The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_statistics

Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Membership statistics of the church

This article is about worldwide and country/regional information of the LDS Church. For churchwide membership history, see Membership history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For information specific to the United States, see Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (United States). For information specific to Canada, see Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Canada).

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) releases membership, congregational, and related information on a regular basis. The latest membership information LDS Church releases includes a count of membership, stakes, wards, branches, missions, temples, and family history centers for the worldwide church and for individual countries and territories where the church is recognized. The latest information released was as of December 31, 2022.

Quick Facts Members, Stakes ...

Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (worldwide)
Flags at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah
Members	17,255,394 (2023)^[1]
Stakes	3,521
Districts	517
Missions	411
Temples	189 in operation
Family History Centers	>5,700 (2023)^[2]

Congregation growth statistics. In 2023 there was a large increase in Africa, and decline in Europe and North America

At the end of 2022, the LDS Church had 31,330 congregations and a reported membership of 17,002,461.^[3]

Membership defined

The LDS Church defines membership as a count of living individuals who:^[4]

have been baptized and confirmed.
are under age nine and have been blessed but not baptized.
are not accountable because of intellectual disabilities, regardless of age.
are unblessed children under age eight when:
- two member parents request it; or
- one member parent requests it and the nonmember parent gives permission.

After baptism, blessing, or parental request stated above, membership must be recorded and maintained by the church to have and keep membership.^[5]

Membership considerations

In 2005, Peggy Fletcher Stack, longtime religion columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune, estimated that about one-third of the reported LDS membership was "active" (i.e., regularly attending church services and participating in other expected meetings and obligations).^[6] In 2005, this would have amounted to approximately 4 million active members among a worldwide LDS population of 12 million. Active membership varied from a high of 40 to 50 percent in congregations in North America and the Pacific Islands, to a low of about 25 percent in Latin America. Fletcher Stack's data was compiled from several sources, including a 2001 survey of religious affiliation by scholars at City University of New York and a demographer at LDS-owned Brigham Young University.

In 2003, church leader Dallin H. Oaks, noted that among recent converts "attrition is sharpest in the two months after baptism", which he attributed in part to difficulties adapting to the church's dietary code, the Word of Wisdom, that prohibits the use of alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and tea.^[7] In 2001, sociologist Armand Mauss estimated that about 50 percent of LDS converts in the US stopped attending church within a year of baptism, while outside the US the rate was about 70 percent.^[8]

Countries

The tables on this section represents Latter-day Saint membership, as reported by the LDS Church, as of December 31, 2022.^[9] Except where indicated, general population figures are based on the latest CIA estimates (primarily for 2023).^[10] Percentages of LDS members were calculated with this information. The link under the names of each country, territory, etc. corresponds to brief LDS history and statistical information for that particular area.

