Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,711,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

693

Unreached Groups

522 (75.3 %)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Deaf	Laos	79,000	Laos Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	3.38 %	-1	0 Unspecified	2
	Jiarong, Guanyingqiao	China	7,900	Lavrung	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Jiarong, Sidabao	China	7,000	Lavrung	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Lawa, Eastern	Thailand	8,500	Lawa, Eastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.24 %	0.24 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Lawa, Western	Thailand	9,100	Lawa, Western	Buddhism	5 ●	16.00 %	14.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Ekai	Myanmar (Burma)	6,600	Lawktu	Buddhism	4 ●	3.00 %	3.00 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Layakha	Bhutan	3,600	Layakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Bhutan	3,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	India	89,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	2 ●	24.76 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Nepal	4,500	Lepcha	Buddhism	1 ●	3.56 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Lhokpu	Bhutan	3,600	Lhokpu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lhomi	China	1,700	Lhomi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Lhomi	India	1,900	Lhomi	Buddhism	2 ●	7.79 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Lhomi, Shing Saapa	Nepal	1,200	Lhomi	Buddhism	1 ●	1.15 %	0.69 %	4 New Testament	1
	Loba	Bhutan	2,300	Lhowa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Loba	Nepal	2,900	Lhowa	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Monpa Lish	India	2,600	Lish	Buddhism	1 ●	0.67 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Han Tai	China	57,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.70 %	0.70 %	4 New Testament	1
	Huayao Tai	China	90,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.29 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tai Lue	Myanmar (Burma)	62,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.22 %	0.08 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Lue	China	798,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.33 %	4 New Testament	16
	Tai Lue	Laos	140,000	Lu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	3
	Tai Lue	Thailand	94,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tai Lue	United States	4,700	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Lue	Vietnam	7,100	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
Totals:	693 Peoples		504,711,000			522 ●				5,811

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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