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 *
	Khami	Bangladesh	6,100	Chittagonian	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Marma (Magh)	Bangladesh	248,000	Marma	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lai Chin	Bangladesh	1,700	Chin, Hakha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kuki Chin Yindi	Bangladesh	2,500	Chin, Khumi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kuki Chin Asho	Bangladesh	1,800	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Japanese	Belgium	5,600	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tibetan	Belgium	5,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Chinese, general	Belgium	23,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Dakpa	Bhutan	4,600	Dakpakha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sharchop	Bhutan	68,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Gongduk	Bhutan	2,500	Gongduk	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bumthangpa	Bhutan	23,000	Bumthangkha	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Kheng	Bhutan	36,000	Khengkha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Kurtokha	Bhutan	2,200	Kurtokha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Bhutan	3,100	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Loba	Bhutan	2,300	Lhowa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Newah	Bhutan	3,700	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherpa	Bhutan	10,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Gurung Ghaleg	Bhutan	10,000	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Tibetan	Bhutan	4,700	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Bhotia Sikkim	Bhutan	6,300	Sikkimese	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Broq-Pa	Bhutan	5,800	Brokpake	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Drukpa	Bhutan	224,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	4
	Khas	Bhutan	1,000	Bengali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Monpa Kalaktang	Bhutan	1,100	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
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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