Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,451,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

637

Unreached Groups

483 (75.8 %)

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 *
	Buriat, Mongolia	Mongolia	61,000	Buriat, Mongolia	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Anguilla	300	English	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Belgium	23,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Brazil	314,000	Portuguese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Chile	13,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chuanlan	China	393,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Chuanqing	China	997,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Dunghi	Myanmar (Burma)	1,700	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Dzakhchin, Zahchin	Mongolia	40,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Ekai	Myanmar (Burma)	6,600	Lawktu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Gurung Ghale	Nepal	24,000	Ghale, Southern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	Singapore	435,000	Chinese, Yue	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hainanese	Thailand	8,400	Hainanese	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Brunei	2,600	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Indonesia	798,000	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Austria	38,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Myanmar (Burma)	77,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Singapore	1,178,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Thailand	1,540,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Teochew	Singapore	597,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Htee Day Karen	Myanmar (Burma)	2,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Inti	Laos	2,200	Oy	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Kadu, Asak	Myanmar (Burma)	188,000	Kadu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Kanan	Myanmar (Burma)	10,000	Kanan	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Myanmar (Burma)	1,178,000	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	637 Peoples		501,451,000				483 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,745

* 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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