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| − | Total membership of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] for the end of the year 2008 is 13,508,509. | + | Total membership of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] for the end of the year 2008 is 13,508,509. Statistics announced for end 2008 at the April, 2009, [[General Conference]] also included the following: 52,494 [[Mormon Missionaries|missionaries]] currently serving; 28,109 [[ward]]s currently functioning, within 2818 [[stake]]s. |
The following statistics are for the year ending 2006. Each column of the table is sortable. | The following statistics are for the year ending 2006. Each column of the table is sortable. | ||
Revision as of 10:13, 6 April 2009
Total membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the end of the year 2008 is 13,508,509. Statistics announced for end 2008 at the April, 2009, General Conference also included the following: 52,494 missionaries currently serving; 28,109 wards currently functioning, within 2818 stakes.
The following statistics are for the year ending 2006. Each column of the table is sortable.
Worldwide Membership Statistics
| Country | Members | % LDS | Stakes | Missions | Temples | Notes |
| Albania | 1,605 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| American Samoa | 14,246 | 24.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andorra | 89 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Angola | 703 | 0.005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 170 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Argentina | 355,987 | 0.86 | 70 | 10 | 1 | |
| Armenia | 2,359 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Aruba | 355 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Australia | 132,638 | 0.5 | 32 | 7 | 5 | |
| Austria | 4,157 | 0.05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bahamas | 691 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bangladesh | 50 | 0.00004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fewer than 100 |
| Barbados | 663 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Belgium | 6,363 | 0.06 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Belize | 3,187 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benin | 159 | 0.002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bermuda | 130 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bolivia | 153,674 | 1.6 | 24 | 3 | 1 | |
| Botswana | 1,293 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brazil | 970,903 | 0.48 | 214 | 27 | 6 | 1 temple announced: Manaus |
| British Virgin Islands | 62 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bulgaria | 2,115 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cambodia | 7,874 | 0.05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cameroon | 492 | 0.001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Canada | 175,383 | 0.5 | 47 | 8 | 7 | 1 temple under construction: Vancouver |
| Canary Islands | 3,500 | 0.001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cape Verde | 6,501 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cayman Islands | 112 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Central African Republic | 218 | 0.006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chile | 543,628 | 3.3 | 74 | 9 | 1 | |
| Colombia | 154,549 | 0.34 | 28 | 4 | 1 | |
| Cook Islands | 1,814 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Costa Rica | 34,777 | 0.83 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Croatia | 479 | 0.009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cyprus | 275 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Czech Republic | 2,024 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 18,276 | 0.03 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Denmark | 4,338 | 0.08 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dominican Republic | 102,144 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | |
| Ecuador | 176,359 | 1.2 | 33 | 3 | 1 | |
| Egypt | 50 | 0.00007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fewer than 100 |
| El Salvador | 95,931 | 1.4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 temple announced: San Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea | 339 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Estonia | 874 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ethiopia | 612 | 0.0008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Falkland Islands | 4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fiji | 14,448 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Finland | 4,518 | 0.08 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| France | 33,828 | 0.05 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| French Guiana | 248 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| French Polynesia | 21,567 | 7.8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gabon | 50 | 0.0036 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fewer than 100 |
| Georgia | 126 | 0.0027 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Germany | 37,478 | 0.04 | 14 | 4 | 2 | |
| Ghana | 32,965 | 0.1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Gibraltar | 32 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greece | 653 | 0.006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greenland | 25 | 0.044 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grenada | 160 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guadeloupe | 304 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guam | 1,547 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Guatemala | 205,221 | 1.34 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 temple announced: Quetzaltenango |
| Guernsey | 43 | 0.0656 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guyana | 2,072 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Haiti | 13,604 | 0.16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Honduras | 120,259 | 1.6 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 temple under construction: Tegucigalpa |
| Hong Kong | 22,556 | 0.3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary | 4,253 | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Iceland | 224 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| India | 6,454 | 0.0005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Indonesia | 6,144 | 0.0024 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ireland | 2,710 | 0.06 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Isle of Man | 282 | 0.352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Italy | 22,212 | 0.037 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ivory Coast | 10,199 | 0.05 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jamaica | 5,768 | 0.19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Japan | 121,774 | 0.09 | 29 | 7 | 2 | |
