Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,662,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

638

Unreached Groups

482 (75.5 %)

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 *
	Songlai	Myanmar (Burma)	8,200	Chin, Songlai	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tibetan	France	8,100	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Yoy	Thailand	8,100	Yoy	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Angku	China	8,000	Kon Keu	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	De'ang, Shwe	China	7,900	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khmer	Laos	7,900	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Jiarong, Guanyingqiao	China	7,900	Lavrung	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Vietnamese, Kinh	Russia	7,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Vietnamese	New Zealand	7,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Couratto	Sri Lanka	7,500	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Bonan, Tongren	China	7,300	Bonan	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bintanna	Sri Lanka	7,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-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
	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
	Jiarong, Sidabao	China	7,000	Lavrung	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
Totals:	638 Peoples		501,662,000				482 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,744

* 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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