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 *
	Tibetan	Belgium	5,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan	Bhutan	4,700	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan	Canada	10,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan	France	8,100	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan	India	100,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tibetan	Liechtenstein	500	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan	Pakistan	6,900	Balti	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan Gtsang	China	753,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	15
	Tibetan, Central	China	933,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	19
	Tibetan, Central	Switzerland	8,200	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan, Central	United States	28,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan, Deqen	China	120,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Tibetan, Nghari	China	63,000	Tibetan, Central	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan, Shangri La	China	102,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Tibetan, Shanyan	China	25,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tibetan, Zhugqu	China	49,000	Choni	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tokpegola	Nepal	1,600	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Toku-No-Shima	Japan	4,900	Toku-No-Shima	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tondagattan	Sri Lanka	1,600	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Torgut	Mongolia	17,000	Kalmyk-Oirat	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Tseku	Bhutan	6,800	Tseku	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tseku	China	14,000	Tseku	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tsum	Nepal	2,500	Tsum	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tu	China	258,000	Tu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	5
	Tuvan	China	4,300	Tuvan	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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