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 *
	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
	Palaung, Rumai	China	6,200	Palaung, Rumai	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Bhotia Sikkim	Bhutan	6,300	Sikkimese	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Palaung, Pale	Thailand	6,400	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Chak	Bangladesh	6,600	Chak	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Ekai	Myanmar (Burma)	6,600	Lawktu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Tai Bueng	Thailand	6,700	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Thai	Austria	6,800	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Vietnamese	Slovakia	6,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tseku	Bhutan	6,800	Tseku	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Japanese	China	6,900	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan	Pakistan	6,900	Balti	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	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
	Rigzong	India	7,100	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Lue	Vietnam	7,100	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khun	Thailand	7,200	Khun	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Paraguay	7,200	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sinhalese	Denmark	7,200	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Monpa Dirang	India	7,200	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Kazakhstan	7,200	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Monpa Tawang	India	7,200	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Yamphu	Nepal	7,200	Yamphu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bonan, Tongren	China	7,300	Bonan	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	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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