Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,711,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

693

Unreached Groups

522 (75.3 %)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Salagama	Sri Lanka	337,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	12.16 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Sri Lanka	200,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	6.81 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tondagattan	Sri Lanka	1,600	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vellidura	Sri Lanka	1,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Wahumpura	Sri Lanka	8,873,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	7.01 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yamannu	Sri Lanka	84,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.68 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	2
	Thai	Sweden	33,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Sweden	2,700	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Sweden	9,500	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Thai	Switzerland	9,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Switzerland	5,300	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan, Central	Switzerland	8,200	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	South Asian, general	Switzerland	78,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Thai	Taiwan	83,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Japanese	Taiwan	13,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Taiwan	289,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Mongol, Khalka	Taiwan	1,100	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Pa-O	Thailand	900	Pa'o	Buddhism	2 ●	25.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Burmese	Thailand	212,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.42 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	464
	Han Chinese, Min Bei	Thailand	15,000	Chinese, Min Bei	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Thailand	1,540,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	4.00 %	2.66 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chong	Thailand	2,100	Chong	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Bru, Eastern	Thailand	26,000	Bru, Eastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Hainanese	Thailand	8,400	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	6.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
Totals:	693 Peoples		504,711,000			522 ●				5,811

* 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 >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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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