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 *
	Vellidura	Sri Lanka	1,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mok	Myanmar (Burma)	4,300	Mok	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Minyag, Eastern	China	2,000	Minyag, Eastern	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Valmiki (Buddhist traditions)	India	23,000	Hindi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Valmiki Chuhra (Buddhist traditions)	India	700	Punjabi, Eastern	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kaike	Nepal	1,500	Kaike	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Karen, Banlon Gyi	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Karen, Banlon Nge	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Jipia	Laos	9,700	Akha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Phongku	Laos	1,800	Akha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Angkham	Laos	1,700	Phu Thai	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Phen	Laos	3,900	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Phongset	Laos	1,100	Phunoi	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Poong	Laos	1,100	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Puang	Laos	3,800	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Seng	Laos	1,000	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Asho Khyang	Bangladesh	5,600	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Burmese	India	12,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Kuki Chin	Bangladesh	130,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chak	Bangladesh	6,600	Chak	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Chakma	Bangladesh	542,000	Chakma	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Chakma	India	221,000	Chakma	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	4
	Kuki Chin Chinbon	Bangladesh	1,500	Chin, Uppu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	India	9,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sherpa Helambu	Nepal	2,600	Hyolmo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	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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