The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Worldwide) | |
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Membership | 16,663,663 (2020)[1] |
Stakes | 3,463 |
Districts | 537 |
Total Congregations | 31,136 |
Missions | 405 |
Temples | 162 Dedicated |
Family History Centers | >5,100 (2018)[2] |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics is membership, congregational, and related information released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) as well other applicable statistical information concerning the worldwide church. The latest membership information LDS Church releases includes a count of membership, stakes, wards, branches, missions, temples, and family history centers for the worldwide church and for individual countries and territories where the church is recognized. The latest information released was as of December 31, 2020 for the worldwide church, and December 31, 2019 for individual countries and selected territories.
At the end of 2020, the LDS Church had 31,136 congregations and a reported membership of 16,663,663.[1]
Membership defined[]
The LDS Church defines membership as a count of living individuals who:[3]
- have been baptized and confirmed.
- under age nine who have been blessed but not baptized.
- are not accountable because of intellectual disabilities, regardless of age.
- are unblessed children under age eight when:
- Two member parents request it; or
- One member parent requests it and the nonmember parent gives permission.
After baptism, blessing, or parental request stated above, membership must be recorded and maintained by the church to have and keep membership.[4]
Membership considerations[]
In 2005, Peggy Fletcher Stack, longtime religion columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune, estimated that about one-third of the reported LDS membership was "active" (i.e., regularly attending church services and participating in other expected meetings and obligations).[5] In 2005, this would have amounted to approximately 4 million active members among a worldwide LDS population of 12 million. Active membership varied from a high of 40 to 50 percent in congregations in North America and the Pacific Islands, to a low of about 25 percent in Latin America. Fletcher Stack's data was compiled from several sources, including a 2001 survey of religious affiliation by scholars at City University of New York and a demographer at LDS-owned Brigham Young University.
In 2003, church leader Dallin H. Oaks, noted that among recent converts "attrition is sharpest in the two months after baptism", which he attributed in part to difficulties adapting to the church's dietary code, the Word of Wisdom, that prohibits the use of alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and tea.[6] In 2001, sociologist Armand Mauss estimated that about 50 percent of LDS converts in the US stopped attending church within a year of baptism, while outside the US the rate was about 70 percent.[7]
Countries[]
The tables on this section represents Latter-day Saint membership, as reported by the LDS Church, as of December 31, 2019.[8] Except where indicated, general population figures are based on the latest CIA estimates (primarily for July 2020).[9] Percentages of LDS members were calculated with this information. The link under the names of each country, territory, etc. corresponds to brief LDS history and statistical information for that particular area.
Country | Continent | Members [8] | Population[9] | %LDS | Temples[8] | Missions[8] | Districts[8] | Stakes[8] | Wards[8] | Branches[8] | Congregations a | FHC[8] |
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Angola | Africa | 3,490 | 32,522,339 | 0.01% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 |
Benin | Africa | 4,018 | 12,864,634 | 0.03% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 |
Botswana | Africa | 3,653 | 2,317,233 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
Burundi | Africa | 749 | 11,865,821 | 0.006% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Cameroon | Africa | 2,245 | 27,744,989 | 0.008% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
Cape Verde | Africa | 15,780 | 583,255 | 2.71% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 6 |
Central African Republic | Africa | 248 | 5,990,855 | 0.004% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa | 68,871 | 101,780,263 | 0.07% | 1 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 178 | 33 | 211 | 24 |
