Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,601,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

685

Unreached Groups

516 (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 *
	Tibetan, Shangri La	China	102,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	2
	Tibetan, Zhugqu	China	49,000	Choni	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Wutun	China	3,100	Wutunhua	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Xiangcheng	China	14,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yugur, Enger	China	6,000	Yugur, East	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	1.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Yugur, Saragh	China	12,000	Yugur, West	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.50 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Tatar, Khakass	China	800	Khakas	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Lawa, Eastern	Thailand	8,500	Lawa, Eastern	Buddhism	1 ●	0.24 %	0.24 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Chali	Bhutan	1,800	Chalikha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Khmer Krom	Cambodia	299,000	Khmer	Buddhism	1 ●	3.10 %	1.30 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	Yaw	Myanmar (Burma)	22,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.15 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Deaf	Myanmar (Burma)	411,000	Myanmar Sign Language	Buddhism	2 ●	8.98 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Deaf	Bhutan	5,900	Language unknown	Buddhism	1 ●	2.11 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Deaf	Cambodia	134,000	Cambodian Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	3
	Deaf	Sri Lanka	116,000	Sri Lankan Sign Language	Buddhism	2 ●	8.38 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Deaf	Japan	246,000	Japanese Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.54 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	5
	Deaf	Laos	79,000	Laos Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	3.38 %	-1	0 Unspecified	2
	Deaf	Mongolia	18,000	Mongolian Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.72 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Deaf	Singapore	12,000	Singapore Sign Language	Buddhism	2 ●	16.04 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Deaf	Thailand	358,000	Thai Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.10 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	7
	Deaf	Vietnam	762,000	Hanoi Sign Language	Buddhism	2 ●	9.43 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	-1 -
	Mon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,152,000	Mon	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	5 Complete Bible	23
	Kui	Cambodia	37,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	0.53 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kui	Laos	52,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	4 New Testament	1
	Kui	Thailand	432,000	Kuay	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.41 %	4 New Testament	9
Totals:	685 Peoples		504,601,000			516 ●				5,799

* 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 >.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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