Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,662,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

638

Unreached Groups

482 (75.5 %)

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Scripture Status	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Tai Lue	Laos	140,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Tai Lue	Thailand	94,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Lue	United States	4,700	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Lue	Vietnam	7,100	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Mao	Myanmar (Burma)	80,000	Shan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Nua	Myanmar (Burma)	104,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Nua	China	486,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	10
	Tai Nua	Laos	16,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Nua	Vietnam	113,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Wang	Thailand	20,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tamang	Bhutan	9,400	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Tamang	India	247,000	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tamang	Nepal	1,597,000	Tamang, Eastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tangchanghya	Bangladesh	68,000	Tangchangya	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tangchanghya	India	2,000	Tangchangya	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tangsa Tikhak	India	2,300	Naga, Tangshang	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tatar, Khakass	China	800	Khakas	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Taungtha	Myanmar (Burma)	31,000	Chin, Rungtu	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Taungyo	Myanmar (Burma)	46,000	Taungyo	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tebbu	China	25,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Thai	Australia	62,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Thai	Austria	6,800	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Thai	Myanmar (Burma)	44,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Thai	Canada	20,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Thai	China	12,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Totals:	638 Peoples		501,662,000				482 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,744

* 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
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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