Myanmar (Burma)

Country: Myanmar (Burma)

Number of People Groups

149

People Groups Unreached

53 (35.6%)

Progress Level

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

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%

Total
Population

53,973,000

Population in Unreached

45,093,000 (83.5%)

Largest Religion

Buddhism (78.1%)

% Christian Adherent

8.1%

% Evangelical

4.80%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.5%

(Global Rate = 2.6%)

Map Notes

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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population this Country	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Achang, Maingtha	38,000	72,000	●	Achang	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	24.00 %	20.00 %	-1 -
Akeu	1,200	16,000		Akeu	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	4.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Akha	218,000	674,000	●	Akha	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	16.00 %	12.00 %	-1 -
Anong	11,000	14,000	●	Anong	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	40.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Asho Khyang	168,000	171,000	●	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	4 ●	15.00 %	10.00 %	-1 -
Barua, Maramagyi	500	13,000	●	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bulang	15,000	122,000	●	Blang	Buddhism	1 ●	1.90 %	0.80 %	1
Burmese	31,046,000	31,910,000	●	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.08 %	621
Chak, Thet	1,900	5,200	●	Chak	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	1
Chakma, Daingnet	28,000	679,000		Chakma	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chaungtha	182,000	182,000	●	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.10 %	0.07 %	4
Chin, Anu-Hkongso	5,000	5,000	●	Chin, Anu-Hkongso	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	38.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Bawm	700	700	●	Chin, Bawm	Christianity	5 ●	100.00 %	40.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Bualkhaw	2,700	2,700	●	Chin, Bualkhaw	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	60.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Cho	17,000	17,000	●	Chin, Muun	Christianity	5 ●	51.00 %	20.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Dai	42,000	42,000	●	Chin, Daai	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	60.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Eastern Khumi	14,000	14,000	●	Chin, Eastern Khumi	Christianity	5 ●	98.00 %	75.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Falam	76,000	76,000	●	Chin, Falam	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	60.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Hakha	134,000	134,000	●	Chin, Hakha	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	60.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Kaang	1,100	1,100	●	Chin, Kaang	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	90.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Khumi	66,000	66,000	●	Chin, Khumi	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	44.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Laitu	17,000	17,000	●	Chin, Laitu	Buddhism	4 ●	25.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Lautu	17,000	17,000	●	Chin, Lautu	Christianity	5 ●	85.00 %	30.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Mara	26,000	70,000	●	Chin, Mara	Christianity	5 ●	100.00 %	95.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Ngawn	19,000	19,000	●	Chin, Ngawn	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	60.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Paite	500	500	●	Chin, Paite	Christianity	5 ●	86.00 %	50.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Senthang	35,000	35,000	●	Chin, Senthang	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	40.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Siyin	13,000	13,000	●	Chin, Siyin	Christianity	5 ●	84.00 %	44.