Buddhism people group listing

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People Groups
Total

636

Est. Population
of Adherents

502,097,000

People Groups Unreached

483

Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups

236,749,000

People Groups Frontier

204

Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups

13,513,000

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 *
	Thakali Marphali	Nepal	2,100	Thakali	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Konta Durayi	Sri Lanka	2,100	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kurtokha	Bhutan	2,200	Kurtokha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Gapong	Thailand	2,200	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Taroi	India	2,200	Singpho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Loba	Bhutan	2,300	Lhowa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Karen, Tharmitaik	Myanmar (Burma)	2,300	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Inti	Laos	2,300	Oy	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Jad	India	2,400	Khamba	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Monpa Lish	India	2,400	Lish	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tangsa Tikhak	India	2,400	Naga, Tangshang	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Manyak	China	2,400	Ersu	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bodh (Gahri)	India	2,400	Gahri	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Guam	2,500	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Kuki Chin Yindi	Bangladesh	2,500	Chin, Khumi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Uzemchin	Mongolia	2,500	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Gongduk	Bhutan	2,600	Gongduk	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lao Phuan	Cambodia	2,600	Phuan	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tsum	Nepal	2,600	Tsum	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Brunei	2,700	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese, general	Maldives	2,700	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lemo	China	2,700	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Chepya	Laos	2,700	Chepya	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherpa Helambu	Nepal	2,800	Hyolmo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Changpa	India	2,800	Changthang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
Totals:	636 Peoples		502,097,000				483 ◼︎ (204 ✸︎)			5,757

* 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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