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 *
	Porowakara	Sri Lanka	64,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Radava	Sri Lanka	393,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Rajaka	Sri Lanka	162,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Salagama	Sri Lanka	337,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Sri Lanka	199,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Wahumpura	Sri Lanka	8,865,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Yamannu	Sri Lanka	84,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	2
	Sartang	India	3,400	Sartang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Bodh (Gahri)	India	2,300	Gahri	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Kuki Chin Asho	Bangladesh	1,800	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	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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