Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

500,826,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

709

Unreached Groups

538 (75.9 %)

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 *
	Adi Ramo	China	200	Adi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Aheu Luang	Thailand	1,600	Aheu	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Ahinkuntaya	Sri Lanka	66,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Aiton (Tai Aiton)	India	3,300	Aiton	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Jipia	Laos	9,700	Akha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Akha Phongku	Laos	1,800	Akha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Amami-Oshima, Northern	Japan	9,500	Amami-Oshima, Northern	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Amami-Oshima, Southern	Japan	1,700	Amami-Oshima, Southern	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Amdo, Hbrogpa	China	738,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	15
	Amdo, Rongba	China	161,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Amdo, Rongmahbrogpa	China	186,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	4
	Amdo, Rtahu	China	100,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Angkham	Laos	1,700	Phu Thai	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Angku	China	8,000	Kon Keu	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Asho	Myanmar (Burma)	180,000	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Asho Khyang	Bangladesh	5,600	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Badahala	Sri Lanka	123,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Bai, Southern	China	666,000	Bai, Southern	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	13
	Barua	Bangladesh	36,000	Chittagonian	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Barua	Myanmar (Burma)	500	Rakhine	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Barua	India	1,400	Bengali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Batgama	Sri Lanka	409,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	8
	Bayad	Mongolia	68,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Berava	Sri Lanka	400,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Bhote	Nepal	14,000	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
Totals:	709 Peoples		500,826,000				538 ◼︎ (216 ✸︎)			5,779

* 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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