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 *
	Burmese	United States	204,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	4
	Sino-Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	17,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Yaw	Myanmar (Burma)	22,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Myeik	Myanmar (Burma)	282,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	6
	Chak	Bangladesh	6,600	Chak	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Chak, Thet	Myanmar (Burma)	1,900	Chak	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Chakma	Bangladesh	542,000	Chakma	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Chakma	Myanmar (Burma)	29,000	Chakma	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Chakma	India	221,000	Chakma	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	4
	Chali	Bhutan	1,800	Chalikha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Changpa	India	2,700	Changthang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Chepya	Laos	2,700	Chepya	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Asho Khyang	Bangladesh	5,600	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Asho	Myanmar (Burma)	180,000	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kuki Chin Asho	Bangladesh	1,800	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Lai Chin	Bangladesh	1,700	Chin, Hakha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kuki Chin Yindi	Bangladesh	2,500	Chin, Khumi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Letu	Myanmar (Burma)	37,000	Chin, Laitu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Taungtha	Myanmar (Burma)	31,000	Chin, Rungtu	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Songlai	Myanmar (Burma)	8,200	Chin, Songlai	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Kuki Chin Chinbon	Bangladesh	1,500	Chin, Uppu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Australia	9,400	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Myanmar (Burma)	23,000	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Brunei	2,600	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Indonesia	798,000	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-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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