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 *
	Drukpa, Dzongkha	Denmark	700	Dzongkha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tai Man, Shan	China	700	Shan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Buriat, Russian	Turkmenistan	700	Buriat, Russia	Buddhism	4 ●	6.00 %	3.00 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Mok	Thailand	700	Mok	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	1.40 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Japanese	American Samoa	800	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Dominica	800	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Micronesia, Federated States	800	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Kazakhstan	800	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sinhalese	China, Hong Kong	800	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Yonaguni	Japan	800	Yonaguni	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Za, Charumba	China	800	Zakhring	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tatar, Khakass	China	800	Khakas	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Valmiki Chuhra (Buddhist traditions)	India	800	Punjabi, Eastern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Pa-O	Thailand	900	Pa'o	Buddhism	2 ●	25.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Thai	China, Macau	900	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.70 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tai Khun	Laos	900	Khun	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Yoron	Japan	900	Yoron	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Japanese	Greece	1,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Italy	1,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	7.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	United States	1,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Uzbekistan	1,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Khas	Bhutan	1,000	Bengali	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khampa Tibetan	India	1,000	Khamba	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Tibetan, Khampa	Myanmar (Burma)	1,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Muak Sa-aak	China	1,000	Muak Sa-aak	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	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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