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 January 1, 2012.[1][2] The membership count includes adults and children, and also include active and less active members. Except where indicated, general population figures are based on the latest CIA estimates (primarily for July 2013).[3][4] 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 2013, the membership of the LDS Church surpassed 15 million.[5]

North America

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership in North America as of January 1, 2011.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership in North America as a percentage of total population for year 2011.
Country Membership Population % LDS Stakes[6] Districts[6] Wards[7] Branches[7] Total Congregations Missions Temples Family History Centers
Belize 4,807 349,728 1.37% 2 11 11
Canada 192,299 35,344,962 0.54% 47 3 333 146 482 7 8 166
Costa Rica 44,627 4,667,096 0.96% 6 4 43 30 74 1 1
El Salvador 120,317 6,340,000 1.90% 18 2 123 41 164 3 1
Greenland 15 56,370 0.03% 1 1
Guatemala 255,505 15,806,675 1.62% 42 18 243 174 421 6 2
Honduras 165,553 8,555,072 1.94% 23 7 149 77 229 4 1
Mexico 1,368,475 119,713,203 1.14% 231 37 1,535 450 1,998 34 12 268
Nicaragua 87,880 6,071,045 1.45% 9 6 61 40 101 2
Panama 51,102 3,661,868 1.40% 7 4 39 33 71 1 1
United States 6,466,267 317,831,000 2.03% 1,520 9 11,928 1,938 14,018 120 71 1,862

United States

For a breakdown of membership statistics by state in the United States, see The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (United States)

Canada

For a breakdown of membership statistics by province in Canada, see The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Canada)

Caribbean

Country Membership Population % LDS Stakes Districts Wards[7] Branches[7] Total Congregations Missions Temples Family History Centers
Antigua and Barbuda 196 90,156 0.22% 1 1
Aruba 511 109,153 0.47% 2 2 1
Bahamas 998 351,461 0.28% 1 3 3 1
Barbados 908 288,725 0.31% 1 3 3 1
Bermuda 156 69,467 0.22% 1 1
Bonaire 78 16,541[8] 0.47% 1 1
British Virgin Islands 150 31,912 0.47% 1 1
Cayman Islands 201 55,456 0.36% 1 1
Cuba 44 11,477,459 0.0009% 2 2
Curaçao 552 150,563 0.37% 1 1 1
Dominica 182 73,286 0.25% 1 1
Dominican Republic 127,530 10,219,630 1.25% 20 9 124 81 205 3 1 29
Grenada 376 109,590 0.34% 1 1
Guadeloupe 492 405,739 0.12% 1 3 3 1
Haiti 20,414 10,413,211 0.20% 4 3 22 21 44 1 6
Jamaica 5,891 2,909,714 0.20% 1 1 19 19 1 2
Martinique 215 392,291 0.05% 1 1 1
Puerto Rico 23,064 3,674,209 0.63% 5 29 12 42 1 8
Saint Kitts and Nevis 197 51,134 0.39% 1 1 1
Saint Lucia 303 162,781 0.19% 2 2
Sint Maarten 260 39,689 0.66% 1 1
Saint Vincent 600 103,220 0.58% 2 2
Trinidad and Tobago 3,328 1,328,019 0.25% 1 5 5 10 1 1
Turks and Caicos Islands 92 47,754 0.19% 1 1 1
Virgin Islands (US) 590 106,405 0.55% 2 2

South America

Map

Membership The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership in South America (2007)
Membership The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership as a percentage of total population in South America (2007)

Table

Country Membership Population % LDS Stakes Districts Wards Branches Total Congregations Missions Temples Family History Centers
Argentina 432,007 42,610,981 1.01% 73 30 483 309 795 12 1 107
Bolivia 192,339 10,461,053 1.84% 27 10 184 73 253 4 1 34
Brazil 1,289,376 202,857,000 0.64% 253 39 1,537 435 2,000 34 6 329
Chile 579,235 17,773,000 3.26% 74 22 421 193 604 10 1 99
Colombia 190,577 47,681,000 0.40% 29 11 172 94 263 5 1 45
Ecuador 229,294 15,783,300 1.45% 36 9 232 74 308 5 1 45
Falkland Islands 5 3,140 0.16% 1 1
French Guiana 373 237,549 0.16% 1 1
Guyana 5,575 739,903 0.75% 1 13 13 1
Paraguay 88,775 6,783,374 1.31% 10 11 60 79 136 2 1 18
Peru 557,328 30,814,175 1.81% 100 23 619 157 774 12 1 125
Suriname 1,430 566,846 0.25% 1 6 6 1
Uruguay 102,999 3,324,460 3.10% 18 3 112 40 143 2 1 22
Venezuela 164,048 30,206,307 0.54% 34 6 203 66 268 4 1 42

