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 *
	Henawalayo	Sri Lanka	21,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1	3.71 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Hinna	Sri Lanka	262,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2	6.70 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Htee Day Karen	Myanmar (Burma)	2,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	4	20.00 %	7.00 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Hu	China	1,100	Hu	Buddhism	1	0.27 %	0.27 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Huay	Thailand	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Huayao Tai	China	90,000	Lu	Buddhism	1	0.30 %	0.29 %	4 New Testament	2
	Hunna	Sri Lanka	98,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	2	6.49 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Intha	Myanmar (Burma)	103,000	Intha	Buddhism	0	0.10 %	0.07 %	2 Translation Started	2
	Inti	Laos	2,200	Oy	Buddhism	4	6.80 %	6.80 %	0 Unspecified	-1 -
	Jad	India	2,500	Khamba	Buddhism	1	0.59 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Japanese	United Arab Emirates	4,600	Japanese	Buddhism	1	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	American Samoa	800	Japanese	Buddhism	1	5.00 %	1.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Australia	60,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1	5.00 %	1.60 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Austria	2,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1	2.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Belgium	4,800	Japanese	Buddhism	1	2.00 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Canada	93,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1	3.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Japanese	Sri Lanka	2,500	Japanese	Buddhism	1	2.87 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	China	6,900	Japanese	Buddhism	0	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Northern Mariana Islands	700	Japanese	Buddhism	1	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Denmark	1,800	Japanese	Buddhism	1	3.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Dominica	800	Japanese	Buddhism	1	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Dominican Republic	1,700	Japanese	Buddhism	1	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Finland	1,800	Japanese	Buddhism	1	1.20 %	0.30 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	Micronesia, Federated States	800	Japanese	Buddhism	1	1.50 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Japanese	France	31,000	Japanese	Buddhism	1	2.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete Bible	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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