List of ethnic groups in Laos

Specialists are largely in agreement as to the ethnolinguistic classification of the ethnic groups of Laos. For the purposes of the 1995 census, the government of Laos recognized 149 ethnic groups within 47 main ethnicities. ==Austronesian==

• Cham (population of 250–700 in Laos; known as Laotian Cham) ==Mon-Khmer==

• Aheu (population of approximately 1,770 in Bolikhamsai Province) • Lave (population of 12,750 in Laos) • Maleng (population of 800 in Laos) • Mon (population of 4000-8000 in Laos) • Ngae (population of 12,189 in Laos) • Nguon • Nyaheun • Ong • Oi (population of 23,500 in Laos) • Pakoh • Phong • Sadang • Salang (ethnic group) • Sapuan (ethnic group) • Makong • Sou • Souei • Taliang • Ta-oi • Vietnamese (population of 76,000 in Laos) • Yae ==Palaungic==

• Bit (population of 1,530 in Laos, disputed as to whether Palaungic or Khmuic) • Con (population of 1,000 in Luang Namtha Province) • Samtao (population of 2,359 in Laos) • Lamet (population of 16,740 in Laos) ==Khmuic==

• Khmu (population of 389,694 in Laos) ==Tibeto-Burman==

• Lolo ethnicity • Kaw (population of approximately 58,000 in Laos) • Hani (population of 1,122 in Phongsaly Province) • Kaduo (population of 5,000 on Laos-China border) • Lahu (population of 8,702 in Laos, also referred to as Museu) • Lahu Shi (population of 3,240 in Laos) • Phana • Phunoi • Si La • Kado (population of 225 in Phongsaly Province) ==Hmong-Mien==

• Hmong Daw (population of 200,000 in Laos) • Hmong Njua (population of 245,600 in Laos) • Iu Mien (population of 20,250, also called Yao) • Kim Mun (population of 4,500 in Laos) ==Tai and Rau==

• Tai Daeng • Nùng • Nyaw • Tai Pao • Tai Peung • Phuan (population of 106,099 in Laos) • Phutai (population of 154,400 in Laos) • Saek • Tai Sam • Tai Yo • Tayten • Yoy • Zhuang (including the Nùng people) • Shan • Yang ==Chinese==

• Chinese • Laotian Chinese ==Unclassified==

• Chere • Jri District codes are also given (see districts of Laos). ==See also==