Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,601,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

685

Unreached Groups

516 (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 *
	Vietnamese	Germany	188,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Thai	France	11,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	France	31,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	France	73,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	France	332,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lao	France	20,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tibetan	France	8,100	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Finland	2,200	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Finland	7,100	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Finland	1,800	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	800	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	10,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Denmark	7,200	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	39,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Mongol, Khalka	Czechia	2,500	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Cyprus	8,300	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.40 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Cyprus	8,700	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	6.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Cyprus	1,300	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	4 ●	12.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	South Asian, general	Cyprus	17,000	Hindi	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	685 Peoples		504,601,000			516 ●				5,799

* 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 >.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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