South Pacific

Country Membership Population % LDS Stakes Districts Wards Branches Total Congregations Missions Temples Family History Centers
American Samoa 16,621 54,719 30.38% 4 31 7 40 4
Australia 143,891 22,262,501 0.65% 37 8 216 80 303 6 5 145
Cook Islands (Rarotonga) 1,849 10,447 17.70% 1 5 5 3
Fiji 18,340 896,758 2.05% 4 1 28 22 50 1 1 9
French Polynesia (Tahiti) 24,755 277,293 8.93% 8 4 56 29 88 1 1 17
Guam 2,265 160,378 1.41% 1 4 4 1 1
Kiribati 16,795 103,248 16.27% 2 1 11 15 26 1
Marshall Islands 6,865 69,747 9.84% 1 1 6 6 14 1 3
Micronesia 5,643 106,104 5.32% 1 3 21 21 7
Nauru 103 9,434 1.09% 1 1
New Caledonia 2,244 264,022 0.85% 1 5 3 8 2
New Zealand 109,920 4,540,950 2.42% 26 3 159 52 215 3 1 50
Niue 288 1,269 22.70% 2 2 1
Northern Mariana Islands 789 51,170 1.54% 1 1 1
Palau(Belau) 457 21,108 2.17% 1 1 1
Papua New Guinea 22,982 6,431,902 0.36% 2 11 10 63 71 2 2
Samoa 75,971 195,476 38.86% 20 121 16 140 1 1 18
Solomon Islands 638 597,248 0.11% 1 4 4
Tonga 63,065 106,322 59.32% 19 2 133 33 166 1 1 19
Tuvalu Islands 227 10,698 2.12% 1 1
Vanuatu 6,693 261,565 2.56% 4 31 31 1 2

Asia

Country Membership Population % LDS Stakes Districts Wards Branches Total Congregations Missions Temples Family History Centers
Afghanistan 700 28,395,716 0.002% 1 1
Azerbaijan 40 9,477,100 0.0004% 1 1
Bahrain 200 1,281,332 0.02% 1 1 1
Bangladesh 43 156,630,000 0.00003% 1 1
Bhutan 20 699,847 0.003% 1
Brunei 100 401,890 0.02% 2
Burma (Myanmar) 170 61,120,000 0.0003% 1 1
Cambodia 12,882 15,184,116 0.08% 2 5 30 30 1 4
China 11,500 1,365,440,000 0.0008% 4 34 34 1
Cyprus 448 1,155,403 0.04% 1 4 4 3
Hong Kong 24,746 7,182,724 0.34% 4 1 25 9 37 1 1 4
India 12,257 1,246,330,000 0.001% 1 6 6 36 43 2 6
Indonesia 7,016 252,164,800 0.003% 2 1 14 9 23 1 4
Iran 50 77,562,000 0.00006%
Iraq 100 36,004,552 0.0003% 1 1
Israel 222 7,707,042 0.003% 1 4 4
Japan 127,635 127,090,000 0.10% 28 13 164 115 267 7 2 63
Jordan 200 6,269,285 0.003% 3 3
Kazakhstan 281 17,244,000 0.002% 2 2
Kuwait 267 2,695,316 0.01% 1 4
Kyrgyzstan 100 5,431,747 0.002%
Laos 230 6,834,345 0.005% 1 1
Lebanon 210 4,125,247 0.003% 1 1
Macau 1,398 583,003 0.24% 3 3 1
Malaysia 9,476 30,182,000 0.03% 8 34 34 8
Maldives 10 395,650 0.003%
Mongolia 11,028 3,226,516 0.34% 1 2 6 17 23 1 4
Nepal 133 29,391,883 0.0005% 1 1
North Korea 5 25,027,000 0.00002%
Oman 78 3,418,085 0.002% 1 1
Pakistan 3,900 188,020,000 0.002% 3 13 13
Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip) 20 4,119,083 0.0005% 1
Philippines 710,764 99,867,900 0.71% 93 79 556 592 1,181 21 2 171
Qatar 548 2,174,035 0.03% 2 1 3
Saudi Arabia 1,950 29,994,272 0.007% 6
Singapore 3,590 5,460,302 0.07% 1 10 1 11 1 1
South Korea 86,719 50,423,955 0.17% 15 6 83 45 126 4 1 24
Sri Lanka 1,352 21,675,648 0.006% 1 3 3 3
Syria 30 21,987,000 0.0001% 1 1
Taiwan 57,889 23,392,036 0.25% 14 2 80 21 105 2 1 12
Tajikistan 50 7,487,489 0.0007%
Thailand 19,665 64,456,700 0.03% 2 4 7 31 38 1 7
Timor-Leste (East Timor) 20 1,154,625 0.002%
Turkmenistan 50 4,940,916 0.001% 1
United Arab Emirates 1,286 9,446,000 0.01% 1 5 1 6 1
Uzbekistan 100 30,492,800 0.0003% 1
Vietnam 1,600 89,708,900 0.002% 1 4 3
Yemen 50 22,858,238 0.0002% 1 1