Djiboutib | Africa | 25 | 887,860 | 0.003% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Egyptb | Africa | 100 | 91,508,080 | 0.000% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Eswatini | Africa | 2,091 | 1,104,479 | 0.19% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
Ethiopia | Africa | 1,803 | 108,113,150 | 0.002% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Gabonc | Africa | 302 | 2,119,036 | 0.014% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Ghana | Africa | 89,135 | 29,340,248 | 0.30% | 1 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 188 | 140 | 328 | 53 |
Guineac | Africa | 61 | 11,855,411 | 0.001% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ivory Coast | Africa | 52,241 | 27,481,086 | 0.19% | 0 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 127 | 123 | 250 | 27 |
Kenya | Africa | 14,591 | 53,527,936 | 0.03% | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 5 |
Lesotho | Africa | 1,303 | 1,969,334 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Liberia | Africa | 14,538 | 5,073,296 | 0.29% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 53 | 5 |
Madagascar | Africa | 12,887 | 26,955,737 | 0.05% | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 10 |
Malawi | Africa | 3,143 | 21,196,629 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Malic | Africa | 70 | 18,429,893 | 0.000% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mauritius | Africa | 562 | 1,379,365 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Moroccoc | Africa | 95 | 36,191,805 | 0.025% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mozambique | Africa | 15,032 | 30,098,197 | 0.05% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 8 |
Namibia | Africa | 952 | 2,630,073 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Nigeria | Africa | 192,144 | 214,028,302 | 0.09% | 1 | 7 | 19 | 59 | 428 | 294 | 722 | 70 |
Republic of the Congo | Africa | 8,542 | 5,293,070 | 0.16% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 3 |
Reunion | Africa | 958 | 859,959[10] | 0.11% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Rwanda | Africa | 755 | 12,712,431 | 0.006% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Senegalc | Africa | 108 | 15,020,945 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Sierra Leone | Africa | 22,787 | 6,624,933 | 0.34% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 79 | 8 |
South Africa | Africa | 68,772 | 56,463,617 | 0.12% | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 112 | 81 | 193 | 76 |
Tanzania | Africa | 1,793 | 58,552,845 | 0.003% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
Togo | Africa | 5,320 | 8,608,444 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 1 |
Uganda | Africa | 17,887 | 43,252,966 | 0.04% | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 8 |
Zambia | Africa | 4,681 | 17,426,623 | 0.03% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
Zimbabwe | Africa | 34,330 | 14,546,314 | 0.24% | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 44 | 87 | 18 |
Armenia | Asia | 3,579 | 3,021,324 | 0.12% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
Bahrain | Asia | 245 | 1,505,003 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bangladeshb | Asia | 50 | 160,995,640 | 0.000% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Burma (Myanmar)b | Asia | 200 | 56,320,206 | 0.000% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Cambodia | Asia | 15,187 | 16,926,984 | 0.09% | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 9 |
China (Mainland)d | Asia | 12,000 | 1,394,015,977 | 0.001% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
Georgia | Asia | 246 | 3,997,000 | 0.006% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Hong Kong | Asia | 25,083 | 7,249,907 | 0.35% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 37 | 4 |
India | Asia | 14,528 | 1,326,093,247 | 0.001% | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 15 |
Indonesia | Asia | 7,561 | 267,026,366 | 0.003% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 6 |
Israel | Asia | 306 | 8,675,475 | 0.004% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Japan | Asia | 130,340 | 125,507,472 | 0.10% | 3 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 157 | 104 | 261 | 64 |
