Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,601,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

685

Unreached Groups

516 (75.3 %)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
☀︎
= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Kalmyk, Torgut	China	107,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Kyrgyzstan	5,600	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Kazakhstan	800	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sinhalese	Australia	72,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Denmark	7,200	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	India	5,100	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Saek	Thailand	21,000	Saek	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Samtao	China	200	Samtao	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Sherpa	Bhutan	10,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherpa	China	1,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherpa	United States	5,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Shixing	China	3,500	Shuhi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Thai, Southern	Malaysia	4,600	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	Laos	16,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Gurung Ghaleg	Bangladesh	1,200	Gurung	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tibetan	Belgium	5,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan	Bhutan	4,700	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan	Canada	10,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai, Isan	Laos	9,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thami	China	600	Thangmi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tibetan	Australia	1,600	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan	France	8,100	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan	Liechtenstein	500	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan	Netherlands	1,100	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan, Bhotia	Nepal	2,900	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	685 Peoples		504,601,000			516 ●				5,799

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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