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Total membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the end of the year 2023 is 17,225,394. Statistics announced for the end of 2023 also included the following: 67,871 teaching missionaries currently serving full-time missions in 414 missions and 489 districts. There are 31,490 total congregations (wards and branches) and 3,565 stakes church-wide. There are 27,801 senior church-service missionaries and 3,884 young service missionaries.

Each column of the table below is sortable. (For more information, go to 2023 Statistical Report for 2024 April General Conference)

Worldwide Membership Statistics

Country	Members	Missions	Congregations	Temples	Notes
Albania	3,328	1	14	0
American Samoa	16,611	0	44	1	1 temple under construction: Pago Pago, estimated completion in 2026
Andorra	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Angola	5,898	1	25	0
Antigua and Barbuda	313	0	1	0
Argentina	481,518	13	729	7	2 temples under construction; 2 announced
Armenia	3,572	1	7	0
Aruba	638	0	2	0
Australia	157,079	5	306	6	Brisbane South Area announced
Austria	4,648	0	17	1	1 temple announced: Vienna
Bahamas	1,076	0	3	0
Bahrain	261	0	1	0
Bangladesh	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Barbados	1,185	1	3	0
Belgium	6,685	0	12	1	1 temple announced: Brussels
Belize	5,631	0	12	0
Benin	6,140	1	26	0
Bermuda	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Bolivia	225,140	5	273	3	1 temple announced: La Paz and 1 under construction: Santa Cruz
Bosnia and Herzegovina	78	0	1	0
Botswana	4,406	0	17	0
Brazil	1,494,571	36	2,172	23	4 temples under construction: 9 temples announced
Bulgaria	2,414	1	7	0
Burundi	1,541	0	4	0
Cambodia	16,857	1	28	1	1 temple under construction: Phnom Penh
Cameroon	3,071	1	16	0
Canada	203,339	6	489	11	Toronto Ontario Temple under renovation; 2 temples announced
Canary Islands	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Cape Verde	17,124	1	40	1
Cayman Islands	234	0	1	0
Central African Republic	278	0	1	0
Chile	607,583	10	571	5	1 temple under construction; 2 announced
China	no statistics available	0	0	2	1 temple announced: Shanghai People's Republic of China
Colombia	215,331	5	256	3	1 temple announced: Cali
Cook Islands	1,888	0	5	0
Cote d'Ivoire	63,058	4	262	1	1 temple under construction: Abidjan
Costa Rica	54,473	2	80	1
Croatia	655	1	6	0
Curacao	589	0	1	0
Cyprus	596	0	5	0
Czech Republic	2,679	1	12	0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	115,027	5	289	4	1 temple under construction: Lubumbashi; 2 announced: Kananga and Mbuji-Mayi
Denmark	4,357	1	21	1
Dominica	167	0	1	0
Dominican Republic	149,655	3	203	1
Ecuador	264,802	6	327	2
Egypt	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
El Salvador	129,963	3	155	1
Equatorial Guinea	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Estonia	1,125	0	4	0
Ethiopia	2,193	1	8	0
Falkland Islands	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Fiji	23,898	1	52	1
Finland	4,898	1	29	1
France	39,097	2	108	1
French Guiana	507	0	1	0
French Polynesia	29,700	1	97	1	1 announced: Uturoa
Gabon	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Georgia	274	0	2	0
Germany	39,975	3	150	3	1 announced in Hamburg
Ghana	106,888	4	370	3	2 temples announced: Kumasi and Cape Coast
Gibraltar	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Greece	809	0	2	0
Greenland	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Grenada	402	0	1	0
Guadeloupe	576	0	3	0
Guam	2,511	1	4	1
Guatemala	290,068	7	439	6	1 temple under construction: Miraflores Guatemala City; 2 announced: Huehuetenango and Retalhuleu
Guernsey	59	0	1	0
Guyana	6,834	0	12	0
Haiti	25,560	1	50	1
Honduras	187,341	4	239	2	1 temple under construction: San Pedro Sula
Hong Kong	24,580	1	26	1
