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 *
	Khmer	Laos	7,900	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	New Zealand	9,800	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	Thailand	66,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	United Kingdom	11,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.20 %	1.70 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khmer	Vietnam	1,377,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.87 %	5 Complete Bible	28
	Khmer Krom	Cambodia	299,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.10 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Khmer, Cambodian	United States	267,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.60 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Khotogoid	Mongolia	9,200	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khoton	Mongolia	13,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	4.70 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Khuen	United States	2,900	Khuen	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Kikai	Japan	12,000	Kikai	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.72 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Kinnara	Sri Lanka	31,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	0.46 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kiorr	Laos	5,200	Kiorr	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.60 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Kuan, Khuen	China	1,600	Khuen	Buddhism	1 ●	0.11 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Kucong	China	44,000	Kucong	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Kucong	Vietnam	8,300	Kucong	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.24 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Kui	Cambodia	37,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	0.53 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kui	Laos	52,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kui	Thailand	432,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.41 %	4 New Testament	9
	Kuki Chin Asho	Bangladesh	1,800	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	1 ●	3.40 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kunigami	Japan	4,800	Kunigami	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lao	Australia	12,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	1.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Myanmar (Burma)	25,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Cambodia	25,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	France	20,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.10 %	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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