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Songlai	8,100	8,100	●	Chin, Songlai	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Sumtu	16,000	16,000	●	Chin, Sumtu	Christianity	5 ●	60.00 %	30.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Tawr	1,000	1,000	●	Chin, Tawr	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	80.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Tedim	256,000	256,000	●	Chin, Tedim	Christianity	5 ●	70.00 %	44.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Thaiphum	1,200	1,200	●	Chin, Thaiphum	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	50.00 %	-1 -
Chin, Zo	53,000	53,000	●	Chin, Zotung	Christianity	5 ●	75.00 %	42.00 %	-1 -
Danau	126,000	126,000	●	Danau	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	3
Danu	114,000	114,000	●	Danu	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	2
Dawei, Tavoyan	454,000	455,000	●	Tavoyan	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.04 %	9
Deaf	405,000	46,963,000	●	Language unknown	Buddhism	2 ●	8.98 %	-1	-1 -
Derung	200	15,000	●	Drung	Christianity	5 ●	56.00 %	29.00 %	-1 -
Ekai	6,000	6,000	●	Chin, Ekai	Buddhism	4 ●	3.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Enn	500	500	●	Wa, Parauk	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	5.00 %	0.00 %	1
Eurasian, Anglo-Burmese	55,000	1,727,000		English	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	30.00 %	-1 -
Gante	6,500	6,500	●	Gangte	Christianity	5 ●	60.00 %	35.00 %	-1 -
Gujarati	35,000	2,347,000		Gujarati	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.41 %	1
Han Chinese, Cantonese	74,000	79,348,000		Chinese, Yue	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.30 %	1
Han Chinese, Hakka	22,000	44,243,000		Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.40 %	1
Han Chinese, Mandarin	973,000	878,504,000		Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.40 %	19
Han Chinese, Min Nan	72,000	57,683,000		Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	4.00 %	2.50 %	-1 -
Hindi	130,000	1,468,000	●	Hindi	Hinduism	1 ●	0.70 %	0.25 %	3
Hmong Njua	12,000	757,000		Hmong Njua	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	1
Hrangkhol	9,200	16,000	●	Hrangkhol	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	35.00 %	25.00 %	-1 -
Hui	8,900	14,063,000		Chinese, Mandarin	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Intha	102,000	102,000	●	Intha	Buddhism	1 ●	0.10 %	0.07 %	2
Kachin Jingpo	1,015,000	1,087,000	●	Jingpho	Christianity	5 ●	64.00 %	43.52 %	-1 -
Kadu, Asak	34,000	34,000	●	Kadu	Buddhism	4 ●	5.00 %	3.50 %	-1 -
Kaman	5,000	5,000	●	Rakhine	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kanan	10,000	10,000	●	Kanan	Buddhism	4 ●	5.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Bghai	24,000	26,000	●	Karen, Bwe	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	27.00 %	18.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Brek	20,000	20,000	●	Kayaw	Christianity	5 ●	87.00 %	36.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Eastern Kayah	8,900	28,000	●	Kayah, Eastern	Buddhism	5 ●	20.00 %	14.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Geba	45,000	45,000	●	Karen, Geba	Christianity	5 ●	86.00 %	20.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Gheko	18,000	18,000	●	Karen, Geko	Christianity	5 ●	75.00 %	40.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Kayah	160,000	182,000	●	Kayah, Western	Buddhism	5 ●	28.00 %	20.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Lahta	11,000	11,000	●	Lahta	Buddhism	4 ●	18.00 %	9.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Manumanaw	11,000	11,000	●	Kawyaw	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	45.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Mobwa	4,500	4,500	●	Karen, Mobwa	Christianity	5 ●	75.00 %	20.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Paku	6,700	6,700	●	Karen, Paku	Christianity	5 ●	70.00 %	22.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Pwo Eastern	1,161,000	1,217,000	●	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Buddhism	4 ●	30.00 %	5.88 %	-1 -
