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 *
	Mangrik	Pakistan	57,000	Balti	Buddhism	1 ●	0.13 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Rigzong	Pakistan	1,800	Balti	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Japanese	Palau	1,100	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Panama	2,300	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Paraguay	7,200	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Peru	54,000	Spanish	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Philippines	2,900	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Poland	3,900	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	61,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Russia	16,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese, Kinh	Russia	7,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	Russia	179,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	0.16 %	0.16 %	4 New Testament	4
	Tuvan	Russia	294,000	Tuvan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.19 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Mongol, Khalka	Russia	1,300	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Soyot	Russia	4,400	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
	Japanese	Samoa	1,500	Japanese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Saudi Arabia	151,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Thai	Saudi Arabia	5,800	Thai	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Saudi Arabia	2,500	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Saudi Arabia	78,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Burmese	Singapore	20,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Singapore	46,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Singapore	1,178,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	9.43 %	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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