Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

502,432,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

666

Unreached Groups

511 (76.7 %)

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Deaf	Japan	247,000	Japanese Sign Language	Buddhism	1 ●	1.54 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	5
	Marma (Magh)	Bangladesh	245,000	Marma	Buddhism	2 ●	5.69 %	-1	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Phu Thai	Laos	234,000	Phu Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.04 %	2 Translation Started	5
	Palaung, Shwe	Myanmar (Burma)	233,000	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.12 %	0 Unspecified	5
	Thai	United States	231,000	Thai	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Vietnamese	Taiwan	226,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Drukpa	Bhutan	221,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Lao	United States	215,000	Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Lao Phuan	Thailand	215,000	Phuan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.10 %	2 Translation Started	4
	Burmese	Thailand	213,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	0.50 %	0.42 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Jiarong, Situ	China	206,000	Jiarong	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.03 %	0.03 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Mro-Khimi	Myanmar (Burma)	202,000	Mro-Khimi	Buddhism	4 ●	7.40 %	5.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Burmese	United States	199,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Kalmyk, Torgut	China	192,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	4
	Sinhalese	Sri Lanka	190,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2 ●	6.81 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Germany	187,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	2 ●	9.00 %	1.80 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Amdo, Rongmahbrogpa	China	187,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.05 %	4 New Testament	4
	Chaungtha	Myanmar (Burma)	184,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.10 %	0.07 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol	Russia	180,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	1 ●	0.16 %	0.16 %	4 New Testament	4
	Choni	China	170,000	Choni	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Chin, Asho	Myanmar (Burma)	169,000	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	4 ●	15.00 %	10.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Vietnamese	Canada	168,000	Vietnamese	Buddhism	4 ●	25.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Buriat, Chinese	China	168,000	Buriat, China	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.90 %	0 Unspecified	3
	Golog	China	167,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.01 %	4 New Testament	3
	Japanese	Peru	162,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	3
Totals:	666 Peoples		502,432,000			511 ●				5,879

* 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%