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 *
	Poong	Laos	1,100	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Puang	Laos	3,800	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Seng	Laos	1,000	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Asho Khyang	Bangladesh	5,600	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	2 ●	38.29 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Burmese	India	14,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	4.27 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kuki Chin	Bangladesh	130,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	2 ●	11.41 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Chak	Bangladesh	6,600	Chak	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Chakma	Bangladesh	543,000	Chakma	Buddhism	2 ●	7.47 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chakma	India	250,000	Chakma	Buddhism	1 ●	4.89 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	5
	Kuki Chin Chinbon	Bangladesh	1,400	Chin, Uppu	Buddhism	2 ●	18.40 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	India	10,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	2 ●	6.73 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sherpa Helambu	Nepal	2,800	Hyolmo	Buddhism	1 ●	1.38 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Japanese	Sri Lanka	2,500	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.87 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kachin	India	37,000	Jingpho	Buddhism	1 ●	0.53 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Yehlmo	Nepal	12,000	Hyolmo	Buddhism	1 ●	0.99 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Bumthangpa	Bhutan	23,000	Bumthangkha	Buddhism	1 ●	0.59 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Khampti	India	20,000	Adi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	India	89,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	2 ●	24.76 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Nepal	4,500	Lepcha	Buddhism	1 ●	3.56 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Loba	Nepal	2,900	Lhowa	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Mon	India	1,300	Ladakhi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.43 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Pankhu, Panko	Bangladesh	5,900	Pangkhua	Buddhism	1 ●	3.31 %	-1	2 Translation Started	1
	Sherpa	India	51,000	Nepali	Buddhism	2 ●	14.74 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tangchanghya	Bangladesh	68,000	Tangchangya	Buddhism	2 ●	13.37 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Tangchanghya	India	2,300	Tangchangya	Buddhism	2 ●	16.67 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-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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