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Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism, a branch of Buddhism characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas. Part of Buddhism.

134people groups
21.72Mpeople
127unreached groups
50unengaged and unreached

Unengaged and Unreached 50Engaged yet Unreached 77No Longer Unreached 7

People groups

The 100 largest of 134. See all 134 on the map and filter them.

People groupCountryLanguagePopulationStatus
MongolsChinaPeripheral Mongolian5,680,000Engaged yet Unreached
Khalka MongolsMongoliaHalh Mongolian3,190,000Engaged yet Unreached
Kham TibetansChinaKhams Tibetan2,545,000Engaged yet Unreached
Eastern TamangNepalEastern Tamang1,655,000Engaged yet Unreached
AmdoChinaAmdo Tibetan1,535,000Engaged yet Unreached
Central TibetansChinaTibetan1,195,000Engaged yet Unreached
Northwestern TamangNepalWestern Tamang464,000Engaged yet Unreached
BuryatRussian FederationRussia Buriat461,000Engaged yet Unreached
TuChinaTu386,000Engaged yet Unreached
TuvansRussian FederationTuvinian268,000Engaged yet Unreached
Eastern JiarongChinaJiarong266,000Engaged yet Unreached
DrukpaIndiaDzongkha264,000Engaged yet Unreached
DrukpaBhutanDzongkha251,000Engaged yet Unreached
LadakhiIndiaLadakhi211,000Engaged yet Unreached
SherpaNepalSherpa203,000Engaged yet Unreached
Southwestern TamangNepalEastern Tamang196,000Engaged yet Unreached
Torgut OiratChinaKalmyk186,000Engaged yet Unreached
Kalmyk-OiratsRussian FederationKalmyk183,000Engaged yet Unreached
BodhIndiaLadakhi175,000Engaged yet Unreached
Jone TibetansChinaChoni168,000Engaged yet Unreached
TibetansNepalTibetan160,000Engaged yet Unreached
TibetansIndiaTibetan153,000Engaged yet Unreached
MonpaIndiaTawang Monpa152,000No Longer Unreached
SharchopBhutanTshangla100,000Engaged yet Unreached
Ergong JiarongChinaHorpa92,500Engaged yet Unreached
Nghari TibetansChinaTibetan84,000Unengaged and Unreached
MosuoChinaNarua74,500Unengaged and Unreached
KhenBhutanKhengkha66,500Engaged yet Unreached
SherpaIndiaSherpa64,000Engaged yet Unreached
Sogwo ArigChinaAmdo Tibetan60,500Engaged yet Unreached
Southern JiarongChinaJiarong59,000Engaged yet Unreached
BuryatMongoliaMongolia Buriat59,000Engaged yet Unreached
Northern PumiChinaNorthern Pumi53,500Engaged yet Unreached
Yadu QiangChinaNorthern Qiang50,000Engaged yet Unreached
HeishuiChinaTibetan49,000Unengaged and Unreached
ErsuChinaErsu49,000Unengaged and Unreached
Qinghai MongolsChinaAmdo Tibetan43,000Unengaged and Unreached
Cona MonbaChinaTawang Monpa42,000Unengaged and Unreached
LobaNepalLoke37,500Engaged yet Unreached
MinyakChinaWestern Minyag35,500Unengaged and Unreached
ZhabaChinaZhaba35,000Engaged yet Unreached
MatpaBhutanChocangacakha32,000Engaged yet Unreached
Luhua QiangChinaNorthern Qiang30,500Engaged yet Unreached
Sichuan MongolsChinaPeripheral Mongolian29,500Unengaged and Unreached
DzalakhaBhutanDzalakha28,000Unengaged and Unreached
Mawo QiangChinaNorthern Qiang26,000Engaged yet Unreached
BumthangpaBhutanBumthangkha25,500Engaged yet Unreached
Northern JiarongChinaJiarong23,500Engaged yet Unreached
Cimulin QiangChinaNorthern Qiang20,500Engaged yet Unreached
KurtopBhutanKurtokha19,000Unengaged and Unreached
XiangchengChinaNorthern Qiang18,500Engaged yet Unreached
Deaf MongoliansMongoliaMongolian Sign Language17,500Engaged yet Unreached
GuiqiongChinaGuiqiong16,500Engaged yet Unreached
QueyuChinaQueyu14,500Engaged yet Unreached
Spiti TibetansIndiaSpiti Bhoti14,500Engaged yet Unreached
NyenpaBhutanNyenkha14,000Engaged yet Unreached
NyongThailandYong14,000Unengaged and Unreached
Chentel MagarNepalChantyal13,000Engaged yet Unreached
LadakhiPakistanLadakhi12,500Unengaged and Unreached
LakhaBhutanLakha12,500Unengaged and Unreached
DolpaNepalDolpo12,000Engaged yet Unreached
TibetansUnited StatesTibetan12,000Engaged yet Unreached
NamuyiChinaNamuyi11,500Unengaged and Unreached
Helambu SherpaNepalHyolmo11,000Engaged yet Unreached
Medog MonbaChinaTshangla11,000Unengaged and Unreached
Saragh YugurChinaMandarin Chinese10,500Unengaged and Unreached
MongolsUnited StatesPeripheral Mongolian9,900Engaged yet Unreached
ZangskarPakistanZangskari9,800Engaged yet Unreached
Tongren BonanChinaBonan9,000Unengaged and Unreached
Kalmyk-OiratsKyrgyzstanKalmyk8,200Unengaged and Unreached
TsekuBhutanTseku8,100Unengaged and Unreached
MugaliNepalMugom7,800Engaged yet Unreached
CampaIndiaLadakhi7,500Unengaged and Unreached
LhomiNepalLhomi7,300No Longer Unreached
ManangiNepalManangba6,900Engaged yet Unreached
TuvansMongoliaTuvinian6,800Unengaged and Unreached
KyerungNepalKyerung6,600Engaged yet Unreached
TsumNepalTsum6,600Engaged yet Unreached
TsekuNepalTseku6,600Unengaged and Unreached
GyasumdobaNepalGyalsumdo5,900Unengaged and Unreached
TibetansBhutanTibetan5,900Unengaged and Unreached
MembaIndiaHindi5,800Unengaged and Unreached
HsifanMyanmarTibetan5,700No Longer Unreached
PumaNepalPuma5,600Unengaged and Unreached
Enger YugurChinaMandarin Chinese5,500Unengaged and Unreached
Humla BhotiaNepalHumla5,300Engaged yet Unreached
TibetansCanadaTibetan5,300Unengaged and Unreached
Northern GhaleNepalNorthern Ghale5,300Engaged yet Unreached
NubribaNepalNubri5,200Engaged yet Unreached
Eastern TamangBhutanEastern Tamang5,000Engaged yet Unreached
Khalka MongolsGermanyHalh Mongolian5,000Unengaged and Unreached
LepchaNepalLepcha4,800No Longer Unreached
Sikkimese BhotiaBhutanSikkimese4,600Unengaged and Unreached
SoyotRussian FederationRussia Buriat4,300Unengaged and Unreached
ShixingChinaShuhi4,100Unengaged and Unreached
WutunChinaWutunhua3,800Unengaged and Unreached
SherpaBhutanSherpa3,800No Longer Unreached
LadakhiChinaLadakhi3,700Engaged yet Unreached
TokpegolaNepalWalungge3,600Engaged yet Unreached
Northern NaxiChinaNaxi3,500No Longer Unreached

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