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 *
	Qiang, Yadu	China	38,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qixingmin	China	5,900	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Queyu	China	11,000	Queyu	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Radayo	Sri Lanka	1,900	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rakhine	Bangladesh	20,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rigzong	India	7,100	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rigzong	Pakistan	1,800	Balti	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rodiya	Sri Lanka	19,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Bhutan	3,100	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Saek	Thailand	21,000	Saek	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sampang	Nepal	1,500	Sampang	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Samtao	China	200	Samtao	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Seng	Laos	1,000	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherdukpen	Bhutan	300	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherpa	Bhutan	10,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	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
	Sherpa	United States	5,200	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
	Sinhalese	Australia	72,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sinhalese	Denmark	7,200	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sinhalese	India	4,500	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sogwo Arig	China	49,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Soyot	Russia	4,400	Tuvan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Bueng	Thailand	6,700	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Doi	Laos	300	Tai Loi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	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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