Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,640,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

635

Unreached Groups

480 (75.6 %)

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 *
	Chrame	China	50,000	Pumi, Northern	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	De'ang, Shwe	China	7,900	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Groma	China	19,000	Groma	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Guiqiong	China	12,000	Guiqiong	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Hu	China	1,100	Hu	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	China	6,900	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Khang	China	42,000	Kang	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Blang	China	105,000	Blang	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Kyirong	China	8,300	Kyerung	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Ladakhi	China	600	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Manmet	China	1,700	Man Met	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Kalmyk, Torgut	China	107,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	De'ang, Pale	China	11,000	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khmu, Puman	China	29,000	U	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Palaung, Rumai	China	6,200	Palaung, Rumai	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Samtao	China	200	Samtao	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherpa	China	1,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Shixing	China	3,500	Shuhi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Nua	China	486,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	10
	Thami	China	600	Thangmi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan, Central	China	933,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	19
	Choni	China	169,000	Choni	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Tu	China	258,000	Tu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	5
	Tuvan	China	4,300	Tuvan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lahu Shi	China	128,000	Lahu Shi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
Totals:	635 Peoples		501,640,000				480 ◼︎ (202 ✸︎)			5,738

* 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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