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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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
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= Frontier peoples
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Shan	India	2,000	Shan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.18 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Monba, Medog	China	8,300	Sartang	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Momba	India	5,400	Sartang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Sartang	India	4,000	Sartang	Buddhism	1 ●	1.50 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Samtao	Myanmar (Burma)	11,000	Samtao	Buddhism	4 ●	7.00 %	5.40 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Samtao	China	200	Samtao	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Samtao	Laos	3,700	Samtao	Buddhism	1 ●	0.17 %	0.17 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Sampang	Nepal	1,800	Sampang	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Saek	Thailand	21,000	Saek	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1 Translation Needed	1
	Chaungtha	Myanmar (Burma)	184,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.10 %	0.07 %	3 Bible Portions	4
	Rakhine	Bangladesh	20,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Rakhine	Myanmar (Burma)	2,580,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.05 %	3 Bible Portions	52
	Barua, Maramagyi	Myanmar (Burma)	500	Rakhine	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Marma (Magh)	India	55,000	Rakhine	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Queyu	China	11,000	Queyu	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Cimulin	China	17,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Luhua	China	24,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Mawo	China	20,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Qiang, Yadu	China	39,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Xiangcheng	China	14,000	Qiang, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Valmiki Chuhra (Buddhist traditions)	India	800	Punjabi, Eastern	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chrame	China	50,000	Pumi, Northern	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Chinese, general	Brazil	319,000	Portuguese	Buddhism	4 ●	30.00 %	4.00 %	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lao Phuan	Cambodia	2,400	Phuan	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Lao Phuan	Laos	155,000	Phuan	Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.80 %	2 Translation Started	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%