People Cluster - Lao | Joshua Project

People Cluster: Lao What is a People Cluster?

Population

3,782,000

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups (by Country)

Unreached Groups (by Country)

Affinity Bloc

Southeast Asian Peoples

Cluster Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - 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%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo	People Group ▲	Global Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Unreached Peoples	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Chr Adherent	% Evangelical	Race Code
	Indo-Vietnamese	400	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Unknown	10.0%	0.0%	MSY49b
	Kongsat	100	1	1	100.0 %	100	100.0 %	1 ●	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	MSY49b
	Lao	3,638,000	10	7	70.0 %	3,607,000	99.1 %	1 ●	Buddhism	3.5%	1.9%	MSY49b
	Lao Ga	2,100	1	1	100.0 %	2,100	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism	0.0%	0.0%	MSY49b
	Lao Krang	57,000	1	1	100.0 %	57,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism	0.0%	0.0%	MSY49b
	Lao Lom	28,000	1	1	100.0 %	28,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism	0.0%	0.0%	MSY49b
	Lao Ti	200	1	1	100.0 %	200	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism	0.0%	0.0%	MSY49b
	Lao Wieng	56,000	1	1	100.0 %	56,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism	0.6%	0.6%	MSY49b
Totals:	8 Peoples (across countries)	3,782,000	17	13	76.5 %	3,751,000	99.2 %	●	Buddhism	3.4%	1.8%

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