Hungary	5,231	1	21	1	1 temple announced: Budapest
Iceland	415	0	4	0
India	15,224	2	45	1	1 temple under construction: Bengaluru
Indonesia	7,681	1	24	1	1 temple announced: Jakarta
Ireland	4,076	0	13	0
Isle of Man	288	0	1	0
Israel	329	0	3	0
Italy	28,409	2	94	1
Jamaica	6,846	1	18	0
Japan	130,096	6	232	5	1 temple announced: Osaka
Jersey	275	0	1	0
Kazakhstan	218	0	3	0
Kenya	19,206	1	69	1	1 temple under construction: Nairobi
Kiribati	22,643	0	43	1	1 temple announced: Tarawa
Kuwait	374	0	1	0
Latvia	1,289	1	5	0
Lesotho	1,562	0	6	0
Liberia	21,441	1	75	1	1 temple announced: Monrovia
Liechtenstein	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Lithuania	945	0	5	0
Luxembourg	541	0	2	0
Macau	1,446	0	2	0
Madagascar	15,372	1	44	1	1 temple announced: Antananarivo
Malawi	4,776	0	13	0
Malaysia	11,086	0	24	0
Malta	241	0	1	0
Marshall Islands	6,762	1	13	0
Martinique	275	0	1	0
Mauritius	576	0	3	0
Mexico	1,516,406	32	1,876	25	3 temples under construction, 8 announced
Micronesia	5,940	0	22	0
Moldova, Republic of	457	0	2	0
Montenegro	31	0	1	0
Mongolia	12,444	1	24	1	1 announced: Ulaanbaatar
Mozambique	24,733	2	69	1	1 temple announced: Beira
Namibia	1,185	0	5	0
Nauru	132	0	1	0
Nepal	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Netherlands	9,167	1	24	1
New Caledonia	2,526	0	9	0
New Zealand	117,909	3	226	3	1 temple under construction: Auckland; 1 announced: Wellington
Nicaragua	101,907	2	109	1	1 temple under construction: Managua
Nigeria	232,654	9	810	5	4 temples announced: Benin City, Calabar, Eket, Lagos
Niue	319	0	2	0
Northern Mariana Islands	896	0	1	0
Norway	4,492	1	19	1	1 temple announced: Oslo
Palau	549	0	1	0
Panama	61,980	1	75	1
Papua New Guinea	38,760	2	94	1	1 temple under construction: Port Moresby
Paraguay	100,121	2	133	1
Peru	637,180	14	784	9	5 temples announced: Chiclayo, Cusco, Huancayo, Iquitos, Piura
Philippines	867,271	23	1,296	13	3 temples under construction; 7 announced
Poland	2,178	1	11	0
Portugal	47,916	1	62	1
Puerto Rico	23,222	1	38	1
Republic of the Congo	12,626	1	36	1	1 temple announced: Brazzaville
Réunion	838	0	4	0
Romania	3,103	1	15	0
Russia	5,101	3	57	0	1 announced
Rwanda	1,537	1	9	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	227	0	1	0
Saint Lucia	404	0	2	0
Sint Maarten (Saint Marten)	284	0	1	0
Saint Vincent	717	0	3	0
Samoa	88,726	1	168	2	1 announced: Savai'i
Serbia	379	0	3	0
Sierra Leone	31,080	1	94	1	1 temple announced: Freetown
Singapore	3,284	1	6	1	1 temple announced: Singapore
Slovakia	316	0	4	0
Slovenia	440	0	2	0
Solomon Islands	1,524	0	5	0
Somalia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
South Africa	71,889	4	193	3	1 temple announced: Cape Town
South Korea	88,621	3	99	2	1 temple announced: Busan
Spain	65,948	3	136	2	1 announced: Barcelona
Sri Lanka	1,674	0	5	0
Suriname	1,848	0	6	0
Swaziland	2,253	0	6	0
Sweden	9,474	1	40	1	1 temple under renovation
Switzerland	9,175	0	34	1
Taiwan	62,390	2	99	2	1 temple under construction: Kaohsiung
Tanzania	3,969	1	25	0
Thailand	23,970	1	42	1
Togo	7,141	0	25	0
Tonga	68,404	1	175	2	1 temple under construction: Neiafu
Trinidad and Tobago	3,488	1	10	0
Türkiye	708	0	7	0
Tuvalu	348	0	1	0
Uganda	22,138	1	39	0
Ukraine	10,053	2	44	1
United Kingdom	188,933	6	307	4	2 temples announced: Birmingham, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland
United Arab Emirates	1695	0	6	1	1 temple announced: Dubai
United States of America	6,868,793	110	14,593	143	21 temples under construction; 18 announced
Uruguay	108,060	2	130	1
Vanuatu	11,940	1	39	1	1 temple under construction: Port Vila
Venezuela	176,623	4	234	2	1 temple announced: Maracaibo
Viet Nam	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	no statistics available at this time
Virgin Islands	638	0	2	0
Zambia	5,906	1	17	0
Zimbabwe	41,262	2	100	1	1 temple under construction: Harare

