Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,601,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

685

Unreached Groups

516 (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 *
	Japanese	Mexico	5,600	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kunigami	Japan	4,800	Kunigami	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Sinhalese	Thailand	74,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Italy	59,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Malaysia	4,900	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao Phuan	Cambodia	2,600	Phuan	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Tai Laan	Laos	700	Language unknown	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.74 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Thai, Isan	Iceland	1,700	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thai, Isan	United States	89,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	2
	Toku-No-Shima	Japan	4,900	Toku-No-Shima	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.55 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Kucong	China	44,000	Kucong	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Kucong	Vietnam	8,300	Kucong	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.24 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Russia	1,300	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Taiwan	1,100	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	United States	16,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan, Deqen	China	120,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.04 %	0 Unspecified	2
	Kui	Thailand	432,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.41 %	4 New Testament	9
	Khuen	United States	2,900	Khuen	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Han Chinese, Kokang	Myanmar (Burma)	165,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Deaf	Bhutan	5,900	Language unknown	Buddhism	1 ●	2.11 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Japanese	Indonesia	14,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Mongolia	2,465,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	49
	Torgut	Mongolia	17,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 ●	2.40 %	2.30 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Uuld	Mongolia	16,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	4 ●	2.60 %	2.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Canada	21,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.80 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	685 Peoples		504,601,000			516 ●				5,799

* 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 >.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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