The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics

The tables on this page represents Latter-day Saint membership as reported by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as of December 31, 2015.[1] Except where indicated, general population figures are based on the latest CIA estimates (primarily for July 2015).[2] 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. In 2015 by the LDS count, membership exceeded 15.6 million.[1] The number of stakes, districts, congregations were taken from the Meetinghouse Locator.[3]

Membership Defined

The LDS church defines membership as:[4]

  1. Those who have been baptized and confirmed.
  2. Those under age nine who have been blessed but not baptized.
  3. Those who are not accountable because of intellectual disabilities, regardless of age.
  4. Unblessed children under age eight when:
    1. Two member parents request it.
    2. One member parent requests it and the nonmember parent gives permission.

Africa

Country Membership Population LDS Temples Missions Stakes Districts Wards Branches Congregations Family History Centers
Angola 1,908 19,625,353 0.01% 0 1 0 1 0 10 10 1
Benin 2,255 10,448,647 0.02% 0 1 1 0 4 10 14 1
Botswana 3,167 2,182,719 0.15% 0 1 1 0 6 6 12 2
Burundi 597 10,742,276 0.006% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Cameroon 1,480 23,739,218 0.006% 0 0 0 1 0 11 11 0
Cape Verde 12,786 545,993 2.34% 0 1 3 2 22 17 39 5
Central African Republic 219 5,391,539 0.004% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Cote d'Ivoire 32,258 23,295,302 0.14% 0 2 9 7 83 62 145 22
Democratic Republic of the Congo 47,929 79,375,136 0.06% 0 2 14 3 110 47 157 11
Djibouti 828,324 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Egypt 88,487,396 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Ethiopia 1,903 99,465,819 0.002% 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 1
Gabon 1,705,336 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Ghana 67,398 26,327,649 0.26% 1 4 16 11 122 137 259 41
Kenya 12,898 45,925,301 0.03% 0 1 2 4 12 33 45 5
Lesotho 873 1,947,701 0.04% 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1
Liberia 9,675 4,195,666 0.23% 0 1 0 3 0 24 24 3
Madagascar 10,859 23,812,681 0.05% 0 1 2 2 14 25 39 1
Malawi 2,143 17,964,697 0.01% 0 0 0 2 0 8 8 0
Mauritius 471 1,339,827 0.04% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Morocco 33,322,699 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Mozambique 8,584 25,303,113 0.03% 0 1 2 1 16 12 28 2
Namibia 848 2,212,307 0.04% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1
Nigeria 142,033 181,562,056 0.08% 1 5 33 20 256 210 466 53
Republic of the Congo 6,413 4,755,097 0.13% 0 1 2 1 10 10 20 2
Reunion 917 843,529[5] 0.11% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 2
Rwanda 344 12,661,733 0.003% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Sierra Leone 16,155 5,879,098 0.27% 0 1 1 5 10 41 51 4
South Africa 62,600 53,675,563 0.12% 1 3 15 4 103 73 176 71
Swaziland 1,837 1,435,613 0.13% 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 2
Tanzania 1,456 51,045,882 0.003% 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 1
Togo 3,279 7,552,318 0.04% 0 0 1 0 9 7 16 1
Uganda 14,289 37,101,745 0.04% 0 1 2 0 12 15 27 2
Zambia 3,577 15,066,266 0.02% 0 1 1 2 7 6 13 2
Zimbabwe 27,825 14,229,541 0.20% 0 1 6 2 36 37 73 4
Totals 498,976 933,993,140 0.05% 3 29 111 77 832 841 1,673 241

Asia

Country Membership Population LDS Temples Missions Stakes Districts Wards Branches Congregations Family History Centers
Afghanistan 32,564,342 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Bahrain 1,346,613 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Cambodia 13,349 15,708,756 0.08% 0 1 2 5 10 20 30 4
China 1,367,485,388 0 0 0 4 1 18 19 0
Cyprus 445 1,189,197 0.04% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 3
Hong Kong 24,856 7,141,106 0.35% 1 1 4 1 31 9 40 4
India 12,701 1,251,695,584 0.001% 0 2 2 5 11 32 43 6
Indonesia 7,182 255,993,674 0.003% 0 1 2 1 15 9 24 4
Israel 216 8,049,314 0.003% 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0
Japan 128,216 126,919,659 0.10% 2 7 28 13 159 107 266 63
Jordan 8,117,564 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0
Kazakhstan 275 18,157,122 0.002% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Kuwait 2,788,534 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Lebanon 6,184,701 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Macau 1,410 592,731 0.24% 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1
Malaysia 9,725 30,513,848 0.03% 0 0 0 6 0 34 34 8
Mongolia 11,250 2,992,908 0.38% 0 1 1 2 6 18 24 4
Philippines 728,295 100,998,376 0.72% 2 21 96 77 620 585 1,205 176
Qatar 2,194,817 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
Singapore 3,611 5,674,472 0.06% 0 1 1 0 10 1 11 1
South Korea 87,296 49,115,196 0.18% 1 4 15 6 77 46 123 24
Sri Lanka 1,367 22,053,488 0.006% 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 3
Taiwan 58,756 23,415,126 0.25% 1 2 16 1 99 16 115 12
Thailand 20,730 67,976,405 0.03% 0 1 3 3 19 21 40 7
United Arab Emirates 1,524 5,779,760 0.03% 0 0 1 0 5 2 7 1
Vietnam 94,348,835 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 0
Totals 1,111,204 3,508,997,516 0.03% 7 43 173 129 1,066 944 2,007 321