Karen, Pwo Western	207,000	207,000	●	Karen, Pwo Western	Christianity	5 ●	42.00 %	18.00 %	-1 -
Karen, S'gaw	1,926,000	2,147,000	●	Karen, S'gaw	Christianity	5 ●	53.00 %	41.17 %	-1 -
Karen, Striped	13,000	13,000	●	Riang Lai	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	22.00 %	15.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Yinbaw	9,200	9,200	●	Yinbaw	Buddhism	5 ●	32.00 %	25.00 %	-1 -
Karen, Yintale	11,000	11,000	●	Yintale	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	1
Kawa, Vo	700	94,000		Wa, Vo	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	10.00 %	0.55 %	-1 -
Kayan, Padaung	144,000	147,000	●	Kayan	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	30.00 %	22.00 %	-1 -
Khampti, Khamti Shan	8,900	27,000	●	Khamti	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.04 %	1
Konyak	2,200	245,000	●	Naga, Konyak	Christianity	5 ●	83.00 %	45.00 %	-1 -
Kuki Chin	33,000	178,000	●	Chin, Thado	Christianity	5 ●	70.00 %	35.00 %	-1 -
Lahu	222,000	584,000	●	Lahu	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	43.00 %	-1 -
Lahu Shi	64,000	215,000	●	Lahu Shi	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Lao	25,000	3,667,000		Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.90 %	1
Lashi, Letsi	34,000	37,000	●	Lacid	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	65.00 %	-1 -
Lisu	340,000	1,313,000	●	Lisu	Christianity	5 ●	85.00 %	52.00 %	-1 -
Lisu, Black	5,000	5,000	●	Lisu	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	50.00 %	40.00 %	-1 -
Malay	27,000	16,968,000		Malay	Islam	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.02 %	1
Malayali	23,000	1,411,000		Malayalam	Hinduism	4 ●	34.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Manipuri, Ponna	11,000	1,493,000		Meitei	Hinduism	1 ●	1.70 %	1.50 %	1
Manyuki	20,000	20,000	●	Shan	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.05 %	1
Maru, Laungwaw	121,000	153,000	●	Lhao Vo	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	9.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Matu, Nga La	33,000	33,000	●	Chin, Matu	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	44.00 %	-1 -
Mizo	19,000	165,000	●	Mizo	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	45.00 %	-1 -
Mok	4,000	4,700		Mok	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Moken, Salon	4,600	6,700	●	Moken	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.04 %	1
Mon	1,135,000	1,255,000	●	Mon	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	23
Mro-Khimi	200,000	200,000	●	Mro-Khimi	Buddhism	4 ●	7.40 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Mru	25,000	57,000		Mru	Buddhism	1 ●	4.01 %	0.40 %	1
Muak Sa-aak	4,400	5,400	●	Muak Sa-aak	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	10.00 %	-1 -
Naga Akyaung Ari	1,200	1,200	●	Naga, Akyaung Ari	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	55.00 %	-1 -
Naga Khiamniungan	11,000	74,000		Naga, Khiamniungan	Christianity	5 ●	88.00 %	18.00 %	-1 -
Naga Kyan-Karyaw	10,000	10,000	●	Naga, Chen-Kayu	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	55.00 %	-1 -
Naga Lao	1,100	1,100	●	Naga, Lao	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	45.00 %	-1 -
Naga Leinong	8,600	8,600	●	Naga, Lainong	Buddhism	4 ●	25.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Naga Long Phuri	2,100	2,100	●	Naga, Long Phuri	Christianity	4 ●	90.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Naga Makuri	3,000	3,000	●	Naga, Makuri	Christianity	5 ●	55.00 %	40.00 %	-1 -
Naga Makyan	4,500	4,500	●	Naga, Paungnyuan	Christianity	4 ●	95.00 %	7.00 %	-1 -
Naga Para	1,600	1,600	●	Naga, Jejara	Christianity	5 ●	65.00 %	28.00 %	-1 -
Naga Ponyo-Gongwang	5,100	5,100	●	Naga, Ponyo-Gongwang	Christianity	4 ●	60.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Naga Tangkhul	4,700	206,000	●	Naga, Tangkhul	Christianity	4 ●	65.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Naga Tangsa	68,000	84,000	●	Naga, Tangshang	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	45.00 %	-1 -
