countries
CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIANITY
Daniel Patte, General Editor
Editorial Board | Preparing Contextual, Conceptual-Theological and Historical, and Methodological Entries | CDC@vanderbilt.edu

NATION: LAOS

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 2,712,600
2000: 5,433,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 51,330; 1.9%
2000: 112,609; 2.1%

1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:

Buddhists: [1970] 1,566,490; 57.8%
__________     [2000] 2,650,061; 48.8%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 917,080; 33.8%
_____________     [2000] 2,266,239; 41.7%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 30,000; 1.1%
_________________ [2000] 82,519; 1.5%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] 6,787; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 30,000; 1.1%
________     [2000] 19,560; 0.4%
New-Religionists: [1970] 0%
____________________   [2000] 9,236; 0.2%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] 1,159; 0%

Atheists: [1970] 28,000; 1.0%
___________[2000] 61,878; 1.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 90,000; 3.3%
_________________[2000] 234,962; 4.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Affiliated Christians: [1970] 51,330; 1.9%
__________________________ [2000] 112,563; 2.1%

Protestants: [1970] 9,150; 0.3%
______________ [2000] 34,400; 0.6%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 41,480; 1.5%
______________________ [2000] 32,000; 0.6%
Independents: [1970] 300; 0%
_________________ [2000] 45,613; 0.8%
 

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 9,200; 0.3%
________________ [2000] 40,000; 0.7%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 500; 0%
_________________ [2000] 50,000; 0.9%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 46,000; 1.7%
________________ [2000] 100,576; 1.9%