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| − | Total membership of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] for the end of the year | + | Total membership of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] for the end of the year 2022 is 17,002,461. Statistics announced for the end of 2022 also included the following: 62,544 [[Mormon Missionaries|teaching missionaries]] currently serving full-time missions in 411 [[mission]]s; 517 [[District]]s; 31,330 [[ward]]s and [[branch]]es (congregations) currently functioning in 3,521 [[stake]]s (administrated groups of congregations). There are 27,070 senior church-service missionaries and 2,736 young church-service missionaries. |
| − | Each column of the table is sortable. | + | Each column of the table is sortable. (For more information, go to [https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2022-statistical-report-april-2023-conference 2022 Statistical Report for 2023 April General Conference]) |
==Worldwide Membership Statistics== | ==Worldwide Membership Statistics== | ||
Revision as of 17:21, 31 May 2023
Total membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the end of the year 2022 is 17,002,461. Statistics announced for the end of 2022 also included the following: 62,544 teaching missionaries currently serving full-time missions in 411 missions; 517 Districts; 31,330 wards and branches (congregations) currently functioning in 3,521 stakes (administrated groups of congregations). There are 27,070 senior church-service missionaries and 2,736 young church-service missionaries.
Each column of the table is sortable. (For more information, go to 2022 Statistical Report for 2023 April General Conference)
Contents
Worldwide Membership Statistics
| Country | Members | Missions | Congregations | Temples | Notes | |
| Albania | 2,888 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| American Samoa | 16,180 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Andorra | 511,491 | 44 | 1,452 | 12 | ||
| Angola | 2,123 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 230 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Argentina | 445,108 | 14 | 769 | 2 | ||
| Armenia | 3,612 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Aruba | 564 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Australia | 148,862 | 6 | 312 | 5 | ||
| Austria | 4,618 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Bahamas | 1,029 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bangladesh | Under 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barbados | 1,0005 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | 6,742 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Belize | 5,332 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Benin | 2,638 | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Bermuda | under 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bolivia | 199,057 | 5 | 248 | 1 | ||
| Botswana | 3,235 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Brazil | 1,354,127 | 34 | 2,055 | 6 | 2 temples under construction: Manaus; Fortaleza | |
| British Virgin Islands | 597 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bulgaria | 2,429 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cambodia | 13,716 | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Cameroon | 1,628 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Canada | 195,180 | 7 | 494 | 8 | Winnipeg Manitoba Temple under construction | |
| Canary Islands | 3,500 (2010) | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Verde Cape Verde | 13,504 | 1 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Cayman Islands | 216 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Central African Republic | 216 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chile | 585,887 | 10 | 602 | 1 | 1 under construction: Concepcion | |
| Colombia | 196,668 | 5 | 256 | 1 | ||
| Cook Islands | 1,843 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Costa Rica | 47,474 | 2 | 75 | 1 | ||
| Croatia | 617 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Curacao | 550 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyprus | 457 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Czech Republic | 2,549 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 42,689 | 2 | 145 | 0 | ||
| Denmark | 4,408 | 1 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Dominica | 165 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dominican Republic | 131,907 | 3 | 194 | 1 | ||
| Ecuador | 229,294 | 5 | 308 | 1 | ||
| Egypt | Under 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| El Salvador | 124,650 | 3 | 164 | 1 | ||
| Equatorial Guinea | 339 (2010) | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Estonia | 1,106 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ethiopia | 1,854 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Falkland Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fiji | 18,340 | 1 | 50 | 1 | ||
| Finland | 4,902 | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||
| France | 37,812 | 2 | 107 | 0 | 1 Under Construction in Paris | |
| French Guiana | 373 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| French Polynesia | 24,755 | 1 | 88 | 1 | ||
| Gabon | 50 (2010) | 0 | 1 | 0 | Fewer than 100 | |
| Georgia | 274 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Germany | 39,401 | 3 | 171 | 2 | ||
| Ghana | 62,031 | 4 | 207 | 1 | ||
| Gibraltar | Under 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greece | Greece | 742 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Greenland | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Grenada | 416 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Guadeloupe | 519 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Guam | 2,265 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Guatemala | 267,470 | 6 | 430 | 2 | ||
| Guernsey | Under 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Guyana | 5,575 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Haiti | 22,323 | 1 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Honduras | 172,253 | 4 | 235 | 1 | 1 temple under construction: Tegucigalpa | |
| Hong Kong | 24,746 | 1 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Hungary | 5,123 | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Iceland | 275 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| India | 12,257 | 2 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Indonesia | 7,016 | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Ireland | 3,451 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Isle of Man | 310 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Italy | 25,956 | 2 | 103 | 0 | 1 under construction: Rome | |
| Ivory Coast | 18,602 | 1 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Jamaica | 6,346 | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Japan | 127,635 | 7 | 267 | 2 | Sapporo Temple under construction | |
| Jersey | 312 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 281 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kenya | 12,471 | 1 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Kiribati | 16,795 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Korea, Republic of | 86,719 | 4 | 126 | 1 | ||
| Latvia | 1,189 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Lesotho | 867 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Liberia | 8,929 | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Liechtenstein | Under 100 | 0 | 0 | Fewer than 100 | ||
