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 *
	Bintanna	Sri Lanka	7,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	5.05 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Couratto	Sri Lanka	7,500	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	1.72 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	New Zealand	7,600	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Yamphu	Nepal	7,600	Yamphu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Vietnamese, Kinh	Russia	7,800	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	De'ang, Shwe	China	7,900	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Khmer	Laos	7,900	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Jiarong, Guanyingqiao	China	7,900	Lavrung	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Angku	China	8,000	Kon Keu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Tibetan	France	8,100	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Yoy	Thailand	8,100	Yoy	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.50 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Rigzong	India	8,100	Ladakhi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tibetan, Central	Switzerland	8,200	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Monpa Dirang	India	8,200	Tshangla	Buddhism	1 ●	0.77 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Monba, Medog	China	8,200	Sartang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Monpa Tawang	India	8,200	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Chin, Songlai	Myanmar (Burma)	8,200	Chin, Songlai	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	2.00 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Thai	New Zealand	8,300	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Cyprus	8,300	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.40 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kyerung	China	8,300	Kyerung	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Kucong	Vietnam	8,300	Kucong	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.24 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Han Chinese, Hainanese	Thailand	8,400	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	6.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Zhaba	China	8,500	Zhaba	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lawa, Eastern	Thailand	8,500	Lawa, Eastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.24 %	0.24 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Demala Gattara	Sri Lanka	8,700	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	7.52 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-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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