Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,662,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

638

Unreached Groups

482 (75.5 %)

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 *
	Htee Day Karen	Myanmar (Burma)	2,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chin Uppu	Bangladesh	1,500	Chin, Uppu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kayah Eastern	Thailand	19,000	Kayah, Eastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lahta	Myanmar (Burma)	12,000	Lahta	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tangchanghya	India	2,000	Tangchangya	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lawa, Western	Thailand	9,100	Lawa, Western	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Asho	Myanmar (Burma)	180,000	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Brunei	12,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Brunei	2,600	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sherpa	India	45,000	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Christmas Island	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tangchanghya	Bangladesh	68,000	Tangchangya	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lai Chin	Bangladesh	1,700	Chin, Hakha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Salagama	Sri Lanka	337,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Singapore	1,360,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Australia	9,400	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	Singapore	435,000	Chinese, Yue	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bru, Western	Laos	93,000	Bru, Western	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Belgium	23,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kuki Chin	Bangladesh	130,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kuki Chin Yindi	Bangladesh	2,500	Chin, Khumi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Uppu	Myanmar (Burma)	45,000	Chin, Uppu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Singapore	1,178,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Teochew	Singapore	597,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Denmark	10,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
Totals:	638 Peoples		501,662,000				482 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,744

* 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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