Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,662,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

638

Unreached Groups

482 (75.5 %)

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Scripture Status	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
	Dakpa	Bhutan	4,600	Dakpakha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	De'ang, Shwe	China	7,900	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Gongduk	Bhutan	2,500	Gongduk	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Groma	China	19,000	Groma	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Guiqiong	China	12,000	Guiqiong	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Japanese	China	6,900	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Japanese	Samoa	1,500	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Khang	Laos	28,000	Kang	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Thai, Northern	Laos	40,000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kurtokha	Bhutan	2,200	Kurtokha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kyirong	China	500	Kyirong	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kyerong	Nepal	3,300	Kyirong	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Ladakhi	China	600	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Bhutan	3,100	Lepcha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Loba	Bhutan	2,300	Lhowa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Aheu Luang	Thailand	1,600	Aheu	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Rakhine	Bangladesh	20,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Newah	Bhutan	3,700	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mpi	Thailand	1,600	Mpi	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Nyahkur	Thailand	1,600	Nyahkur	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kalmyk, Torgut	China	107,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Kyrgyzstan	5,600	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sinhalese	Australia	72,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sinhalese	Denmark	7,200	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sinhalese	India	4,500	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Totals:	638 Peoples		501,662,000				482 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,744

* 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
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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