The following is a list of ethnic groups in Laos.
Classification
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)
Tibeto-Burman
- Lolo ethnicity
- Kaw (population of approximately 58,000 in Laos)
- Nùng
- Jri District codes are also given (see districts of Laos).
{| class="wikitable"
|+Unclassified languages of Laos
!c=01| Ethnolinguistic group
!c=02| Population
!c=03| Possible linguistic affiliation
!c=04| Locations
|-
!c=01| Poumong
|c=02| 1,000
|c=03| Tibeto-Burman (Phunyot)
|c=04| Ban Phoumon. Boun-Tai (2-07) and Khoa (2-03) districts, southern Phongsaly Province
|-
!c=01| Pouhoy
|c=02| 200 (1995; 35 families)
|c=03| Oy, Katuic?
|c=04| Kang Village, Namo District (4-03), northern Oudomxai Province
|-
!c=01| Taket
|c=02| < 1,000