Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

502,889,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

694

Unreached Groups

525 (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 *
	Monba, Medog	China	8,200	Sartang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	China	67,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Czechia	2,500	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Korea, South	36,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Kazakhstan	7,200	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Mongolia	2,465,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	49
	Mongol, Khalka	Russia	1,300	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Türkiye (Turkey)	2,700	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Taiwan	1,100	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mongol, Khalka	United States	16,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mongol, Sichuan	China	29,000	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mongolian, Peripheral	China	5,545,000	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	111
	Mongolian, Peripheral	United States	3,800	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Mongour	China	51,000	Tu	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Monpa	Bhutan	100,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Monpa	India	46,000	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Monpa Dirang	India	8,200	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Monpa Kalaktang	Bhutan	1,100	Tshangla	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Monpa Kalaktang	India	1,600	Monpa, Kalaktang	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Monpa Lish	India	2,600	Lish	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Monpa Tawang	India	8,200	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Mosuo	China	56,000	Narua	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Mpi	Thailand	1,600	Mpi	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Mro-Khimi	Myanmar (Burma)	203,000	Mro-Khimi	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Mru	Bangladesh	74,000	Mru	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
Totals:	694 Peoples		502,889,000				525 ◼︎ (213 ✸︎)			5,813

* 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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