Lao people group in all countries

Lao

The Lao people group is reported in 11 countries

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Population All Countries

4,007,600

People Cluster

Lao

Number of Countries

Number Unreached

Largest Religion

Buddhism

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%

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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Country ▲	Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherents	% Evangelical	Bible Status	Online Bible	Jesus Film	Global Recordings	Est. Workers Needed *
Argentina	2,000		Lao	Buddhism	2 ●	10.00 %	0.80 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Australia	12,000		Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	1.90 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Cambodia	24,000		Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	0.30 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Canada	14,000		Lao	Buddhism	4 ●	5.00 %	3.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
France	19,000		Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.10 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Laos	3,614,000	●	Lao	Buddhism	4 ●	3.50 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	-1 -
Myanmar (Burma)	25,000		Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	0.90 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
New Zealand	1,600		Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	1.90 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Thailand	62,000		Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	2.00 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
United States	216,000		Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	0.50 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	4
Vietnam	18,000		Lao	Buddhism	1 ●	3.40 %	0.03 %	5 Complete	●	●	●	1
Totals: 11 ●	4,007,600			Buddhism	8 ●	3.51 %	1.89 %					11

* 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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