Lao people group in all countries

Lao

The Lao people group is reported in 9 countries

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Population All Countries

4,162,000

People Cluster

Lao

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Buddhism

Progress

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Map Notes

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Country ▲	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Progress Scale	% Evangelical Range	% Christian Adh Range	Est. Workers Needed *
Australia	12,000		Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
Cambodia	25,000		Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	0.1-2% ●	1
Canada	14,000		Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete	●	●	●	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
France	20,000		Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
Laos	3,765,000	●	Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete	●	●	●	4	2-5% ●	2-5% ●	-1 -
Myanmar (Burma)	25,000		Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
Thailand	62,000		Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	1
United States	221,000		Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0.1-2% ●	2-5% ●	4
Vietnam	18,000		Lao	Buddhism	5 Complete	●	●	●	1	0-0.1% ●	2-5% ●	1
Totals: 9	4,162,000			Buddhism					7 ◼︎ (0 ✸︎)	1.89 % ●	3.51 % ●	10

Small populations reported in 2 other countries

Lao

Groups reported, but outside the Small People Group Policy conditions. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. For possible further information about these groups, please contact us.

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Country ▲	Population	Progress Scale	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Argentina	2,000	2	Lao	Buddhism
New Zealand	1,600	1	Lao	Buddhism
Totals: 2

For more information see the Joshua Project Small People Group Policy

* 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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