Bhutan people group photos

Country: Bhutan South Asia Peoples website

Number of People Groups

People Groups Unreached

57 (98.3%)

Progress Level

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Total
Population

788,000

Population in Unreached

786,000 (99.7%)

Largest Religion

Buddhism (88.0%)

% Christian Adherent *

0.25%

% Evangelical

Unknown

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

3.1%

(Global Rate = 2.6%)

* Data can be from various sources including official census, agencies, and local research. Data from these sources can sometimes differ even by orders of magnitude. Joshua Project attempts to present a conservative, balanced estimate.

Map Notes

— Only people groups with photos are displayed —

Adi ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr License CC BY 2.0	Assamese (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Bania ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Bhotia Sikkim ● Photo Source: Kandell, Alice S. - Library of Congress License CC0 1.0	Bodo (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr License CC BY 2.0	Brahmin ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Broq-Pa ● Photo Source: Sunny Tank - Unsplash License CC0 1.0	Bumthangpa ● Photo Source: Bethany World Prayer Center	Chali ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Chhetri ● Photo Source: Steve Evans - Flickr License CC BY-NC 2.0	Dakpa ● Photo Source: COMIBAM / Sepal	Darjee ● Photo Source: Bijaya2043 - Wikimedia License CC BY-SA 4.0
Deaf ● Photo Source: Faysal Khan - Pixabay	Drukpa ● Photo Source: Steve Evans - Flickr License CC BY-NC 2.0	Dzala ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger	Gongduk ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Gurung Ghaleg ● Photo Source: Timothy Two Project International	Kachari Sonwal ● Photo Source: Manuj98 - Wikimedia License CC BY-SA 4.0
Kaibartta ● Photo Source: Matt Hahnewald - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission	Kayastha (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Khambu ● Photo Source: Rachhenhang Rai - Wikimedia License CC BY-SA 4.0	Khampa Tibetan ● Photo Source: Dawa Drolma - Wikimedia License CC BY-SA 4.0	Khas ● Photo Source: Mahalaxmi Silwal - Wikimedia License CC BY-SA 3.0	Kheng ● Photo Source: Inside_bhutan - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission
Kurtokha ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger	Lap, Lakha ● Photo Source: Joe Kirkendall	Layakha ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Lhokpu ● Photo Source: Denkars Getaway - Wikimedia License CC BY-SA 4.0	Loba ● Photo Source: RiverMountainPhoto - Wikimedia License CC BY-SA 4.0	Lunape ● Photo Source: Gaurav Bagdi - Unsplash
Magar ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Matpa ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Monpa ● Photo Source: Matt Hahnewald - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission	Monpa Kalaktang ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Munda ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr License CC BY 2.0	Namassej (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission
Newah ● Photo Source: Don Brown	Ngalong ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger	Nupbi ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Nyenpa ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Oraon, Kurux ● Photo Source: Gerald Roberts	Rabha ● Photo Source: Lizameata Rabha
Rai ● Photo Source: Rai504089 - Wikimedia License CC BY-SA 4.0	Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: International Mission Board-SBC © Copyrighted Used with permission	Rajput (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Rongkup ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Santal (Sawntal) ● Photo Source: Find Your Feet - Flickr License CC BY 2.0	Sarki ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission
Shaikh ● Photo Source: Mikhail Nilov - Pexels	Sharchop ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Sherdukpen ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Sherpa ● Photo Source: COMIBAM / Sepal	Tamang ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Tibetan ● Photo Source: szyj351 - Pixabay
Tseku ● Photo Source: Joe Kirkendall	Walang ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Yadav (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Yakthumba, Limbu ● Photo Source: Denis Belitsky - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission

Adi ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr Creative Commons	Assamese (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Bania ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Bhotia Sikkim ● Photo Source: Kandell, Alice S. - Library of Congress Creative Commons
Bodo (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr Creative Commons	Brahmin ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Broq-Pa ● Photo Source: Sunny Tank - Unsplash Creative Commons	Bumthangpa ● Photo Source: Bethany World Prayer Center
Chali ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Chhetri ● Photo Source: Steve Evans - Flickr Creative Commons	Dakpa ● Photo Source: COMIBAM / Sepal	Darjee ● Photo Source: Bijaya2043 - Wikimedia Creative Commons
Deaf ● Photo Source: Faysal Khan - Pixabay	Drukpa ● Photo Source: Steve Evans - Flickr Creative Commons	Dzala ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger	Gongduk ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission
Gurung Ghaleg ● Photo Source: Timothy Two Project International	Kachari Sonwal ● Photo Source: Manuj98 - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Kaibartta ● Photo Source: Matt Hahnewald - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission	Kayastha (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Khambu ● Photo Source: Rachhenhang Rai - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Khampa Tibetan ● Photo Source: Dawa Drolma - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Khas ● Photo Source: Mahalaxmi Silwal - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Kheng ● Photo Source: Inside_bhutan - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission
Kurtokha ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger	Lap, Lakha ● Photo Source: Joe Kirkendall	Layakha ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Lhokpu ● Photo Source: Denkars Getaway - Wikimedia Creative Commons
Loba ● Photo Source: RiverMountainPhoto - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Lunape ● Photo Source: Gaurav Bagdi - Unsplash	Magar ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Matpa ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission
Monpa ● Photo Source: Matt Hahnewald - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission	Monpa Kalaktang ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Munda ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr Creative Commons	Namassej (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission
Newah ● Photo Source: Don Brown	Ngalong ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger	Nupbi ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Nyenpa ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission
Oraon, Kurux ● Photo Source: Gerald Roberts	Rabha ● Photo Source: Lizameata Rabha	Rai ● Photo Source: Rai504089 - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: International Mission Board-SBC © Copyrighted Used with permission
Rajput (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Rongkup ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Santal (Sawntal) ● Photo Source: Find Your Feet - Flickr Creative Commons	Sarki ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission
Shaikh ● Photo Source: Mikhail Nilov - Pexels	Sharchop ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Sherdukpen ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Sherpa ● Photo Source: COMIBAM / Sepal
Tamang ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Tibetan ● Photo Source: szyj351 - Pixabay	Tseku ● Photo Source: Joe Kirkendall	Walang ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Yadav (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Yakthumba, Limbu ● Photo Source: Denis Belitsky - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission

Adi ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr Creative Commons	Assamese (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Bania ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Bhotia Sikkim ● Photo Source: Kandell, Alice S. - Library of Congress Creative Commons	Bodo (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr Creative Commons	Brahmin ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Broq-Pa ● Photo Source: Sunny Tank - Unsplash Creative Commons	Bumthangpa ● Photo Source: Bethany World Prayer Center	Chali ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission
Chhetri ● Photo Source: Steve Evans - Flickr Creative Commons	Dakpa ● Photo Source: COMIBAM / Sepal	Darjee ● Photo Source: Bijaya2043 - Wikimedia Creative Commons
Deaf ● Photo Source: Faysal Khan - Pixabay	Drukpa ● Photo Source: Steve Evans - Flickr Creative Commons	Dzala ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger
Gongduk ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Gurung Ghaleg ● Photo Source: Timothy Two Project International	Kachari Sonwal ● Photo Source: Manuj98 - Wikimedia Creative Commons
Kaibartta ● Photo Source: Matt Hahnewald - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission	Kayastha (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Khambu ● Photo Source: Rachhenhang Rai - Wikimedia Creative Commons
Khampa Tibetan ● Photo Source: Dawa Drolma - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Khas ● Photo Source: Mahalaxmi Silwal - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Kheng ● Photo Source: Inside_bhutan - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission
Kurtokha ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger	Lap, Lakha ● Photo Source: Joe Kirkendall	Layakha ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Lhokpu ● Photo Source: Denkars Getaway - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Loba ● Photo Source: RiverMountainPhoto - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Lunape ● Photo Source: Gaurav Bagdi - Unsplash
Magar ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Matpa ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Monpa ● Photo Source: Matt Hahnewald - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission
Monpa Kalaktang ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Munda ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr Creative Commons	Namassej (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission
Newah ● Photo Source: Don Brown	Ngalong ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger	Nupbi ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission
Nyenpa ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Oraon, Kurux ● Photo Source: Gerald Roberts	Rabha ● Photo Source: Lizameata Rabha
Rai ● Photo Source: Rai504089 - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: International Mission Board-SBC © Copyrighted Used with permission	Rajput (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Rongkup ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Santal (Sawntal) ● Photo Source: Find Your Feet - Flickr Creative Commons	Sarki ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission
Shaikh ● Photo Source: Mikhail Nilov - Pexels	Sharchop ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Sherdukpen ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission
Sherpa ● Photo Source: COMIBAM / Sepal	Tamang ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Tibetan ● Photo Source: szyj351 - Pixabay
Tseku ● Photo Source: Joe Kirkendall	Walang ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Yadav (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Yakthumba, Limbu ● Photo Source: Denis Belitsky - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission

