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 *
	Sinhalese	Italy	59,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Indonesia	798,000	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	4 ●	29.00 %	6.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Japanese	Indonesia	14,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	India	14,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	4.27 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chakma	India	250,000	Chakma	Buddhism	1 ●	4.89 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	5
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	India	10,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	2 ●	6.73 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kachin	India	37,000	Jingpho	Buddhism	1 ●	0.53 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khampti	India	20,000	Adi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	India	89,000	Lepcha	Buddhism	2 ●	24.76 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Mon	India	1,300	Ladakhi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.43 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Sinhalese	India	5,100	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sherpa	India	51,000	Nepali	Buddhism	2 ●	14.74 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tangchanghya	India	2,300	Tangchangya	Buddhism	2 ●	16.67 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Tibetan	India	114,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	1 ●	0.29 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Aiton (Tai Aiton)	India	3,700	Aiton	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Barua	India	1,600	Bengali	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bodh (Buddhist traditions)	India	133,000	Ladakhi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	4 New Testament	3
	Bhotia	India	130,000	Nepali	Buddhism	2 ●	5.01 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Bhotia Sikkim	India	96,000	Sikkimese	Buddhism	1 ●	4.54 %	-1	0 Unspecified	2
	Bhotia Tibetan	India	3,600	Sikkimese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Monpa Dirang	India	8,200	Tshangla	Buddhism	1 ●	0.77 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Drukpa	India	14,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jad	India	2,500	Khamba	Buddhism	1 ●	0.59 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Khamiyang	India	1,500	Assamese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.27 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khowa	India	1,600	Bugun	Buddhism	2 ●	21.20 %	-1	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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