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 *
	Tai Doi	Laos	300	Tai Loi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Gapong	Laos	600	Phu Thai	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Gapong	Thailand	2,200	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai He	Laos	4,400	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Kaleun	Laos	3,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tai Kaleun	Thailand	9,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Khang	China	42,000	Kang	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Khang	Laos	28,000	Kang	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Laan	Laos	700	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Laing	Myanmar (Burma)	115,000	Tai Laing	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Lue	Myanmar (Burma)	62,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Lue	China	798,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	16
	Tai Lue	Laos	140,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Tai Lue	Thailand	94,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Lue	United States	4,700	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Lue	Vietnam	7,100	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	104,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	China	486,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	10
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	Laos	16,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Nua, Chinese Shan	Vietnam	113,000	Tai Nua	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tai Taroi	India	2,100	Singpho	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Wang	Thailand	20,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tamang	Bhutan	9,400	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Tamang	India	247,000	Nepali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tamang	Nepal	1,597,000	Tamang, Eastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-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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