Jordonb | Asia | 200 | 7,594,550 | 0.003% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Kazakhstan | Asia | 230 | 19,091,949 | 0.001% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Kuwait | Asia | 365 | 2,993,706 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Laosb | Asia | 275 | 6,911,544 | 0.004% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Lebanonb | Asia | 225 | 5,850,740 | 0.004% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Macau | Asia | 1,463 | 614,458 | 0.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Malaysia | Asia | 10,845 | 32,652,083 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 8 |
Mongolia | Asia | 12,261 | 3,168,026 | 0.39% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 9 |
Nepalb | Asia | 180 | 28,513,700 | 0.001% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Omanc | Asia | 107 | 4,829,946 | 0.002% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pakistanb | Asia | 4,000 | 199,085,847 | 0.002% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Philippines | Asia | 805,209 | 109,180,815 | 0.74% | 2 | 23 | 63 | 115 | 721 | 518 | 1,239 | 183 |
Qatarc | Asia | 537 | 2,363,569 | 0.023% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Saudi Arabiac (estimate) | Asia | 1,500 | 33,700,000 | 0.004% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Singapore | Asia | 3,439 | 6,209,660 | 0.06% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
South Korea | Asia | 88,622 | 51,835,110 | 0.17% | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 40 | 101 | 18 |
Sri Lanka | Asia | 1,631 | 22,889,201 | 0.007% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Syriac (estimate) | Asia | 40 | 16,950,000 | 0.000% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Taiwan | Asia | 61,607 | 23,603,049 | 0.26% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 98 | 10 | 108 | 12 |
Thailand | Asia | 23,043 | 68,977,400 | 0.03% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 8 |
United Arab Emirates | Asia | 1,699 | 9,992,083 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Vietnamc | Asia | 2,466 | 97,040,334 | 0.000% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Albania | Europe | 3,216 | 3,074,579 | 0.10% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 |
Andorrac | Europe | 70 | 76,953 | 0.09% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Austria | Europe | 4,693 | 8,859,449 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 12 |
Belarusc | Europe | 469 | 9,452,113 | 0.005% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Belgium | Europe | 6,605 | 11,720,716 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe | 73 | 3,835,586 | 0.002% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Bulgaria | Europe | 2,440 | 6,966,899 | 0.04% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Croatia | Europe | 635 | 4,227,746 | 0.02% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Cyprus | Europe | 507 | 1,266,676 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Czechia | Europe | 2,636 | 10,702,498 | 0.02% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
Denmark | Europe | 4,466 | 5,869,410 | 0.08% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 13 |
Estonia | Europe | 1,146 | 1,228,624 | 0.09% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Finland | Europe | 4,885 | 5,571,665 | 0.09% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 28 |
France | Europe | 39,930 | 67,848,156 | 0.06% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 68 | 40 | 108 | 72 |
Germany | Europe | 39,724 | 80,159,662 | 0.05% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 94 | 56 | 150 | 97 |
Greece | Europe | 804 | 10,607,051 | 0.008% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Guernsey | Europe | 62 | 67,052 | 0.09% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Hungary | Europe | 5,231 | 9,771,827 | 0.05% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 13 |
Iceland | Europe | 300 | 350,734 | 0.09% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Ireland | Europe | 3,985 | 5,176,569 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 |
Isle of Man | Europe | 290 | 90,499 | 0.32% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Italy | Europe | 27,486 | 62,402,659 | 0.04% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 62 | 33 | 95 | 53 |