Africa

Country Membership Population % LDS Stakes Districts Wards Branches Total Congregations Missions Temples Family History Centers
Algeria 50 38,700,000 0.0001% 1
Angola 1,684 19,183,590 0.009% 1 8 8 1 1
Benin 1,898 9,988,068 0.02% 1 14 14 1 1
Botswana 3,104 2,127,825 0.15% 1 6 2 12 1 2
Burkina Faso 6 17,322,796 0.00003%
Burundi 526 10,888,321 0.005% 3 3
Cameroon 1,498 20,549,221 0.007% 1 7 7
Canary Islands 1,000 2,117,519 0.05% 1 10 10
Cape Verde 11,898 531,046 2.24% 3 2 14 17 36 1 2
Central African Republic 216 4,709,000 0.005% 1 1
Chad 5 13,211,000 0.00004%
Comoros 20 773,407 0.002%
Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 27,052 22,400,835 0.12% 8 3 47 25 94 2 9
Democratic Republic of Congo 42,689 69,360,000 0.06% 12 4 92 38 145 2 11
Djibouti 2 886,000 0.0002% 1 1
Egypt 100 86,809,800 0.0001% 1 1
Equatorial Guinea 2 1,622,000 0.0001% 1
Eritrea 10 6,536,000 0.0001%
Ethiopia 1,854 87,952,991 0.002% 1 6 6 1
Gabon 19 1,711,000 0.001% 1 1
Gambia 19 1,882,450 0.001% 1
Ghana 62,031 27,043,093 0.23% 13 9 83 85 207 4 1 35
Guinea 14 10,628,972 0.0001%
Guinea-Bissau 45 1,746,000 0.003%
Kenya 12,471 45,546,000 0.03% 1 3 9 32 46 1 5
Lesotho 867 2,098,000 0.04% 2 2 1
Liberia 8,929 4,397,000 0.20% 3 24 24 1 2
Libya 20 6,253,000 0.0003%
Madagascar 10,322 22,599,098 0.05% 2 2 14 24 38 1 1
Malawi 1,931 16,829,000 0.01% 2 8 8
Mali 10 15,768,000 0.00006%
Mauritania 2 3,557,600 0.00006%
Mauritius 458 1,322,238 0.03% 2 2
Morocco 85 33,320,100 0.0003% 2
Mozambique 7,943 24,096,669 0.03% 1 1 7 18 26 1 2
Namibia 793 2,182,852 0.04% 1 2 2 1
Niger 5 15,306,252 0.00003%
Nigeria 129,989 178,517,000 0.07% 26 20 171 207 416 5 1 46
Republic of Congo 6,053 4,559,000 0.13% 1 10 6 17 1 2
Reunion 903 839,500[9] 0.11% 1 4 4 2
Rwanda 281 12,012,589 0.002% 3 3
Sao Tome and Principe 20 175,808 0.01%
Senegal 13 13,567,338 0.0001%
Seychelles 3 90,024 0.003%
Sierra Leone 14,776 5,612,685 0.26% 1 5 8 22 39 1 2
Somalia 100 9,832,017 0.001%
South Africa 61,221 52,981,991 0.12% 12 4 87 67 159 3 1 69
South Sudan 100 11,739,000 0.0009% 1 1
Sudan 10 37,289,406 0.00003%
Swaziland 1,768 1,403,362 0.13% 1 4 4 2
Tanzania 1,336 48,261,942 0.003% 1 6 6 1
Togo 2,801 6,993,000 0.04% 1 8 4 14 1
Tunisia 50 10,589,025 0.0005% 1 1
Uganda 13,248 35,357,000 0.04% 2 2 6 20 26 1 2
Western Sahara 5 491,519 0.001%
Zambia 3,359 14,222,233 0.02% 1 2 12 12 1 2
Zimbabwe 26,156 13,182,908 0.20% 6 2 33 27 64 1 4

