Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,601,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

685

Unreached Groups

516 (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 *
	Radayo	Sri Lanka	1,900	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rajaka	Sri Lanka	162,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	7.03 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Salagama	Sri Lanka	337,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	12.16 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Sri Lanka	200,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	6.81 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tondagattan	Sri Lanka	1,600	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vellidura	Sri Lanka	1,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Wahumpura	Sri Lanka	8,873,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	7.01 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yamannu	Sri Lanka	84,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.68 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	2
	Singpho	India	9,500	Singpho	Buddhism	2 ●	7.14 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tai Taroi	India	2,400	Singpho	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Deaf	Singapore	12,000	Singapore Sign Language	Buddhism	2 ●	16.04 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Bhotia Sikkim	Bhutan	6,300	Sikkimese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Bhotia Sikkim	India	96,000	Sikkimese	Buddhism	1 ●	4.54 %	-1	0 Unspecified	2
	Bhotia Tibetan	India	3,600	Sikkimese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Shixing	China	3,500	Shuhi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Dolpa	Nepal	4,500	Sherpa	Buddhism	1 ●	1.38 %	0.83 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherpa	Bhutan	10,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherpa	China	1,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherpa	Nepal	121,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 ●	4.23 %	2.12 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Sherpa	United States	5,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tokpegola	Nepal	1,600	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherdukpen	Bhutan	300	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Sherdukpen	India	4,000	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Tai Man, Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	4,560,000	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	5 Complete Bible	91
	Tai Man, Shan	China	700	Shan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	685 Peoples		504,601,000			516 ●				5,799

* 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 >.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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