Country scorecard
Laos
Asia · 7.6M people
ALPS
1.44
languages per person
#142 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
2%
globally connected
Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.4 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Laos is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇹🇭 Thailand40%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Lao99%
- Thai40%
- English5%
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