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 *
	Yugur, Enger	China	6,000	Yugur, East	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sinhalese, general	Cyprus	6,100	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tibetan	Pakistan	6,100	Balti	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Japanese	Italy	6,200	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Spain	6,200	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khami	Bangladesh	6,200	Chittagonian	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Palaung, Rumai	China	6,200	Palaung, Rumai	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Jirel	Nepal	6,300	Jirel	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Palaung, Pale	Thailand	6,400	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Bhotia Sikkim	Bhutan	6,400	Sikkimese	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Chak	Bangladesh	6,600	Chak	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Bueng	Thailand	6,700	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Ekai	Myanmar (Burma)	6,700	Lawktu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Thai	Austria	6,800	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	China	6,800	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Vietnamese	Slovakia	6,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tseku	Bhutan	6,900	Tseku	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Jiarong, Sidabao	China	7,000	Lavrung	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Thai	Finland	7,100	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Bonan, Tongren	China	7,200	Bonan	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Lue	Vietnam	7,200	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sinhalese, general	Denmark	7,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Kazakhstan	7,300	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Bintanna	Sri Lanka	7,400	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Rigzong	India	7,500	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	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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