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 *
	Kayah Eastern	Thailand	19,000	Kayah, Eastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,900	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lahta	Myanmar (Burma)	12,000	Lahta	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lahu Shi	Myanmar (Burma)	65,000	Lahu Shi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lao	Canada	14,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Lao	Laos	3,718,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Mosuo	China	56,000	Narua	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Mro-Khimi	Myanmar (Burma)	203,000	Mro-Khimi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Mru	Bangladesh	74,000	Mru	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Muak Sa-aak	Myanmar (Burma)	4,500	Muak Sa-aak	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Ng'ga	Myanmar (Burma)	3,800	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Phu Thai	Vietnam	261,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Samtao	Myanmar (Burma)	11,000	Samtao	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sherpa	Nepal	115,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Korea, South	30,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Tai Kaleun	Laos	3,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Thai-Chinese	Thailand	5,831,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Torgut	Mongolia	17,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Uriankhai, Altai	Mongolia	31,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Uuld	Mongolia	16,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Canada	174,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Korea, South	152,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Vietnamese	United States	1,745,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Australia	9,400	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Brunei	12,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-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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