Buddhism people group listing

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People Groups
Total

637

Est. Population
of Adherents

502,116,000

People Groups Unreached

484

Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups

236,754,000

People Groups Frontier

204

Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups

13,513,000

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Scripture Status	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Japanese	American Samoa	800	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Chinese, general	Anguilla	300	English	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Argentina	79,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Burmese	Australia	18,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Thai	Australia	62,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Australia	9,500	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Japanese	Australia	61,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Khmer	Australia	37,000	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Vietnamese	Australia	311,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lao	Australia	12,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Sinhalese, general	Australia	72,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Drukpa	Australia	12,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Thai	Austria	6,800	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Austria	38,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Asho Khyang	Bangladesh	5,500	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Burmese	Bangladesh	82,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Kuki Chin	Bangladesh	129,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chak	Bangladesh	6,600	Chak	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Chakma	Bangladesh	539,000	Chakma	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Chin Uppu	Bangladesh	1,400	Chin, Uppu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Khami	Bangladesh	6,200	Chittagonian	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Rakhine	Bangladesh	20,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mru	Bangladesh	73,000	Mru	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Pankhu, Panko	Bangladesh	5,900	Pangkhua	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Tangchanghya	Bangladesh	68,000	Tangchangya	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	637 Peoples		502,116,000				484 ◼︎ (204 ✸︎)			5,758

* 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
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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