Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,662,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

638

Unreached Groups

482 (75.5 %)

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 *
	Sherpa	United States	5,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherdukpen	Bhutan	300	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherdukpen	India	3,500	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sharchop	Bhutan	68,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Shan, Tai Man	India	5,400	Phake	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Shan	Thailand	102,000	Shan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	4,851,000	Shan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	97
	Shan	India	1,300	Shan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Seng	Laos	1,000	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sartang	India	3,400	Sartang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Samtao	Myanmar (Burma)	11,000	Samtao	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Samtao	China	200	Samtao	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Samtao	Laos	3,800	Samtao	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sampang	Nepal	1,500	Sampang	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Salagama	Sri Lanka	337,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Saek	Thailand	21,000	Saek	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Bhutan	3,100	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	India	79,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Nepal	4,200	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Rodiya	Sri Lanka	19,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rigzong	India	7,100	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rigzong	Pakistan	1,800	Balti	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rakhine	Bangladesh	20,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rakhine	Myanmar (Burma)	2,588,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	52
	Rajaka	Sri Lanka	162,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
Totals:	638 Peoples		501,662,000				482 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,744

* 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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