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 *
	Burmese	New Zealand	2,500	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.60 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Saudi Arabia	151,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Burmese	Singapore	20,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Thailand	212,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.42 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Burmese	United Kingdom	15,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	United States	204,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Sino-Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	17,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.70 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Yaw	Myanmar (Burma)	22,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.15 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Myeik	Myanmar (Burma)	282,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Deaf	Cambodia	134,000	Cambodian Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	3
	Chak	Bangladesh	6,600	Chak	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Chak, Thet	Myanmar (Burma)	1,900	Chak	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Chakma	Bangladesh	543,000	Chakma	Buddhism	2 ●	7.47 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chakma	Myanmar (Burma)	29,000	Chakma	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chakma	India	250,000	Chakma	Buddhism	1 ●	4.89 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	5
	Chali	Bhutan	1,800	Chalikha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Changpa	India	3,100	Changthang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Chepya	Laos	2,700	Chepya	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Asho Khyang	Bangladesh	5,600	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	2 ●	38.29 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Asho	Myanmar (Burma)	180,000	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	4 ●	15.00 %	10.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kuki Chin Asho	Bangladesh	1,800	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	1 ●	3.40 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lai Chin	Bangladesh	1,800	Chin, Hakha	Buddhism	2 ●	13.14 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Kuki Chin Yindi	Bangladesh	2,500	Chin, Khumi	Buddhism	2 ●	11.09 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Letu	Myanmar (Burma)	37,000	Chin, Laitu	Buddhism	5 ●	40.00 %	20.00 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Taungtha	Myanmar (Burma)	25,000	Chin, Rungtu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	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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