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 *
	Burmese	United States	204,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Buriat, Mongolia	Mongolia	61,000	Buriat, Mongolia	Buddhism	4 ●	3.50 %	2.50 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Okinawan, Ryukyuan	Bolivia	2,600	Okinawan, Central	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Eurasian	Japan	123,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Burakumin	Japan	864,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	17
	Thai	Switzerland	9,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	464
	Thai	Taiwan	83,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Thai	United Kingdom	55,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Ukraine	3,400	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	United States	235,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Kuki Chin	Bangladesh	130,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	2 ●	11.41 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Thai	United Arab Emirates	3,700	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Australia	62,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Belgium	3,600	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Myanmar (Burma)	44,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Canada	20,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Cambodia	3,500	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.15 %	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
	Thai	France	11,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Germany	21,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	China, Hong Kong	10,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	0.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Italy	5,300	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Japan	9,600	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	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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