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 *
	Vietnamese	Hungary	5,700	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Laos	22,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	New Caledonia	2,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Vanuatu	1,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	New Zealand	7,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese, Kinh	Russia	7,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Sweden	9,500	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Thailand	125,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	United Kingdom	28,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Ukraine	3,100	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Libya	18,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Deaf	Myanmar (Burma)	411,000	Myanmar Sign Language	Buddhism	2 ●	8.98 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Deaf	Sri Lanka	116,000	Sri Lankan Sign Language	Buddhism	2 ●	8.38 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Durava	Sri Lanka	785,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	8.12 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Blang	Myanmar (Burma)	15,000	Blang	Buddhism	4 ●	8.00 %	4.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Korea, South	152,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	4 ●	8.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Slovakia	6,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Malaysia	113,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Spain	600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Singapore	17,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Brunei	1,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Bru, Western	Thailand	20,000	Bru, Western	Buddhism	4 ●	8.00 %	6.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Khmer, Northern	Cambodia	5,600	Khmer, Northern	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Khmer, Northern	Thailand	1,496,000	Khmer, Northern	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Karen, Tharmitaik	Myanmar (Burma)	2,300	Language unknown	Buddhism	4 ●	8.00 %	3.00 %	0 Unspecified	-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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