Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,711,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

693

Unreached Groups

522 (75.3 %)

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	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, Isan	Iceland	1,700	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thai, Isan	Norway	19,000	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	18,939,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	379
	Thai, Isan	United States	89,000	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	7,758,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	155
	Thai, Southern	Thailand	5,335,000	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.26 %	3 Bible Portions	107
	Thakali Marphali	Nepal	2,100	Thakali	Buddhism	1 ●	1.79 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Tibetan	India	114,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	1 ●	0.29 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Tibetan, Deqen	China	120,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.04 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tibetan, Shangri La	China	102,000	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
	Tuvan	Mongolia	44,000	Tuvan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	1.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tuvan	Russia	294,000	Tuvan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.19 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Ugong	Thailand	500	Ugong	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Vietnamese	Bulgaria	1,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Cambodia	871,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.17 %	5 Complete Bible	17
	Yaeyama	Japan	45,000	Yaeyama	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.38 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yamannu	Sri Lanka	84,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.68 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	2
	Yaw	Myanmar (Burma)	22,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.15 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Yehlmo	Nepal	12,000	Hyolmo	Buddhism	1 ●	0.99 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Yonaguni	Japan	800	Yonaguni	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
Totals:	693 Peoples		504,711,000			522 ●				5,811

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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