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 *
	Tai Laing	Myanmar (Burma)	115,000	Tai Laing	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Palaung, Pale	Thailand	6,400	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.93 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shan	Thailand	102,000	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.93 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Thai	Thailand	23,189,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	464
	Thai	Libya	3,200	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao	Myanmar (Burma)	25,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao Song	Thailand	37,000	Thai Song	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Kui	Laos	52,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	4 New Testament	1
	Buriat, Chinese	China	167,000	Buriat, China	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Dolpa	Nepal	4,500	Sherpa	Buddhism	1 ●	1.38 %	0.83 %	4 New Testament	1
	Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	4,851,000	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	5 Complete Bible	97
	Mon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,140,000	Mon	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	5 Complete Bible	23
	Thai	New Zealand	8,300	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Canada	93,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Lao	Argentina	2,000	Lao	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Oy	Laos	26,000	Oy	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lao Phuan	Laos	159,000	Phuan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	2 Translation Started	3
	Buriat, Russian	Kazakhstan	500	Buriat, Russia	Buddhism	2 ●	12.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kikai	Japan	12,000	Kikai	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.72 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Burmese	Korea, South	23,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.70 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Dariganga	Mongolia	39,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.70 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sino-Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	17,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.70 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Han Tai	China	57,000	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.70 %	0.70 %	4 New Testament	1
	Lhomi, Shing Saapa	Nepal	1,200	Lhomi	Buddhism	1 ●	1.15 %	0.69 %	4 New Testament	1
	De'ang, Rumai	China	6,200	Palaung, Rumai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.67 %	0.67 %	3 Bible Portions	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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