| Jersey | 286 | 0.325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kazakhstan | 107 | 0.00006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenya | 7,782 | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kiribati | 11,771 | 10.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Korea, Republic of | 79,652 | 0.15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | |
| Latvia | 920 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lesotho | 565 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberia | 4,522 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liechtenstein | 50 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fewer than 100 |
| Lithuania | 823 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luxembourg | 272 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Macau | 1,158 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Madagascar | 3,683 | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Malawi | 600 | 0.004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malaysia | 3,633 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malta | 137 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marshall Islands | 4,439 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martinique | 142 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mauritius | 358 | 0.029 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mexico | 1,082,427 | 0.9 | 210 | 20 | 12 | |
| Micronesia | 3,624 | 3.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Moldova, Republic of | 256 | 0.006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mongolia | 7,306 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mozambique | 3,733 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Namibia | 440 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nauru | 112 | 0.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nepal | 50 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fewer than 100 |
| Netherlands | 8,428 | 0.05 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 797 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Caledonia | 1,809 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Zealand | 97,474 | 2.35 | 25 | 2 | 1 | |
| Nicaragua | 55,369 | 0.9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nigeria | 79,482 | 0.05 | 15 | 5 | 1 | |
| Niue | 260 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 784 | 0.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norway | 4,121 | 0.09 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Palau | 443 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Panama | 41,640 | 1.32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 temple under construction: Panama City |
| Papua New Guinea | 15,517 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paraguay | 66,451 | 0.9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| Peru | 432,547 | 1.4 | 83 | 7 | 1 | |
| Philippines | 572,619 | 0.6 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 1 temple under construction: Cebu |
| Poland | 1,525 | 0.004 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Portugal | 38,130 | 0.35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Puerto Rico | 19,609 | 0.53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Republic of the Congo | 3,824 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Réunion | 760 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Romania | 2,623 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Russian | 19,180 | 0.01 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Saint Lucia | 55 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Samoa | 65,644 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 265 | 0.002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sierra Leone | 6,938 | 0.09 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Singapore | 2,612 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Slovakia | 124 | 0.002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Slovenia | 340 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Solomon Islands | 196 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Somalia | 50 | 0.0006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fewer than 100 |
| South Africa | 44,571 | 0.09 | 11 | 3 | 1 | |
| Spain | 41,188 | 0.09 | 9 | 4 | 1 | |
| Sri Lanka | 1,108 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 184 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 392 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Suriname | 687 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Swaziland | 1,007 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sweden | 8,797 | 0.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 7,730 | 0.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Taiwan | 45,086 | 0.17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 797 | 0.002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thailand | 15,108 | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Togo | 575 | 0.009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tonga | 53,449 | 46 | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2,115 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Turkey | 186 | 0.0002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tuvalu | 111 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Uganda | 4,358 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ukraine | 10,214 | 0.02 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 temple under construction: Kiev |
| United Kingdom | 180,078 | 0.24 | 37 | 5 | 2 | |
| United States of America | 5,779,316 | 1.9 | 1,400 | 106 | 68 | 3 temples under construction; 3 announced |
| Uruguay | 88,660 | 2.5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | |
| Vanuatu | 3,330 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Venezuela | 138,676 | 0.5 | 25 | 4 | 1 | |
| Viet Nam | 50 | 0.0001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fewer than 100 |
| Virgin Islands | 491 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zambia | 1,905 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zimbabwe | 16,240 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 163 | 12,878,749 | 2,745 | 341 | 139 | TOTALS |
Notes
- For those countries marked as "Fewer than 100" I have assumed a membership of 50 so that percentages can be calculated.
- Source of membership statistics is Deseret Morning News "2008 Church Almanac".
- Total membership in the table above is 12,878,749. However the statistical profile on page 6 of the almanac reports 12,868,606 members.
- Stake and mission statistics are as of October 1, 2007.
- Temple statistics are current. The country temple totals include temples announced and/or under construction.
- 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, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Wallis & Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire.
