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, 2016.[1] Except where indicated, general population figures are based on the latest CIA estimates (primarily for July 2016).[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 2016 by the LDS count, membership exceeded 15.8 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:
    • Two member parents request it.
    • 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 2,123 20,172,332 0.01% 0 1 0 2 0 11 11 1
Benin 2,638 10,741,458 0.02% 0 1 1 0 6 9 15 1
Botswana 3,235 2,209,208 0.15% 0 0 1 0 6 7 13 2
Burundi 604 11,099,298 0.005% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Cameroon 1,628 24,360,803 0.007% 0 0 0 2 0 13 13 2
Cape Verde 13,504 553,432 2.44% 0 1 3 2 23 19 42 5
Central African Republic 216 5,507,257 0.004% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Cote d'Ivoire 39,589 23,740,424 0.17% 0 2 11 11 101 91 192 27
Democratic Republic of the Congo 52,869 81,331,050 0.07% 0 3 16 3 131 42 173 11
Egypt 94,666,993 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Ethiopia 1,916 102,374,044 0.002% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1
Gabon 1,738,541 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Ghana 72,535 26,908,262 0.27% 1 4 18 12 136 147 283 49
Kenya 13,189 46,790,758 0.03% 0 1 2 4 12 34 46 5
Lesotho 1,001 1,953,070 0.05% 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1
Liberia 11,135 4,299,944 0.23% 0 1 1 3 6 24 30 3
Madagascar 11,340 24,430,325 0.05% 0 1 2 2 14 25 39 1
Malawi 2,486 18,570,321 0.01% 0 0 0 2 0 8 8 0
Mauritius 512 1,348,242 0.04% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Morocco 33,655,786 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Mozambique 9,407 25,930,150 0.04% 0 1 2 1 16 10 26 2
Namibia 857 2,436,469 0.04% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1
Nigeria 152,903 186,053,386 0.08% 1 6 42 16 312 212 524 56
Republic of the Congo 6,877 4,852,412 0.14% 0 1 2 1 11 10 21 2
Reunion 929 843,529[5] 0.11% 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 2
Rwanda 390 12,988,423 0.003% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Sierra Leone 17,671 6,018,888 0.29% 0 1 1 6 11 48 59 8
South Africa 64,123 54,300,704 0.12% 1 4 15 5 104 76 180 72
Swaziland 1,940 1,451,428 0.13% 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 2
Tanzania 1,516 52,482,726 0.003% 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 1
Togo 3,804 7,756,937 0.05% 0 0 1 0 10 7 17 1
Uganda 15,157 38,319,241 0.04% 0 1 3 1 15 13 28 8
Zambia 3,860 15,510,711 0.02% 0 1 1 2 7 6 13 2
Zimbabwe 29,570 14,546,961 0.20% 0 1 7 2 39 36 75 8
Totals 539,524 959,943,513 0.06% 3 31 129 83 960 889 1,849 274

Asia

Country Membership Population LDS Temples Missions Stakes Districts Wards Branches Congregations Family History Centers
Afghanistan 33,332,025 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Bahrain 1,378,904 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Cambodia 13,716 15,957,223 0.09% 0 1 2 4 10 19 29 6
China 1,373,541,278 0 0 0 4 0 16 16 1
Cyprus 457 1,205,575 0.04% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 3
Hong Kong 24,881 7,167,403 0.35% 1 1 6 1 33 9 42 4
India 13,141 1,266,883,598 0.001% 0 2 3 4 16 27 43 11
Indonesia 7,289 258,316,051 0.003% 0 1 2 1 15 9 24 4
Israel 258 8,174,527 0.003% 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0
Japan 128,856 126,702,133 0.10% 3 7 28 13 157 104 261 64
Jordan 8,185,384 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0
Kazakhstan 212 18,360,353 0.001% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Kuwait 2,832,776 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Lebanon 6,237,738 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Macau 1,429 597,425 0.24% 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1
Malaysia 10,010 30,949,962 0.03% 0 0 0 6 0 33 33 8
Mongolia 11,436 3,031,330 0.38% 0 1 2 1 12 13 25 4
Philippines 745,959 102,624,209 0.73% 2 21 96 77 626 588 1,214 174
Qatar 2,258,283 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
Singapore 3,381 5,781,728 0.06% 0 1 1 0 10 1 11 1
South Korea 87,637 50,924,172 0.17% 1 4 13 6 74 46 120 24
Sri Lanka 1,436 22,235,000 0.006% 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 3
Taiwan 59,586 23,464,787 0.25% 1 2 17 0 108 9 117 12
Thailand 21,274 68,200,824 0.03% 0 1 4 2 22 18 40 8
United Arab Emirates 1,543 5,927,482 0.03% 0 0 1 0 5 2 7 1
Vietnam 95,261,021 0 1 0 1 0 7 7 0
Totals 1,132,501 3,539,531,191 0.03% 8 43 176 125 1,091 923 2,014 329