Adi ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr Creative Commons	Assamese (Muslim traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Bania ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Bhotia Sikkim ● Photo Source: Kandell, Alice S. - Library of Congress Creative Commons
Bodo (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr Creative Commons	Brahmin ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Broq-Pa ● Photo Source: Sunny Tank - Unsplash Creative Commons	Bumthangpa ● Photo Source: Bethany World Prayer Center
Chali ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Chhetri ● Photo Source: Steve Evans - Flickr Creative Commons
Dakpa ● Photo Source: COMIBAM / Sepal	Darjee ● Photo Source: Bijaya2043 - Wikimedia Creative Commons
Deaf ● Photo Source: Faysal Khan - Pixabay	Drukpa ● Photo Source: Steve Evans - Flickr Creative Commons
Dzala ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger	Gongduk ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission
Gurung Ghaleg ● Photo Source: Timothy Two Project International	Kachari Sonwal ● Photo Source: Manuj98 - Wikimedia Creative Commons
Kaibartta ● Photo Source: Matt Hahnewald - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission	Kayastha (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Khambu ● Photo Source: Rachhenhang Rai - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Khampa Tibetan ● Photo Source: Dawa Drolma - Wikimedia Creative Commons
Khas ● Photo Source: Mahalaxmi Silwal - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Kheng ● Photo Source: Inside_bhutan - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission
Kurtokha ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger	Lap, Lakha ● Photo Source: Joe Kirkendall
Layakha ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Lhokpu ● Photo Source: Denkars Getaway - Wikimedia Creative Commons
Loba ● Photo Source: RiverMountainPhoto - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Lunape ● Photo Source: Gaurav Bagdi - Unsplash
Magar ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Matpa ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission
Monpa ● Photo Source: Matt Hahnewald - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission	Monpa Kalaktang ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission
Munda ● Photo Source: Ramesh Lalwani - Flickr Creative Commons	Namassej (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Create International © Copyrighted Used with permission
Newah ● Photo Source: Don Brown	Ngalong ● Photo Source: Galen Frysinger
Nupbi ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Nyenpa ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission
Oraon, Kurux ● Photo Source: Gerald Roberts	Rabha ● Photo Source: Lizameata Rabha
Rai ● Photo Source: Rai504089 - Wikimedia Creative Commons	Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: International Mission Board-SBC © Copyrighted Used with permission
Rajput (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Rongkup ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Santal (Sawntal) ● Photo Source: Find Your Feet - Flickr Creative Commons	Sarki ● Photo Source: Anonymous © Copyrighted Used with permission
Shaikh ● Photo Source: Mikhail Nilov - Pexels	Sharchop ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Sherdukpen ● Photo Source: Peoples of the Buddhist World, Asia Harvest © Copyrighted Used with permission	Sherpa ● Photo Source: COMIBAM / Sepal
Tamang ● Photo Source: Kerry Olson © Copyrighted Used with permission	Tibetan ● Photo Source: szyj351 - Pixabay
Tseku ● Photo Source: Joe Kirkendall	Walang ● Photo Source: Anonymous
Yadav (Hindu traditions) ● Photo Source: Anonymous	Yakthumba, Limbu ● Photo Source: Denis Belitsky - Shutterstock © Copyrighted Used with permission