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	Canada	20,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Tai	China	57,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.70 %	0.70 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherdukpen	India	4,000	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Monpa Dirang	India	8,200	Tshangla	Buddhism	1 ●	0.77 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Gahala	Sri Lanka	12,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	0.78 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Australia	62,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Korea, South	103,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Chong	Thailand	2,100	Chong	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Dariganga	Mongolia	39,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.70 %	5 Complete Bible	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
	Lao Ga	Thailand	2,100	Language unknown	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Khampa Tibetan	India	1,000	Khamba	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Thai, Southern	Thailand	5,335,000	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.26 %	3 Bible Portions	107
	Yoy	Thailand	8,100	Yoy	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.50 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	4,851,000	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	5 Complete Bible	97
	Mon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,140,000	Mon	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	5 Complete Bible	23
	Khampti	India	20,000	Adi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Monpa	India	46,000	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.94 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Yehlmo	Nepal	12,000	Hyolmo	Buddhism	1 ●	0.99 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Burmese	Korea, South	23,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.70 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sino-Burmese	China, Macau	21,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	United States	204,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Thai	Taiwan	83,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Thai	United Arab Emirates	3,700	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	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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