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	Finland	7,100	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Finland	1,800	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Finland	11,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Thai	France	11,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	France	31,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	France	73,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	France	332,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lao	France	20,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan	France	8,100	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Germany	21,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Germany	36,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	Germany	13,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Germany	188,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Japanese	Greece	1,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Guam	2,400	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Hungary	5,700	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Thai, Isan	Iceland	1,700	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	4 New Testament	1
	Burmese	India	14,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	4.27 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chakma	India	250,000	Chakma	Buddhism	1 ●	4.89 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	5
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	India	10,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	2 ●	6.73 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kachin	India	37,000	Jingpho	Buddhism	1 ●	0.53 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khampti	India	20,000	Adi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	India	89,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	2 ●	24.76 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Mon	India	1,300	Ladakhi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.43 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Sinhalese	India	5,100	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
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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