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 *
	Kaike	Nepal	1,500	Kaike	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Karen, Banlon Gyi	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Karen, Banlon Nge	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Jipia	Laos	9,700	Akha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Phongku	Laos	1,800	Akha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Angkham	Laos	1,700	Phu Thai	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Joy	Laos	4,300	Phu Thai	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Moey	Laos	3,400	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Phen	Laos	3,900	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Phongset	Laos	1,100	Phunoi	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Poong	Laos	1,100	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Puang	Laos	3,800	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Seng	Laos	1,000	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Burmese	Bangladesh	83,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Burmese	Japan	110,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Eurasian	Japan	123,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Thai	Korea, South	103,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Thai	Taiwan	83,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Durbet, Dorwoten	Mongolia	90,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Thailand	81,000	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Intha	Myanmar (Burma)	103,000	Intha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Japanese	Canada	93,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Blang	China	105,000	Blang	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Kalmyk, Torgut	China	107,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Sinhalese	Saudi Arabia	78,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
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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