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 *
	Tibetan	Liechtenstein	500	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Libya	3,200	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Libya	18,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Burmese	Laos	5,400	Burmese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Laos	155,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Tai Khun	Laos	900	Khun	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Tai Khang	Laos	28,000	Kang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Khmer	Laos	7,900	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai, Northern	Laos	40,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Vietnamese	Laos	22,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kiorr	Laos	5,200	Kiorr	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.60 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Lao	Laos	3,718,000	Lao	Buddhism	4 ●	3.50 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Oy	Laos	26,000	Oy	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lao Phuan	Laos	159,000	Phuan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	2 Translation Started	3
	Phu Thai	Laos	241,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.04 %	2 Translation Started	5
	Samtao	Laos	3,800	Samtao	Buddhism	1 ●	0.17 %	0.17 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	So	Laos	93,000	So (Laos)	Buddhism	1 ●	1.42 %	1.02 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Tai He	Laos	4,400	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tai Laan	Laos	700	Language unknown	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.74 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	Laos	16,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Bru, Western	Laos	93,000	Bru, Western	Buddhism	4 ●	12.00 %	8.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Thai, Isan	Laos	9,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Doi	Laos	300	Tai Loi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Tai Kaleun	Laos	3,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 ●	7.00 %	5.41 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Nyaw	Laos	19,000	Nyaw	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	2 Translation Started	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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