Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

500,630,000

% of World Population

6.1 %

People Groups

634

Unreached Groups

479 (75.6 %)

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 *
	Kuki Chin Yindi	Bangladesh	2,500	Chin, Khumi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Kunigami	Japan	4,800	Kunigami	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Kurtokha	Bhutan	2,200	Kurtokha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kustarogiyo	Sri Lanka	16,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Kyerung	China	8,300	Kyerung	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kyerung	Nepal	3,300	Kyerung	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Ladakhi	China	600	Ladakhi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lahta	Myanmar (Burma)	12,000	Lahta	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lahu Shi	Myanmar (Burma)	65,000	Lahu Shi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lahu Shi	China	128,000	Lahu Shi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Lahuli, Tinan	China	3,100	Tinani	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lai Chin	Bangladesh	1,700	Chin, Hakha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Lao	Australia	12,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Lao	Myanmar (Burma)	25,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Lao	Canada	14,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Lao	Cambodia	25,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lao	France	20,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Lao	Laos	3,718,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Lao	Thailand	62,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Lao	United States	220,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	4
	Lao	Vietnam	18,000	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Lao Ga	Thailand	2,100	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Lao Krang	Thailand	59,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lao Lom	Thailand	29,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Lao Ngaew	Thailand	36,000	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
Totals:	634 Peoples		500,630,000				479 ◼︎ (202 ✸︎)			5,719

* 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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