There are eight major ethnic racial/national groups, such as Bamar, Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan, etc. There are also significant populations of Chinese and Indians. The Bamars are the majority ethnic national group making up about 60% of the Population. All the other seven minority groups are distributed into less than 35% as there are about 5% Chinese and Indians. Most of the ethnic groups are hill tribes and rural peoples. It is estimated that there are about 87% Buddhists (Theravada), 6%Christians,4% Muslims,1% Hindus and 2% others. The Christian population has membership from all ethnic national groups, however, over 90% Christians are made up by Kayins, Kachins, Chins, and Kayahs. There are very few Christians among Bamars, Rakhine, Shan and Mon who have strong Buddhist backgrounds.