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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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 *
	Thai	United States	235,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Chakma	India	250,000	Chakma	Buddhism	1 ●	4.89 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	5
	Palaung, Shwe	Myanmar (Burma)	234,000	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	1 ●	0.21 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Khmer, Cambodian	United States	267,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.60 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	Mongolia	230,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	4 New Testament	5
	Phu Thai	Laos	241,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.04 %	2 Translation Started	5
	Tu	China	258,000	Tu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Khampa, Western	China	265,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	5
	Deaf	Japan	246,000	Japanese Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.54 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	5
	Palaung, Pale	Myanmar (Burma)	295,000	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Tuvan	Russia	294,000	Tuvan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.19 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Khmer Krom	Cambodia	299,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.10 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Myeik	Myanmar (Burma)	282,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Deaf	Thailand	358,000	Thai Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.10 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	7
	Batgama	Sri Lanka	409,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	1.48 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	8
	Kui	Thailand	432,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.41 %	4 New Testament	9
	Dawei, Tavoyan	Myanmar (Burma)	461,000	Tavoyan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.04 %	4 New Testament	9
	Phu Thai	Thailand	504,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.10 %	2 Translation Started	10
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	China	486,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	0.17 %	3 Bible Portions	10
	Bai, Southern	China	666,000	Bai, Southern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.13 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	13
	Amdo, Hbrogpa	China	738,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	15
	Tibetan Gtsang	China	753,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	15
	Tai Lue	China	798,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.33 %	4 New Testament	16
	Pa-O	Myanmar (Burma)	871,000	Pa'o	Buddhism	1 ●	1.70 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	17
	Burakumin	Japan	864,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	17
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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