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 %)

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 *
	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Myanmar (Burma)	1,178,000	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Buddhism	4 ●	30.00 %	5.88 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Anguilla	300	English	Buddhism	4 ●	30.00 %	5.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Brazil	314,000	Portuguese	Buddhism	4 ●	30.00 %	4.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Chile	13,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	4 ●	30.00 %	7.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Argentina	78,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	2 ●	31.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Karen, Yinbaw	Myanmar (Burma)	9,400	Yinbaw	Buddhism	5 ●	32.00 %	25.00 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Thailand	58,000	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Buddhism	4 ●	35.00 %	4.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	United States	1,745,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	4 ●	36.00 %	4.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Asho Khyang	Bangladesh	5,600	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	2 ●	38.29 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Letu	Myanmar (Burma)	37,000	Chin, Laitu	Buddhism	5 ●	40.00 %	20.00 %	3 Bible Portions	-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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