Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,711,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

693

Unreached Groups

522 (75.3 %)

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 *
 Vietnamese Hungary 5,700 Vietnamese Buddhism 9.00 % 1.40 % Complete Bible -
 Asho Khyang Bangladesh 5,600 Chin, Asho Buddhism 38.29 % Complete Bible -
 Burmese Cambodia 5,600 Burmese Buddhism ☀︎ 0.09 % 0.07 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Mexico 5,600 Japanese Buddhism 2.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Kalmyk-Oirat Kyrgyzstan 5,600 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Khmer, Northern Cambodia 5,600 Khmer, Northern Buddhism 8.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible -
 Hdzanggur China 5,500 Tibetan, Amdo Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Burmese Laos 5,400 Burmese Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Thai Italy 5,300 Thai Buddhism 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Switzerland 5,300 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Kiorr Laos 5,200 Kiorr Buddhism 1.00 % 0.60 % Translation Needed 1
 Sherpa United States 5,200 Sherpa Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Jiarong, Shangzhai China 5,200 sTodsde Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
 Momba India 5,200 Sartang Buddhism 0.69 % Unspecified 1
 Sinhalese India 5,100 Sinhala Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Tai Doi Myanmar (Burma) 5,100 Tai Loi Buddhism 5.00 % 1.00 % Translation Needed 1
 Tibetan Belgium 5,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Sinhalese Malaysia 4,900 Sinhala Buddhism 2.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
 Toku-No-Shima Japan 4,900 Toku-No-Shima Buddhism 2.00 % 0.55 % Unspecified 1
 Japanese Belgium 4,800 Japanese Buddhism 2.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
 Kunigami Japan 4,800 Kunigami Buddhism 2.00 % 1.00 % Unspecified 1
 Tibetan Bhutan 4,700 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Tai Lue United States 4,700 Lu Buddhism 0.50 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Dakpa Bhutan 4,600 Dakpakha Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Japanese United Arab Emirates 4,600 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 693 Peoples   504,711,000     522       5,811