Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,256,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

686

Unreached Groups

534 (77.8 %)

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language ▲	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Vietnamese	Laos	126,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Slovakia	7,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Malaysia	106,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	New Caledonia	2,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Vanuatu	1,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Netherlands	25,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Norway	24,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	New Zealand	7,500	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Poland	47,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese, Kinh	Russia	14,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Spain	600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Sweden	9,400	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Thailand	126,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Taiwan	225,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	United Kingdom	27,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Ukraine	3,100	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	United States	1,700,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese, Kinh	Vietnam	81,193,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.40 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Walang	China	2,000	Walungge	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Walang	India	500	Walungge	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Walang	Nepal	1,400	Walungge	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Wutun	China	3,100	Wutunhua	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Yaeyama	Japan	45,000	Yaeyama	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.38 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yamphu	Nepal	7,900	Yamphu	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Karen, Yinbaw	Myanmar (Burma)	9,300	Yinbaw	Buddhism	5 ●	32.00 %	25.00 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
Totals:	686 Peoples		501,256,000			534 ●				5,943

* 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
1	Unreached - 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%