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 *
	Japanese	New Zealand	25,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	New Zealand	9,800	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	New Zealand	7,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lao	New Zealand	1,600	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	1.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	New Zealand	16,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai, Isan	New Zealand	9,200	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	1
	Vietnamese	New Caledonia	2,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Thai	Netherlands	24,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Netherlands	5,800	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Netherlands	26,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tibetan	Netherlands	1,100	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Dolpa	Nepal	4,500	Sherpa	Buddhism	1 ●	1.38 %	0.83 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherpa Helambu	Nepal	2,800	Hyolmo	Buddhism	1 ●	1.38 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Yehlmo	Nepal	12,000	Hyolmo	Buddhism	1 ●	0.99 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Kyerung	Nepal	3,500	Kyerung	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Nepal	4,500	Lepcha	Buddhism	1 ●	3.56 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Loba	Nepal	2,900	Lhowa	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Sherpa	Nepal	121,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 ●	4.23 %	2.12 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Gurung Ghaleg	Nepal	573,000	Gurung	Buddhism	2 ●	5.01 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Tibetan, Bhotia	Nepal	2,900	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Bhote	Nepal	14,000	Nepali	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jirel	Nepal	6,200	Jirel	Buddhism	1 ●	4.38 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Tamang	Nepal	1,676,000	Tamang, Eastern	Buddhism	2 ●	6.60 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Lhomi, Shing Saapa	Nepal	1,200	Lhomi	Buddhism	1 ●	1.15 %	0.69 %	4 New Testament	1
	Walang	Nepal	1,400	Walungge	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.07 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	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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