Rongkup India 79,000 Lepcha Buddhism 25.66 % New Testament -
Mon India 1,400 Ladakhi Buddhism 0.43 % Complete Bible 1
 Sinhalese India 5,200 Sinhala Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Sherpa India 44,000 Nepali Buddhism 15.81 % Complete Bible -
 Tangchanghya India 2,400 Tangchangya Buddhism 16.67 % Translation Started -
 Tibetan India 118,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism 0.28 % Complete Bible 2
 Aiton India 4,300 Aiton Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
 Barua India 1,500 Bengali Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Bodh (Buddhist traditions) India 138,000 Ladakhi Buddhism 0.35 % Complete Bible 3
Totals: 686 Peoples   501,316,000     534       5,943