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 *
	Mosuo	China	56,000	Narua	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Monpa Tawang	India	7,200	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Monpa Lish	India	2,300	Lish	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Monpa Kalaktang	Bhutan	1,100	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Monpa Kalaktang	India	1,400	Monpa, Kalaktang	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Monpa Dirang	India	7,200	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Monpa	Bhutan	100,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Monpa	India	41,000	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mongour	China	51,000	Tu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mongolian, Peripheral	China	5,545,000	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	111
	Mongol, Sichuan	China	29,000	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	China	67,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Korea, South	36,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Kazakhstan	7,200	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Mongolia	2,505,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	50
	Mongol, Khalka	Sweden	5,700	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	United States	16,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Monba, Medog	China	8,200	Sartang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Monba, Cona	China	44,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	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
	Mon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,140,000	Mon	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	23
	Momba	India	4,600	Sartang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mok	Myanmar (Burma)	4,300	Mok	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mok	Thailand	700	Mok	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	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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