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 *
	Samtao	Laos	3,800	Samtao	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sartang	India	3,400	Sartang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Seng	Laos	1,000	Phong-Kniang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	4,851,000	Shan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	97
	Shan	Thailand	102,000	Shan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Shan	India	1,300	Shan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Shan, Tai Man	India	5,400	Phake	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sharchop	Bhutan	68,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sherdukpen	Bhutan	300	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherdukpen	India	3,500	Sherdukpen	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sherpa	Bhutan	10,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherpa	China	1,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherpa	India	45,000	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Sherpa	Nepal	115,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Sherpa	United States	5,200	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Sherpa Helambu	Nepal	2,600	Hyolmo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Shixing	China	3,500	Shuhi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Singpho	India	8,400	Singpho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Qatar	61,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Sinhalese	Saudi Arabia	78,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Sinhalese	Singapore	17,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Thailand	74,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sinhalese	United States	12,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Sinhalese	United Arab Emirates	130,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	3
	Sinhalese	Australia	72,000	Sinhala	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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