Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,315,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

686

Unreached Groups

533 (77.7 %)

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country ▲	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Changpa	Pakistan	200	Balti	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Rigzong	Pakistan	1,700	Balti	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Beda	Pakistan	400	Balti	Buddhism	1 ●	2.70 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Japanese	Panama	2,200	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Paraguay	6,600	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Peru	160,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Japanese	Philippines	4,700	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Poland	47,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Japanese	Portugal	700	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Qatar	52,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Russia	900	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese, Kinh	Russia	14,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	Russia	185,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	0.16 %	0.16 %	4 New Testament	4
	Mongol, Khalka	Russia	3,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Soyot	Russia	3,600	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tuvans-Todzhan	Russia	1,900	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Singapore	20,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Singapore	47,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Singapore	1,199,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	9.43 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Singapore	1,385,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 ●	12.00 %	10.61 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Teochew	Singapore	608,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	7.07 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	Singapore	443,000	Chinese, Yue	Buddhism	4 ●	12.00 %	7.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Japanese	Singapore	40,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Singapore	17,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Deaf	Singapore	12,000	Singapore Sign Language	Buddhism	2 ●	16.04 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
Totals:	686 Peoples		501,315,000			533 ●				5,942

* 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
1	Unreached - 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%