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 *
	Chinese, general	Anguilla	300	English	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Belgium	23,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Brazil	314,000	Portuguese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Chile	13,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chinese, general	Christmas Island	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Chong	Cambodia	1,700	Chong	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Chong	Thailand	2,100	Chong	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Choni	China	169,000	Choni	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	3
	Chrame	China	50,000	Pumi, Northern	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Chuanlan	China	393,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Chuanqing	China	997,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Couratto	Sri Lanka	7,500	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Dakpa	Bhutan	4,600	Dakpakha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Danau	Myanmar (Burma)	5,700	Danau	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Danu	Myanmar (Burma)	116,000	Danu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Dariganga	Mongolia	39,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Dawei, Tavoyan	Myanmar (Burma)	461,000	Tavoyan	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	9
	De'ang, Pale	China	11,000	Palaung, Ruching	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	De'ang, Shwe	China	7,900	Palaung, Shwe	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Demala Gattara	Sri Lanka	8,700	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Dodda-Weddah	Sri Lanka	41,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Dolpa	Nepal	4,300	Sherpa	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Dowaniya	India	2,900	Assamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Drukpa	Bhutan	224,000	Dzongkha	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	4
	Drukpa	India	12,000	Dzongkha	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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