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 *
	Mongour	China	51,000	Tu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Naju	China	1,900	Naxi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Namuyi	China	8,800	Namuyi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Naxi, Northern	China	3,300	Naxi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Olot	China	3,100	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qiang, Cimulin	China	17,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qiang, Luhua	China	24,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qiang, Mawo	China	20,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qiang, Yadu	China	38,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Qixingmin	China	5,900	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Queyu	China	11,000	Queyu	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sogwo Arig	China	49,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khampa-Tibetan	Myanmar (Burma)	1,200	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Yugur, Enger	China	6,000	Yugur, East	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Yugur, Saragh	China	12,000	Yugur, West	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tibetan, Nghari	China	63,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan, Zhugqu	China	49,000	Choni	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Wutun	China	3,100	Wutunhua	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Xiangcheng	China	14,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Yonzhi	China	4,100	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tatar, Khakass	China	800	Khakas	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lawa, Eastern	Thailand	8,500	Lawa, Eastern	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Chali	Bhutan	1,800	Chalikha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Yaw	Myanmar (Burma)	22,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Kui	Cambodia	37,000	Kuay	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
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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