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 *
	Palaung, Pale	Thailand	6,400	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.93 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Palaung, Rumai	Myanmar (Burma)	160,000	Palaung, Rumai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	3
	Palaung, Shwe	Myanmar (Burma)	234,000	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	1 ●	0.21 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Pankhu, Panko	Bangladesh	5,900	Pangkhua	Buddhism	1 ●	3.31 %	-1	2 Translation Started	1
	Phen	Laos	3,900	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Phongset	Laos	1,100	Phunoi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Phu Thai	Laos	241,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.04 %	2 Translation Started	5
	Phu Thai	Thailand	504,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.10 %	2 Translation Started	10
	Phu Thai	United States	58,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Phu Thai	Vietnam	261,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	4 ●	4.50 %	2.50 %	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Poong	Laos	1,100	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Puang	Laos	3,800	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Cimulin	China	17,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Luhua	China	24,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Mawo	China	20,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Yadu	China	38,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qixingmin	China	5,900	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Queyu	China	11,000	Queyu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Rakhine	Bangladesh	20,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Rakhine	Myanmar (Burma)	1,595,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.10 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	32
	Rigzong	India	8,100	Ladakhi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Rigzong	Pakistan	1,800	Balti	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Bhutan	3,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	India	89,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	2 ●	24.76 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Nepal	4,500	Lepcha	Buddhism	1 ●	3.56 %	-1	4 New Testament	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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