Pa'O people
Pa-O woman at the Inle Lake in Myanmar | |
| Total population | |
| >1,200,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Myanmar | |
| Languages | |
| Pa'O, Burmese, Thai, Shan, Karen | |
| Religion | |
| Theravada Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Karen people |
The Pa'O (Pa'o Karen: ပအိုဝ်ႏလိုꩻမျိုꩻ; Burmese: ပအိုဝ်းလူမျိုး, IPA: [pəo̰ lùmjóʊ], or တောင်သူ; Shan: ပဢူဝ်း; Eastern Poe Karen: တံင်သူ; S'gaw Karen: တီသူ; also spelt Pa-O or Paoh) are an ethnic minority living in Myanmar, with a population of roughly 1,200,000 accounting for approximately 2.1% of the total population in Myanmar.
Other names of the Pa-O include PAOH, PaU, Taungthu, Taungsu, Tongsu and Kula.