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 *
	Tai Man, Shan	Thailand	102,000	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.93 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Shan	India	1,500	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.55 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Monba, Medog	China	8,200	Sartang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Momba	India	5,200	Sartang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Sartang	India	3,900	Sartang	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Samtao	Myanmar (Burma)	11,000	Samtao	Buddhism	4 ●	7.00 %	5.40 %	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Samtao	China	200	Samtao	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Samtao	Laos	3,800	Samtao	Buddhism	1 ●	0.17 %	0.17 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Sampang	Nepal	1,600	Sampang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Saek	Thailand	21,000	Saek	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chaungtha	Myanmar (Burma)	185,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.10 %	0.07 %	4 New Testament	4
	Rakhine	Bangladesh	20,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Rakhine	Myanmar (Burma)	1,595,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.10 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	32
	Barua	Myanmar (Burma)	500	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Marma (Magh)	India	53,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Queyu	China	11,000	Queyu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Cimulin	China	17,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Luhua	China	24,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Mawo	China	20,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Yadu	China	38,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Xiangcheng	China	14,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Valmiki Chuhra (Buddhist traditions)	India	800	Punjabi, Eastern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chrame	China	50,000	Pumi, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chinese, general	Brazil	314,000	Portuguese	Buddhism	4 ●	30.00 %	4.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Phongset	Laos	1,100	Phunoi	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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