Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,470,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

684

Unreached Groups

516 (75.4 %)

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 *
	Japanese	United Arab Emirates	3,900	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sherdukpen	India	3,900	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Vietnamese	Poland	4,100	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Mok	Myanmar (Burma)	4,100	Mok	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yonzhi	China	4,200	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Tai He	Laos	4,300	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tuvan	China	4,300	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Joy	Laos	4,300	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.40 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Burmese	Canada	4,400	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.11 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai, Southern	Malaysia	4,400	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Thai, Tak Bai	Malaysia	4,400	Thai, Southern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Soyot	Russia	4,400	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Muak Sa-aak	Myanmar (Burma)	4,500	Muak Sa-aak	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	10.00 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Dakpa	Bhutan	4,600	Dakpakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tibetan	Bhutan	4,600	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tai Lue	United States	4,600	Lu	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Karen, Banlon Gyi	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Karen, Banlon Nge	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Dolpa	Nepal	4,700	Sherpa	Buddhism	1 ●	1.38 %	0.83 %	4 New Testament	1
	Japanese	Belgium	4,700	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Nepal	4,700	Lepcha	Buddhism	1 ●	3.56 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Sinhalese	Malaysia	4,700	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kunigami	Japan	4,800	Kunigami	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Toku-No-Shima	Japan	4,900	Toku-No-Shima	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.55 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tibetan	Belgium	5,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	684 Peoples		503,470,000			516 ●				5,798

* 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%

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