Europe

Country Membership Population LDS Temples Missions Stakes Districts Wards Branches Congregations Family History Centers
Albania 2,888 3,038,594 0.10% 0 1 1 0 6 6 12 3
Armenia 3,612 3,051,250 0.12% 0 1 0 1 0 11 11 4
Austria 4,618 8,711,770 0.05% 0 0 2 0 14 3 17 16
Belgium 6,742 11,409,077 0.06% 0 0 2 0 10 6 16 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 66 3,861,912 0.002% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Bulgaria 2,429 7,144,653 0.03% 0 1 0 0 0 9 9 3
Croatia 617 4,313,707 0.01% 0 1 0 1 0 6 6 4
Czech Republic 2,549 10,644,842 0.02% 0 1 1 0 7 5 12 2
Denmark 4,430 5,593,785 0.08% 1 1 2 0 13 9 22 13
Estonia 1,146 1,258,545 0.09% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 2
Finland 4,960 5,498,211 0.09% 1 1 2 2 15 15 30 29
France 38,383 66,836,154 0.06% 1 2 10 0 66 43 109 67
Georgia 265 4,928,052 0.005% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Germany 40,011 80,722,792 0.05% 2 3 15 2 95 68 163 116
Greece 772 10,773,253 0.007% 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 1
Guernsey 58 66,297 0.09% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Hungary 5,192 9,874,784 0.05% 0 1 1 2 5 17 22 12
Iceland 277 335,878 0.08% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Ireland 3,816 4,952,473 0.08% 0 0 1 1 4 9 13 3
Isle of Man 299 88,195 0.34% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Italy 26,550 62,007,540 0.04% 0 2 10 0 60 41 101 71
Jersey 305 98,069 0.31% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Kosovo 1,883,018 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Latvia 1,226 1,965,686 0.06% 0 1 0 1 0 5 5 3
Lithuania 984 2,854,235 0.03% 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 3
Luxembourg 431 582,291 0.07% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Macedonia 2,100,025 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Malta 196 415,196 0.05% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Moldova 397 3,510,485 0.01% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1
Montenegro 23 644,578 0.004% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Netherlands 9,132 17,016,967 0.05% 1 1 3 0 23 7 30 11
Norway 4,633 5,265,158 0.09% 0 1 2 0 11 11 22 15
Poland 1,940 38,523,261 0.005% 0 1 0 3 0 12 12 4
Portugal 43,821 10,833,816 0.40% 0 2 6 4 31 40 71 25
Romania 3,059 21,599,736 0.01% 0 1 0 2 0 16 16 2
Russia 23,180 142,355,415 0.02% 0 7 3 9 17 82 99 64
Serbia 368 7,143,921 0.005% 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2
Slovakia 268 5,445,802 0.005% 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 0
Slovenia 435 1,978,029 0.02% 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 1
Spain 55,112 48,563,476 0.11% 1 3 14 4 86 55 141 58
Sweden 9,630 9,880,604 0.10% 1 1 4 1 24 16 40 37
Switzerland 9,213 8,179,294 0.11% 1 0 5 0 28 8 36 18
Turkey 513 80,274,604 0.001% 0 1 0 0 0 7 7 0
Ukraine 11,097 44,209,733 0.03% 1 3 1 6 7 44 51 42
United Kingdom 185,848 64,430,428 0.29% 2 6 45 0 282 47 329 122
Totals 511,491 824,865,591 0.06% 11 44 130 45 807 637 1,444 767

