Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,371,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

702

Unreached Groups

530 (75.5 %)

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Burmese	Bangladesh	83,000	Burmese	Buddhism	0	0.09 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	30,150,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1	0.35 %	0.08 %	5 Complete Bible	603
	Burmese	Canada	4,500	Burmese	Buddhism	1	0.11 %	0.05 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Cambodia	5,600	Burmese	Buddhism	0	0.09 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	China	26,000	Burmese	Buddhism	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Denmark	1,900	Burmese	Buddhism	1	2.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Finland	2,200	Burmese	Buddhism	1	0.35 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	India	14,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1	4.27 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Japan	110,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1	0.30 %	0.08 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Burmese	Korea, South	23,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1	1.00 %	0.70 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Laos	5,400	Burmese	Buddhism	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Malaysia	33,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1	0.50 %	0.17 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	New Zealand	2,500	Burmese	Buddhism	1	0.60 %	0.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Saudi Arabia	151,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1	0.30 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Burmese	Singapore	20,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1	0.30 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	Thailand	212,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1	0.50 %	0.42 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Burmese	Australia	18,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1	0.35 %	0.07 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	United Kingdom	15,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1	0.50 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Burmese	United States	204,000	Burmese	Buddhism	1	1.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Chak	Bangladesh	6,600	Chak	Buddhism	1	0.35 %	-1	3 Bible Portions	1
	Chak, Thet	Myanmar (Burma)	1,900	Chak	Buddhism	1	0.50 %	0.50 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Chakma	Bangladesh	543,000	Chakma	Buddhism	2	7.47 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Chakma	Myanmar (Burma)	29,000	Chakma	Buddhism	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Chakma	India	250,000	Chakma	Buddhism	1	4.89 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	5
	Chali	Bhutan	1,800	Chalikha	Buddhism	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
Totals:	702 Peoples		504,371,000			530 ◼︎ (213 ✸︎)				5,825

* 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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