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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,784,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

691

Unreached Groups

536 (77.6 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
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 ● 8.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Bulgaria 1,600 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
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 -
Chinese, general Brazil 319,000 Portuguese Buddhism ● 30.00 % 4.00 % Complete Bible -
Chinese, general Botswana 1,500 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 25.00 % 10.00 % Complete Bible -
Okinawan, Ryukyuan Bolivia 2,600 Okinawan, Central Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 1
Dakpa Bhutan 4,500 Dakpakha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Sharchop Bhutan 66,000 Tshangla Buddhism ● 0.15 % 0.15 % New Testament 1
Gongduk Bhutan 2,500 Gongduk Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Bumthangpa Bhutan 23,000 Bumthangkha Buddhism ● 0.59 % Bible Portions 1
Kheng Bhutan 35,000 Khengkha Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.20 % New Testament 1
Kurtokha Bhutan 2,100 Kurtokha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Rongkup Bhutan 3,000 Lepcha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Loba Bhutan 2,200 Lhowa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Newah Bhutan 3,600 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Sherpa Bhutan 9,900 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Gurung Ghaleg Bhutan 9,700 Nepali Buddhism ● 3.87 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan Bhutan 4,600 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Aka Bhutan 400 Hruso Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Bhotia Sikkim Bhutan 6,200 Sikkimese Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Broq-Pa Bhutan 5,700 Brokpake Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Totals: 691 Peoples   501,784,000     536 ●       5,906
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