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: ☀︎●●●●● (
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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 *
	Chinese, general	Botswana	1,400	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	4 ●	25.00 %	10.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Brazil	314,000	Portuguese	Buddhism	4 ●	30.00 %	4.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Brunei	13,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 ●	15.00 %	12.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Brunei	2,900	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	4 ●	15.00 %	10.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Brunei	1,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Bulgaria	1,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Cambodia	5,600	Burmese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Cambodia	3,500	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chong	Cambodia	1,700	Chong	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Khmer	Cambodia	14,994,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.10 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	300
	Vietnamese	Cambodia	871,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.17 %	5 Complete Bible	17
	Lao	Cambodia	25,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao Phuan	Cambodia	2,600	Phuan	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Khmer Krom	Cambodia	299,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.10 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Deaf	Cambodia	134,000	Cambodian Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	3
	Kui	Cambodia	37,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	0.53 %	4 New Testament	1
	Khmer, Northern	Cambodia	5,600	Khmer, Northern	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Burmese	Canada	4,500	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.11 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Canada	20,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Canada	93,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Khmer	Canada	23,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Canada	174,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	4 ●	25.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lao	Canada	14,000	Lao	Buddhism	4 ●	5.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Canada	21,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.80 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan	Canada	10,000	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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