Membership Statistics
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 is sortable. (For more information, go to 2023 Statistical Report for 2024 April General Conference)
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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 | 0 | 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
Countries with the Most Members of the Church of Jesus Christ as of 2020
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
Church Newsroom, "What Are the Countries with the Most Latter-day Saints?"
Notes
- Source of membership statistics is Church Newsroom.
- Temple statistics are current.