Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,662,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

638

Unreached Groups

482 (75.5 %)

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 *
	Kalmyk, Torgut	China	107,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Lawa	China	106,000	Awa (China)	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Blang	China	105,000	Blang	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Tai Nua	Myanmar (Burma)	104,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Thai	Korea, South	103,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Intha	Myanmar (Burma)	103,000	Intha	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Shan	Thailand	102,000	Shan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tibetan, Shangri La	China	102,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Tibetan	India	100,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Monpa	Bhutan	100,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Amdo, Rtahu	China	100,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Hunna	Sri Lanka	98,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tai Lue	Thailand	94,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Japanese	Canada	93,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	So	Laos	93,000	So (Laos)	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Bru, Western	Laos	93,000	Bru, Western	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ngalong	Bhutan	91,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Durbet, Dorwoten	Mongolia	90,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Huayao Tai	China	90,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Thai, Isan	United States	89,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Bhotia Sikkim	India	85,000	Sikkimese	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	2
	Yamannu	Sri Lanka	84,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	2
	Burmese	Bangladesh	83,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Thai	Taiwan	83,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Nyaw	Thailand	83,000	Nyaw	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
Totals:	638 Peoples		501,662,000				482 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,744

* 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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