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 *
	Kikai	Japan	12,000	Kikai	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.72 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Vietnamese	Japan	13,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kunigami	Japan	4,800	Kunigami	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Miyako, Ryukyuan	Japan	64,000	Miyako	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.51 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Amami-Oshima, Northern	Japan	9,500	Amami-Oshima, Northern	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.45 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Oki-No-Erabu	Japan	3,100	Oki-No-Erabu	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Amami-Oshima, Southern	Japan	1,700	Amami-Oshima, Southern	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Toku-No-Shima	Japan	4,900	Toku-No-Shima	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.55 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yaeyama	Japan	45,000	Yaeyama	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.38 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yonaguni	Japan	800	Yonaguni	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yoron	Japan	900	Yoron	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Deaf	Japan	246,000	Japanese Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.54 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	5
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Kazakhstan	800	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Buriat, Russian	Kazakhstan	500	Buriat, Russia	Buddhism	2 ●	12.00 %	0.80 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Burmese	Korea, South	23,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.70 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Korea, South	103,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Japanese	Korea, South	52,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	Korea, South	47,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Korea, South	152,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	4 ●	8.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Mongol, Khalka	Korea, South	36,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	1.72 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Korean	Kyrgyzstan	19,000	Korean	Buddhism	5 ●	26.34 %	16.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Kyrgyzstan	5,600	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Chinese, general	Kyrgyzstan	1,100	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	1 ●	4.43 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Laos	5,400	Burmese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Laos	155,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	3
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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