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 *
	Tebbu	China	25,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thami	China	600	Thangmi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thakali Marphali	Nepal	2,100	Thakali	Buddhism	1 ●	1.79 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Thai, Southern	Malaysia	4,600	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Thai, Southern	Thailand	5,335,000	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.26 %	3 Bible Portions	107
	Thai, Tak Bai	Malaysia	4,600	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Thai, Tak Bai	Thailand	22,000	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Thai, Northern	Laos	40,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thai, Northern	Thailand	7,758,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	155
	Thai, Isan	Iceland	1,700	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thai, Isan	Laos	9,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thai, Isan	Norway	19,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thai, Isan	New Zealand	9,200	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thai, Isan	Thailand	18,939,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	379
	Thai, Isan	United States	89,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tai Kaleun	Laos	3,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 ●	7.00 %	5.41 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Tai Kaleun	Thailand	9,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Lao Song	Thailand	37,000	Thai Song	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Deaf	Thailand	358,000	Thai Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.10 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	7
	Thai	United Arab Emirates	3,700	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Australia	62,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Belgium	3,600	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Myanmar (Burma)	44,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Canada	20,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Cambodia	3,500	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.15 %	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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