Buddhism people group listing

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People Groups
Total

637

Est. Population
of Adherents

501,447,000

People Groups Unreached

483

Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups

236,385,000

People Groups Frontier

203

Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups

13,616,000

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 *
	Bonan, Tongren	China	7,300	Bonan	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bodhivansha	Sri Lanka	16,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Bodh (Gahri)	India	2,300	Gahri	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Bodh (Buddhist traditions)	India	118,000	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	2
	Blang	Myanmar (Burma)	15,000	Blang	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Blang	China	105,000	Blang	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Blang	Thailand	1,400	Blang	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Bintanna	Sri Lanka	7,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Bhotia Tibetan	India	3,200	Sikkimese	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bhotia Sikkim	Bhutan	6,300	Sikkimese	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bhotia Sikkim	India	85,000	Sikkimese	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	2
	Bhotia	India	115,000	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Bhote	Nepal	14,000	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Berava	Sri Lanka	400,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Bayad	Mongolia	68,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Batgama	Sri Lanka	409,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	8
	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
	Bai, Southern	China	666,000	Bai, Southern	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	13
	Badahala	Sri Lanka	123,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Asho Khyang	Bangladesh	5,600	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Asho	Myanmar (Burma)	180,000	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Angku	China	8,000	Kon Keu	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	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
Totals:	637 Peoples		501,447,000				483 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,745

* 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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