Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,640,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

635

Unreached Groups

480 (75.6 %)

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 *
	Bintanna	Sri Lanka	7,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Couratto	Sri Lanka	7,500	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Vietnamese	New Zealand	7,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Vietnamese, Kinh	Russia	7,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	De'ang, Shwe	China	7,900	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khmer	Laos	7,900	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Jiarong, Guanyingqiao	China	7,900	Lavrung	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Angku	China	8,000	Kon Keu	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan	France	8,100	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Yoy	Thailand	8,100	Yoy	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tibetan, Central	Switzerland	8,200	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Monba, Medog	China	8,200	Sartang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Songlai	Myanmar (Burma)	8,200	Chin, Songlai	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Thai	New Zealand	8,300	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Vietnamese	Cyprus	8,300	Vietnamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Kyirong	China	8,300	Kyerung	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kucong	Vietnam	8,300	Kucong	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Han Chinese, Hainanese	Thailand	8,400	Hainanese	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Singpho	India	8,400	Singpho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Zhaba	China	8,500	Zhaba	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lawa, Eastern	Thailand	8,500	Lawa, Eastern	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Demala Gattara	Sri Lanka	8,700	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Namuyi	China	8,800	Namuyi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Thai	Switzerland	9,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	India	9,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
Totals:	635 Peoples		501,640,000				480 ◼︎ (202 ✸︎)			5,738

* 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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