Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,371,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

702

Unreached Groups

530 (75.5 %)

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Tangchanghya	India	2,300	Tangchangya	Buddhism	2	16.67 %	-1	1 Translation Needed	-1 -
	Tangsa Tikhak	India	2,600	Naga, Tangshang	Buddhism	2	20.84 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Tatar, Khakass	China	800	Khakas	Buddhism	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Taungtha	Myanmar (Burma)	25,000	Chin, Rungtu	Buddhism	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Taungyo	Myanmar (Burma)	46,000	Taungyo	Buddhism	1	0.60 %	0.40 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Tebbu	China	25,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Thai	Australia	62,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	0.80 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Belgium	3,600	Thai	Buddhism	1	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Myanmar (Burma)	44,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	0.60 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Canada	20,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	0.70 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Cambodia	3,500	Thai	Buddhism	1	0.60 %	0.15 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Denmark	12,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	2.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Finland	7,100	Thai	Buddhism	1	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	France	11,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	0.30 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Germany	21,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	0.40 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	China, Hong Kong	10,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	1.40 %	0.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Indonesia	24,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	1.50 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Italy	5,300	Thai	Buddhism	1	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	United Arab Emirates	3,700	Thai	Buddhism	1	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Japan	9,600	Thai	Buddhism	1	1.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Korea, South	103,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	0.80 %	0.40 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Thai	Kuwait	4,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	1.50 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	Laos	155,000	Thai	Buddhism	1	0.60 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Thai	Libya	3,200	Thai	Buddhism	1	1.50 %	0.90 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Thai	China, Macau	900	Thai	Buddhism	1	1.70 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
Totals:	702 Peoples		504,371,000			530 ◼︎ (213 ✸︎)				5,825

* 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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