Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,784,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

691

Unreached Groups

536 (77.6 %)

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 *
 Han Chinese, Teochew Singapore 612,000 Chinese, Min Nan Buddhism 10.00 % 7.07 % Complete Bible -
 Han Chinese, Cantonese Myanmar (Burma) 74,000 Chinese, Yue Buddhism 2.00 % 1.30 % Complete Bible 1
 Han Chinese, Cantonese Singapore 446,000 Chinese, Yue Buddhism 12.00 % 7.00 % Complete Bible -
 Han Chinese, Cantonese Thailand 41,000 Chinese, Yue Buddhism 5.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Sherpa Helambu Nepal 2,900 Hyolmo Buddhism 1.38 % New Testament 1
 Tai Khun Myanmar (Burma) 131,000 Khun Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 3
 Tai Khun Laos 800 Khun Buddhism 4.00 % 2.00 % Bible Portions 1
 Tai Khun Thailand 7,200 Khun Buddhism 1.50 % 0.14 % Bible Portions 1
 Hu China 1,100 Hu Buddhism 0.27 % 0.27 % Translation Needed 1
 Intha Myanmar (Burma) 103,000 Intha Buddhism 0.10 % 0.07 % Translation Started 2
 Japanese Italy 6,200 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Japan 117,840,000 Japanese Buddhism 1.20 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 2,357
 Japanese Korea, South 52,000 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Mexico 5,500 Japanese Buddhism 2.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Malaysia 16,000 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Netherlands 5,500 Japanese Buddhism 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese New Zealand 25,000 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Paraguay 7,000 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese United Arab Emirates 3,900 Japanese Buddhism 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese American Samoa 800 Japanese Buddhism 5.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Australia 59,000 Japanese Buddhism 5.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Austria 2,000 Japanese Buddhism 2.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Belgium 4,700 Japanese Buddhism 2.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese Canada 90,000 Japanese Buddhism 3.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 2
 Japanese Sri Lanka 2,400 Japanese Buddhism 2.87 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 691 Peoples   501,784,000     536       5,906