Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,662,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

638

Unreached Groups

482 (75.5 %)

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 *
	Japanese	China	6,900	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Japanese	Samoa	1,500	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Jiarong, Chabao	China	18,000	Jiarong	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Jiarong, Guanyingqiao	China	7,900	Lavrung	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Jiarong, Shangzhai	China	5,200	sTodsde	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Jiarong, Sidabao	China	7,000	Lavrung	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Jiarong, Situ	China	205,000	Jiarong	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	4
	Kaike	Nepal	1,500	Kaike	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kalmyk, Torgut	China	107,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Kyrgyzstan	5,600	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Karen, Banlon Gyi	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Karen, Banlon Nge	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khampa Eastern	China	1,587,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	32
	Khampa, Northern	China	150,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Khampa, Western	China	265,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	5
	Khampa-Tibetan	Myanmar (Burma)	1,200	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khas	Bhutan	1,000	Bengali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khmu, Puman	China	29,000	U	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khuen	Laos	14,000	Khuen	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khun	Myanmar (Burma)	131,000	Khun	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Konta Durayi	Sri Lanka	2,100	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kurtokha	Bhutan	2,200	Kurtokha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kyerong	Nepal	3,300	Kyirong	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kyirong	China	500	Kyirong	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
Totals:	638 Peoples		501,662,000				482 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,744

* 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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