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 *
	Sinhalese	Saudi Arabia	78,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Sinhalese	Singapore	17,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	0.1-2% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sinhalese	Thailand	74,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sinhalese	United States	12,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Sinhalese	Sri Lanka	200,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	2	-1 Unknown	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Sino-Burmese	China, Macau	21,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sino-Burmese	Myanmar (Burma)	17,000	Burmese	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	So	Laos	93,000	So (Laos)	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
	So	Thailand	75,000	So (Laos)	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Sogwo Arig	China	49,000	Tibetan, Amdo	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	South Asian, general	Cyprus	17,000	Hindi	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	South Asian, general	Switzerland	78,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	2
	Soyot	Russia	4,400	Tuvan	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Bueng	Thailand	6,700	Thai	Buddhism	5 Complete Bible	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Doi	Myanmar (Burma)	5,100	Tai Loi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
	Tai Doi	Laos	300	Tai Loi	Buddhism	1 Translation Needed	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Gapong	Laos	600	Phu Thai	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Gapong	Thailand	2,200	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai He	Laos	4,400	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Kaleun	Laos	3,600	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	4	5-10% ●	5-10% ●	-1 -
	Tai Kaleun	Thailand	9,000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism	4 New Testament	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Khang	China	42,000	Kang	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Khang	Laos	28,000	Kang	Buddhism	2 Translation Started	0	0-0.1% ●	0-0.1% ●	1
	Tai Laan	Laos	700	Language unknown	Buddhism	0 Unspecified	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
	Tai Laing	Myanmar (Burma)	115,000	Tai Laing	Buddhism	3 Bible Portions	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	2
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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