What do you think ?

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/th...ok/geos/la.html

Lao 55%, Khmou 11%, Hmong 8%, other (over 100 minor ethnic groups) 26% (2005 census)

I doubt it. The Hmongs in Laos is less than 500,000. I don't think they really counted the ethnic Lao population. I would say the ethnic Lao population is somewhere around 75-80 %.

Sounds suspicious, but they claim it is a census.

It depends on the sources. Some, like wikipedia and others, put the number of Lao ethnic at 67%, Hmong + Yao at 9%, and others. I think about 2/3 of the population of Laos being of ethnic Lao is realistic.

CIA factbook probably got their source from Lao National static center, which is more accurate than other source, maybe.

http://www.nsc.gov.la/Products/Populationc...05_chapter1.htm

well they would've done their research as they are a govt organisation, their method of quantitative research is probably what needs to be examined

I grew up in Viengchan, and only 5 Viet out of 2000 students, and the rest were Lao. 5 years before 2005 was 68% and suddenly dropped down to 55%, that was more like a big exodus.

Laos People 2008
http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/laos/laos_people.html
SOURCE: 2008 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK


Ethnic groups:
Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%

Those percentages have been like that for years.

there are more Vmese/Chinese than Thai?

It's more complex when you talk about Thai in comparison with Viet/Chinese in Laos. It depends on how you define "Thai" in Laos (or how you define "Lao" in Thailand for that matter), and the number can vary a lot.

less than 5 chinese or viet in my class not sure about otther's

Obviously , there are more Chinese than Thai/Viet combined.

the pop in Laos i think is 60% Lao Loum 32% Lao theung 8% soung

better census would help.

Does this census include other Tai speaking mountain tribes as well as Lao ?

likely not, 55% probably just Lao only, not including other Tai speaking people like Black, Red, White, or Tai Nua etc. I think those group been asked to identify themselves and preferring name.

It is hard to believe that Laos only make up 55% of the whole population. If this is true, Laos could end up being like the U.S where experts predict white population will be less than all minority combine in the next 20 years.

Laos is pretty diverse, but less intense compared to Burma and many other African countries.