Europe

Country Membership Population LDS Temples Missions Stakes Districts Wards Branches Congregations Family History Centers
Albania 2,799 3,029,278 0.09% 0 1 1 0 6 6 12 3
Armenia 3,525 3,056,382 0.12% 0 1 0 1 0 11 11 4
Austria 4,641 8,665,550 0.05% 0 0 2 0 13 4 17 15
Belgium 6,756 11,323,973 0.06% 0 0 2 0 10 6 16 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 64 3,867,055 0.002% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Bulgaria 2,424 7,186,893 0.03% 0 1 0 0 0 9 9 3
Croatia 597 4,464,844 0.01% 0 1 0 1 0 6 6 4
Czech Republic 2,503 10,644,842 0.02% 0 1 0 2 0 13 13 2
Denmark 4,410 5,581,503 0.08% 1 1 2 0 13 10 23 13
Estonia 1,123 1,265,420 0.09% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 2
Finland 4,961 5,476,922 0.09% 1 1 2 2 15 15 30 29
France 37,996 66,553,766 0.06% 0 2 10 0 66 43 109 66
Georgia 289 4,931,226 0.005% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Germany 39,726 80,854,408 0.05% 2 3 15 2 94 70 164 111
Greece 759 10,775,643 0.007% 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 1
Guernsey 48 66,080 0.07% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Hungary 5,176 9,897,541 0.05% 0 1 1 2 5 17 22 6
Iceland 274 331,918 0.08% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Ireland 3,437 4,892,305 0.07% 0 0 1 1 4 9 13 3
Isle of Man 316 87,545 0.36% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Italy 26,248 61,855,120 0.04% 0 2 10 1 61 42 103 68
Jersey 320 97,294 0.33% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Kosovo 1,870,981 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Latvia 1,215 1,986,705 0.06% 0 1 0 1 0 5 5 4
Lithuania 982 2,884,433 0.03% 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 3
Luxembourg 427 570,252 0.07% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Macedonia 2,096,015 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Malta 189 413,965 0.05% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Moldova 375 3,546,847 0.01% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1
Montenegro 17 647,073 0.003% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Netherlands 9,017 16,947,904 0.05% 1 1 3 0 23 10 33 13
Norway 4,681 5,207,689 0.09% 0 1 2 0 11 11 22 15
Poland 1,861 38,562,189 0.005% 0 1 0 3 0 13 13 5
Portugal 43,240 10,825,309 0.40% 0 2 6 4 32 42 74 25
Romania 3,043 21,666,350 0.01% 0 1 0 2 0 16 16 2
Russia 22,720 142,423,773 0.02% 0 7 3 9 17 84 101 63
Serbia 359 7,176,794 0.005% 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2
Slovakia 255 5,445,027 0.005% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 0
Slovenia 433 1,983,412 0.02% 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 1
Spain 53,933 48,146,134 0.11% 1 3 14 4 86 55 141 58
Sweden 9,541 9,801,616 0.10% 1 1 4 1 24 16 40 37
Switzerland 9,072 8,121,830 0.11% 1 0 5 0 27 9 36 17
Turkey 439 79,414,269 0.001% 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 0
Ukraine 11,559 44,429,471 0.03% 1 3 1 3 7 41 48 41
United Kingdom 186,423 64,088,222 0.29% 2 6 45 0 284 48 332 122
Totals 508,173 823,161,768 0.06% 11 44 129 45 801 657 1,458 751