Countries with the Most Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as of the End of 2023

In a list of the 30 nations with the largest Latter-day Saint populations, the Democratic Republic of the Congo made the biggest leap over the past four years, moving from No. 28 to No. 22.

The top nine countries on the list remain the same, with the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Philippines and Peru as the five nations with the most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints among their residents. Nigeria is the new No. 10, moving up from No. 13.

United States: 6,868,793
Mexico: 1,516,406
Brazil: 1,494,571
Philippines: 867,271
Peru: 637,180
Chile: 607,583
Argentina: 481,518
Guatemala: 290,068
Ecuador: 264,802
Nigeria: 232,654
Bolivia: 225,140
Colombia: 215,331
Canada: 203,339
Honduras: 187,341
United Kingdom: 186,350
Venezuela: 176,623
Australia: 157,079
Dominican Republic: 149,655
Japan: 130,096
El Salvador: 129,963
New Zealand: 117,909
DR Congo: 115,027
Uruguay: 108,060
Ghana: 106,888
Nicaragua: 101,907
Paraguay: 100,121
Samoa: 88,726
South Korea: 71,889
Tonga: 68,404

Church News, "30 countries with the most Latter-day Saints," based on 2023 statistics

Notes

Source of membership statistics is Church Newsroom.
Temple statistics are current.