North America

Country Membership Population LDS Temples Missions Stakes Districts Wards Branches Congregations Family History Centers
Antigua and Barbuda 230 93,581 0.25% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Aruba 564 113,648 0.50% 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1
Bahamas 1,029 327,316 0.31% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Barbados 1,005 291,495 0.34% 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 1
Belize 5,332 353,858 1.51% 0 0 0 2 0 12 12 2
Bermuda 70,537 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Bonaire 19,408[6] 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Canada 195,180 35,362,905 0.55% 8 7 48 3 345 150 495 190
Cayman Islands 216 57,268 0.38% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Costa Rica 47,474 4,872,543 0.97% 1 2 9 2 54 22 76 12
Cuba 11,179,995 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0
Curaçao 550 149,035 0.37% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Dominica 165 73,757 0.22% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Dominican Republic 131,907 10,606,865 1.24% 1 3 20 9 124 70 194 30
El Salvador 124,650 6,156,670 2.02% 1 3 19 1 130 34 164 20
Grenada 416 111,219 0.37% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Guadeloupe 519 400,132[5] 0.13% 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2
Guatemala 267,470 15,189,958 1.76% 2 6 46 16 275 159 434 57
Haiti 22,323 10,485,800 0.21% 0 1 4 3 24 22 46 11
Honduras 172,253 8,893,259 1.94% 1 4 29 5 173 62 235 29
Jamaica 6,346 2,970,340 0.21% 0 1 1 1 6 13 19 4
Martinique 212 378,243[5] 0.06% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Mexico 1,417,011 123,166,749 1.15% 13 34 230 40 1,551 469 2,020 280
Nicaragua 95,768 5,966,798 1.61% 0 2 11 4 69 42 111 12
Panama 52,702 3,705,246 1.42% 1 1 7 4 44 28 72 13
Puerto Rico 23,328 3,578,056 0.65% 0 1 5 0 29 12 41 8
Saint Kitts and Nevis 238 52,329 0.45% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Saint Lucia 351 164,464 0.21% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 653 102,350 0.64% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Sint Maarten 281 31,949 0.88% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Trinidad and Tobago 3,454 1,220,479 0.28% 0 1 1 0 5 4 9 1
Turks and Caicos Islands 51,430 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
United States 6,592,195 323,995,528 2.03% 78 125 1,597 7 12,380 1,862 14,242 2,132
Virgin Islands 34,232 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Virgin Islands of the US 597 102,951 0.58% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Totals 9,164,419 570,330,393 1.61% 106 192 2,027 100 15,209 2,991 18,200 2,811

Oceania

Country Membership Population LDS Temples Missions Stakes Districts Wards Branches Congregations Family History Centers
American Samoa 16,180 54,194 29.86% 0 0 5 0 35 6 41 4
Australia 148,862 22,992,654 0.65% 5 6 40 8 227 83 310 178
Cook Islands 1,843 9,556 19.29% 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 3
Fiji 19,737 915,303 2.16% 1 1 4 1 28 21 49 9
French Polynesia 26,828 285,321 9.40% 1 1 9 3 66 28 94 20
Guam 2,431 162,742 1.49% 0 1 1 0 4 0 4 1
Kiribati 18,368 106,925 17.18% 0 0 2 2 11 19 30 2
Marshall Islands 7,446 73,376 10.15% 0 1 2 0 12 0 12 3
Micronesia 5,987 104,719 5.72% 0 0 1 3 5 17 22 7
Nauru 110 9,591 1.15% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
New Caledonia 2,373 275,355 0.86% 0 0 1 0 6 3 9 2
New Zealand 112,366 4,474,549 2.51% 1 3 30 2 173 52 225 52
Niue 301 1,190 25.29% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
Northern Mariana Islands 786 53,467 1.47% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Palau 505 21,347 2.37% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Papua New Guinea 25,856 6,791,317 0.38% 0 2 2 11 10 65 75 2
Samoa 78,746 198,926 39.59% 1 1 20 0 140 15 155 20
Solomon Islands 952 635,027 0.15% 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 0
Tonga 64,156 106,513 60.23% 1 1 19 2 135 33 168 19
Tuvalu 229 10,959 2.09% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Vanuatu 7,906 277,554 2.85% 0 1 1 3 5 27 32 2
Totals 541,968 37,560,585 1.44% 10 18 137 37 858 384 1,242 328

South America

Country Membership Population LDS Temples Missions Stakes Districts Wards Branches Congregations Family History Centers
Argentina 445,108 43,886,748 1.01% 2 14 76 28 485 282 767 109
Bolivia 199,057 10,969,649 1.81% 1 5 28 8 184 62 246 35
Brazil 1,354,127 205,823,665 0.66% 6 34 265 40 1,620 442 2,062 357
Chile 585,887 17,650,114 3.32% 1 10 77 16 433 167 600 104
Colombia 196,668 47,220,856 0.42% 1 5 29 11 170 84 254 51
Ecuador 239,448 16,080,778 1.49% 1 5 37 9 234 71 305 49
Falkland Islands 2,931 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Guiana 403 254,541[5] 0.16% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Guyana 5,674 735,909 0.77% 0 0 0 1 0 12 12 1
Paraguay 91,906 6,862,812 1.34% 1 2 10 10 60 77 137 19
Peru 578,526 30,741,062 1.88% 2 13 101 19 615 133 748 136
Suriname 1,545 585,824 0.26% 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 1
Uruguay 104,049 3,351,016 3.10% 1 2 18 3 104 35 139 24
Venezuela 167,359 30,912,302 0.54% 1 4 34 6 196 50 246 51
Totals 3,969,757 415,078,207 0.96% 17 94 675 152 4,101 1,422 5,523 937

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "LDS Statistics and Church Facts". www.mormonnewsroom.org.
  2. ↑ "The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  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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