Naga, Kokak	2,300	2,300	●	Naga, Kokak	Christianity	5 ●	70.00 %	60.00 %	-1 -
Nepali, general	293,000	777,000		Nepali	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.70 %	6
Nu	1,500	15,000		Nusu	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	17.00 %	11.00 %	-1 -
Pa-O	858,000	859,000	●	Pa'o	Buddhism	1 ●	1.70 %	0.30 %	17
Palaung, Pale	291,000	308,000	●	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.06 %	6
Palaung, Rumai	158,000	158,000	●	Palaung, Rumai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	3
Palaung, Shwe	231,000	239,000	●	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.12 %	5
Phun, Hpon	1,600	1,600	●	Burmese	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.40 %	1
Punjabi	11,000	2,080,000		Punjabi, Eastern	Hinduism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.63 %	1
Pyen	800	800	●	Pyen	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	30.00 %	15.00 %	-1 -
Rakhine	2,681,000	2,681,000	●	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.05 %	54
Ranglong	100	100		Ranglong	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	25.00 %	-1 -
Rawang, Nung	70,000	71,000	●	Rawang	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	45.00 %	-1 -
Rawngtu	5,500	5,500	●	Chin, Rawngtu	Christianity	5 ●	100.00 %	95.00 %	-1 -
Riang	14,000	16,000	●	Riang Lang	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	3.00 %	1.00 %	1
Rohingya	473,000	1,819,000	●	Rohingya	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Samtao	11,000	15,000	●	Samtao	Buddhism	4 ●	7.00 %	5.40 %	-1 -
Sino-Burmese	16,000	16,000	●	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.70 %	1
South Asian, Bengali-Speaking	280,000	1,474,000		Bengali	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.13 %	6
South Asian, Odia Speaking	119,000	119,000		Odia	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.20 %	2
Tai Doi	5,100	5,400	●	Tai Loi	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.00 %	1
Tai Khun	129,000	137,000	●	Khun	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	1.90 %	3
Tai Laing	114,000	114,000	●	Tai Laing	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	2
Tai Lue	61,000	1,098,000	●	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.06 %	1
Tai Man, Shan	4,493,000	4,599,000	●	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	90
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	102,000	715,000	●	Tai Nua	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.35 %	2
Taman, Htamandi	33,000	33,000	●	Burmese	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tamil (Hindu traditions)	148,000	2,707,000		Tamil	Hinduism	4 ●	11.00 %	3.80 %	-1 -
Taungtha	20,000	20,000	●	Chin, Rungtu	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Taungyo	45,000	45,000	●	Taungyo	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.40 %	1
Telugu	137,000	909,000		Telugu	Hinduism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.20 %	-1 -
Thai	43,000	21,399,000		Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.40 %	1
Uppu Chinbon	44,000	45,000	●	Chin, Uppu	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	10.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Vaiphei	7,500	55,000	●	Vaiphei	Christianity	5 ●	87.00 %	50.00 %	-1 -
Wa	454,000	846,000	●	Wa, Parauk	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	30.00 %	15.00 %	-1 -
Yaw	21,000	21,000	●	Burmese	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Zaiwa	35,000	156,000	●	Zaiwa	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	7.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Zo	67,000	92,000	●	Zo	Christianity	5 ●	84.00 %	50.00 %	-1 -
Zyphe	21,000	21,000	●	Chin, Zyphe	Christianity	5 ●	65.00 %	35.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 149	53,973,000					53 ●	8.07 %	4.80 %	922
Unclassified / Other Individuals	72,000
UN Country Population (2019)	54,045,000

