Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,601,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

685

Unreached Groups

516 (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 *
	Vellidura	Sri Lanka	1,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Wahumpura	Sri Lanka	8,873,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	7.01 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yamannu	Sri Lanka	84,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.68 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	2
	Kuki Chin Asho	Bangladesh	1,800	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	1 ●	3.40 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Valmiki (Buddhist traditions)	India	26,000	Hindi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Valmiki Chuhra (Buddhist traditions)	India	800	Punjabi, Eastern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Kokang	Myanmar (Burma)	165,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Myeik	Myanmar (Burma)	282,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Akha Jipia	Laos	9,700	Akha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Akha Phongku	Laos	1,800	Akha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	685 Peoples		504,601,000			516 ●				5,799

* 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 >.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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