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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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Deaf	Japan	246,000	Japanese Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.54 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	5
	Shan	India	1,500	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.55 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Heeri	Sri Lanka	18,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	1.59 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	464
	Japanese	Singapore	38,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Greece	1,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mon	Pakistan	1,400	Balti	Buddhism	1 ●	1.69 %	1.69 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Pa-O	Myanmar (Burma)	871,000	Pa'o	Buddhism	1 ●	1.70 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	17
	Thai	China, Macau	900	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.70 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Korea, South	36,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	1.72 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Deaf	Mongolia	18,000	Mongolian Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.72 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Couratto	Sri Lanka	7,500	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	1.72 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thakali Marphali	Nepal	2,100	Thakali	Buddhism	1 ●	1.79 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Burmese	Denmark	1,900	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Switzerland	9,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Ukraine	3,400	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Denmark	12,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Finland	7,100	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Singapore	46,000	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
	Durbet, Dorwoten	Mongolia	90,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Bru, Eastern	Thailand	26,000	Bru, Eastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Myanmar (Burma)	987,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	20
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	Myanmar (Burma)	75,000	Chinese, Yue	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Mexico	5,600	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	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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