Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

500,630,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

634

Unreached Groups

479 (75.6 %)

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Scripture Status	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Yong	Thailand	14,000	Yong	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Yoron	Japan	900	Yoron	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Yoy	Thailand	8,100	Yoy	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Zhaba	China	8,500	Zhaba	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Doi	Myanmar (Burma)	5,100	Tai Loi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Tai Doi	Laos	300	Tai Loi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Kaleun	Thailand	9,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Nyaw	Laos	19,000	Nyaw	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Aiton (Tai Aiton)	India	3,300	Aiton	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Barua	Bangladesh	36,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Barua	Myanmar (Burma)	500	Rakhine	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Barua	India	1,400	Bengali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bhote	Nepal	14,000	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Bhotia Sikkim	Bhutan	6,300	Sikkimese	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bhotia Tibetan	India	3,200	Sikkimese	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Broq-Pa	Bhutan	5,800	Brokpake	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Broq-Pa	Pakistan	6,000	Brokskat	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Monpa Dirang	India	7,200	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Drukpa, Dzongkha	Denmark	700	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Drukpa	India	12,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Gara	Pakistan	1,200	Balti	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Jad	India	2,200	Khamba	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Jirel	Nepal	5,900	Jirel	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Khami	Bangladesh	6,100	Chittagonian	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Khas	Bhutan	1,000	Bengali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Totals:	634 Peoples		500,630,000				479 ◼︎ (202 ✸︎)			5,719

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - 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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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