Jersey | Europe | 290 | 101,073 | 0.29% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kosovoe | Europe | 102 | 1,895,250 | 0.005% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Latvia | Europe | 1,272 | 1,881,232 | 0.07% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Lithuania | Europe | 925 | 2,731,464 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Luxembourg | Europe | 505 | 628,381 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Malta | Europe | 215 | 457,267 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Macedoniac | Europe | 41 | 2,118,945 | 0.002% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Moldova | Europe | 430 | 3,364,496 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Montenegro | Europe | 36 | 609,859 | 0.006% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Netherlands | Europe | 9,326 | 17,280,397 | 0.05% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 10 |
Norway | Europe | 4,564 | 5,467,439 | 0.08% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 15 |
Poland | Europe | 2,058 | 38,282,325 | 0.005% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
Portugal | Europe | 45,576 | 10,302,674 | 0.44% | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 24 |
Romania | Europe | 3,064 | 21,302,893 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
Russia[11] | Europe | 23,180 | 142,355,415 | 0.02% | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 82 | 99 | 64 |
Serbia | Europe | 368 | 7,012,165 | 0.005% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Slovakia | Europe | 302 | 5,440,602 | 0.006% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Slovenia | Europe | 431 | 2,102,678 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Spain | Europe | 59,730 | 50,015,792 | 0.12% | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 93 | 44 | 137 | 56 |
Sweden | Europe | 9,649 | 10,202,491 | 0.09% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 37 |
Switzerland | Europe | 9,071 | 8,403,994 | 0.11% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 8 | 35 | 14 |
Turkey | Europe | 512 | 82,017,514 | 0.001% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Ukraine | Europe | 11,242 | 43,922,939 | 0.03% | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 35 |
United Kingdom | Europe | 188,187 | 65,761,117 | 0.29% | 2 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 279 | 41 | 320 | 122 |
Antigua and Barbuda | North America | 264 | 98,179 | 0.27% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Aruba | North America | 590 | 119,428 | 0.49% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Bahamas | North America | 1,074 | 337,721 | 0.32% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Barbados | North America | 1,089 | 294,560 | 0.37% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Belize | North America | 5,485 | 399,598 | 1.37% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
Bermudac | North America | 197 | 61,070 | 0.32% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bonaireb | North America | 80 | 17,000 | 0.47% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
British Virgin Islandsc | North America | 138 | 35,802 | 0.39% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Canada | North America | 199,054 | 37,694,085 | 0.53% | 8 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 348 | 149 | 497 | 156 |
Cayman Islands | North America | 231 | 61,944 | 0.37% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Costa Rica | North America | 51,320 | 5,097,988 | 1.01% | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 59 | 20 | 79 | 14 |
Cubac | North America | 357 | 11,116,396 | 0.003% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Curacao | North America | 565 | 151,345 | 0.37% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Dominica | North America | 145 | 74,243 | 0.20% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Dominican Republic | North America | 143,870 | 10,499,707 | 1.37% | 1 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 130 | 66 | 196 | 31 |
El Salvador | North America | 128,881 | 6,481,102 | 1.99% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 129 | 29 | 158 | 26 |
Grenada | North America | 438 | 113,094 | 0.39% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Guadeloupe | North America | 547 | 376,879[10] | 0.15% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Guatemala | North America | 281,465 | 17,153,288 | 1.64% | 2 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 300 | 138 | 438 | 66 |
