Religion & community impact
🇱🇦 Lao PDR — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
3% → 1.5%
Christian · 1955–2020
▼ -1.5%
0.2% → 1%
Muslim · 1955–2020
▲ +0.8%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1955–2020
▲ +1.0%
1.9% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1955–2020
▼ -0.9%
94.9% → 98.8%
Other · 1955–2020
▲ +3.9%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 3% | 0.2% | 0% | 1.9% | 94.9% |
| 1960 | 3% | 0.2% | 0% | 2.9% | 93.9% |
| 1965 | 2% | 0.2% | 0% | 3.8% | 94.1% |
| 1970 | 1.8% | 0.2% | 0% | 4.4% | 93.6% |
| 1975 | 2% | 0.7% | 0% | 4.5% | 92.8% |
| 1980 | 2.1% | 1.2% | 0% | 4.4% | 92.4% |
| 1985 | 2.9% | 0.8% | 0% | 3.7% | 92.6% |
| 1990 | 2.5% | 0.4% | 0% | 3% | 94% |
| 1995 | 2.8% | 0.3% | 0% | 1.9% | 95% |
| 2000 | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1.1% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | 1% | 0% | 1.2% | 96.3% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 98.7% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 98.8% |
Figures are real national estimates from the Correlates of War World Religion Project. Green up arrows mark a rising share, red down arrows a falling share. The page shows recorded self-identification, not attendance.