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Laos — 36 years of data

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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 85% Buddhist, 15% animist and other
1991 Buddhist 85%, animist and other 15%
1992 Buddhist 85%, animist and other 15%
1993 Buddhist 85%, animist and other 15%
1994 Buddhist 85%, animist and other 15%
1995 Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%
1996 Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%
1997 Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%
1998 Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%
1999 Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%
2000 Buddhist 60% (in October 1999, the regime proposed a constitutional amendment making Buddhism the state religion; the National Assembly is expected to vote on the amendment sometime in 2000), animist and other 40%
2001 Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%
2002 Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
2003 Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
2004 Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
2005 Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
2006 Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
2007 Buddhist 65%, animist 32.9%, Christian 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.8% (1995 census)
2008 Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
2009 Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
2010 Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
2011 Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
2012 Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
2013 Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
2014 Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
2015 Buddhist 66.8%, Christian 1.5%, other 31%, unspecified 0.7% (2005 est.)
2016 Buddhist 66.8%, Christian 1.5%, other 31%, unspecified 0.7% (2005 est.)
2017 Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4%, other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)
2018 Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4%, other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)
2019 Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4%, other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)
2020 Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4%, other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)
2021 Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4%, other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)
2022 Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4%, other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)
2023 Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4%, other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)
2024 Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4%, other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)
2025 Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4%, other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)