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 *
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Brunei	12,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	India	10,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Mandarin	Singapore	1,360,000	Chinese, Mandarin	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	5	10-50% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Bei	Thailand	15,000	Chinese, Min Bei	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Myanmar (Burma)	73,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Singapore	1,178,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Min Nan	Thailand	1,540,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
	Han Chinese, Teochew	Singapore	597,000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Han Tai	China	57,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Handi	Sri Lanka	1,900	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Hannali	Sri Lanka	361,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Hanomoreyo	Sri Lanka	5,800	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Hdzanggur	China	5,500	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Heeri	Sri Lanka	18,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Henawalayo	Sri Lanka	21,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Hinna	Sri Lanka	262,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Htee Day Karen	Myanmar (Burma)	2,000	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	4	5-10% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Hu	China	1,100	Hu	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Huay	Thailand	600	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Huayao Tai	China	90,000	Lu	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	Hunna	Sri Lanka	98,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Intha	Myanmar (Burma)	103,000	Intha	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	2
	Inti	Laos	2,200	Oy	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Jad	India	2,500	Khamba	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Japanese	American Samoa	800	Japanese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	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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