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 *
	Akha Jipia	Laos	9,700	Akha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Japan	9,600	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai, Isan	Laos	9,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Pidayne Danno	Sri Lanka	9,600	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.51 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Sweden	9,500	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Amami-Oshima, Northern	Japan	9,500	Amami-Oshima, Northern	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.45 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Singpho	India	9,500	Singpho	Buddhism	2 ●	7.14 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Australia	9,400	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	5 ●	12.00 %	12.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Karen, Yinbaw	Myanmar (Burma)	9,400	Yinbaw	Buddhism	5 ●	32.00 %	25.00 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Tamang	Bhutan	9,400	Nepali	Buddhism	1 ●	3.59 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai, Isan	New Zealand	9,200	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.10 %	4 New Testament	1
	Khotogoid	Mongolia	9,200	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lawa, Western	Thailand	9,100	Lawa, Western	Buddhism	5 ●	16.00 %	14.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Thai	Switzerland	9,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khamti, Khamti Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	9,000	Khamti	Buddhism	1 ●	1.26 %	1.26 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kayah (Eastern)	Myanmar (Burma)	9,000	Kayah, Eastern	Buddhism	5 ●	20.00 %	14.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Tai Kaleun	Thailand	9,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Namuyi	China	8,800	Namuyi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Demala Gattara	Sri Lanka	8,700	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	7.52 %	-1	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
	Han Chinese, Hainanese	Thailand	8,400	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	6.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-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
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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