Haiti | North America | 24,192 | 11,067,777 | 0.22% | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 11 |
Honduras | North America | 180,646 | 9,235,340 | 1.96% | 1 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 179 | 60 | 239 | 32 |
Jamaica | North America | 6,668 | 2,808,570 | 0.24% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 |
Martinique | North America | 252 | 358,749[10] | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mexico | North America | 1,481,530 | 128,649,565 | 1.15% | 13 | 32 | 47 | 222 | 1,356 | 487 | 1,843 | 278 |
Nicaragua | North America | 100,331 | 6,203,441 | 1.62% | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 73 | 39 | 112 | 14 |
Panama | North America | 59,526 | 3,894,082 | 1.53% | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 73 | 14 |
Puerto Rico | North America | 23,395 | 3,189,068 | 0.73% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 12 | 39 | 8 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | North America | 230 | 53,821 | 0.43% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Saint Lucia | North America | 395 | 166,487 | 0.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | North America | 716 | 101,390 | 0.71% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Sint Maarten | North America | 297 | 43,847 | 0.68% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Trinidad and Tobago | North America | 3,524 | 1,208,789 | 0.29% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
Turks and Caicos Islandsc | North America | 147 | 35,701 | 0.37% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
United States | North America | 6,721,032 | 332,639,102 | 2.02% | 81 | 108 | 5 | 1,642 | 12,677 | 1,782 | 14,459 | 1,870 |
Virgin Islands of the US | North America | 589 | 106,235 | 0.55% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
American Samoa | Oceania | 16,490 | 49,437 | 33.36% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 5 | 43 | 5 |
Australia | Oceania | 154,595 | 25,466,459 | 0.61% | 5 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 232 | 76 | 308 | 145 |
Cook Islands | Oceania | 1,865 | 8,574 | 21.76% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Fiji | Oceania | 22,154 | 935,974 | 2.37% | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 10 |
French Polynesia | Oceania | 28,704 | 295,121 | 9.73% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 73 | 23 | 96 | 22 |
Guam | Oceania | 2,550 | 168,485 | 1.51% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Kiribati | Oceania | 20,946 | 111,796 | 18.74% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 2 |
Marshall Islands | Oceania | 6,976 | 77,917 | 8.95% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
Federated States of Micronesia | Oceania | 6,307 | 102,436 | 6.16% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 11 |
Nauru | Oceania | 126 | 11,000 | 1.15% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
New Caledonia | Oceania | 2,500 | 290,009 | 0.86% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
New Zealand | Oceania | 115,236 | 4,925,477 | 2.34% | 1 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 177 | 51 | 228 | 52 |
Niue | Oceania | 308 | 2,000 | 15.40% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Northern Mariana Islands | Oceania | 865 | 51,433 | 1.68% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Palau | Oceania | 509 | 21,685 | 2.35% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Papua New Guinea | Oceania | 30,825 | 7,259,456 | 0.42% | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 71 | 81 | 2 |
Samoa | Oceania | 83,740 | 203,774 | 41.09% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 151 | 11 | 162 | 20 |
Solomon Islands | Oceania | 1,332 | 685,097 | 0.19% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Tonga | Oceania | 66,361 | 106,095 | 62.55% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 139 | 34 | 173 | 21 |
Tuvalu | Oceania | 296 | 11,342 | 2.61% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Vanuatu | Oceania | 10,210 | 298,333 | 3.42% | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 2 |
Argentina | South America | 470,843 | 45,479,118 | 1.04% | 2 | 13 | 27 | 78 | 484 | 250 | 734 | 123 |
Bolivia | South America | 212,148 | 11,639,909 | 1.82% | 1 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 207 | 63 | 270 | 52 |
