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 *
	Japanese	American Samoa	800	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chinese, general	Anguilla	300	English	Buddhism	4 ●	30.00 %	5.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lao	Argentina	2,000	Lao	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Argentina	78,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	2 ●	31.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Burmese	Australia	18,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Australia	62,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Australia	9,400	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 ●	12.00 %	12.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Japanese	Australia	60,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Australia	308,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	22.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Khmer	Australia	37,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Australia	12,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	1.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Australia	72,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan	Australia	1,600	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Austria	38,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	4 ●	6.90 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Japanese	Austria	2,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Austria	3,700	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	12.00 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Asho Khyang	Bangladesh	5,600	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	2 ●	38.29 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Burmese	Bangladesh	83,000	Burmese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Kuki Chin	Bangladesh	130,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	2 ●	11.41 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Chak	Bangladesh	6,600	Chak	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Chakma	Bangladesh	543,000	Chakma	Buddhism	2 ●	7.47 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kuki Chin Chinbon	Bangladesh	1,400	Chin, Uppu	Buddhism	2 ●	18.40 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Bangladesh	3,800	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rakhine	Bangladesh	20,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Mru	Bangladesh	74,000	Mru	Buddhism	4 ●	4.09 %	2.11 %	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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