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-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.
+Total membership of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] for the end of the year 2023 is 17,225,394. Statistics announced for the end of 2023 also included the following: 67,871 [[Mormon Missionaries|teaching missionaries]] currently serving full-time missions in 414 [[mission]]s and 489 [[district]]s. There are 31,490 total congregations (wards and branches) and 3,565 stakes church-wide. There are 27,801 senior church-service missionaries and 3,884 young service missionaries.
+[[Image:Church-Membership-graphic-194-years.png|450px|thumb|center]]
+Each column of the table below is sortable. (For more information, go to [https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2023-statistical-report-church-jesus-christ 2023 Statistical Report for 2024 April General Conference])
-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])
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+|9,167
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-|117,319
+|117,909
 |3
-|228
+|226
 |3
-|1 temple under construction: Aukland; 1 announced: Wellington
+|1 temple under construction: Auckland; 1 announced: Wellington
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+|101,907
 |2
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-|221,172
+|232,654
-|7
+|9
-|769
+|810
-|4
+|5
-|3 temples announced
+|4 temples announced: Benin City, Calabar, Eket, Lagos
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/niue Niue]
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+|319
 |0
 |2
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-|906
+|896
 |0
 |1
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-|4,505
+|4,492
 |1
 |19
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/palau Palau]
-|543
+|549
 |0
 |1
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/panama Panama]
-|61,009
+|61,980
 |1
-|72
+|75
 |1
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/papua-new-guinea Papua New Guinea]
-|36,626
+|38,760
 |2
-|92
+|94
 |1
 |1 temple under construction: Port Moresby
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/paraguay Paraguay]
-|98,498
+|100,121
 |2
 |133
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-|630,099
+|637,180
 |14
-|779
+|784
-|7
+|9
-|1 temple under construction: Lima Los Olivos; 3 announced
+|5 temples announced: Chiclayo, Cusco, Huancayo, Iquitos, Piura
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/philippines Philippines]
-|853,254
+|867,271
 |23
-|1,272
+|1,296
-|12
+|13
-|4 temples under construction; 6 announced
+|3 temples under construction; 7 announced
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/poland Poland]
-|2,184
+|2,178
 |1
 |11
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-|46,849
+|47,916
 |1
-|60
+|62
 |1
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-|23,243
+|23,222
 |1
 |38
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-|11,481
+|12,626
 |1
-|32
+|36
 |1
 |1 temple announced: Brazzaville
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/reunion Réunion]
-|836
+|838
 |0
 |4
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-|3,082
+|3,103
-|0
+|1
 |15
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/russia Russia]
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+|5,101
-|5
+|3
-|69
+|57
 |0
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+|1,537
 |1
-|6
+|9
 |0
 |&nbsp;
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/saint-kitts-and-nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis]
-|219
+|227
 |0
 |1
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/saint-lucia Saint Lucia]
-|392
+|404
 |0
 |2
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+|284
 |0
 |1
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/saint-vincent Saint Vincent]
-|726
+|717
 |0
 |3
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+|88,726
-|1
-|165
 |1
+|168
+|2
+|1 announced: Savai'i
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-|369
+|379
 |0
 |3
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/sierra-leone Sierra Leone]
-|28,867
+|31,080
 |1
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+|94
 |1
 |1 temple announced: Freetown
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+|3,284
 |1
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/slovakia Slovakia]
-|305
+|316
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 |4
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-|445
+|440
 |0
 |2
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/solomon-islands Solomon Islands]
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 |5
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-|50
+|n/a
-|0
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-|1
+|n/a
-|0
+|n/a
-|Fewer than 100
+|no statistics available at this time
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 |4
 |193
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-|88,607
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 |3
-|100
+|99
 |2
 |1 temple announced: Busan
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/spain Spain]
-|63,524
+|65,948
 |3
 |136
-|1
+|2
+|1 announced: Barcelona
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/sri-lanka Sri Lanka]
-|1,662
+|1,674
 |0
 |5
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-|1,797
+|1,848
 |0
 |6
@@ Line 1,102: / Line 1,115: @@
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-|2,198
+|2,253
 |0
 |6
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/sweden Sweden]
-|9,531
+|9,474
 |1
 |40
 |1
+|1 temple under renovation
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/switzerland Switzerland]
-|9,205
+|9,175
 |0
 |34
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 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/taiwan Taiwan]
-|62,229
+|62,390
 |2
-|100
+|99
 |2
-|1 temple announced: Kaohsiung
+|1 temple under construction: Kaohsiung
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/tanzania Tanzania]
-|2,999
