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 *
	Vietnamese	Vanuatu	1,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Korean	Thailand	21,000	Korean	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Korean	Kyrgyzstan	19,000	Korean	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lao	Canada	14,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Lao	Laos	3,718,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Rongkup-Lepcha	India	79,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Mru	Bangladesh	74,000	Mru	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Singapore	17,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Brunei	1,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Cyprus	10,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Japan	56,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Korea, South	30,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Libya	18,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Oman	40,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Phu Thai	Vietnam	261,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Kayah (Eastern)	Myanmar (Burma)	9,000	Kayah, Eastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kayah Eastern	Thailand	19,000	Kayah, Eastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Samtao	Myanmar (Burma)	11,000	Samtao	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sherpa	India	45,000	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sherpa	Nepal	115,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Tangchanghya	Bangladesh	68,000	Tangchangya	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tangchanghya	India	2,000	Tangchangya	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tay Tac	Vietnam	-1 Unknown	Tay Tac	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	0
	Bru, Western	Laos	93,000	Bru, Western	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bru, Western	Thailand	20,000	Bru, Western	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-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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