Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,640,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

635

Unreached Groups

480 (75.6 %)

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 *
	Mongol, Khalka	Mongolia	2,505,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	50
	Mongol, Khalka	Sweden	5,700	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	United States	16,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Ewenki, Khamnigan	Mongolia	600	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Uriankhai, Altai	Mongolia	31,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Uuld	Mongolia	16,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Khotogoid	Mongolia	9,200	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,140,000	Mon	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	23
	Mok	Myanmar (Burma)	4,300	Mok	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mok	Thailand	700	Mok	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Miyako, Ryukyuan	Japan	64,000	Miyako	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Minyag, Western	China	11,000	Minyag, Western	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Minyag, Eastern	China	2,000	Minyag, Eastern	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Marma (Magh)	Bangladesh	248,000	Marma	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	India	9,618,000	Marathi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	192
	Manmet	China	1,700	Man Met	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lunape	Bhutan	1,300	Lunanakha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Han Tai	China	57,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Huayao Tai	China	90,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Lue	Myanmar (Burma)	62,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Lue	China	798,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	16
	Tai Lue	Laos	140,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Tai Lue	Thailand	94,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Lue	United States	4,700	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Lue	Vietnam	7,100	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Totals:	635 Peoples		501,640,000				480 ◼︎ (202 ✸︎)			5,738

* 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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