Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,451,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

637

Unreached Groups

483 (75.8 %)

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 *
	Lao	Thailand	62,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Lao	Vietnam	18,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Lao Song	Thailand	37,000	Thai Song	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Bhutan	3,100	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Nepal	4,200	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Loba	Bhutan	2,300	Lhowa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Loba	Nepal	2,800	Lhowa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Aheu Luang	Thailand	1,600	Aheu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rakhine	Bangladesh	20,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Newah	Bhutan	3,700	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Manmet	China	1,700	Man Met	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Meitei	Myanmar (Burma)	27,000	Meitei	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Miyako, Ryukyuan	Japan	64,000	Miyako	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Mon	India	1,200	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mon	Pakistan	1,300	Balti	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mpi	Thailand	1,600	Mpi	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mru	Myanmar (Burma)	25,000	Mru	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Amami-Oshima, Northern	Japan	9,500	Amami-Oshima, Northern	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Nyahkur	Thailand	1,600	Nyahkur	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Kyrgyzstan	5,600	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Oki-No-Erabu	Japan	3,100	Oki-No-Erabu	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Sinhalese	Maldives	2,600	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sinhalese	Malaysia	4,900	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sinhalese	New Zealand	16,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Sinhalese	Qatar	61,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
Totals:	637 Peoples		501,451,000				483 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,745

* 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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