Other minor groups: 7

Very small groups reported, but outside the Joshua Project Small Group Policy. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values, population, language and religion information. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. If you have information about these groups, please contact us.

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People Group ▲	Progress Scale	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Anal	5 ●	-1 Unknown	Anal	Christianity
British	4 ●	400	English	Christianity
Jew	1 ●	-1 Unknown	English	Ethnic Religions
Khampa Tibetan	1 ●	300	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhist
Khmu, Pouteng	4 ●	-1 Unknown	Khmu	Ethnic Religions
Tamang, Eastern	1 ●	-1 Unknown	Tamang, Eastern	Buddhism
Tibetan, Deqen, Khampa	1 ●	300	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism
Totals: 7

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* 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 for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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State ▲	Population	People Groups	Unreached Groups	% Unreached Peoples	Population in Unreached	% Population Unreached	Districts
Country:	53,973,000	149	53	35.6 %	45,093,000	83.5 %	0

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Class ▲	Population	% Popl	% Hindu	% Muslim	% Christian	% Buddhist	% Sikh	% Other
Forward Caste (FC)	289,167,000	535.8 %	97.4 %	0.0 %	1.1 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	1.5 %
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	753,926,000	1,396.9 %	70.9 %	24.0 %	1.7 %	0.2 %	2.5 %	0.8 %
Scheduled Caste (SC)	200,921,000	372.3 %	94.4 %	0.0 %	0.5 %	2.8 %	2.3 %	0.0 %
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	116,285,000	215.5 %	81.8 %	1.5 %	9.2 %	0.8 %	0.0 %	6.7 %
	53,973,000

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Language ▲	Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Scripture Status	NT Text Online	NT Audio Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Achang	acn	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	-1	1	-1
Akeu	aeu	1	0	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Akha	ahk	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Anong	nun	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Bengali	ben	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Blang	blr	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Burmese	mya	5	5	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Chak	ckh	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chakma	ccp	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Chin, Anu-Hkongso	anl	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Chin, Asho	csh	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Chin, Bawm	bgr	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Bualkhaw	cbl	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	-1	-1	-1
Chin, Daai	dao	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Eastern Khumi	cek	1	0	4 New Testament	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Ekai	cey	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Chin, Falam	cfm	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Chin, Hakha	cnh	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Kaang	ckn	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Chin, Khumi	cnk	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Chin, Laitu	clj	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Lautu	clt	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Mara	mrh	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Matu	hlt	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Muun	mwq	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Chin, Ngawn	cnw	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Paite	pck	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Chin, Rawngtu	weu	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Chin, Rungtu	rtc	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Chin, Senthang	sez	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Siyin	csy	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Songlai	csj	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Chin, Sumtu	csv	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Chin, Tawr	tcp	1	0	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Tedim	ctd	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Chin, Thado	tcz	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Chin, Thaiphum	cth	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Chin, Uppu	cnb	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Zotung	czt	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	-1	1	-1
Chin, Zyphe	zyp	1	0	4 New Testament	1	1	-1	1	-1
Chinese, Hakka	hak	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	2	2	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Chinese, Min Nan	nan	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Chinese, Yue	yue	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Danau	dnu	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Danu	dnv	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Drung	duu	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
English	eng	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Gangte	gnb	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Gujarati	guj	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Hindi	hin	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Hmong Njua	hnj	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	-1	1	-1
Hrangkhol	hra	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Intha	int	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Jingpho	kac	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Kadu	zkd	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Kanan	zkn	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Karen, Bwe	bwe	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Karen, Geba	kvq	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Karen, Geko	ghk	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Karen, Mobwa	jkm	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Karen, Paku	jkp	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Karen, Pwo Eastern	kjp	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Karen, Pwo Western	pwo	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Karen, S'gaw	ksw	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Kawyaw	kxf	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Kayah, Eastern	eky	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Kayah, Western	kyu	1	0	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Kayan	pdu	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Kayaw	kvl	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Khamti	kht	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Khun	kkh	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Lacid	lsi	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Lahta	kvt	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Lahu	lhu	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Lahu Shi	lhi	1	0	4 New Testament	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Lao	lao	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Lhao Vo	mhx	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Lisu	lis	2	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Lu	khb	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Malay	zlm	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Malayalam	mal	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Meitei	mni	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Mizo	lus	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Mok	mqt	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Moken	mwt	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Mon	mnw	1	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Mro-Khimi	cmr	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Mru	mro	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Muak Sa-aak	ukk	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Naga, Akyaung Ari	nqy	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Naga, Chen-Kayu	nqq	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Naga, Jejara	pzn	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Naga, Khiamniungan	kix	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Naga, Kokak	nxk	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Naga, Konyak	nbe	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Naga, Lainong	lzn	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Naga, Lao	nlq	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Naga, Long Phuri	lpn	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Naga, Makuri	jmn	1	0	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Naga, Paungnyuan	umn	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Naga, Ponyo-Gongwang	npg	1	0	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Naga, Tangkhul	ntx	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Naga, Tangshang	nst	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Nepali	npi	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Nusu	nuf	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Odia	ory	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Pa'o	blk	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Palaung, Ruching	pce	1	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Palaung, Rumai	rbb	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Palaung, Shwe	pll	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Punjabi, Eastern	pan	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Pyen	pyy	1	0	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Rakhine	rki	4	4	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Ranglong	rnl	1	0	4 New Testament	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Rawang	raw	1	0	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Riang Lai	yin	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Riang Lang	ril	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Rohingya	rhg	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Samtao	stu	1	0	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Shan	shn	2	2	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Tai Laing	tjl	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Tai Loi	tlq	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Tai Nua	tdd	1	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Tamil	tam	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Taungyo	tco	1	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Tavoyan	tvn	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Telugu	tel	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Thai	tha	1	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	1
Unknown	xxx	1	0	Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Vaiphei	vap	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Wa, Parauk	prk	2	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	-1	1	-1
Wa, Vo	wbm	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	1	1	-1
Yinbaw	kvu	1	0	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Yintale	kvy	1	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Zaiwa	atb	1	0	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Zo	zom	1	0	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Totals:	137	148	53		51	46	59	109	12

