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 *
	Radava	Sri Lanka	394,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	7.36 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Rajaka	Sri Lanka	162,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	7.03 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Rongkup-Lepcha	India	89,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	2 ●	24.76 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Salagama	Sri Lanka	337,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	12.16 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Shan, Tai Man	India	6,100	Phake	Buddhism	2 ●	23.96 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Sherpa	India	51,000	Nepali	Buddhism	2 ●	14.74 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Singpho	India	9,500	Singpho	Buddhism	2 ●	7.14 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Brunei	1,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Cyprus	10,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	6.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Japan	56,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	6.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Libya	18,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Oman	40,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	7.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Singapore	17,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Sri Lanka	200,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	6.81 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tamang	India	279,000	Nepali	Buddhism	2 ●	6.01 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tamang	Nepal	1,676,000	Tamang, Eastern	Buddhism	2 ●	6.60 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Tangchanghya	Bangladesh	68,000	Tangchangya	Buddhism	2 ●	13.37 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Tangchanghya	India	2,300	Tangchangya	Buddhism	2 ●	16.67 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Tangsa Tikhak	India	2,600	Naga, Tangshang	Buddhism	2 ●	20.84 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Australia	308,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	22.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Austria	3,700	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	12.00 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Cyprus	8,300	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.40 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Denmark	10,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Czechia	39,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Finland	11,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	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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