Buddhism people group listing

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People Groups
Total

637

Est. Population
of Adherents

502,116,000

People Groups Unreached

484

Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups

236,754,000

People Groups Frontier

204

Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups

13,513,000

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Scripture Status	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Letu	Myanmar (Burma)	37,000	Chin, Laitu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Asho Khyang	Bangladesh	5,500	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Vietnamese	United States	1,754,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Thailand	58,000	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Karen, Yinbaw	Myanmar (Burma)	9,400	Yinbaw	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Argentina	79,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Myanmar (Burma)	1,186,000	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Anguilla	300	English	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Brazil	315,000	Portuguese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Chile	13,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Indonesia	804,000	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kayah, Western	Myanmar (Burma)	163,000	Kayah, Western	Buddhism	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kayah, Western	Thailand	22,000	Kayah, Western	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Korean	Kyrgyzstan	19,000	Korean	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Japanese	United States	864,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Canada	175,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Rongkup-Lepcha	India	83,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Korean	Thailand	21,000	Korean	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Shan, Tai Man	India	5,600	Phake	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Australia	311,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Khowa	India	1,500	Bugun	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,900	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tangsa Tikhak	India	2,400	Naga, Tangshang	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kayah, Eastern	Myanmar (Burma)	9,100	Kayah, Eastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lawa	China	106,000	Awa (China)	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
Totals:	637 Peoples		502,116,000				484 ◼︎ (204 ✸︎)			5,758

* 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
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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