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 %)

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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 *
	Chali	Bhutan	1,800	Chalikha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chepya	Laos	2,700	Chepya	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chrame	China	50,000	Pumi, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Dakpa	Bhutan	4,600	Dakpakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Dawei, Tavoyan	Myanmar (Burma)	461,000	Tavoyan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.04 %	4 New Testament	9
	Dawei, Tavoyan	Thailand	600	Tavoyan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	De'ang, Shwe	China	7,900	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Dowaniya	India	3,300	Assamese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Drukpa	Bhutan	224,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Drukpa	India	14,000	Dzongkha	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
	Dzala	Bhutan	17,000	Dzalakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Ergong	China	63,000	Horpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Ersu	China	44,000	Ersu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Ewenki, Khamnigan	Mongolia	600	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Gara	Pakistan	1,300	Balti	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Golog	China	165,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	3
	Gongduk	Bhutan	2,500	Gongduk	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Groma	China	19,000	Groma	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Guiqiong	China	12,000	Guiqiong	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Gurung Ghaleg	Bangladesh	1,200	Gurung	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Bangladesh	3,800	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Handi	Sri Lanka	1,900	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Hanomoreyo	Sri Lanka	5,800	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Hdzanggur	China	5,500	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	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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