Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,601,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

685

Unreached Groups

516 (75.3 %)

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 *
	Newah	Bhutan	3,700	Nepali	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	New Zealand	16,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Qatar	61,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Singapore	17,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Thailand	74,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	United States	12,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sino-Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	17,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.70 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Palaung, Pale	Myanmar (Burma)	295,000	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.10 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	6
	De'ang, Pale	China	11,000	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	1 ●	0.12 %	0.12 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Palaung, Pale	Thailand	6,400	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.93 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Australia	72,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Brunei	1,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	8.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Canada	21,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.80 %	1.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Cyprus	8,700	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	6.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Denmark	7,200	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	China, Hong Kong	800	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	India	5,100	Sinhala	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Italy	59,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Libya	18,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Oman	40,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	7.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Maldives	2,600	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sinhalese	Malaysia	4,900	Sinhala	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Sherpa	India	51,000	Nepali	Buddhism	2 ●	14.74 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Gurung Ghaleg	Bhutan	10,000	Nepali	Buddhism	1 ●	3.87 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lawa, Western	Thailand	9,100	Lawa, Western	Buddhism	5 ●	16.00 %	14.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
Totals:	685 Peoples		504,601,000			516 ●				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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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