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 *
	Mongolian, Peripheral	United States	3,800	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	United States	16,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khuen	United States	2,900	Khuen	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Burmese	United Kingdom	15,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	United Kingdom	55,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	United Kingdom	25,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	United Kingdom	11,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.20 %	1.70 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	United Kingdom	28,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tibetan	United Kingdom	700	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	United Arab Emirates	3,700	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	United Arab Emirates	4,600	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Ukraine	3,400	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Ukraine	3,100	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Turkmenistan	3,700	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	1 ●	3.30 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Buriat, Russian	Turkmenistan	700	Buriat, Russia	Buddhism	4 ●	6.00 %	3.00 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Pa-O	Thailand	900	Pa'o	Buddhism	2 ●	25.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Burmese	Thailand	212,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.42 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	464
	Han Chinese, Min Bei	Thailand	15,000	Chinese, Min Bei	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Thailand	1,540,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	4.00 %	2.66 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chong	Thailand	2,100	Chong	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Bru, Eastern	Thailand	26,000	Bru, Eastern	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Chinese, Hainanese	Thailand	8,400	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	6.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Thailand	81,000	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Han Chinese, Cantonese	Thailand	41,000	Chinese, Yue	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	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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