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 *
	Japanese	New Zealand	25,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Paraguay	7,200	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Peru	54,000	Spanish	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Panama	2,300	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jad	India	2,500	Khamba	Buddhism	1 ●	0.59 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Intha	Myanmar (Burma)	103,000	Intha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.07 %	2 Translation Started	2
	Huayao Tai	China	90,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.29 %	4 New Testament	2
	Huay	Thailand	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Hu	China	1,100	Hu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.27 %	0.27 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Htee Day Karen	Myanmar (Burma)	2,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	4 ●	20.00 %	7.00 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Hdzanggur	China	5,500	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Han Tai	China	57,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.70 %	0.70 %	4 New Testament	1
	Han Chinese, Teochew	Singapore	597,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	7.07 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Myanmar (Burma)	73,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	4.00 %	2.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Singapore	1,178,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	9.43 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Thailand	1,540,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	4.00 %	2.66 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Bei	Thailand	15,000	Chinese, Min Bei	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Austria	38,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	4 ●	6.90 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Bangladesh	3,800	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Myanmar (Burma)	987,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	20
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Brunei	13,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 ●	15.00 %	12.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	India	10,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	2 ●	6.73 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Singapore	1,360,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 ●	12.00 %	10.61 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Kokang	Myanmar (Burma)	165,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Australia	9,400	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 ●	12.00 %	12.00 %	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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