Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,470,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

684

Unreached Groups

516 (75.4 %)

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 *
	Vietnamese	Sweden	9,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Thailand	126,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Taiwan	226,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	United Kingdom	27,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Ukraine	3,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	United States	1,718,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	4 ●	36.00 %	4.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vellidura	Sri Lanka	1,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Valmiki Chuhra (Buddhist traditions)	India	800	Punjabi, Eastern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Valmiki (Buddhist traditions)	India	25,000	Hindi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Uzemchin	Mongolia	2,500	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Uuld	Mongolia	15,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	4 ●	2.60 %	2.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Uriankhai, Altai	Mongolia	31,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	4 ●	2.90 %	2.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Ugong	Thailand	500	Ugong	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tuvans-Todzhan	Russia	1,900	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Tuvan	China	4,300	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Tuvan	Mongolia	43,000	Tuvan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	1.10 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Tuvan	Russia	294,000	Tuvan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.19 %	2 Translation Started	6
	Tu	China	259,000	Tu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Tsum	Nepal	2,700	Tsum	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.07 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tseku	Bhutan	6,700	Tseku	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Tseku	China	14,000	Tseku	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Torgut	Mongolia	17,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 ●	2.40 %	2.30 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Tondagattan	Sri Lanka	1,500	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Toku-No-Shima	Japan	4,900	Toku-No-Shima	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.55 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tokpegola	Nepal	1,700	Sherpa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
Totals:	684 Peoples		503,470,000			516 ●				5,798

* 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
1	Unreached - 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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