Congregations

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Country^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Area	Temples				Missions	Districts	Stakes	Congregations^{[lower-alpha 2]}			FHC
Country^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Area	O	U	A	T	Missions	Districts	Stakes	Wards	Branches	Total	FHC
Albania	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	8	14	4
American Samoa	Pacific	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	38	5	43	5
Andorra^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Angola	Africa South	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	8	11	19	1
Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Argentina	SA South	2	3	1	6	13	27	78	484	242	726	133
Armenia	Europe East	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	5	4
Aruba	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	2
Australia	Pacific	5	0	0	5	5	7	41	236	74	310	143
Austria	Europe Central	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	14	3	17	12
Bahamas	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Bahrain	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Bangladesh^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Barbados	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	1
Belarus^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Europe East	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	1
Belgium	Europe Central	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	10	2	12	8
Belize	Central America	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	12	2
Benin	Africa West	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	14	6	20	3
Bermuda^{[lower-alpha 3]}	North America*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bolivia	SA Northwest	1	0	2	3	5	8	33	209	63	272	53
Bonaire^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Botswana	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	7	16	2
Brazil	Brazil	9	2	9	20	36	40	281	1,773	403	2,176	454
British Virgin Islands^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bulgaria	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	7	4
Burundi	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	1
Cambodia	Asia	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	10	18	28	11
Cameroon	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	15	15	1
Canada	North America*	9	0	1	10	6	4	53	349	144	493	154
Cape Verde	Europe North	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	28	13	41	6
Cayman Islands	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Central African Republic	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Chile	SA South	2	1	1	4	10	16	74	415	157	572	103
China(mainland) ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Asia	0	0	1	1	0	12	0	0	65	65	0
Colombia	SA Northwest	2	0	1	3	5	10	30	175	82	257	53
Cook Islands	Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	3
Costa Rica	Central America	1	0	0	1	2	1	10	59	19	78	27
Croatia	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	6	4
Cuba^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	0
Curaçao	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Cyprus	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	3
Czechia	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	5	12	2
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa Central	1	1	1	3	4	3	26	223	46	269	24
Denmark	Europe North	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	13	8	21	12
Djibouti^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dominica	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dominican Republic	Caribbean	1	0	0	1	3	8	22	144	59	203	33
Ecuador	SA Northwest	2	0	0	2	6	5	42	263	54	317	57
Egypt^{[lower-alpha 4]}	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
El Salvador	Central America	1	0	0	1	3	0	22	127	28	155	49
Estonia	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	2
Eswatini	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	6	2
Ethiopia	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	6	1
Federated States of Micronesia	Asia North	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	18	23	11
Fiji	Pacific	1	0	0	1	1	3	4	27	25	52	11
Finland	Europe North	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	18	11	29	29
France	Europe Central	1	0	0	1	2	0	10	68	40	108	73
French Guiana	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
French Polynesia	Pacific	1	0	0	1	1	2	11	75	22	97	29
Gabon^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Georgia	Europe East	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Germany	Europe Central	2	0	1	3	3	0	14	96	52	148	97
Ghana	Africa West	1	0	1	2	4	10	29	201	152	353	75
Greece	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Grenada	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Guadeloupe^[11]	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	1
Guam	Asia North	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	1	5	2
Guatemala	Central America	2	2	2	6	7	12	51	297	142	439	84
Guernsey	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Guinea^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Africa West	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Guyana	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	12	4
Haiti	Caribbean	1	0	0	1	1	4	5	31	19	50	13
Honduras	Central America	1	1	0	2	4	5	31	178	58	236	78
Hong Kong	Asia	1	0	0	1	1	1	6	30	5	35	5
Hungary	Europe Central	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	5	16	21	13
Iceland	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
India	Asia	0	1	0	1	2	3	4	21	24	45	20
Indonesia	Asia	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	16	8	24	7
Ireland	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	8	13	3
Isle of Man	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Israel	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0
Italy	Europe Central	1	0	0	1	2	0	10	63	31	94	56
Ivory Coast	Africa West	0	1	0	1	3	16	18	140	117	257	43
Jamaica	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	12	18	7
Japan	Asia North	3	1	0	4	6	11	22	143	88	231	63
Jersey	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Jordan^{[lower-alpha 4]}	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	1
Kazakhstan^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Europe East	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Kenya	Africa Central	0	1	0	1	1	6	2	13	44	57	5
Kiribati	Pacific	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	12	31	43	3
