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 *
	Lawa, Western	Thailand	9,100	Lawa, Western	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ekai	Myanmar (Burma)	6,600	Lawktu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Layakha	Bhutan	3,600	Layakha	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Bhutan	3,100	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	India	79,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Nepal	4,200	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Lhokpu	Bhutan	3,600	Lhokpu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lhomi	China	1,700	Lhomi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lhomi	India	1,700	Lhomi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lhomi, Shing Saapa	Nepal	1,200	Lhomi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Loba	Bhutan	2,300	Lhowa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Loba	Nepal	2,800	Lhowa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Monpa Lish	India	2,300	Lish	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Han Tai	China	57,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Huayao Tai	China	90,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Lue	Myanmar (Burma)	62,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Lue	China	798,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	16
	Tai Lue	Laos	140,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Tai Lue	Thailand	94,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Lue	United States	4,700	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Lue	Vietnam	7,100	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lunape	Bhutan	1,300	Lunanakha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Manmet	China	1,700	Man Met	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	India	9,618,000	Marathi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	192
	Marma (Magh)	Bangladesh	248,000	Marma	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-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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