MAJOR RELIGIONS ▲	Percent
Buddhism	78.1 %
Christianity (Evangelical 4.8 %)	8.1 %
Ethnic Religions	6.9 %
Hinduism	1.5 %
Islam	4.8 %
Non-Religious	0.6 %
Other / Small Religions	0.1 %
Unknown	0.0 %

CHRISTIAN SEGMENTS ▲	Percent
Anglican	1.7 %
Independent	15.4 %
Orthodox	0.0 %
Other Christian	0.4 %
Protestant	61.5 %
Roman Catholic	14.7 %

Notes:

Major Religions: Religion percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each religion, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total population to derive the religion's percentage.

Christianity Segments: Christian segment percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all the people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each segment of Christianity, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total number of Christians to derive the Christian segment's percentage.

Networking Possibilities

Search the Web
There are many agencies and churches looking for additional staff to help them in their mission and calling in Myanmar (Burma). Internet searches are probably the best way to find these organizations. The following are some example search topics you might try:

Church planting agencies in Myanmar (Burma)
Christian ministry in Myanmar (Burma)
Business as mission
Christian literature distribution
Evangelism agencies
Christian discipleship
Short term Christian missions

Long term Christian missions
Urban ministries
Christian media opportunities
Bible translation opportunities
Relief and development agencies
Clean water projects
Christian medical outreaches

Myanmar (Burma) Statistics
People Groups	149
Unreached People Groups	53 (35.6%)
Population	53,973,000
Population Annual Growth Rate	0.9%
Population in Unreached	45,093,000 (83.5%)
Pioneer Workers Needed *	922
Primary Religion	Buddhism
Percent Christian Adherent	8.1%
Percent Evangelical	4.8%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate	2.5%
Country Progress Level	4 ●
Urbanization	31%
Continent	Asia
Region	Asia, Southeast
10/40 Window	Yes
Country Code	BM
Official Language(s)	Burmese
Literacy Rate	93%
Estimated Illiterate Population	3,778,000
Persecution Ranking	18 (1=High to 50=Low OD)

Myanmar (Burma) Prayer Cards
	Myanmar (Burma) prayer cards. All Unreached

Myanmar (Burma) Links
Operation World
Window International Country Profile
World Factbook
Ethnologue Language Listing
National Bible Society
God Reports (stories from the field)
Religious Freedom Report

Myanmar (Burma) Maps
Political Map (UN)
Language Map (Ethnologue)
Ethnolinguistic Map (Univ of Texas)
Perry-Castaneda Map Collection

Myanmar (Burma) Videos
Myanmar (Burma) Prayercast Video

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group. Some workers may already be onsite. The country estimate is a summation of the unreached people group estimates. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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