Buddhism people group listing

Religion: What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,447,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

637

Unreached Groups

483 (75.8 %)

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 *
	Tay Tac	Vietnam	-1 Unknown	Tay Tac	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	0
	Samtao	China	200	Samtao	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Adi Ramo	China	200	Adi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lao Ti	Thailand	200	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Japanese	Marshall Islands	300	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Loi	Laos	300	Tai Loi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherdukpen	Bhutan	300	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Chinese, general	Anguilla	300	English	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kyirong	China	500	Kyirong	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan	Liechtenstein	500	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Ugong	Thailand	500	Ugong	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Barua	Myanmar (Burma)	500	Rakhine	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Ladakhi	China	600	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Thami	China	600	Thangmi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Malimasa	China	600	Naxi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Ewenki, Khamnigan	Mongolia	600	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Chinese, general	Christmas Island	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Huay	Thailand	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Gapong	Laos	600	Phu Thai	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Japanese	Northern Mariana Islands	700	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Laan	Laos	700	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Drukpa, Dzongkha	Denmark	700	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mok	Thailand	700	Mok	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Valmiki Chuhra (Buddhist traditions)	India	700	Punjabi, Eastern	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Japanese	American Samoa	800	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
Totals:	637 Peoples		501,447,000				483 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,745

* 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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