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 *
	Japanese	Samoa	1,500	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Intha	Myanmar (Burma)	103,000	Intha	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Sherpa Helambu	Nepal	2,600	Hyolmo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Yehlmo	Nepal	11,000	Hyolmo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Hu	China	1,100	Hu	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Ergong	China	63,000	Horpa	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	South Asian, general	Cyprus	17,000	Hindi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Valmiki (Buddhist traditions)	India	23,000	Hindi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Han Chinese, Hainanese	Thailand	8,400	Hainanese	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Gurung Ghaleg	Nepal	547,000	Gurung	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Guiqiong	China	12,000	Guiqiong	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Groma	China	19,000	Groma	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Gongduk	Bhutan	2,500	Gongduk	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Gurung Ghale	Nepal	24,000	Ghale, Southern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Bunan	China	2,100	Gahri	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Bodh (Gahri)	India	2,300	Gahri	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Ersu	China	44,000	Ersu	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Luzu	China	1,200	Ersu	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Manyak	China	2,400	Ersu	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Menia	China	1,600	Ersu	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Chinese, general	Anguilla	300	English	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Drukpa	Australia	12,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Drukpa	Bhutan	224,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	4
	Drukpa, Dzongkha	Denmark	700	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Drukpa	India	12,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	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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