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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,589,000

% of World Population

6.5 %

People Groups

688

Unreached Groups

539 (78.3 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Lao Lom Thailand 29,000 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Khmer, Northern Thailand 1,458,000 Khmer, Northern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.33 % Complete Bible 29
Mok Thailand 700 Mok Buddhism ● 1.40 % 1.40 % Translation Started 1
Thai Taiwan 64,000 Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Taiwan 14,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Taiwan 225,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 10.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Tibetan, Central Taiwan 2,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 1
Mongol, Khalka Taiwan 1,100 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Switzerland 8,700 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Switzerland 5,200 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan, Central Switzerland 8,100 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 1
South Asian, general Switzerland 76,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.50 % Complete Bible 2
Thai Sweden 31,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Sweden 9,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Tibetan Sweden 1,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese Sri Lanka 600 Burmese Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Sri Lanka 2,300 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.87 % Complete Bible 1
Rodiya Sri Lanka 18,000 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Deaf Sri Lanka 107,000 Sri Lankan Sign Language Buddhism ● 8.38 % Unspecified -
Ahinkuntaya Sri Lanka 60,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.52 % Complete Bible -
Badahala Sri Lanka 113,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.52 % Complete Bible -
Batgama Sri Lanka 375,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.48 % Complete Bible 7
Berava Sri Lanka 366,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.56 % Complete Bible -
Bintanna Sri Lanka 6,700 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.05 % Complete Bible -
Bodhivansha Sri Lanka 15,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.02 % Complete Bible -
Totals: 688 Peoples   501,589,000     539 ●       5,880
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