Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,316,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

686

Unreached Groups

534 (77.8 %)

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 *
	Lao	France	19,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan	France	7,900	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Finland	1,500	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Finland	7,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Finland	1,100	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Finland	11,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Japanese	Dominican Republic	1,700	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Dominica	900	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Denmark	1,900	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Denmark	12,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Denmark	1,800	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Denmark	9,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Denmark	7,100	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Drukpa, Dzongkha	Denmark	700	Dzongkha	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Czechia	69,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Mongol, Khalka	Czechia	2,400	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Cyprus	7,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.40 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Cyprus	7,900	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	6.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Cyprus	1,200	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	4 ●	12.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	South Asian, general	Cyprus	16,000	Hindi	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chinese, general	Christmas Island	800	Language unknown	Buddhism	2 ●	14.00 %	2.00 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Sino-Burmese	China, Macau	21,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	China, Macau	900	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.70 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	China, Hong Kong	10,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	0.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	China, Hong Kong	10,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	686 Peoples		501,316,000			534 ●				5,943

* 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%