Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,711,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

693

Unreached Groups

522 (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 *
	Hu	China	1,100	Hu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.27 %	0.27 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Lawa, Eastern	Thailand	8,500	Lawa, Eastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.24 %	0.24 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Tai Lue	Myanmar (Burma)	62,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.22 %	0.08 %	4 New Testament	1
	Palaung, Shwe	Myanmar (Burma)	234,000	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	1 ●	0.21 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	5
	Kheng	Bhutan	36,000	Khengkha	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	4 New Testament	1
	Khmer	Thailand	66,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai, Northern	Thailand	7,758,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.03 %	4 New Testament	155
	Choni	China	169,000	Choni	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Yong	Thailand	14,000	Yong	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Bunan	China	2,100	Gahri	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Czechia	2,500	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Danu	Myanmar (Burma)	116,000	Danu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.15 %	4 New Testament	2
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	China	486,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	0.17 %	3 Bible Portions	10
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	Vietnam	113,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	0.17 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Loba	Nepal	2,900	Lhowa	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Changpa	India	3,100	Changthang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Bodh (Gahri)	India	2,600	Gahri	Buddhism	1 ●	0.18 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Samtao	Laos	3,800	Samtao	Buddhism	1 ●	0.17 %	0.17 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	Russia	179,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	0.16 %	0.16 %	4 New Testament	4
	Sharchop	Bhutan	68,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	1 ●	0.15 %	0.15 %	4 New Testament	1
	Yaw	Myanmar (Burma)	22,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.15 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mangrik	Pakistan	57,000	Balti	Buddhism	1 ●	0.13 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	India	10,898,000	Marathi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	218
	Bai, Southern	China	666,000	Bai, Southern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.13 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	13
	De'ang, Pale	China	11,000	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	1 ●	0.12 %	0.12 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	693 Peoples		504,711,000			522 ●				5,811

* 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 >0.1% 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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