Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,711,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

693

Unreached Groups

522 (75.3 %)

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 *
	Lao	France	20,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Thailand	62,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Miyako, Ryukyuan	Japan	64,000	Miyako	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.51 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Oki-No-Erabu	Japan	3,100	Oki-No-Erabu	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Sinhalese	New Zealand	16,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Qatar	61,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Saudi Arabia	78,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Amami-Oshima, Southern	Japan	1,700	Amami-Oshima, Southern	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yaeyama	Japan	45,000	Yaeyama	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.38 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Mongolian, Peripheral	United States	3,800	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	South Asian, general	Cyprus	17,000	Hindi	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Ekai	Myanmar (Burma)	6,600	Lawktu	Buddhism	4 ●	3.00 %	3.00 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Uriankhai, Altai	Mongolia	31,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	4 ●	2.90 %	2.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Japanese	Sri Lanka	2,500	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.87 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Canada	21,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.80 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Uuld	Mongolia	16,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	4 ●	2.60 %	2.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Torgut	Mongolia	17,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 ●	2.40 %	2.30 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Japanese	Indonesia	14,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Mongolia	2,465,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	49
	Deaf	Bhutan	5,900	Language unknown	Buddhism	1 ●	2.11 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Burmese	Denmark	1,900	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Switzerland	9,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Ukraine	3,400	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Denmark	12,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Finland	7,100	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	693 Peoples		504,711,000			522 ●				5,811

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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