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 *
	Kayah (Eastern)	Myanmar (Burma)	9,000	Kayah, Eastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kayah Eastern	Thailand	19,000	Kayah, Eastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sherpa	Bhutan	10,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherpa	China	1,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherpa	Nepal	115,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Sherpa	United States	5,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bru, Western	Laos	93,000	Bru, Western	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bru, Western	Thailand	20,000	Bru, Western	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Gurung Ghaleg	Nepal	547,000	Gurung	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Thai, Isan	Iceland	1,700	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Thai, Isan	Laos	9,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Thai, Isan	Norway	19,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Thai, Isan	New Zealand	9,200	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Thai, Isan	Thailand	18,939,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	379
	Thai, Isan	United States	89,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Thami	China	600	Thangmi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lahu Shi	Myanmar (Burma)	65,000	Lahu Shi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lahu Shi	China	128,000	Lahu Shi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Yintale	Myanmar (Burma)	11,000	Yintale	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Kaleun	Laos	3,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tai Kaleun	Thailand	9,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Barua	Bangladesh	36,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Barua	Myanmar (Burma)	500	Rakhine	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bodh (Buddhist traditions)	India	118,000	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	2
	Bhotia Sikkim	Bhutan	6,300	Sikkimese	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	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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