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 *
	Tai Lue	Laos	140,000	Lu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	3
	Dawei, Tavoyan	Myanmar (Burma)	461,000	Tavoyan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.04 %	4 New Testament	9
	Tseku	China	14,000	Tseku	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.10 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Burmese	Cambodia	5,600	Burmese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Bangladesh	83,000	Burmese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Tsum	Nepal	2,600	Tsum	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.07 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Walang	Nepal	1,400	Walungge	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.07 %	0.07 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Blang	China	105,000	Blang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.06 %	4 New Testament	2
	Lao Krang	Thailand	59,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Khuen	Laos	14,000	Khuen	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.06 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Amdo, Hbrogpa	China	738,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	15
	Amdo, Rongmahbrogpa	China	186,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	4
	Khampa Eastern	China	1,587,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	32
	Khmu, Puman	China	29,000	U	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tai He	Laos	4,400	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tibetan, Central	China	933,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	19
	Mongolian, Peripheral	China	5,545,000	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.02 %	5 Complete Bible	111
	Monba, Cona	China	44,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.02 %	4 New Testament	1
	Lao Wieng	Thailand	59,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.03 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Jiarong, Situ	China	205,000	Jiarong	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.03 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Mongour	China	51,000	Tu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Tibetan, Central	United States	28,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Golog	China	165,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	3
	Khampa, Northern	China	150,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Tibetan Gtsang	China	753,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	15
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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