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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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Han Chinese, Min Bei	Thailand	15,000	Chinese, Min Bei	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Myanmar (Burma)	73,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	4.00 %	2.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Singapore	1,178,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	9.43 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Thailand	1,540,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	4.00 %	2.66 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hainanese	Thailand	8,400	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	6.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Teochew	Singapore	597,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	7.07 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	Myanmar (Burma)	75,000	Chinese, Yue	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	Singapore	435,000	Chinese, Yue	Buddhism	4 ●	12.00 %	7.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	Thailand	41,000	Chinese, Yue	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kuki Chin	Bangladesh	130,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	2 ●	11.41 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Barua	Bangladesh	36,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Khami	Bangladesh	6,100	Chittagonian	Buddhism	1 ●	4.63 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Matpa	Bhutan	21,000	Chocangacakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chong	Cambodia	1,700	Chong	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chong	Thailand	2,100	Chong	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Choni	China	169,000	Choni	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Tibetan, Zhugqu	China	49,000	Choni	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Dakpa	Bhutan	4,600	Dakpakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Danau	Myanmar (Burma)	5,700	Danau	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Danu	Myanmar (Burma)	116,000	Danu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.15 %	4 New Testament	2
	Dzala	Bhutan	17,000	Dzalakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Drukpa	Bhutan	224,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Drukpa, Dzongkha	Denmark	700	Dzongkha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Drukpa	India	14,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Ngalong	Bhutan	91,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
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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