Buddhism people group listing

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People Groups
Total

637

Est. Population
of Adherents

501,447,000

People Groups Unreached

483

Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups

236,385,000

People Groups Frontier

203

Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups

13,616,000

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 *
	Lao Ga	Thailand	2,100	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Taroi	India	2,100	Singpho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Konta Durayi	Sri Lanka	2,100	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	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
	Jad	India	2,200	Khamba	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Gapong	Thailand	2,200	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Inti	Laos	2,200	Oy	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Loba	Bhutan	2,300	Lhowa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Monpa Lish	India	2,300	Lish	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tangsa Tikhak	India	2,300	Naga, Tangshang	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Bodh (Gahri)	India	2,300	Gahri	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Karen, Tharmitaik	Myanmar (Burma)	2,300	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Japanese	Guam	2,400	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Manyak	China	2,400	Ersu	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	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
	Kuki Chin Yindi	Bangladesh	2,500	Chin, Khumi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Uzemchin	Mongolia	2,500	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tsum	Nepal	2,500	Tsum	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Brunei	2,600	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sherpa Helambu	Nepal	2,600	Hyolmo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sinhalese, general	Maldives	2,600	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lao Phuan	Cambodia	2,600	Phuan	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Changpa	India	2,700	Changthang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lemo	China	2,700	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Chepya	Laos	2,700	Chepya	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Totals:	637 Peoples		501,447,000				483 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,745

* 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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