Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,991,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

666

Unreached Groups

510 (76.6 %)

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 *
	Samtao	China	200	Samtao	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Adi Ramo	China	200	Adi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lao Ti	Thailand	200	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Japanese	Marshall Islands	300	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tai Doi	Laos	300	Tai Loi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Sherdukpen	Bhutan	300	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Chinese, general	Anguilla	300	English	Buddhism	4 ●	30.00 %	5.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Khmer	Belgium	500	Khmer	Buddhism	2 ●	7.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Kazakhstan	500	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tibetan	Liechtenstein	500	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Ugong	Thailand	500	Ugong	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Barua, Maramagyi	Myanmar (Burma)	500	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Vietnamese	Spain	600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Ladakhi	China	600	Ladakhi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thami	China	600	Thangmi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Malimasa	China	600	Naxi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Chinese, general	Christmas Island	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	2 ●	14.00 %	2.00 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Dawei, Tavoyan	Thailand	600	Tavoyan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Huay	Thailand	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tai Gapong	Laos	600	Phu Thai	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Buriat, Russian	Turkmenistan	600	Buriat, Russia	Buddhism	4 ●	6.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Japanese	Portugal	700	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tai Laan	Laos	700	Language unknown	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.74 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tibetan	United Kingdom	700	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Drukpa, Dzongkha	Denmark	700	Dzongkha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	666 Peoples		501,991,000			510 ●				5,864

* 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
1	Unreached - 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%