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 %)

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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 *
	Rakhine	Myanmar (Burma)	2,571,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.10 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	51
	Barua	Myanmar (Burma)	500	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Marma (Magh)	India	53,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Saek	Thailand	21,000	Saek	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Sampang	Nepal	1,600	Sampang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Samtao	China	200	Samtao	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Samtao	Laos	3,800	Samtao	Buddhism	1 ●	0.17 %	0.17 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Samtao	Myanmar (Burma)	11,000	Samtao	Buddhism	4 ●	7.00 %	5.40 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Monba, Medog	China	8,200	Sartang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Momba	India	5,200	Sartang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Sartang	India	3,900	Sartang	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	4,851,000	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	5 Complete Bible	97
	Shan	China	700	Shan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shan	Thailand	102,000	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.93 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Shan	India	1,500	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.55 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sherdukpen	Bhutan	300	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Sherdukpen	India	4,000	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Dolpa	Nepal	4,500	Sherpa	Buddhism	1 ●	1.38 %	0.83 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherpa	Bhutan	10,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherpa	China	1,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherpa	Nepal	121,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 ●	4.23 %	2.12 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Sherpa	United States	5,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tokpegola	Nepal	1,600	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Shixing	China	3,500	Shuhi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Bhotia Sikkim	Bhutan	6,300	Sikkimese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	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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