Brazil | South America | 1,429,935 | 211,715,973 | 0.68% | 7 | 35 | 39 | 277 | 1,747 | 395 | 2,142 | 359 |
Chile | South America | 602,373 | 18,186,770 | 3.31% | 2 | 10 | 16 | 74 | 410 | 158 | 568 | 100 |
Colombia | South America | 209,985 | 49,084,841 | 0.43% | 2 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 176 | 73 | 249 | 51 |
Ecuador | South America | 253,781 | 16,904,867 | 1.50% | 1 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 261 | 52 | 313 | 57 |
French Guiana | South America | 488 | 290,691[10] | 0.18% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Guyana | South America | 6,264 | 750,204 | 0.84% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
Paraguay | South America | 96,114 | 7,191,685 | 1.34% | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 73 | 134 | 19 |
Peru | South America | 619,045 | 31,914,989 | 1.94% | 3 | 14 | 17 | 112 | 666 | 114 | 780 | 160 |
Suriname | South America | 1,747 | 609,569 | 0.29% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Uruguay | South America | 107,103 | 3,387,605 | 3.16% | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 100 | 34 | 134 | 23 |
Venezuela | South America | 168,539 | 28,644,603 | 0.59% | 1 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 178 | 50 | 228 | 48 |
- Notes
- a This does not include member groups not. Only congregations organized as ward or branch.[12]
- b 2019 Membership not released for country or territory. Estimated 2015 Membership information was used instead.
- c 2019 Membership not released for country or territory. 2018 Membership and Congregational inormation was used instead.
- d An estimated mid-year 2018 membership and congregational information was used for Mainland China.
- e 2019 Membership not released for country or territory. 2017 Membership and Congregational inormation was used instead.
- f 2016 membership data and population was used for Russia, the last year the church released membership data for the country.
Membership Growth[]
Country | Continent | 2009[13] | 2019[8] | Change | Growth (%) | % of Total Growth |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angola | Africa | 647 | 3,490 | 2,843 | 0.09 | |
Benin | Africa | 253 | 4,018 | 3,765 | 0.12 | |
Botswana | Africa | 1,305 | 3,653 | 2,348 | 180 | 0.08 |
Burundi | Africa | 8 | 749 | 741 | 0.02 | |
Cameroon | Africa | 727 | 2,245 | 1,518 | 0.05 | |
Cape Verde | Africa | 6,905 | 15,780 | 8,875 | 129 | 0.29 |
Central African Republic | Africa | 393 | 248 | -145 | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa | 20,883 | 68,871 | 47,988 | 230 | 1.57 |
Ethiopia | Africa | 848 | 1,803 | 955 | 113 | 0.03 |
Ghana | Africa | 38,224 | 89,135 | 50,911 | 133 | 1.67 |
Ivory Coast | Africa | 13,245 | 52,241 | 38,996 | 294 | 1.28 |
Kenya | Africa | 8,416 | 14,591 | 6,175 | 73 | 0.20 |
Lesotho | Africa | 606 | 1,303 | 697 | 0.02 | |
Liberia | Africa | 5,093 | 14,538 | 9,445 | 185 | 0.31 |
Madagascar | Africa | 4,769 | 12,887 | 8,118 | 170 | 0.27 |
Malawi | Africa | 742 | 3,143 | 2,401 | 0.08 | |
Mauritius | Africa | 363 | 562 | 199 | 0.01 | |
Mozambique | Africa | 4,851 | 15,032 | 10,181 | 210 | 0.33 |
Namibia | Africa | 562 | 952 | 390 | 0.01 | |
Nigeria | Africa | 88,734 | 192,144 | 103,410 | 117 | 3.38 |
Republic of Congo | Africa | 4,194 | 8,542 | 4,348 | 104 | 0.14 |
Reunion | Africa | 789 | 958 | 169 | 0.01 | |
Rwanda | Africa | 17 | 755 | 738 | 0.02 | |
Sierra Leone | Africa | 8,054 | 22,787 | 14,733 | 183 | 0.48 |
South Africa | Africa | 48,112 | 68,772 | 20,660 | 43 | 0.68 |
Swaziland | Africa | 1,132 | 2,091 | 959 | 85 | 0.03 |
Tanzania | Africa | 915 | 1,793 | 878 | 96 | 0.03 |
Togo | Africa | 793 | 5,320 | 4,527 | 0.15 | |
Uganda | Africa | 6,919 | 17,887 | 10,968 | 159 | 0.36 |
Zambia | Africa | 2,237 | 4,681 | 2,444 | 109 | 0.08 |
Zimbabwe | Africa | 17,241 | 34,330 | 17,089 | 99 | 0.56 |
Bahrain | Asia | 76 | 245 | 169 | 0.01 | |
Cambodia | Asia | 8,359 | 15,187 | 6,828 | 82 | 0.22 |
Georgia | Asia | 178 | 246 | 68 | ||
Hong Kong | Asia | 23,223 | 25,083 | 1,860 | 8 | 0.06 |
India | Asia | 7,576 | 14,528 | 6,952 | 92 | 0.23 |
Indonesia | Asia | 6,393 | 7,561 | 1,168 | 18 | 0.04 |
Israel | Asia | 246 | 306 | 60 | ||
Japan | Asia | 123,225 | 130,340 | 7,115 | 6 | 0.23 |
Kazakhstan | Asia | 135 | 230 | 95 | ||
Kuwait | Asia | 67 | 365 | 298 | 0.01 | |
Macau | Asia | 1,260 | 1,463 | 203 | 16 | 0.01 |
Malaysia | Asia | 5,646 | 10,845 | 5,199 | 92 | 0.17 |
Mongolia | Asia | 8,444 | 12,261 | 3,817 | 45 | 0.12 |
