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 *
	Deaf	Bhutan	5,900	Language unknown	Buddhism	1 ●	2.11 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Deaf	Mongolia	18,000	Mongolian Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.72 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	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
	Kuan, Khuen	China	1,600	Khuen	Buddhism	1 ●	0.11 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Khuen	Laos	14,000	Khuen	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.06 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Khuen	United States	2,900	Khuen	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Dowaniya	India	3,300	Assamese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Monba, Cona	China	44,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.02 %	4 New Testament	1
	Monpa Tawang	India	8,200	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Walang	Bhutan	3,700	Bantawa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Walang	China	2,000	Walungge	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Walang	Nepal	1,400	Walungge	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.07 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chinese, general	Kyrgyzstan	1,100	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	1 ●	4.43 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chinese, general	Turkmenistan	3,700	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	1 ●	3.30 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	South Asian, general	Cyprus	17,000	Hindi	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Dawei, Tavoyan	Thailand	600	Tavoyan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tibetan, Shanyan	China	25,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tebbu	China	25,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Wang	Thailand	20,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Huay	Thailand	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Thai, Khorat	Thailand	11,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao Ga	Thailand	2,100	Language unknown	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lao Krang	Thailand	59,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lao Ti	Thailand	200	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	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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