Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,930,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

707

Unreached Groups

537 (76.0 %)

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 *
	Monpa Lish	India	2,300	Lish	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Monpa Tawang	India	7,300	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mosuo	China	56,000	Narua	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Mpi	Thailand	1,600	Mpi	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mro-Khimi	Myanmar (Burma)	203,000	Mro-Khimi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Mru	Bangladesh	74,000	Mru	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Mru	Myanmar (Burma)	25,000	Mru	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Muak Sa-aak	Myanmar (Burma)	4,500	Muak Sa-aak	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Muak Sa-aak	China	1,000	Muak Sa-aak	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Myeik	Myanmar (Burma)	282,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	6
	Naju	China	1,900	Naxi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Namuyi	China	8,800	Namuyi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Navandanna	Sri Lanka	1,253,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Naxi, Northern	China	3,300	Naxi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Newah	Bhutan	3,700	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Ng'ga	Myanmar (Burma)	3,800	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Ngalong	Bhutan	91,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Nubri	Nepal	1,600	Nubri	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Nupbi	Bhutan	3,100	Nupbikha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Nyahkur	Thailand	1,600	Nyahkur	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Nyaw	Laos	19,000	Nyaw	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Nyaw	Thailand	83,000	Nyaw	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Nyenpa	Bhutan	13,000	Nyenkha	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Oki-No-Erabu	Japan	3,100	Oki-No-Erabu	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Okinawan, Ryukyuan	Bolivia	2,600	Okinawan, Central	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Totals:	707 Peoples		501,930,000				537 ◼︎ (215 ✸︎)			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
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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