| Lithuania | 969 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Luxembourg | 405 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Macau | 1,398 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Madagascar | 10,322 | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Malawi | 1,931 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Malaysia | 9,476 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Malta | 177 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marshall Islands | 6,865 | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Martinique | 212 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mauritius | 458 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mexico | 1,417,011 | 34 | 2,016 | 13 | ||
| Micronesia | 5,643 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Moldova, Republic of | 360 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mongolia | 11,028 | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Mozambique | 7,943 | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Namibia | 763 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nauru | 101 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nepal | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Fewer than 100 | |
| Netherlands | 9,247 | 1 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Netherlands Antilles | 797? | 0 | ? | 0 | ||
| New Caledonia | 2,138 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| New Zealand | 107,511 | 2 | 207 | 1 | ||
| Nicaragua | 95,768 | 2 | 109 | 0 | ||
| Nigeria | 109,998 | 4 | 350 | 1 | ||
| Niue | 281 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Northern Mariana Islands | 756 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Norway | 4,556 | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Palau | 430 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Panama | 52,702 | 1 | 72 | 1 | ||
| Papua New Guinea | 21,265 | 1 | 77 | 0 | ||
| Paraguay | 84,806 | 2 | 145 | 1 | ||
| Peru | 527,759 | 10 | 786 | 1 | 1 under construction: Trujillo | |
| Philippines | 675,166 | 17 | 1,134 | 2 | 1 temple under construction: Urdanetta | |
| Poland | 1,780 | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Portugal | 40,941 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 1 temple announced: Lisbon | |
| Puerto Rico | 23,328 | 1 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Republic of the Congo | 5,750 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Réunion | 882 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Romania | 3,002 | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Russian | 21,709 | 7 | 99 | 0 | ||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 238 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Saint Lucia | 351 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Saint Marten | 281 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Saint Vincent | 653 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Samoa | 73,827 | 1 | 135 | 1 | ||
| Serbia and Montenegro | 308 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sierra Leone | 11,664 | 1 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Singapore | 3,573 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Slovakia | 221 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Slovenia | 411 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solomon Islands | 509 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Somalia | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Fewer than 100 | |
| South Africa | 59,807 | 3 | 152 | 1 | ||
| Spain | 50,049 | 3 | 138 | 1 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 1,319 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Suriname | 1,323 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Swaziland | 1,522 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sweden | 9,404 | 1 | 40 | 1 | ||
| Switzerland | 8,456 | 2 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Taiwan | 55,805 | 2 | 100 | 1 | ||
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1,220 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Thailand | 17,424 | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Togo | 1,861 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Tonga | 60,680 | 1 | 166 | 1 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3,454 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Türkiye | 313 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tuvalu | 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Uganda | 11,442 | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Ukraine | 11,178 | 3 | 56 | 1 | ||
| United Kingdom | 188,462 | 6 | 333 | 2 | ||
| United Arab Emirates | Ex-pats in the UAE | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| United States of America | 6,592,195 | 124 | 14,225 | 78 | 14 temples under construction or announced | |
| Uruguay | 99,758 | 2 | 159 | 1 | ||
| Vanuatu | 5,491 | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Venezuela | 157,795 | 4 | 281 | 1 | ||
| Viet Nam | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Fewer than 100 | |
| Virgin Islands | 597 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zambia | 3,044 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 23,117 | 1 | 60 | 0 |
Countries with Highest Percentage of Members as of 2017
In a post on LDS Church Growth, researcher Matt Martinich lists the countries with the highest percentages using data from the CIA World Factbook and United Nations. Here are the top 10, as of 2017:
- Tonga: 60.88%. 64,824 Church members in a country of 106,479.
- Samoa: 40.2%. 80,437 Church members in a country of 200,108.
- American Samoa: 31.72%. 16,339 Church members in a country of 51,504.
- Cook Islands: 19.84%. 1,835 Church members in a country of 9,290.
- Niue: 18.76%. 305 Church members in a country of 1,626.
- Kiribati: 18.21%. 19,690 Church members in a country of 108,145.
- Marshall Islands: 10.15%. 7,446 Church members in a country of 73,376.
- French Polynesia: 9.56%. 27,521 Church members in a country of 287,881.
- The Federal States of Micronesia: 5.97%. 6,217 Church members in a country of 104,196.
- Chile: 3.32%. 590,124 Church members in a country of 17,789,267.
Notes
- For those countries marked as "Fewer than 100" I have assumed membership of 50 so that percentages can be calculated.
- Source of membership statistics is LDS Newsroom.
- Temple statistics are current.
- The following countries are listed as not having any members:
- Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Antarctica, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, China (see Hong Kong and Macau), :Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, East Timor, Eritrea, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Heard & McDonald Islands, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Jordan, Democratic :People's Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Monaco, Monserrat, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Norfolk Island, Oman, Pakistan, Pitcairn, Qatar, Rwanda, San :Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, St. Helena, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Sudan, Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tokelau, Tunisia, :Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uzbekistan,
- Vatican City State, Wallis & Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, and Zaire.
