Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,662,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

638

Unreached Groups

482 (75.5 %)

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 *
	Burmese	Thailand	2,310,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	46
	Mongol, Khalka	Mongolia	2,505,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	50
	Rakhine	Myanmar (Burma)	2,588,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	52
	Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	4,851,000	Shan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	97
	Thai, Southern	Thailand	5,335,000	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	107
	Mongolian, Peripheral	China	5,545,000	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	111
	Thai, Northern	Thailand	7,758,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	155
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	India	9,618,000	Marathi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	192
	Khmer	Cambodia	15,613,000	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	312
	Thai, Isan	Thailand	18,939,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	379
	Thai	Thailand	21,289,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	426
	Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	29,810,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	596
	Japanese	Japan	117,756,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2,355
Totals:	638 Peoples		501,662,000				482 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,744

* 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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