Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,711,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

693

Unreached Groups

522 (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 *
	Khami	Bangladesh	6,100	Chittagonian	Buddhism	1 ●	4.63 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Khas	Bhutan	1,000	Bengali	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khamiyang	India	1,500	Assamese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.27 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Khowa	India	1,600	Bugun	Buddhism	2 ●	21.20 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Monpa Kalaktang	Bhutan	1,100	Tshangla	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Monpa Kalaktang	India	1,600	Monpa, Kalaktang	Buddhism	2 ●	6.22 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Monpa Lish	India	2,600	Lish	Buddhism	1 ●	0.67 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	India	10,898,000	Marathi	Buddhism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	218
	Mangrik	India	27,000	Ladakhi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Mangrik	Pakistan	57,000	Balti	Buddhism	1 ●	0.13 %	0.13 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Monpa	Bhutan	100,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Monpa	India	46,000	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.94 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Marma (Magh)	Bangladesh	249,000	Marma	Buddhism	2 ●	5.69 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Marma (Magh)	India	53,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Changpa	India	3,100	Changthang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Adi Ramo	China	200	Adi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Rigzong	India	8,100	Ladakhi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Rigzong	Pakistan	1,800	Balti	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Rodiya	Sri Lanka	19,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sherdukpen	Bhutan	300	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Sherdukpen	India	4,000	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Singpho	India	9,500	Singpho	Buddhism	2 ●	7.14 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	4,851,000	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	5 Complete Bible	97
	Shan	China	700	Shan	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Shan, Tai Man	India	6,100	Phake	Buddhism	2 ●	23.96 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
Totals:	693 Peoples		504,711,000			522 ●				5,811

* 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 >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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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