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 *
	Han Chinese, Hainanese	Thailand	8,400	Hainanese	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	South Asian, general	Cyprus	17,000	Hindi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Valmiki (Buddhist traditions)	India	23,000	Hindi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Ergong	China	63,000	Horpa	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Hu	China	1,100	Hu	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sherpa Helambu	Nepal	2,600	Hyolmo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Yehlmo	Nepal	11,000	Hyolmo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Intha	Myanmar (Burma)	103,000	Intha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Eurasian	Japan	123,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Burakumin	Japan	864,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	17
	Japanese	American Samoa	800	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Japanese	Australia	60,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Japanese	Belgium	5,600	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Canada	93,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Japanese	China	6,900	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Japanese	Northern Mariana Islands	700	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Dominica	800	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Micronesia, Federated States	800	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	France	31,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Germany	36,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Guam	2,400	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	China, Hong Kong	9,800	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Indonesia	14,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Japanese	Italy	6,200	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Japan	117,756,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2,355
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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