Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,640,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

635

Unreached Groups

480 (75.6 %)

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 *
	Japanese	Paraguay	7,200	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Peru	54,000	Spanish	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Russia	16,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Spain	6,200	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Switzerland	5,300	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Taiwan	13,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	United Kingdom	25,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Vietnam	10,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lao Phuan	Thailand	199,000	Phuan	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	4
	Tuvan	Russia	294,000	Tuvan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	6
	Sartang	India	3,400	Sartang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Batgama	Sri Lanka	409,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	8
	So	Laos	93,000	So (Laos)	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Thai	China, Hong Kong	10,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Ugong	Thailand	500	Ugong	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Bhote	Nepal	14,000	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mok	Thailand	700	Mok	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lao	Cambodia	25,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sherpa Helambu	Nepal	2,600	Hyolmo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Dolpa	Nepal	4,300	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khamiyang	India	1,400	Assamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khamti	Myanmar (Burma)	9,000	Khamti	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Japan	117,756,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2,355
	Tuvan	Mongolia	44,000	Tuvan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Yugur, Enger	China	6,000	Yugur, East	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Totals:	635 Peoples		501,640,000				480 ◼︎ (202 ✸︎)			5,738

* 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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