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 *
	Lhomi	China	1,700	Lhomi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Lhomi	India	1,900	Lhomi	Buddhism	2 ●	7.79 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Lhomi, Shing Saapa	Nepal	1,200	Lhomi	Buddhism	1 ●	1.15 %	0.69 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Lue	Myanmar (Burma)	62,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.22 %	0.08 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Lue	China	798,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.33 %	4 New Testament	16
	Tai Lue	Laos	140,000	Lu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	3
	Tai Lue	Thailand	94,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tai Lue	United States	4,700	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai Lue	Vietnam	7,100	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Malimasa	China	600	Naxi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Naju	China	1,900	Naxi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Olot	China	3,100	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sogwo Arig	China	49,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Yonzhi	China	4,100	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kui	Cambodia	37,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	0.53 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kui	Laos	52,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kui	Thailand	432,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.41 %	4 New Testament	9
	Monba, Cona	China	44,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.02 %	4 New Testament	1
	Dawei, Tavoyan	Myanmar (Burma)	461,000	Tavoyan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.04 %	4 New Testament	9
	Dawei, Tavoyan	Thailand	600	Tavoyan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tebbu	China	25,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tokpegola	Nepal	1,600	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Mro-Khimi	Myanmar (Burma)	203,000	Mro-Khimi	Buddhism	4 ●	7.40 %	5.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Khoton	Mongolia	13,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	4.70 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Torgut	Mongolia	17,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 ●	2.40 %	2.30 %	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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