Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

505,980,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

666

Unreached Groups

510 (76.6 %)

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 *
	Loba	Nepal	3,100	Lhowa	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Lunape	Bhutan	1,300	Lunanakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Luzu	China	1,200	Ersu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	India	10,733,000	Marathi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	215
	Malimasa	China	600	Naxi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Mangrik	India	26,000	Ladakhi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Mangrik	Pakistan	55,000	Balti	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Manmet	China	1,800	Man Met	Buddhism	1 ●	0.34 %	0.34 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Manyak	China	2,400	Ersu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Marma (Magh)	Bangladesh	1,135,000	Marma	Buddhism	2 ●	5.69 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Marma (Magh)	India	52,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Matpa	Bhutan	21,000	Chocangacakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Menia	China	1,600	Ersu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Minyag, Western	China	11,000	Minyag, Western	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Miyako, Ryukyuan	Japan	64,000	Miyako	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.51 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Mok	Myanmar (Burma)	4,100	Mok	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Mok	Thailand	700	Mok	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	1.40 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Momba	India	5,100	Sartang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Mon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,154,000	Mon	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	5 Complete Bible	23
	Monba, Cona	China	45,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.02 %	4 New Testament	1
	Monba, Medog	China	8,300	Sartang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Mongol, Khalka	China	68,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Czechia	2,400	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Korea, South	36,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	1.72 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Mongolia	2,449,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.86 %	5 Complete Bible	49
Totals:	666 Peoples		505,980,000			510 ●				5,879

* 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
1	Unreached - 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%