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 *
	Lao	Myanmar (Burma)	25,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Canada	14,000	Lao	Buddhism	4 ●	5.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lao	Cambodia	25,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	France	20,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Laos	3,718,000	Lao	Buddhism	4 ●	3.50 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lao	New Zealand	1,600	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	1.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Thailand	62,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	United States	220,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Lao	Vietnam	18,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.40 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao Ga	Thailand	2,100	Language unknown	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lao Krang	Thailand	59,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lao Lom	Thailand	29,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lao Ngaew	Thailand	36,000	Thai	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao Phuan	Cambodia	2,600	Phuan	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Lao Phuan	Laos	159,000	Phuan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	2 Translation Started	3
	Lao Phuan	Thailand	199,000	Phuan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.10 %	2 Translation Started	4
	Lao Song	Thailand	37,000	Thai Song	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Lao Ti	Thailand	200	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lao Wieng	Thailand	59,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.03 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lap, Lakha	Bhutan	11,000	Lakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lawa	China	106,000	Awa (China)	Buddhism	5 ●	20.00 %	18.00 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Lawa, Eastern	Thailand	8,500	Lawa, Eastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.24 %	0.24 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Lawa, Western	Thailand	9,100	Lawa, Western	Buddhism	5 ●	16.00 %	14.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Layakha	Bhutan	3,600	Layakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lemo	China	2,700	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	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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