Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,250,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

669

Unreached Groups

505 (75.5 %)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Thai	Netherlands	23,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Norway	21,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	New Zealand	8,400	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Singapore	48,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Spain	1,400	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Sweden	33,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Switzerland	8,900	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Thailand	23,275,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	466
	Thai	Taiwan	65,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	United Kingdom	54,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Ukraine	3,300	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	United States	232,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Thai, Isan	Iceland	1,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thai, Isan	Norway	18,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thai, Isan	New Zealand	9,200	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thai, Isan	Thailand	19,010,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	380
	Thai, Isan	United States	88,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	2
	Thai, Khorat	Thailand	11,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai, Northern	Thailand	7,787,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	156
	Thai, Southern	Thailand	5,355,000	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.25 %	3 Bible Portions	107
	Thakali Marphali	Nepal	2,200	Thakali	Buddhism	1 ●	1.79 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Tibetan	India	112,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	1 ●	0.29 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Tibetan, Deqen	China	121,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.04 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tibetan, Shangri La	China	103,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	2
	Toku-No-Shima	Japan	4,900	Toku-No-Shima	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.55 %	0 Unspecified	1
Totals:	669 Peoples		503,250,000			505 ●				5,783

* 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
1	Unreached - 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%