Philippines | Asia | 614,585 | 805,209 | 190,624 | 31 | 6.24 |
Singapore | Asia | 2,890 | 3,439 | 549 | 19 | 0.02 |
South Korea | Asia | 81,251 | 88,622 | 7,371 | 9 | 0.24 |
Sri Lanka | Asia | 1,277 | 1,631 | 354 | 28 | 0.01 |
Taiwan | Asia | 49,054 | 61,607 | 12,553 | 26 | 0.41 |
Thailand | Asia | 15,874 | 23,043 | 7,169 | 45 | 0.23 |
United Arab Emirates | Asia | 786 | 1,699 | 913 | 0.03 | |
Albania | Europe | 1,838 | 3,216 | 1,378 | 75 | 0.05 |
Andorraa | Europe | 58 | 70 | 12 | ||
Armenia | Europe | 2,748 | 3,579 | 831 | 30 | 0.03 |
Austria | Europe | 4,215 | 4,693 | 478 | 11 | 0.02 |
Belgium | Europe | 6,043 | 6,605 | 562 | 9 | 0.02 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe | 10 | 73 | 63 | ||
Bulgaria | Europe | 2,124 | 2,440 | 316 | 15 | 0.01 |
Croatia | Europe | 513 | 635 | 122 | ||
Cyprus | Europe | 337 | 507 | 170 | 0.01 | |
Czech Republic | Europe | 2,093 | 2,636 | 543 | 26 | 0.02 |
Denmark | Europe | 4,362 | 4,466 | 104 | 2 | |
Estonia | Europe | 969 | 1,146 | 177 | 18 | 0.01 |
Finland | Europe | 4,548 | 4,885 | 337 | 7 | 0.01 |
France | Europe | 34,906 | 39,930 | 5,024 | 14 | 0.16 |
Germany | Europe | 37,539 | 39,724 | 2,185 | 6 | 0.07 |
Greece | Europe | 693 | 804 | 111 | ||
Guernsey | Europe | 43 | 62 | 19 | ||
Hungary | Europe | 4,474 | 5,231 | 757 | 17 | 0.02 |
Iceland | Europe | 241 | 300 | 59 | ||
Ireland | Europe | 2,772 | 3,985 | 1,213 | 44 | 0.04 |
Isle of Man | Europe | 283 | 290 | 7 | 0.01 | |
Italy | Europe | 22,886 | 27,486 | 4,600 | 20 | 0.15 |
Jersey | Europe | 286 | 290 | 4 | ||
Latvia | Europe | 1,025 | 1,272 | 247 | 24 | 0.01 |
Lithuania | Europe | 847 | 925 | 78 | 9 | |
Luxembourg | Europe | 290 | 505 | 215 | 0.01 | |
Malta | Europe | 132 | 215 | 83 | ||
Moldova | Europe | 285 | 430 | 145 | ||
Montenegro (diff 2009) | Europe | 5 | 36 | 31 | ||
Netherlands | Europe | 8,709 | 9,326 | 617 | 7 | 0.02 |
Norway | Europe | 4,164 | 4,564 | 400 | 10 | 0.01 |
Poland | Europe | 1,552 | 2,058 | 506 | 33 | 0.02 |
Portugal | Europe | 38,188 | 45,576 | 7,388 | 19 | 0.24 |
Romania | Europe | 2,736 | 3,064 | 328 | 12 | 0.01 |
Russia* | Europe | 19,946 | 23,180 | 3,234 | 16 | 0.11 |
Serbia | Europe | 277 | 368 | 91 | ||
Slovakia | Europe | 139 | 302 | 163 | 0.01 | |
Slovenia | Europe | 380 | 431 | 51 | ||
Spain | Europe | 44,304 | 59,730 | 15,426 | 35 | 0.50 |
Sweden | Europe | 8,966 | 9,649 | 683 | 8 | 0.02 |
Switzerland | Europe | 7,939 | 9,071 | 1,132 | 14 | 0.04 |
Turkey | Europe | 221 | 512 | 291 | 0.01 | |
Ukraine | Europe | 10,557 | 11,242 | 685 | 6 | 0.02 |
United Kingdom | Europe | 183,672 | 188,187 | 4,515 | 2 | 0.15 |
Antigua and Barbuda | North America | 181 | 264 | 83 | ||
Aruba | North America | 458 | 590 | 132 | ||
Bahamas | North America | 810 | 1,074 | 264 | 33 | 0.01 |
Barbados | North America | 696 | 1,089 | 393 | 0.01 | |
Belize | North America | 3,430 | 5,485 | 2,055 | 60 | 0.07 |
Bermudaa | North America | 126 | 197 | 71 | ||
British Virgin Islandsa | North America | 111 | 138 | 27 | ||
Canada | North America | 177,600 | 199,054 | 21,454 | 12 | 0.70 |
Cayman Islands | North America | 145 | 231 | 86 | ||
Costa Rica | North America | 36,666 | 51,320 | 14,654 | 40 | 0.48 |
Curacao | North America | 524 | 565 | 41 | ||
Dominica | North America | 100 | 145 | 45 | ||
Dominican Republic | North America | 110,036 | 143,870 | 33,834 | 31 | 1.11 |
El Salvador | North America | 102,043 | 128,881 | 26,838 | 26 | 0.88 |
Grenada | North America | 178 | 438 | 260 | 0.01 | |
Guadeloupe | North America | 383 | 547 | 164 | 0.01 | |
Guatemala | North America | 215,186 | 281,465 | 66,279 | 31 | 2.17 |
Haiti | North America | 15,489 | 24,192 | 8,703 | 56 | 0.28 |
Honduras | North America | 131,098 | 180,646 | 49,548 | 38 | 1.62 |
Jamaica | North America | 5,990 | 6,668 | 678 | 11 | 0.02 |
Martinique | North America | 186 | 252 | 66 | ||
Mexico | North America | 1,158,236 | 1,481,530 | 323,294 | 28 | 10.58 |
Nicaragua | North America | 63,964 | 100,331 | 36,367 | 57 | 1.19 |
Panama | North America | 43,703 | 59,526 | 15,823 | 36 | 0.52 |
Puerto Rico | North America | 20,064 | 23,395 | 3,331 | 17 | 0.11 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | North America | 162 | 230 | 68 | ||
Saint Lucia | North America | 166 | 395 | 229 | 0.01 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | North America | 427 | 716 | 289 | 0.01 | |