North America

Country Membership Population LDS Temples Missions Stakes Districts Wards Branches Congregations Family History Centers
Antigua and Barbuda 191 92,436 0.22% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Aruba 534 112,162 0.48% 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1
Bahamas 1,006 324,597 0.32% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Barbados 949 290,604 0.33% 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 1
Belize 5,152 347,369 1.48% 0 0 0 2 0 11 11 2
Bermuda 70,196 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Bonaire 18,905[6] 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Canada 193,850 35,099,836 0.55% 8 7 48 3 338 149 487 186
Cayman Islands 201 56,092 0.36% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Costa Rica 46,116 4,814,144 0.96% 1 2 9 2 52 22 74 12
Cuba 11,031,433 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Curaçao 541 146,836 0.37% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Dominica 167 73,607 0.23% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Dominican Republic 129,017 10,478,756 1.23% 1 3 20 9 123 75 198 29
El Salvador 122,799 6,141,350 2.00% 1 3 19 1 126 37 163 20
Grenada 387 110,694 0.35% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Guadeloupe 507 400,132[5] 0.13% 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2
Guatemala 261,013 14,918,999 1.75% 2 6 45 16 267 158 425 56
Haiti 21,414 10,110,019 0.21% 0 1 4 3 23 22 45 7
Honduras 169,140 8,746,673 1.93% 1 4 24 7 157 75 232 28
Jamaica 6,008 2,950,210 0.20% 0 1 1 1 6 14 20 4
Martinique 213 378,243[5] 0.06% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Mexico 1,394,708 121,736,809 1.15% 13 34 230 40 1,556 465 2,021 274
Nicaragua 92,152 5,907,881 1.56% 0 2 10 5 62 43 105 12
Panama 51,818 3,657,024 1.42% 1 1 7 4 42 29 71 13
Puerto Rico 23,191 3,598,357 0.64% 0 1 5 0 29 12 41 8
Saint Kitts and Nevis 211 51,936 0.41% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Saint Lucia 338 163,922 0.21% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 621 102,627 0.61% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Sint Maarten 244 39,689 0.61% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Trinidad and Tobago 3,405 1,222,363 0.28% 0 1 1 0 5 5 10 1
Turks and Caicos Islands 50,280 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
United States 6,531,656 321,368,864 2.03% 74 124 1,566 7 12,300 1,900 14,200 2,124
Virgin Islands 33,454 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Virgin Islands of the US 599 103,574 0.58% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Totals 9,058,148 564,750,073 1.60% 102 191 1,989 103 15,086 3,047 18,133 2,784

Oceania

Country Membership Population LDS Temples Missions Stakes Districts Wards Branches Congregations Family History Centers
American Samoa 16,149 54,343 29.72% 0 0 5 0 35 6 41 4
Australia 146,443 22,751,014 0.64% 5 6 40 8 227 85 312 176
Cook Islands 1,835 9,838 18.65% 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 3
Fiji 18,912 909,389 2.08% 1 1 4 1 28 20 48 10
French Polynesia 25,841 282,703 9.14% 1 1 8 4 62 28 90 19
Guam 2,295 161,785 1.42% 0 1 1 0 4 0 4 1
Kiribati 17,462 105,711 16.52% 0 0 2 2 11 19 30 2
Marshall Islands 7,233 72,191 10.02% 0 1 2 1 7 5 12 3
Micronesia 5,732 105,216 5.45% 0 0 1 3 5 17 22 7
Nauru 103 9,540 1.08% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
New Caledonia 2,320 271,615 0.85% 0 0 1 0 5 3 8 2
New Zealand 111,141 4,438,393 2.50% 1 3 30 2 169 54 223 51
Niue 302 1,190 25.38% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Northern Mariana Islands 793 52,344 1.51% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Palau 491 21,265 2.31% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Papua New Guinea 24,780 6,672,429 0.37% 0 2 2 11 9 64 73 2
Samoa 77,353 197,773 39.11% 1 1 20 0 130 16 146 18
Solomon Islands 794 622,469 0.13% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 0
Tonga 63,392 106,501 59.52% 1 1 19 2 135 33 168 19
Tuvalu 222 10,869 2.04% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Vanuatu 7,237 272,264 2.66% 0 1 1 3 5 28 33 2
Totals 530,830 37,128,842 1.43% 10 18 135 39 833 392 1,225 323

South America

Country Membership Population LDS Temples Missions Stakes Districts Wards Branches Congregations Family History Centers
Argentina 438,056 43,431,886 1.01% 2 14 74 30 476 292 768 109
Bolivia 195,516 10,800,882 1.81% 1 5 27 8 183 65 248 35
Brazil 1,326,738 204,259,812 0.65% 6 34 259 39 1,601 438 2,039 341
Chile 581,155 17,508,260 3.32% 1 10 77 17 435 170 605 102
Colombia 193,350 46,736,728 0.41% 1 5 29 10 173 90 263 51
Ecuador 234,606 15,868,396 1.48% 1 5 36 9 231 76 307 48
Falkland Islands 3,361 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Guiana 383 254,541[5] 0.15% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Guyana 5,648 735,222 0.77% 0 0 0 1 0 13 13 1
Paraguay 90,627 6,783,272 1.34% 1 2 10 10 59 77 136 18
Peru 568,559 30,444,999 1.87% 2 13 101 19 613 146 759 133
Suriname 1,483 579,633 0.26% 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 1
Uruguay 103,477 3,341,893 3.10% 1 2 18 3 104 36 140 24
Venezuela 165,527 29,275,460 0.57% 1 4 34 6 197 57 254 49
Totals 3,905,125 410,024,345 0.95% 17 94 665 153 4,072 1,468 5,540 912

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "LDS Statistics and Church Facts". www.mormonnewsroom.org.
  2. "The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. "Meetinghouse Locator". www.lds.org.
  4. "Membership record". LDSTech Wiki. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Population de 1968 à 2015 : comparaisons régionales et départementales". www.insee.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. "CBS StatLine - Caribisch Nederland; bevolkingsontwikkeling, geboorte, sterfte, migratie". statline.cbs.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2016.
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