Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,601,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

685

Unreached Groups

516 (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 *
 Lao Argentina 2,000 Lao Buddhism 10.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible -
 Lao Australia 12,000 Lao Buddhism 3.50 % 1.90 % Complete Bible 1
 Lao Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Lao Buddhism 3.00 % 0.90 % Complete Bible 1
 Lao Canada 14,000 Lao Buddhism 5.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
 Lao Cambodia 25,000 Lao Buddhism 1.40 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
 Lao France 20,000 Lao Buddhism 3.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
 Lao Laos 3,718,000 Lao Buddhism 3.50 % 2.00 % Complete Bible -
 Lao New Zealand 1,600 Lao Buddhism 4.00 % 1.90 % Complete Bible 1
 Lao Thailand 62,000 Lao Buddhism 3.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Lao United States 220,000 Lao Buddhism 4.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 4
 Lao Vietnam 18,000 Lao Buddhism 3.40 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 1
Lao Song Thailand 37,000 Thai Song Buddhism 1.00 % 0.90 % Bible Portions 1
 Rongkup-Lepcha Bhutan 3,000 Lepcha Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Rongkup-Lepcha India 89,000 Lepcha Buddhism 24.76 % New Testament -
 Rongkup-Lepcha Nepal 4,500 Lepcha Buddhism 3.56 % New Testament 1
 Loba Bhutan 2,300 Lhowa Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Loba Nepal 2,900 Lhowa Buddhism 0.19 % Unspecified 1
 Aheu Luang Thailand 1,600 Aheu Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
 Rakhine Bangladesh 20,000 Rakhine Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Rakhine Myanmar (Burma) 1,595,000 Rakhine Buddhism 0.10 % 0.05 % New Testament 32
 Newah Bhutan 3,700 Nepali Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Manmet China 1,700 Man Met Buddhism 0.34 % 0.34 % Unspecified 1
 Miyako, Ryukyuan Japan 64,000 Miyako Buddhism 3.00 % 0.51 % Unspecified 1
Mon India 1,300 Ladakhi Buddhism 0.43 % New Testament 1
Mon Pakistan 1,400 Balti Buddhism 1.69 % 1.69 % Bible Portions 1
Totals: 685 Peoples   504,601,000     516       5,799