Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,601,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

685

Unreached Groups

516 (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 *
	Rongkup-Lepcha	Nepal	4,500	Lepcha	Buddhism	1 ●	3.56 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Muak Sa-aak	Myanmar (Burma)	4,500	Muak Sa-aak	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	10.00 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Tai He	Laos	4,400	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	0.05 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Soyot	Russia	4,400	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tuvan	China	4,300	Tuvan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Joy	Laos	4,300	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.40 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Yonzhi	China	4,100	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Sherdukpen	India	4,000	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Mok	Myanmar (Burma)	4,000	Mok	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Vietnamese	Poland	3,900	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sartang	India	3,900	Sartang	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Phen	Laos	3,900	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Bangladesh	3,800	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Samtao	Laos	3,800	Samtao	Buddhism	1 ●	0.17 %	0.17 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Mongolian, Peripheral	United States	3,800	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Puang	Laos	3,800	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Thai	United Arab Emirates	3,700	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Vietnamese	Austria	3,700	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	12.00 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Newah	Bhutan	3,700	Nepali	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Aiton (Tai Aiton)	India	3,700	Aiton	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Walang	Bhutan	3,700	Bantawa	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chinese, general	Turkmenistan	3,700	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	1 ●	3.30 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Belgium	3,600	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Tai Kaleun	Laos	3,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 ●	7.00 %	5.41 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Bhotia Tibetan	India	3,600	Sikkimese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
Totals:	685 Peoples		504,601,000			516 ●				5,799

* 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 >.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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