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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,239,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

686

Unreached Groups

534 (77.8 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language ▼ Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Tokpegola Nepal 1,700 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Sherdukpen Bhutan 200 Sherdukpen Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Sherdukpen India 4,200 Sherdukpen Buddhism ● 0.74 % Translation Started 1
Tai Man, Shan Myanmar (Burma) 4,504,000 Shan Buddhism ● 0.90 % 0.82 % Complete Bible 90
Tai Man, Shan China 700 Shan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tai Man, Shan Thailand 102,000 Shan Buddhism ● 0.36 % 0.36 % Complete Bible 2
Shan India 2,000 Shan Buddhism ● 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
Manyuki Myanmar (Burma) 20,000 Shan Buddhism ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % Complete Bible 1
Monpa But India 300 Sartang Buddhism ● 1.14 % Translation Started 1
Momba India 5,300 Sartang Buddhism ● 0.69 % Translation Started 1
Monba, Medog China 8,300 Sartang Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Sartang India 4,000 Sartang Buddhism ● 1.50 % Translation Started 1
Samtao Myanmar (Burma) 11,000 Samtao Buddhism ● 7.00 % 5.40 % Translation Needed -
Samtao China 200 Samtao Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Samtao Laos 3,600 Samtao Buddhism ● 0.17 % 0.17 % Translation Needed 1
Sampang Nepal 1,700 Sampang Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Saek Thailand 21,000 Saek Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Chaungtha Myanmar (Burma) 183,000 Rakhine Buddhism ● 0.10 % 0.07 % Bible Portions 4
Rakhine Bangladesh 19,000 Rakhine Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Rakhine Myanmar (Burma) 2,687,000 Rakhine Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % Bible Portions 54
Barua, Maramagyi Myanmar (Burma) 500 Rakhine Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Marma India 55,000 Rakhine Buddhism ● 0.39 % Bible Portions 1
Queyu China 11,000 Queyu Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Qiang, Cimulin China 17,000 Qiang, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Unspecified 1
Qiang, Luhua China 24,000 Qiang, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Unspecified 1
Totals: 686 Peoples   501,239,000     534 ●       5,942
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