Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

505,980,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

666

Unreached Groups

510 (76.6 %)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Thai	Sweden	33,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	United Kingdom	54,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	United States	232,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Danau	Myanmar (Burma)	5,700	Danau	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Japanese	Thailand	71,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	Mongolia	278,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	4 New Testament	6
	Phu Thai	Laos	237,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.04 %	2 Translation Started	5
	Tai Lue	China	804,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.33 %	4 New Testament	16
	Tai Lue	Thailand	94,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tai Lue	United States	4,600	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Lue	Vietnam	7,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Yugur, Saragh	China	12,000	Yugur, West	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Thai, Khorat	Thailand	11,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kinnara	Sri Lanka	29,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	0.46 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mon	India	1,300	Ladakhi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.43 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Thai	Germany	21,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Netherlands	23,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Palaung, Rumai	Myanmar (Burma)	161,000	Palaung, Rumai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	3
	Thai, Isan	Thailand	19,010,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	380
	Deaf	Cambodia	128,000	Cambodian Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	3
	Monpa Tawang	India	8,000	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Marma (Magh)	India	52,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Chak	Bangladesh	30,000	Chak	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	2 Translation Started	1
	Burmese	Australia	18,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	31,494,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.08 %	5 Complete Bible	630
Totals:	666 Peoples		505,980,000			510 ●				5,879

* 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
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%