Membership Statistics
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)
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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 Highest Percentage of Members of the Church of Jesus Christ as of 2019
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:
- Tonga: 63.5 percent.
- 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.
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.