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 *
	Japanese	Canada	93,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Blang	China	105,000	Blang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.06 %	4 New Testament	2
	Kalmyk, Torgut	China	107,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Sinhalese	Saudi Arabia	78,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	So	Laos	93,000	So (Laos)	Buddhism	1 ●	1.42 %	1.02 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	104,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	1 ●	0.11 %	0.11 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	Vietnam	113,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	0.17 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Thai, Isan	United States	89,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tibetan	India	114,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	1 ●	0.29 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Nyaw	Thailand	83,000	Nyaw	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	2
	Bhotia Sikkim	India	96,000	Sikkimese	Buddhism	1 ●	4.54 %	-1	0 Unspecified	2
	Monpa	Bhutan	100,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Shan	Thailand	102,000	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.93 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Amdo, Rtahu	China	100,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Huayao Tai	China	90,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.29 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tai Lue	Thailand	94,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tibetan, Deqen	China	120,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.04 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tibetan, Shangri La	China	102,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	2
	Deaf	Laos	79,000	Laos Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	3.38 %	-1	0 Unspecified	2
	South Asian, general	Switzerland	78,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Danu	Myanmar (Burma)	116,000	Danu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.15 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tai Laing	Myanmar (Burma)	115,000	Tai Laing	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Ngalong	Bhutan	91,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Yamannu	Sri Lanka	84,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.68 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	2
	Bayad	Mongolia	68,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	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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