Kosovo^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Kuwait	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Laos^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Latvia	Europe North	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	5	3
Lebanon^{[lower-alpha 4]}	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Lesotho	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	6	1
Liberia	Africa West	0	0	1	1	1	1	6	42	25	67	10
Lithuania	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	4
Luxembourg	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
Macau	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
North Macedonia^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Madagascar	Africa South	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	22	21	43	10
Malawi	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	12	0
Malaysia	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	27	27	8
Mali^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Africa West	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Malta	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Marshall Islands	Pacific	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	12	1	13	3
Martinique^[11]	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Mauritius	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0
Mexico	Mexico	13	3	7	23	32	47	227	1,369	494	1,863	383
Moldova	Unassigned**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Mongolia	Asia North	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	12	12	24	9
Montenegro	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Morocco^{[lower-alpha 3]}	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Mozambique	Africa South	0	0	1	1	2	1	5	32	24	56	8
Myanmar^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Namibia	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	1
Nauru	Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Nepal^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Netherlands	Europe Central	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	20	4	24	9
New Caledonia	Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	9	3
New Zealand	Pacific	1	1	1	3	3	2	30	177	51	228	55
Nicaragua	Central America	0	1	0	1	2	4	12	71	38	109	35
Nigeria	Africa West	1	0	3	4	7	15	68	505	264	769	96
Niue	Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Northern Mariana Islands	Asia North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Norway	Europe North	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	11	8	19	15
Oman^{[lower-alpha 3]}	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Pakistan^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	13	0
Palau	Asia North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Panama	Central America	1	0	0	1	1	4	7	43	29	72	26
Papua New Guinea	Pacific	0	1	0	1	2	12	2	10	82	92	2
Paraguay	SA South	1	0	0	1	2	9	11	61	72	133	20
Peru	SA Northwest	3	1	3	7	14	17	112	665	114	779	167
Philippines	Philippines	2	4	6	12	23	55	125	791	481	1,272	186
Poland	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11	11	6
Portugal	Europe North	1	0	0	1	1	1	7	39	21	60	24
Puerto Rico	Caribbean	1	0	0	1	1	1	5	27	11	38	8
Qatar^{[lower-alpha 3]}	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0
Republic of the Congo	Africa Central	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	25	7	32	3
Réunion^[11]	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	5
Romania	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	15	3
Russia	Europe East	0	0	1	1	5	7	3	16	53	69	0
Rwanda	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	6	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Saint Lucia	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	1
Samoa	Pacific	1	0	0	1	1	0	20	156	9	165	20
Saudi Arabia^{[lower-alpha 3]} (estimate)	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	0
Senegal^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Africa West	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Serbia	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	2
Sierra Leone	Africa West	0	1	0	1	1	2	9	66	24	90	15
Singapore	Asia	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	6	0	6	1
Sint Maarten	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Slovakia	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	0
Slovenia	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1
Solomon Islands	Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0
South Africa	Africa South	2	0	1	3	4	10	17	112	81	193	76
South Korea	Asia North	1	0	1	2	3	5	12	60	40	100	18
Spain	Europe Central	1	0	1	2	3	1	15	95	41	136	56
Sri Lanka	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	3
Suriname	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	6	3
Sweden	Europe North	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	25	15	40	37
Switzerland	Europe Central	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	26	8	34	13
Syria^{[lower-alpha 3]} (estimate)	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Taiwan	Asia	1	0	1	2	2	0	16	90	10	100	12
Tanzania	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	23	23	1
Thailand	Asia	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	21	21	42	9
Togo	Africa West	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	8	23	1
Tonga	Pacific	1	1	0	2	2	2	21	140	35	175	21
Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	5	10	1
Turkey	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	0
Turks and Caicos Islands^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Tuvalu	Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Uganda	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	18	20	38	8
Ukraine	Unassigned**	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	13	33	46	35
United Arab Emirates	ME/AN	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	1	6	0
United Kingdom	Europe North	2	0	1	3	6	0	44	275	42	317	124
United States	North America*	82	25	17	124	110	6	1,681	12,806	1,808	14,614	1,864
Uruguay	SA South	1	0	0	1	2	2	18	97	32	129	23
Vanuatu	Pacific	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	5	32	37	3
Venezuela	SA Northwest	1	0	0	1	4	6	33	177	58	235	48
Vietnam^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Asia	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	11	11	2
United States Virgin Islands	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Zambia	Africa South	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	10	16	2
Zimbabwe	Africa South	0	1	0	1	2	2	8	49	42	91	18

Notes: *There are several areas that cover the US and Canada. This includes North America Central, North America Northeast, North America Southeast, North America Southwest, North America West, and Utah areas. Bermuda is in the North America Northeast area.; **Ukraine and Moldova are the only countries not assigned to an area and are administered by an authority in the Europe North Area.

Members and growth

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Country^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Area	Members	Population	%LDS	2012	2022	Change	Growth (%)	% of total growth
Albania	Europe Central	3,314	3,101,621	0.11%	2,299	3,314	1,015	44.15%	0.05%
American Samoa	Pacific	16,436	44,620	36.84%	15,629	16,436	807	5.16%	0.04%
Andorra^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Europe Central	70	85,468	0.08%	66	70	4	6.06%	0%
Angola	Africa South	4,760	35,981,281	0.01%	1,257	4,760	3,503	278.68%	0.16%
Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean	286	101,489	0.28%	205	286	81	39.51%	0%
Argentina	SA South	474,985	46,621,847	1.02%	412,095	474,985	62,890	15.26%	2.86%
Armenia	Europe East	3,546	2,989,091	0.12%	3,025	3,546	521	17.22%	0.02%
Aruba	Caribbean	626	123,702	0.51%	516	626	110	21.32%	0%
Australia	Pacific	155,586	26,461,166	0.59%	136,617	155,586	18,969	13.88%	0.86%
Austria	Europe Central	4,677	8,940,860	0.05%	4,385	4,677	292	6.66%	0.01%
Bahamas	Caribbean	1,075	358,508	0.3%	959	1,075	116	12.1%	0.01%
Bahrain	ME/AN	252	1,553,886	0.02%	162	252	90	55.56%	0%
Bangladesh^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Asia	50	167,184,465	0%	100	50	−50	-50%	-0%
Barbados	Caribbean	1,163	303,431	0.38%	844	1,163	319	37.8%	0.01%
Belarus^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Europe East	469	9,383,853	0.005%	500	469	−31	-6.2%	-0%
Belgium	Europe Central	6,602	11,913,633	0.06%	6,186	6,602	416	6.72%	0.02%
Belize	Central America	5,534	419,137	1.32%	4,240	5,534	1,294	30.52%	0.06%
Benin	Africa West	5,606	14,219,908	0.04%	1,081	5,606	4,525	418.59%	0.21%
Bermuda^{[lower-alpha 3]}	North America*	197	72,576	0.27%	153	197	44	28.76%	0%
Bolivia	SA Northwest	221,030	12,186,079	1.81%	182,964	221,030	38,066	20.81%	1.73%
Bonaire^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Caribbean	80	24,090	0.33%	88	80	−8	-9.09%	-0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe Central	69	3,807,764	0.002%	60	69	9	15%	0%
Botswana	Africa South	4,031	2,417,596	0.17%	2,152	4,031	1,879	87.31%	0.09%
Brazil	Brazil	1,472,521	218,689,757	0.67%	1,209,974	1,472,521	262,547	21.7%	11.93%
British Virgin Islands^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Caribbean	138	39,369	0.35%	144	138	−6	-4.17%	-0%
Bulgaria	Europe Central	2,398	6,827,736	0.04%	2,296	2,398	102	4.44%	0%
Burkina Faso	Africa West	10	22,489,126	0%	10	10	0	0%	0%
Burundi	Africa Central	1,240	13,162,952	0.01%	171	1,240	1,069	625.15%	0.05%
Cambodia	Asia	16,317	16,891,245	0.1%	11,469	16,317	4,848	42.27%	0.22%
Cameroon	Africa Central	2,721	30,135,732	0.01%	1,277	2,721	1,444	113.08%	0.07%
Canada	North America*	200,836	38,516,736	0.52%	187,982	200,836	12,854	6.84%	0.58%
Cape Verde	Europe North	16,773	603,901	2.78%	9,326	16,773	7,447	79.85%	0.34%
Cayman Islands	Caribbean	230	65,483	0.35%	195	230	35	17.95%	0%
Central African Republic	Africa Central	270	5,552,228	0.005%	194	270	76	39.18%	0%
Chile	SA South	604,302	18,549,457	3.26%	577,716	604,302	26,586	4.6%	1.21%
China^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Asia	10,500	1,413,142,846	0.001%	10,500	10,500	0	0%	0%
Colombia	SA Northwest	214,454	49,336,454	0.43%	180,526	214,454	33,928	18.79%	1.54%
Cook Islands	Pacific	1,862	7,939	23.45%	1,862	1,862	0	0%	0%
Costa Rica	Central America	52,234	5,256,612	0.99%	41,353	52,234	10,881	26.31%	0.49%
Croatia	Europe Central	633	4,169,239	0.02%	583	633	50	8.58%	0%
Cuba^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Caribbean	357	10,985,974	0.003%	50	357	307	614%	0.01%
Curaçao	Caribbean	582	152,849	0.38%	572	582	10	1.75%	0%
Cyprus	Europe Central	584	1,308,120	0.04%	430	584	154	35.81%	0.01%
Czechia	Europe Central	2,643	10,706,242	0.02%	2,369	2,643	274	11.57%	0.01%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa Central	102,862	111,859,928	0.09%	34,547	102,862	68,315	197.75%	3.1%
Denmark	Europe North	4,381	5,946,984	0.07%	4,376	4,381	5	0.11%	0%
Djibouti	Africa Central	10	976,143	0.001%	50	10	−40	-80%	-0%
Dominica	Caribbean	160	74,656	0.21%	140	160	20	14.29%	0%
Dominican Republic	Caribbean	147,566	10,790,744	1.37%	124,435	147,566	23,131	18.59%	1.05%
Ecuador	SA Northwest	261,767	17,483,326	1.5%	211,165	261,767	50,602	23.96%	2.3%
Egypt^{[lower-alpha 4]}	ME/AN	100	109,546,720	0%	70	100	30	42.86%	0%
El Salvador	Central America	129,467	6,602,370	1.96%	114,674	129,467	14,793	12.9%	0.67%
Estonia	Europe North	1,146	1,202,762	0.1%	1,086	1,146	60	5.52%	0%
Eswatini	Africa South	2,198	1,130,043	0.19%	1,522	2,198	676	44.42%	0.03%
Ethiopia	Africa Central	2,075	116,462,712	0.002%	1,678	2,075	397	23.66%	0.02%
Federated States of Micronesia	Asia North	5,966	100,319	5.95%	4,565	5,966	1,401	30.69%	0.06%
Fiji	Pacific	23,458	947,760	2.48%	16,951	23,458	6,507	38.39%	0.3%
Finland	Europe North	4,826	5,614,571	0.09%	4,745	4,826	81	1.71%	0%
France	Europe Central	38,634	68,521,974	0.06%	36,968	38,634	1,666	4.51%	0.08%
French Guiana	Caribbean	500	301,099	0.17%	362	500	138	38.12%	0.01%
French Polynesia	Pacific	29,397	301,488	9.75%	22,659	29,397	6,738	29.74%	0.31%
Gabon^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Africa Central	302	2,397,368	0.01%	20	302	282	1410%	0.01%
Georgia	Europe East	252	4,936,390	0.01%	216	252	36	16.67%	0%
Germany	Europe Central	39,748	84,220,184	0.05%	38,739	39,748	1,009	2.6%	0.05%
Ghana	Africa West	101,924	33,846,114	0.3%	52,387	101,924	49,537	94.56%	2.25%
Greece	Europe Central	798	10,497,595	0.01%	751	798	47	6.26%	0%
Grenada	Caribbean	394	114,299	0.34%	305	394	89	29.18%	0%
Guadeloupe	Caribbean	550	375,845	0.15%	470	550	80	17.02%	0%
Guam	Asia North	2,547	169,330	1.5%	2,294	2,547	253	11.03%	0.01%
Guatemala	Central America	287,475	17,980,803	1.6%	239,734	287,475	47,741	19.91%	2.17%
Guernsey	Europe North	60	67,642	0.09%	46	60	14	30.43%	0%
Guinea^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Africa West	61	13,607,249	0%	50	61	11	22%	0%
Guyana	Caribbean	6,645	791,739	0.84%	5,415	6,645	1,230	22.71%	0.06%
Haiti	Caribbean	25,525	11,470,261	0.22%	18,165	25,525	7,360	40.52%	0.33%
Honduras	Central America	185,182	9,571,352	1.93%	154,207	185,182	30,975	20.09%	1.41%
Hong Kong	Asia	24,611	7,288,167	0.34%	24,188	24,611	423	1.75%	0.02%
Hungary	Europe Central	5,259	9,670,009	0.05%	4,940	5,259	319	6.46%	0.01%
Iceland	Europe North	382	360,872	0.11%	265	382	117	44.15%	0.01%
India	Asia	14,961	1,399,179,585	0.001%	10,958	14,961	4,003	36.53%	0.18%
Indonesia	Asia	7,648	279,476,346	0.003%	6,904	7,648	744	10.78%	0.03%
Ireland	Europe North	3,980	5,323,991	0.07%	3,013	3,980	967	32.09%	0.04%
Isle of Man	Europe North	281	91,840	0.31%	293	281	−12	-4.1%	-0%
Israel	ME/AN	338	9,043,387	0.004%	260	338	78	30%	0%
Italy	Europe Central	27,993	61,021,855	0.05%	24,970	27,993	3,023	12.11%	0.14%
Ivory Coast	Africa West	60,162	29,344,847	0.21%	18,602	60,162	41,560	223.42%	1.89%
Jamaica	Caribbean	6,810	2,820,982	0.24%	5,580	6,810	1,230	22.04%	0.06%
Japan	Asia North	130,251	123,719,238	0.11%	126,407	130,251	3,844	3.04%	0.17%
Jersey	Europe North	282	102,785	0.27%	300	282	−18	-6%	-0%
Jordan^{[lower-alpha 4]}	ME/AN	200	11,086,716	0.002%	200	200	0	0%	0%
Kazakhstan^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Europe East	229	19,543,464	0.001%	216	229	13	6.02%	0%
Kenya	Africa Central	17,438	57,052,004	0.03%	11,869	17,438	5,569	46.92%	0.25%
Kiribati	Pacific	22,210	115,372	19.25%	16,279	22,210	5,931	36.43%	0.27%
Kosovo^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Europe Central	102	1,964,327	0.01%	30	102	72	240%	0%
Kuwait	ME/AN	375	3,103,580	0.01%	223	375	152	68.16%	0.01%
Laos^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Asia	275	7,852,377	0.004%	230	275	45	19.57%	0%
Latvia	Europe North	1,273	1,821,750	0.07%	1,166	1,273	107	9.18%	0%
Lebanon^{[lower-alpha 4]}	ME/AN	225	5,331,203	0.004%	210	225	15	7.14%	0%
Lesotho	Africa South	1,474	2,210,646	0.07%	880	1,474	594	67.5%	0.03%
Liberia	Africa West	20,335	5,506,280	0.37%	6,709	20,335	13,626	203.1%	0.62%
Lithuania	Europe North	943	2,655,755	0.04%	916	943	27	2.95%	0%
Luxembourg	Europe Central	526	660,924	0.08%	336	526	190	56.55%	0.01%
Macau	Asia	1,456	639,971	0.23%	1,345	1,456	111	8.25%	0.01%
Madagascar	Africa South	14,353	28,812,195	0.05%	9,190	14,353	5,163	56.18%	0.23%
Malawi	Africa South	3,872	21,279,597	0.02%	1,421	3,872	2,451	172.48%	0.11%
Malaysia	Asia	10,829	34,219,975	0.03%	8,967	10,829	1,862	20.77%	0.08%
Mali^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Africa West	70	21,359,722	0%	50	70	20	40%	0%
Malta	Europe Central	244	467,138	0.05%	159	244	85	53.46%	0%
Marshall Islands	Pacific	6,832	80,966	8.44%	6,030	6,832	802	13.3%	0.04%
Martinique	Caribbean	258	347,686	0.07%	199	258	59	29.65%	0%
Mauritius	Africa South	566	1,309,448	0.04%	428	566	138	32.24%	0.01%
Mexico	Mexico	1,507,720	129,875,529	1.16%	1,317,700	1,507,720	190,020	14.42%	8.63%
Moldova	Unassigned**	455	3,250,532	0.01%	364	455	91	25%	0%
Mongolia	Asia North	12,477	3,255,468	0.38%	10,591	12,477	1,886	17.81%	0.09%
Montenegro	Europe Central	32	602,445	0.01%	10	32	22	220%	0%
Morocco	ME/AN	95	37,067,420	0%	100	95	−5	-5%	-0%
Mozambique	Africa South	18,443	32,513,805	0.06%	6,029	18,443	12,414	205.9%	0.56%
Myanmar^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Asia	200	57,970,293	0%	170	200	30	17.65%	0%
Namibia	Africa South	1,110	2,777,232	0.04%	763	1,110	347	45.48%	0.02%
Nauru	Pacific	133	9,852	1.35%	101	133	32	31.68%	0%
Nepal^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Asia	180	30,899,443	0.001%	160	180	20	12.5%	0%
Netherlands	Europe Central	9,185	17,463,930	0.05%	9,247	9,185	−62	-0.67%	-0%
New Caledonia	Pacific	2,494	300,682	0.83%	2,138	2,494	356	16.65%	0.02%
New Zealand	Pacific	117,319	5,109,702	2.3%	107,511	117,319	9,808	9.12%	0.45%
Nicaragua	Central America	101,361	6,359,689	1.59%	80,605	101,361	20,756	25.75%	0.94%
Nigeria	Africa West	221,172	230,842,743	0.1%	109,998	221,172	111,174	101.07%	5.05%
Niue	Pacific	317	2,000	15.85%	281	317	36	12.81%	0%
North Macedonia^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Europe Central	41	2,133,410	0.002%	15	41	26	173.33%	0%
Northern Mariana Islands	Asia North	906	51,295	1.77%	756	906	150	19.84%	0.01%
Norway	Europe North	4,505	5,597,924	0.08%	4,556	4,505	−51	-1.12%	-0%
Oman^{[lower-alpha 3]}	ME/AN	107	3,833,465	0.003%	50	107	57	114%	0%
Pakistan^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Asia	4,000	247,653,551	0.002%	3,500	4,000	500	14.29%	0.02%
Palau	Asia North	543	21,779	2.49%	430	543	113	26.28%	0.01%
Panama	Central America	61,009	4,404,108	1.39%	48,669	61,009	12,340	25.35%	0.56%
Papua New Guinea	Pacific	36,626	9,819,350	0.37%	21,265	36,626	15,361	72.24%	0.7%
Paraguay	SA South	98,498	7,439,863	1.32%	84,806	98,498	13,692	16.15%	0.62%
Peru	SA Northwest	630,099	32,440,172	1.94%	527,759	630,099	102,340	19.39%	4.65%
Philippines	Philippines	853,254	116,434,200	0.73%	675,166	853,254	178,088	26.38%	8.09%
Poland	Europe Central	2,184	37,991,766	0.01%	1,780	2,184	404	22.7%	0.02%
Portugal	Europe North	46,849	10,223,150	0.46%	40,941	46,849	5,908	14.43%	0.27%
Puerto Rico	Caribbean	23,243	3,057,311	0.76%	21,174	23,243	2,069	9.77%	0.09%
Qatar^{[lower-alpha 3]}	ME/AN	537	2,532,104	0.02%	480	537	57	11.88%	0%
Republic of the Congo	Africa Central	11,481	5,677,493	0.2%	5,750	11,481	5,731	99.67%	0.26%
Réunion	Africa South	836	873,102	0.1%	882	836	−46	-5.22%	-0%
Romania	Europe Central	3,082	18,326,327	0.02%	3,002	3,082	80	2.66%	0%
Russia	Europe East	4,995	141,698,923	0.004%	21,709	4,995	−16,714	-76.99%	-0.76%
Rwanda	Africa Central	1,154	13,400,541	0.01%	121	1,154	1,033	853.72%	0.05%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean	219	54,817	0.4%	195	219	24	12.31%	0%
Saint Lucia	Caribbean	392	167,591	0.23%	261	392	131	50.19%	0.01%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean	726	100,804	0.72%	540	726	186	34.44%	0.01%
Samoa	Pacific	87,695	207,501	42.26%	73,827	87,695	13,868	18.78%	0.63%
Saudi Arabia(estimate)^{[lower-alpha 3]}	ME/AN	1,500	35,939,806	0.004%	20	1,500	1,480	7400%	0.07%
Senegal^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Africa West	108	18,384,660	0.001%	1,950	108	−1,842	-94.46%	-0.08%
Serbia	Europe Central	369	6,693,375	0.01%	308	369	61	19.81%	0%
Sierra Leone	Africa West	28,867	8,908,040	0.32%	11,664	28,867	17,203	147.49%	0.78%
Singapore	Asia	3,302	5,975,383	0.06%	3,573	3,302	−271	-7.58%	-0.01%
Sint Maarten	Caribbean	292	45,677	0.64%	230	292	62	26.96%	0%
Slovakia	Europe Central	305	5,425,319	0.01%	221	305	84	38.01%	0%
Slovenia	Europe Central	445	2,099,790	0.02%	411	445	34	8.27%	0%
Solomon Islands	Pacific	1,375	714,766	0.19%	509	1,375	866	170.14%	0.04%
South Africa	Africa South	70,690	58,048,332	0.12%	59,807	70,690	10,883	18.2%	0.49%
South Korea	Asia North	88,607	51,966,948	0.17%	85,628	88,607	2,979	3.48%	0.14%
South Sudan	Africa Central	100	12,118,379	0.001%	80	100	20	25%	0%
Spain	Europe Central	63,524	47,222,613	0.13%	50,049	63,524	13,475	26.92%	0.61%
Sri Lanka	Asia	1,662	23,326,272	0.01%	1,319	1,662	343	26%	0.02%
Suriname	Caribbean	1,797	639,759	0.28%	1,323	1,797	474	35.83%	0.02%
Sweden	Europe North	9,531	10,536,338	0.09%	9,404	9,531	127	1.35%	0.01%
Switzerland	Europe Central	9,205	8,563,760	0.11%	8,456	9,205	749	8.86%	0.03%
Syria(estimate)^{[lower-alpha 3]}	ME/AN	40	22,933,531	0%	30	40	10	33.33%	0%
Taiwan	Asia	62,229	23,588,613	0.26%	55,805	62,229	6,424	11.51%	0.29%
Tanzania	Africa Central	2,999	65,642,682	0.005%	1,220	2,999	1,779	145.82%	0.08%
Thailand	Asia	23,450	69,794,997	0.03%	17,424	23,450	6,026	34.58%	0.27%
Togo	Africa West	6,500	8,703,961	0.07%	1,861	6,500	4,639	249.27%	0.21%
Tonga	Pacific	68,600	105,221	65.2%	60,680	68,600	7,920	13.05%	0.36%
Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean	3,477	1,407,460	0.25%	3,058	3,477	419	13.7%	0.02%
Turkey	Europe Central	658	83,593,483	0.001%	313	658	345	110.22%	0.02%
Turks and Caicos Islands^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Caribbean	147	59,367	0.25%	82	147	65	79.27%	0%
Tuvalu	Pacific	344	11,639	2.96%	200	344	144	72%	0.01%
Uganda	Africa Central	20,693	47,729,952	0.04%	11,442	20,693	9,251	80.85%	0.42%
Ukraine	Unassigned**	10,344	43,306,477	0.02%	11,178	10,344	−834	-7.46%	-0.04%
United Arab Emirates	ME/AN	1,688	9,973,449	0.02%	965	1,688	723	74.92%	0.03%
United Kingdom	Europe North	186,933	68,138,484	0.27%	188,462	186,933	−1,529	-0.81%	-0.07%
United States	North America*	6,804,028	339,665,118	2%	6,321,416	6,804,028	482,612	7.63%	21.92%
United States Virgin Islands	Caribbean	616	104,917	0.59%	586	616	30	5.12%	0%
Uruguay	SA South	107,911	3,416,264	3.16%	99,758	107,911	8,153	8.17%	0.37%
Vanuatu	Pacific	11,304	313,046	3.61%	5,491	11,304	5,813	105.86%	0.26%
Venezuela	SA Northwest	175,753	30,518,260	0.58%	157,795	175,753	17,958	11.38%	0.82%
Vietnam^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Asia	2,466	104,799,174	0.002%	1,300	2,466	1,166	89.69%	0.05%
Zambia	Africa South	5,313	20,216,029	0.03%	3,044	5,313	2,269	74.54%	0.1%
Zimbabwe	Africa South	38,289	15,418,674	0.25%	23,117	38,289	15,172	65.63%	0.69%

December 31, 2022 Information released by the LDS Church. For countries without released info, the most recent year of released info or estimate were used.
This does not include member groups,^{[lower-alpha 8]} only congregations organized as ward or branch.^{[lower-alpha 9]}
2018 membership and congregational information shown.
Estimated 2015 membership information shown.
Estimated membership information was used for Mainland China.
2021 membership and congregational information shown.
2017 membership and congregational information shown.
member groups
"General Handbook: Groups in Stakes, Missions, and Areas". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved December 13, 2021.

*There are several areas that cover the US and Canada. This includes North America Central, North America Northeast, North America Southeast, North America Southwest, North America West, and Utah areas. Bermuda is in the North America Northeast area.

**Ukraine and Moldova are the only countries not assigned to an area and are administered by an authority in the Europe North Area.

Distribution maps

Membership

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership record count by country as of December 31, 2022, or the latest data or estimate available for country data not published by the church for that year

Percent members

Percentage of overall population who are members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Country or territory. Membership count used for percentage was as of December 31, 2022 or the latest data or estimate available for country data not published by the church for that year.

Congregations

Number of congregations of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as of December 31, 2019 or the latest data or estimate available for country data not published by the church for that year. Only wards and branches were counted as congregations and does not include member groups.^[12]

Areas

Main article: Area (LDS Church)

Africa Central Africa South Africa West Asia Asia North AN Brazil Caribbean Central America Europe Central EC Eurasian Europe North Mexico Middle East/Africa North North America Areas Philippines South America South U South America Northwest Pacific Areas of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints outside US and Canada.	North America Central North America Northeast North America Southeast North America Southwest North America West Utah Areas of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the US and Canada.

Temples

Main articles: List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region

Worldwide temples (edit)

= Operating
= Under construction
= Announced
= Temporarily Closed

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https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2023-statistical-report-church-jesus-christ
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"Insee - Population - Estimations de population - Pyramide des âges régionales et départementales". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
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External links

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Worldmapper
LDS Church Almanac

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