Sint Maarten | North America | 202 | 297 | 95 | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | North America | 2,489 | 3,524 | 1,035 | 42 | 0.03 |
United States | North America | 5,974,041 | 6,721,032 | 746,991 | 13 | 24.44 |
Virgin Islands of the US | North America | 543 | 589 | 46 | ||
American Samoa | Oceania | 14,740 | 16,490 | 1,750 | 12 | 0.06 |
Australia | Oceania | 123,650 | 154,595 | 30,945 | 25 | 1.01 |
Cook Islands | Oceania | 1,834 | 1,865 | 31 | 2 | |
Federated States of Micronesia | Oceania | 3,841 | 6,307 | 2,466 | 64 | 0.08 |
Fiji | Oceania | 15,242 | 22,154 | 6,912 | 45 | 0.23 |
French Polynesia | Oceania | 21,567 | 28,704 | 7,137 | 33 | 0.23 |
Guam | Oceania | 1,874 | 2,550 | 676 | 36 | 0.02 |
Kiribati | Oceania | 13,475 | 20,946 | 7,471 | 55 | 0.24 |
Marshall Islands | Oceania | 4,476 | 6,976 | 2,500 | 56 | 0.08 |
Nauru | Oceania | 108 | 126 | 18 | ||
New Caledonia | Oceania | 1,883 | 2,500 | 617 | 33 | 0.02 |
New Zealand | Oceania | 99,488 | 115,236 | 15,748 | 16 | 0.52 |
Niue | Oceania | 268 | 308 | 40 | ||
Northern Mariana Islands | Oceania | 757 | 865 | 108 | ||
Palau | Oceania | 423 | 509 | 86 | ||
Papua New Guinea | Oceania | 16,664 | 30,825 | 14,161 | 85 | 0.46 |
Samoa | Oceania | 67,120 | 83,740 | 16,620 | 25 | 0.54 |
Solomon Islands | Oceania | 246 | 1,332 | 1,086 | 0.04 | |
Tonga | Oceania | 54,672 | 66,361 | 11,689 | 21 | 0.38 |
Tuvalu | Oceania | 131 | 296 | 165 | 0.01 | |
Vanuatu | Oceania | 3,783 | 10,210 | 6,427 | 170 | 0.21 |
Argentina | South America | 371,885 | 470,843 | 98,958 | 27 | 3.24 |
Bolivia | South America | 163,119 | 212,148 | 49,029 | 30 | 1.60 |
Brazil | South America | 1,060,556 | 1,429,935 | 369,379 | 35 | 12.08 |
Chile | South America | 554,749 | 602,373 | 47,624 | 9 | 1.56 |
Colombia | South America | 163,764 | 209,985 | 46,221 | 28 | 1.51 |
Ecuador | South America | 185,663 | 253,781 | 68,118 | 37 | 2.23 |
French Guiana | South America | 306 | 488 | 182 | 0.01 | |
Guyana | South America | 3,935 | 6,264 | 2,329 | 59 | 0.08 |
Paraguay | South America | 74,802 | 96,114 | 21,312 | 28 | 0.70 |
Peru | South America | 462,353 | 619,045 | 156,692 | 34 | 5.13 |
Suriname | South America | 1,057 | 1,747 | 690 | 65 | 0.02 |
Uruguay | South America | 92,117 | 107,103 | 14,986 | 16 | 0.49 |
Venezuela | South America | 144,089 | 168,539 | 24,450 | 17 | 0.80 |
*a 2019 Membership information unavailabe. Used 2018 Membership numbers instead. |
Distribution Maps[]
Membership[]
Percent Members[]
Congregations[]
Temples[]
See also[]
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership history
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Canada)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (United States)
- Mormons
- Mormonism
References[]
- ^ a b "LDS Statistics and Church Facts". LDS Newsroom. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Introduction to Family History Centers:Purpose, familysearch.org, retrieved 14 June 2021
- ^ "Membership record". LDSTech Wiki. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "Ordinances for which there is no valid record". LDSTech Wiki. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Peggy Fletcher Stack (2005). Keeping members a challenge for LDS church, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 26, 2005; accessed 20 December 2017
- ^ Dallin H. Oaks (2003; adapted from a 2000 speech). The Role of Members in Conversion, TheEnsign.com; accessed 20 December 2017
- ^ Stacy Willis (2001). Mormon Church is funding its future, The Las Vegas Sun; accessed 20 December 2017
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Facts and Statistics: Worldwide Statistics". LDS Newsroom. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ a b "The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Insee - Population - Estimations de population - Pyramide des âges régionales et départementales". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- ^ 2016 membership data and population was used for Russia the church has not released membership data for Russia since 2016.
- ^ "General Handbook: Groups in Stakes, Missions, and Areas". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ Cannon, Joe; Hall, Richard; Avant, Gerry; Stahle, Shaun (eds.). "2009 Membership Statistics". 2010 Church Almanac. Deseret News. pp. 181–187. ISBN 978-1-60641-619-8.
External links[]
- Religious demographics
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by region
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints