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 *
	Kayah Western	Thailand	22,000	Kayah, Western	Buddhism	4 New Testament	2	0.1-2% ●	10-50% ●	-1 -
	Khami	Bangladesh	6,100	Chittagonian	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	-1 Unknown	2-5% ●	1
	Khamiyang	India	1,500	Assamese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khampa Eastern	China	1,587,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	32
	Khampa Tibetan	Bhutan	1,700	Khamba	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khampa Tibetan	India	1,000	Khamba	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khampa, Northern	China	150,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	3
	Khampa, Western	China	265,000	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	5
	Khampa-Tibetan	Myanmar (Burma)	1,200	Tibetan, Khams	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Khampti	India	20,000	Adi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	-1 Unknown	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khamti	Myanmar (Burma)	9,000	Khamti	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khas	Bhutan	1,000	Bengali	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Kheng	Bhutan	36,000	Khengkha	Buddhism	4 New Testament	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khmer	Australia	37,000	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Khmer	Belgium	500	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Khmer	Canada	23,000	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khmer	Cambodia	15,613,000	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	312
	Khmer	France	73,000	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Khmer	Germany	13,000	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Khmer	Japan	24,000	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Khmer	Korea, South	47,000	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Khmer	Laos	7,900	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Khmer	Malaysia	30,000	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Khmer	New Zealand	9,800	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Khmer	Thailand	66,000	Khmer	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0-0.1% ●	0.1-2% ●	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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