+|3,969
 |1
-|23
+|25
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/thailand Thailand]
-|23,450
+|23,970
 |1
 |42
@@ Line 1,145: / Line 1,159: @@
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/togo Togo]
-|6,500
+|7,141
 |0
-|23
+|25
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/tonga Tonga]
-|68,600
+|68,404
-|2
+|1
 |175
 |2
@@ Line 1,160: / Line 1,174: @@
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/trinidad-and-tobago Trinidad and Tobago]
-|3,477
+|3,488
 |1
 |10
@@ Line 1,167: / Line 1,181: @@
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/turkey Türkiye]
-|658
+|708
 |0
-|9
+|7
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/tuvalu Tuvalu]
-|344
+|348
 |0
 |1
@@ Line 1,181: / Line 1,195: @@
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/uganda Uganda]
-|20,693
+|22,138
 |1
-|38
+|39
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/ukraine Ukraine]
-|10,344
+|10,053
 |2
-|46
+|44
 |1
 |----
@@ Line 1,196: / Line 1,210: @@
 |188,933
 |6
-|317
+|307
-|2
+|4
+|2 temples announced: Birmingham, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/united-arab-emirates United Arab Emirates]
-|1688
+|1695
 |0
 |6
@@ Line 1,208: / Line 1,223: @@
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/united-states United States of America]
-|6,804,028
+|6,868,793
 |110
-|14,614
+|14,593
-|130
+|143
-|19 temples under construction; 22 announced
+|21 temples under construction; 18 announced
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/uruguay Uruguay]
-|106,911
+|108,060
 |2
-|129
+|130
 |1
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/vanuatu Vanuatu]
-|11,304
+|11,940
 |1
-|37
+|39
 |1
 |1 temple under construction: Port Vila
@@ Line 1,230: / Line 1,245: @@
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/venezuela Venezuela]
-|175,753
+|176,623
 |4
-|235
+|234
-|1
+|2
+|1 temple announced: Maracaibo
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |Viet Nam
-|50
+|n/a
-|0
+|n/a
-|1
+|n/a
-|0
+|n/a
-|Fewer than 100
+|no statistics available at this time
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/virgin-islands Virgin Islands]
-|616
+|638
 |0
 |2
@@ Line 1,251: / Line 1,267: @@
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/zambia Zambia]
-|5,313
+|5,906
 |1
-|16
+|17
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/zimbabwe Zimbabwe]
-|38,289
+|41,262
 |2
-|91
+|100
 |1
 |1 temple under construction: Harare
@@ Line 1,267: / Line 1,283: @@
 |}
-==Countries with the Highest Percentage of Members of the Church of Jesus Christ as of 2019==
+==Countries with the Most Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as of the End of 2023==
-The Church News lists the countries with the highest percentages using data from the CIA World Factbook. Here are the top 20, as of 2019:
+In a list of the 30 nations with the largest Latter-day Saint populations, the Democratic Republic of the Congo made the biggest leap over the past four years, moving from No. 28 to No. 22.
-* Tonga: 63.5 percent.
+The top nine countries on the list remain the same, with the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Philippines and Peru as the five nations with the most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints among their residents. Nigeria is the new No. 10, moving up from No. 13.
-* Samoa: 42.5 percent.
-* American Samoa: 29.8 percent.
-* Kiribati: 17.8 percent.
-* Marshall Islands: 11.9 percent.
-* French Polynesia: 10.3 percent.
-* Niue: 8.7 percent.
-* Micronesia: 5.5 percent.
-* Cook Islands: 4.4 percent.
-* Vanuatu: 3.4 percent.
-* Chile: 3.2 percent.
-* Uruguay: 3.1 percent.
-* Palau: 2.8 percent.
-* Tuvalu: 2.5 percent.
-* Fiji: 2.5 percent.
-* New Zealand: 2.3 percent.
-* United States: 2.1 percent.
-* El Salvador: 2.0 percent.
-* Virgin Islands: 2.0 percent.
-* Peru: 1.9 percent.
-[https://www.thechurchnews.com/2021/12/16/23218317/which-countries-have-the-largest-percentages-of-their-populations-as-latter-day-saints Church News, "Which countries have the largest percentages of their populations as Latter-day Saints?"]
+* United States: 6,868,793
+* Mexico: 1,516,406
+* Brazil: 1,494,571
+* Philippines: 867,271
+* Peru: 637,180
+* Chile: 607,583
+* Argentina: 481,518
+* Guatemala: 290,068
+* Ecuador: 264,802
+* Nigeria: 232,654
+* Bolivia: 225,140
+* Colombia: 215,331
+* Canada: 203,339
+* Honduras: 187,341
+* United Kingdom: 186,350
+* Venezuela: 176,623
+* Australia: 157,079
+* Dominican Republic: 149,655
+* Japan: 130,096
+* El Salvador: 129,963
+* New Zealand: 117,909
+* DR Congo: 115,027
+* Uruguay: 108,060
+* Ghana: 106,888
+* Nicaragua: 101,907
+* Paraguay: 100,121
+* Samoa: 88,726
+* South Korea: 71,889
+* Tonga: 68,404
-==Countries with the Most Members of the Church of Jesus Christ as of 2020==
+*[https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2024/08/10/30-nations-with-most-members-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-congo-nigeria/ Church News, "30 countries with the most Latter-day Saints," based on 2023 statistics]
-The top 20 countries with the most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are:
-* United States: 6,721,032
-* Mexico: 1,481,530
-* Brazil: 1,429,935
-* Philippines: 805,209
-* Peru: 619,045
-* Chile: 602,373
-* Argentina: 470,843
-* Guatemala: 281,465
-* Ecuador: 253,782
-* Bolivia: 212,148
-* Colombia: 209,985
-* Canada: 199,054
-* Nigeria: 192,144
-* United Kingdom: 188,167
-* Honduras: 180,646
-* Venezuela: 168,539
-* Australia: 154,595
-* Dominican Republic: 143,870
-* Japan: 130,340
-* El Salvador: 128,881
-[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/what-are-the-countries-with-the-most-latter-day-saints Church Newsroom, "What Are the Countries with the Most Latter-day Saints?"]
 ==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 Church Newsroom.
 * Temple statistics are current.
-*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/mormons-not-necessarily-who-you-think-they-are/2011/08/05/gIQAKFsXwI_blog.html '''See charts of church international statistics''']
 ==See Also==