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 *
	Tai He	Laos	4,400	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Laan	Laos	700	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Chinese, general	Christmas Island	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tibetan, Shanyan	China	25,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Wang	Thailand	20,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Huay	Thailand	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lao Ga	Thailand	2,100	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lao Krang	Thailand	59,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lao Ti	Thailand	200	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Gapong	Thailand	2,200	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lao Wieng	Thailand	59,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lao Lom	Thailand	29,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Karen, Banlon Gyi	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Karen, Banlon Nge	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Htee Day Karen	Myanmar (Burma)	2,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Dunghi	Myanmar (Burma)	1,700	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Kon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,900	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ng'ga	Myanmar (Burma)	3,800	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Karen, Tharmitaik	Myanmar (Burma)	2,300	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Moey	Laos	3,400	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lap, Lakha	Bhutan	11,000	Lakha	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lahu Shi	Myanmar (Burma)	65,000	Lahu Shi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lahu Shi	China	128,000	Lahu Shi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lahta	Myanmar (Burma)	12,000	Lahta	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ladakhi	China	600	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	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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