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 *
	Burmese	Saudi Arabia	151,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Thai	Laos	155,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Thai	Malaysia	153,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Khun	Myanmar (Burma)	131,000	Khun	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Sinhalese	United Arab Emirates	130,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	3
	Lao Phuan	Laos	159,000	Phuan	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Palaung, Rumai	Myanmar (Burma)	160,000	Palaung, Rumai	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Choni	China	169,000	Choni	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Amdo, Rongba	China	161,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Golog	China	165,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Khampa, Northern	China	150,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Tai Lue	Laos	140,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Buriat, Chinese	China	167,000	Buriat, China	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Han Chinese, Kokang	Myanmar (Burma)	165,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Burmese	Bangladesh	83,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Burmese	Japan	110,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Eurasian	Japan	123,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Thai	Korea, South	103,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Thai	Taiwan	83,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Durbet, Dorwoten	Mongolia	90,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Thailand	81,000	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Intha	Myanmar (Burma)	103,000	Intha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Japanese	Canada	93,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Blang	China	105,000	Blang	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Kalmyk, Torgut	China	107,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
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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