Buddhism people group listing

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,601,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

685

Unreached Groups

516 (75.3 %)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Mon	Myanmar (Burma)	1,152,000	Mon	Buddhism	1 ●	0.90 %	0.82 %	5 Complete Bible	23
	Monba, Cona	China	44,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.02 %	4 New Testament	1
	Monba, Medog	China	8,200	Sartang	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Mongol, Khalka	China	67,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Czechia	2,500	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Korea, South	36,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	1.72 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Mongolia	2,465,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.30 %	1.40 %	5 Complete Bible	49
	Mongol, Khalka	Russia	1,300	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	Taiwan	1,100	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Khalka	United States	16,000	Mongolian, Halh	Buddhism	1 ●	2.00 %	1.20 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongol, Sichuan	China	29,000	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongolian, Peripheral	China	5,545,000	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.04 %	0.02 %	5 Complete Bible	111
	Mongolian, Peripheral	United States	3,800	Mongolian, Peripheral	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mongour	China	51,000	Tu	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.00 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Monpa	Bhutan	100,000	Tshangla	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	2
	Monpa	India	46,000	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.94 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Monpa Dirang	India	8,200	Tshangla	Buddhism	1 ●	0.77 %	-1	4 New Testament	1
	Monpa Kalaktang	Bhutan	1,100	Tshangla	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Monpa Kalaktang	India	1,600	Monpa, Kalaktang	Buddhism	2 ●	6.22 %	-1	2 Translation Started	-1 -
	Monpa Lish	India	2,600	Lish	Buddhism	1 ●	0.67 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Monpa Tawang	India	8,200	Monpa, Tawang	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	0 Unspecified	1
	Mosuo	China	56,000	Narua	Buddhism	4 ●	5.00 %	5.00 %	1 Translation Needed	-1 -
	Mpi	Thailand	1,600	Mpi	Buddhism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	2 Translation Started	1
	Mro-Khimi	Myanmar (Burma)	203,000	Mro-Khimi	Buddhism	4 ●	7.40 %	5.00 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
	Mru	Bangladesh	74,000	Mru	Buddhism	4 ●	4.09 %	2.11 %	4 New Testament	-1 -
Totals:	685 Peoples		504,601,000			516 ●				5,799

* 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
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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