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 *
	Lhomi	China	1,700	Lhomi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lhomi	India	1,700	Lhomi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lhomi, Shing Saapa	Nepal	1,200	Lhomi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Lue	Myanmar (Burma)	62,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Lue	China	798,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	16
	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
	Malimasa	China	600	Naxi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Naju	China	1,900	Naxi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Naxi, Northern	China	3,300	Naxi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Olot	China	3,100	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sogwo Arig	China	49,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khampa-Tibetan	Myanmar (Burma)	1,200	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan, Deqen	China	120,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tibetan, Shangri La	China	102,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Yonzhi	China	4,100	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tatar, Khakass	China	800	Khakas	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kui	Cambodia	37,000	Kuay	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Kui	Laos	52,000	Kuay	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Kui	Thailand	432,000	Kuay	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	9
	Monba, Cona	China	44,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Walang	Bhutan	3,700	Bantawa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Dawei, Tavoyan	Myanmar (Burma)	461,000	Tavoyan	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	9
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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