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 %)

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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 *
	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	Pakistan	7,100	Balti	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Tibetan	United Kingdom	700	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan Gtsang	China	753,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	15
	Tibetan, Bhotia	Nepal	2,900	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan, Central	China	933,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	19
	Tibetan, Central	Switzerland	8,200	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan, Central	United States	28,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan, Khampa	Myanmar (Burma)	1,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tibetan, Nghari	China	63,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan, Shanyan	China	25,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tibetan, Zhugqu	China	49,000	Choni	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tokpegola	Nepal	1,600	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tondagattan	Sri Lanka	1,600	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tseku	Bhutan	6,800	Tseku	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Tseku	China	14,000	Tseku	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Tsum	Nepal	2,600	Tsum	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.07 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tu	China	258,000	Tu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Tuvan	China	4,300	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tuvans-Todzhan	Russia	1,900	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Uzemchin	Mongolia	2,500	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Valmiki (Buddhist traditions)	India	26,000	Hindi	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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