Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,381,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

685

Unreached Groups

517 (75.5 %)

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 *
	Thai	Spain	1,400	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Sweden	33,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Switzerland	8,900	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Thailand	23,275,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.60 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	466
	Thai	Taiwan	65,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	United Kingdom	54,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Ukraine	3,300	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	United States	232,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Chak	Bangladesh	6,600	Chak	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Chak, Thet	Myanmar (Burma)	1,900	Chak	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Chakma	Bangladesh	540,000	Chakma	Buddhism	2 ●	7.47 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chakma	Myanmar (Burma)	29,000	Chakma	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chakma	India	247,000	Chakma	Buddhism	1 ●	4.89 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	5
	Chaungtha	Myanmar (Burma)	186,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.10 %	0.07 %	4 New Testament	4
	Kuki Chin Chinbon	Bangladesh	1,400	Chin, Uppu	Buddhism	2 ●	18.40 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Bei	Thailand	15,000	Chinese, Min Bei	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Myanmar (Burma)	73,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	4.00 %	2.50 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Singapore	1,215,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	10.00 %	9.43 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Thailand	1,546,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	4 ●	4.00 %	2.66 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chong	Cambodia	1,600	Chong	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chong	Thailand	2,100	Chong	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chrame	China	50,000	Pumi, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Dakpa	Bhutan	4,600	Dakpakha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Danau	Myanmar (Burma)	5,700	Danau	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.40 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Dariganga	Mongolia	39,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.70 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	685 Peoples		503,381,000			517 ●				5,797

* 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
1	Unreached - 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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