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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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Tamang	India	279,000	Nepali	Buddhism	2 ●	6.01 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tangsa Tikhak	India	2,600	Naga, Tangshang	Buddhism	2 ●	20.84 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Charumba	India	1,100	Zakhring	Buddhism	2 ●	7.73 %	-1	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Khampa Tibetan	India	1,000	Khamba	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Lhomi	India	1,900	Lhomi	Buddhism	2 ●	7.79 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Momba	India	5,200	Sartang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Dowaniya	India	3,300	Assamese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Monpa Tawang	India	8,200	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Shan	India	1,500	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.55 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kagate	India	2,100	Syuba	Buddhism	1 ●	3.65 %	1.95 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Taroi	India	2,400	Singpho	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sartang	India	3,900	Sartang	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Bodh (Gahri)	India	2,600	Gahri	Buddhism	1 ●	0.18 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Valmiki (Buddhist traditions)	India	26,000	Hindi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Valmiki Chuhra (Buddhist traditions)	India	800	Punjabi, Eastern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Indonesia	798,000	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	4 ●	29.00 %	6.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Japanese	Indonesia	14,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Italy	5,300	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Italy	6,200	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Italy	1,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	7.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Italy	59,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Eurasian	Japan	123,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Burakumin	Japan	864,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	17
	Thai	Japan	9,600	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Japan	117,656,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	2,353
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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