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 *
	Pankhu, Panko	Bangladesh	5,900	Pangkhua	Buddhism	1 ●	3.31 %	-1	2 Translation Started	1
	Tangchanghya	Bangladesh	68,000	Tangchangya	Buddhism	2 ●	13.37 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Gurung Ghaleg	Bangladesh	1,200	Gurung	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Barua	Bangladesh	36,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Khami	Bangladesh	6,100	Chittagonian	Buddhism	1 ●	4.63 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Marma (Magh)	Bangladesh	249,000	Marma	Buddhism	2 ●	5.69 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Lai Chin	Bangladesh	1,800	Chin, Hakha	Buddhism	2 ●	13.14 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kuki Chin Yindi	Bangladesh	2,500	Chin, Khumi	Buddhism	2 ●	11.09 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kuki Chin Asho	Bangladesh	1,800	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	1 ●	3.40 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Belgium	3,600	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Belgium	4,800	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	Belgium	500	Khmer	Buddhism	2 ●	7.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Belgium	1,400	Vietnamese	Buddhism	4 ●	17.00 %	10.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tibetan	Belgium	5,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chinese, general	Belgium	23,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	4 ●	12.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Dakpa	Bhutan	4,600	Dakpakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Sharchop	Bhutan	68,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	1 ●	0.15 %	0.15 %	4 New Testament	1
	Gongduk	Bhutan	2,500	Gongduk	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Bumthangpa	Bhutan	23,000	Bumthangkha	Buddhism	1 ●	0.59 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Kheng	Bhutan	36,000	Khengkha	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kurtokha	Bhutan	2,200	Kurtokha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Bhutan	3,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Loba	Bhutan	2,300	Lhowa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Newah	Bhutan	3,700	Nepali	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sherpa	Bhutan	10,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	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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