Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,470,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

684

Unreached Groups

516 (75.4 %)

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 *
	Kaike	Nepal	1,600	Kaike	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Karen, Banlon Gyi	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Karen, Banlon Nge	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Akha Jipia	Laos	9,600	Akha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Akha Phongku	Laos	1,800	Akha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Angkham	Laos	1,700	Phu Thai	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Joy	Laos	4,300	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.40 %	0.40 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Moey	Laos	3,300	Language unknown	Buddhism	1 ●	0.30 %	0.30 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Phen	Laos	3,800	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Phongset	Laos	1,100	Phunoi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Poong	Laos	1,100	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Puang	Laos	3,800	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Seng	Laos	1,000	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Burmese	Bangladesh	83,000	Burmese	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.09 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Eurasian	Japan	122,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Thai	Korea, South	103,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.80 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Durbet, Dorwoten	Mongolia	89,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Han Chinese, Hakka	Thailand	82,000	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Intha	Myanmar (Burma)	103,000	Intha	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.07 %	2 Translation Started	2
	Japanese	Canada	91,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Blang	China	105,000	Blang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.06 %	0.06 %	4 New Testament	2
	Kalmyk, Torgut	China	108,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	So	Laos	91,000	So (Laos)	Buddhism	1 ●	1.42 %	1.02 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	So	Thailand	75,000	So (Laos)	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.60 %	3 Bible Portions	2
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	104,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	1 ●	0.11 %	0.11 %	3 Bible Portions	2
Totals:	684 Peoples		503,470,000			516 ●				5,798

* 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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