Christianity in Laos

In 2015, Christians in Laos numbered 200,000 to 210,000, with 50,000–60,000 thousand for Catholics and 150,000 for Protestants, based on rough estimates conducted by LFND.

[3][4] Laotian religious freedom began increasing in 2000s, when the government started opening the dialogue up with United Nations and numerous organisations.

[7] Approximately 400 Protestant congregations conduct services throughout the country for a community that has grown rapidly in the past decade.

[2] Many Protestants are members of ethnic Mon-Khmer groups, especially the Khmu in the north and the Brou in the central provinces.

[2] In 2021, estimates showed that the LEC had 200,00 members;[2] in the same year, Seventh-day Adventists numbered slightly more than 2,500 country-wide with congregations in Vientiane Municipality as well as Bokeo, Bolikhamsai, Champassak, Luang Prabang, and Xieng Khouang provinces.

[8] Christian denominations that have some following in the country, but which are not recognized by the government, include the Methodists, Church of Christ, Assemblies of God, Lutherans, Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Three informal churches, one for English-speakers, one for Korean-speakers, and one for Chinese-speakers, serve Vientiane's foreign Protestant community.

[9] In 2023, the country was scored 1 out of 4 for religious freedom;[11] it was noted that the Lao People's Revolutionary Party controls clergy training and supervision of Buddhist temples.