Europe

Country Membership Population % LDS Stakes Districts Wards Branches Total Congregations Missions Temples Family History Centers
Albania 2,660 3,011,405 0.09% 1 11 11 1 3
Andorra 70 76,098 0.09% 1 1
Armenia 3,344 2,974,184 0.11% 1 5 5 11 1 4
Austria 4,607 8,221,646 0.06% 2 13 4 17 12
Belarus 600 9,467,000 0.006% 2 2
Belgium 6,694 10,444,268 0.06% 2 10 7 17 1 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 3,871,643 0.003% 2 2
Bulgaria 2,392 6,981,642 0.03% 9 9 1 3
Croatia 588 4,475,611 0.01% 1 6 6 1 3
Czech Republic 2,455 10,162,921 0.02% 2 13 13 1 2
Denmark 4,408 5,556,452 0.08% 2 13 10 23 1 1 12
Estonia 1,106 1,266,375 0.09% 1 4 4 2
Finland 4,902 5,458,038 0.09% 2 2 15 15 30 1 1 26
France 37,812 65,931,000 0.06% 10 1 62 45 107 2 67
Georgia 274 4,555,911 0.006% 1 1 1
Germany 39,401 80,716,000 0.05% 15 3 90 81 171 3 2 100
Greece 742 10,772,967 0.007% 4 4 1 1
Hungary 5,123 9,939,470 0.05% 1 2 5 17 22 1 6
Iceland 275 315,281 0.09% 2 2 1
Republic of Ireland 3,451 4,775,982 0.07% 1 1 4 9 13 3
Italy 25,956 61,482,297 0.04% 10 1 53 50 103 2 49
Kosovo 60 1,815,606 0.003% 1 1
Latvia 1,189 2,178,443 0.05% 1 5 5 1 4
Lithuania 969 3,515,858 0.03% 1 5 5 3
Luxembourg 405 514,862 0.08% 1 1
Macedonia 20 2,072,086 0.001% 1 1
Malta 177 411,277 0.04% 1 1 1
Moldova 360 3,619,925 0.01% 1 4 4 1
Montenegro 5 666,730 0.0007% 1 1
Netherlands 9,063 16,805,037 0.05% 3 21 12 33 1 1 13
Norway 4,696 5,124,383 0.09% 2 11 11 22 1 15
Poland 1,821 38,383,809 0.005% 3 14 14 1 5
Portugal 42,861 10,427,301 0.41% 6 4 32 40 74 1 24
Romania 2,993 21,790,479 0.01% 2 16 16 1 2
Russia 22,472 146,048,500 0.02% 2 7 12 86 95 7 56
Serbia 347 7,243,007 0.005% 1 3 3 2
Slovakia 245 5,488,339 0.004% 1 4 4
Slovenia 433 1,992,690 0.02% 1 5 5 1
Spain 52,747 47,370,542 0.11% 13 5 80 60 141 3 1 55
Sweden 9,538 9,119,423 0.10% 4 1 24 16 40 1 1 35
Switzerland 8,895 7,996,026 0.11% 5 26 10 36 1 14
Turkey 397 80,694,485 0.0005% 4 4
Ukraine 11,536 42,825,883 0.03% 1 3 7 49 51 3 1 39
United Kingdom 186,193 64,105,700 0.29% 45 285 49 335 6 2 116

United Kingdom

For a breakdown of membership statistics by Country in the United Kingdom, see The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United Kingdom#Membership statistics

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Deseret Book 2013 Church Almanac Paperback by Deseret News". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "LDS Statistics and Church Facts - Total Church Membership". www.mormonnewsroom.org. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ↑ US Census Buerau Population Estimates
  4. ↑ CIA World Fact Book (July 2013 estimates) (population estimates for countries)
  5. ↑ "Worldwide Facts and Statistics (LDS)". LDS Church. 15 October 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 LDS Stake & Ward Web Site Search.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "LDS Maps". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Bonaire population estimate is unavailable in the CIA World Factbook. This number was already populated, but needs a source.
  9. ↑ « Nous sommes 840.000 Réunionnais à La Réunion », Témoignages, 16 March 2012.