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 *
	Lao	Australia	12,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	1.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Myanmar (Burma)	25,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Canada	14,000	Lao	Buddhism	4 ●	5.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lao	Cambodia	25,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	France	20,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Laos	3,718,000	Lao	Buddhism	4 ●	3.50 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lao	New Zealand	1,600	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	1.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Thailand	62,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	United States	220,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Lao	Vietnam	18,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.40 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lai Chin	Bangladesh	1,800	Chin, Hakha	Buddhism	2 ●	13.14 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lahuli, Tinan	China	3,100	Tinani	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Lahu Shi	Myanmar (Burma)	65,000	Lahu Shi	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	5.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Lahu Shi	China	128,000	Lahu Shi	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Lahta	Myanmar (Burma)	12,000	Lahta	Buddhism	4 ●	15.00 %	5.00 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Ladakhi	China	600	Ladakhi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kyerung	China	8,300	Kyerung	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Kyerung	Nepal	3,500	Kyerung	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Kurtokha	Bhutan	2,200	Kurtokha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Kunigami	Japan	4,800	Kunigami	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Kuki Chin Chinbon	Bangladesh	1,400	Chin, Uppu	Buddhism	2 ●	18.40 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Kuki Chin	Bangladesh	130,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	2 ●	11.41 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Kui	Cambodia	37,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	0.53 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kui	Laos	52,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kui	Thailand	432,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.41 %	4 New Testament	9
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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