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 *
	Mongol, Khalka	Mongolia	2,465,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	49
	Mongol, Khalka	Russia	1,300	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Taiwan	1,100	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	United States	16,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongolian, Peripheral	United States	3,800	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Monpa	India	46,000	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.94 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Monpa Dirang	India	8,200	Tshangla	Buddhism	1 ●	0.77 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Monpa Lish	India	2,600	Lish	Buddhism	1 ●	0.67 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Monpa Tawang	India	8,200	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Mru	Myanmar (Burma)	25,000	Mru	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Myeik	Myanmar (Burma)	282,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Naxi, Northern	China	3,300	Naxi	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	1
	Nyaw	Thailand	83,000	Nyaw	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	2
	Oki-No-Erabu	Japan	3,100	Oki-No-Erabu	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Okinawan, Ryukyuan	Bolivia	2,600	Okinawan, Central	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.10 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Oy	Laos	26,000	Oy	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Pa-O	Myanmar (Burma)	871,000	Pa'o	Buddhism	1 ●	1.70 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	17
	Palaung, Pale	Thailand	6,400	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.93 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Palaung, Rumai	Myanmar (Burma)	160,000	Palaung, Rumai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	3
	Palaung, Shwe	Myanmar (Burma)	234,000	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	1 ●	0.21 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Pankhu, Panko	Bangladesh	5,900	Pangkhua	Buddhism	1 ●	3.31 %	-1	2 Translation Started	1
	Phu Thai	Laos	241,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.04 %	2 Translation Started	5
	Phu Thai	Thailand	504,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.10 %	2 Translation Started	10
	Phu Thai	United States	58,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.10 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Pidayne Danno	Sri Lanka	9,600	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.51 %	-1	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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