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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,250,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

669

Unreached Groups

505 (75.5 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Malimasa China 600 Naxi Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Ewenki, Khamnigan Mongolia 600 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Chinese, general Christmas Island 600 Language unknown Buddhism ● 14.00 % 2.00 % Unspecified -
Dawei, Tavoyan Thailand 600 Tavoyan Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Huay Thailand 600 Language unknown Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Tai Gapong Laos 600 Phu Thai Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Buriat, Russian Turkmenistan 600 Buriat, Russia Buddhism ● 6.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
Khmer Belgium 500 Khmer Buddhism ● 7.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible -
Kalmyk-Oirat Kazakhstan 500 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Tibetan Liechtenstein 500 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Ugong Thailand 500 Ugong Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Barua Myanmar (Burma) 500 Rakhine Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Japanese Marshall Islands 300 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Tai Doi Laos 300 Tai Loi Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Sherdukpen Bhutan 300 Sherdukpen Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Chinese, general Anguilla 300 English Buddhism ● 30.00 % 5.00 % Complete Bible -
Samtao China 200 Samtao Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Adi Ramo China 200 Adi Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Lao Ti Thailand 200 Language unknown Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Totals: 669 Peoples   503,250,000     505 ●       5,783
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