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	Netherlands	5,800	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	New Zealand	25,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Paraguay	7,200	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Peru	54,000	Spanish	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Panama	2,300	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jirel	Nepal	6,200	Jirel	Buddhism	1 ●	4.38 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Joy	Laos	4,300	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.40 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Kachin	India	37,000	Jingpho	Buddhism	1 ●	0.53 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kagate	India	2,100	Syuba	Buddhism	1 ●	3.65 %	1.95 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Uzbekistan	1,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	Mongolia	230,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	4 New Testament	5
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	Russia	179,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	0.16 %	0.16 %	4 New Testament	4
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	United States	1,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Khami	Bangladesh	6,100	Chittagonian	Buddhism	1 ●	4.63 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Khamiyang	India	1,500	Assamese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.27 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khampa Tibetan	India	1,000	Khamba	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Khampti	India	20,000	Adi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khamti, Khamti Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	9,000	Khamti	Buddhism	1 ●	1.26 %	1.26 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Kheng	Bhutan	36,000	Khengkha	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	1
	Khmer	Australia	37,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	Canada	23,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	Cambodia	14,994,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.10 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	300
	Khmer	France	73,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	Germany	13,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	Korea, South	47,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	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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