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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

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 *
Sino-Burmese China, Macau 20,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese United States 196,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 4
Thai Australia 70,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Denmark 12,000 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Laos 147,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 3
Thai Sweden 31,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Taiwan 65,000 Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Thai United Kingdom 54,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Chong Cambodia 1,600 Chong Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Unspecified 1
Japanese Belgium 4,700 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Finland 1,100 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese China, Hong Kong 10,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Japan 120,028,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 2,401
Japanese Netherlands 5,400 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Thailand 71,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Tai Khang China 43,000 Kang Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Translation Needed 1
Lao Cambodia 24,000 Lao Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Huayao Tai China 92,000 Lu Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.29 % New Testament 2
Hu China 1,100 Hu Buddhism ● 0.27 % 0.27 % Translation Needed 1
Thai Thailand 22,690,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.27 % Complete Bible 454
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,591,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % New Testament 152
Thai, Isan Thailand 18,532,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.27 % New Testament 371
Thai, Southern Thailand 5,220,000 Thai, Southern Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.25 % Bible Portions 104
Burmese New Zealand 2,300 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Burakumin Japan 881,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 18
Totals: 683 Peoples   504,878,000     531 ●       5,970
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