Lahu people

Lahu people
拉祜族
Total population
	About 1,000,000
Regions with significant populations
	China, Myanmar, Thailand
Significant Lahu diaspora populations in:
China	720,000
Myanmar	150,000
Thailand	100,000
Laos	19,187
United States	10,000
Vietnam	12,113 (2019)
Languages
	Lahu, Kucong
Religion
	Animism, Buddhism, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
	Akha people, Karen people, Hani people
	President- Jaha Seechang

The Lahu people (Chinese: 拉祜族 Lāhùzú; Lahu: Ladhulsi / Kawzhawd; Vietnamese: La Hủ) are an ethnic group native to China, Myanmar, and the rest of Mainland Southeast Asia.

^ ^a ^b Matisoff, James A. (2006). English-Lahu Lexicon. Google Books: University of California Press. pp. xi–xii. ISBN 9780520916111.
^ ^a ^b "Lahu". www.ethnic-china.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
^ 'Chiang Mai's Hill Peoples' in: Forbes, Andrew, and Henley, David, Ancient Chiang Mai Volume 3. Chiang Mai, Cognoscenti Books, 2012.
^ "Results of Population and Housing Census 2015" (PDF). Lao Statistics Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
^ "The Lahu Ethnic Group". China.org.cn. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

Total population

About 1,000,000^[1]
Regions with significant populations
China, Myanmar, Thailand
Significant Lahu diaspora populations in:
China	720,000^[2]
Myanmar	150,000^[2]
Thailand	100,000^[3]
Laos	19,187^[4]
United States	10,000^[1]
Vietnam	12,113 (2019)
Languages
Lahu, Kucong
Religion
Animism, Buddhism,^[5] Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Akha people, Karen people, Hani people
President- Jaha Seechang