Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,451,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

637

Unreached Groups

483 (75.8 %)

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 *
	Salagama	Sri Lanka	337,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Tondagattan	Sri Lanka	1,600	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Vellidura	Sri Lanka	1,300	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Wahumpura	Sri Lanka	8,865,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Yamannu	Sri Lanka	84,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	2
	Mok	Myanmar (Burma)	4,300	Mok	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mok	Thailand	700	Mok	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sartang	India	3,400	Sartang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Ekai	Myanmar (Burma)	6,600	Lawktu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Bodh (Gahri)	India	2,300	Gahri	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Kuki Chin Asho	Bangladesh	1,800	Chin, Asho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Minyag, Eastern	China	2,000	Minyag, Eastern	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Valmiki (Buddhist traditions)	India	23,000	Hindi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Valmiki Chuhra (Buddhist traditions)	India	700	Punjabi, Eastern	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kaike	Nepal	1,500	Kaike	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lahta	Myanmar (Burma)	12,000	Lahta	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Kokang	Myanmar (Burma)	165,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Karen, Banlon Gyi	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Karen, Banlon Nge	Myanmar (Burma)	4,600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Htee Day Karen	Myanmar (Burma)	2,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Dunghi	Myanmar (Burma)	1,700	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Kon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,900	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Ng'ga	Myanmar (Burma)	3,800	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tai Mao	Myanmar (Burma)	80,000	Shan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Karen, Tharmitaik	Myanmar (Burma)	2,300	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
Totals:	637 Peoples		501,451,000				483 ◼︎ (203 ✸︎)			5,745

* 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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