Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,451,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

637

Unreached Groups

483 (75.8 %)

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 Khang	China	42,000	Kang	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Khang	Laos	28,000	Kang	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kanan	Myanmar (Burma)	10,000	Kanan	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Kalmyk, Torgut	China	107,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Kalmyk-Oirat	Kyrgyzstan	5,600	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	Mongolia	230,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	5
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	Russia	179,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	4
	Olot	China	3,100	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khoton	Mongolia	13,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Torgut	Mongolia	17,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Kaike	Nepal	1,500	Kaike	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kadu, Asak	Myanmar (Burma)	188,000	Kadu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Jirel	Nepal	5,900	Jirel	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Jiarong, Chabao	China	18,000	Jiarong	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Jiarong, Situ	China	205,000	Jiarong	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	4
	Eurasian	Japan	123,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Burakumin	Japan	864,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	17
	Japanese	American Samoa	800	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Japanese	Australia	60,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Japanese	Belgium	5,600	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Canada	93,000	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Japanese	China	6,900	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Japanese	Northern Mariana Islands	700	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Dominica	800	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	Micronesia, Federated States	800	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Totals:	637 Peoples		501,451,000				483 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,745

* 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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