The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics

The tables on this page represents Latter-day Saint membership, as reported by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), as of December 31, 2019.[1] Except where indicated, general population figures are based on the latest CIA estimates (primarily for July 2020).[2] 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.

In 2019, the LDS Church had 30,940 congregations and a reported membership of 16,565,036.[1]

Membership defined

The LDS Church defines membership as:[3]

1. Those who have been baptized and confirmed.
2. Those under age nine who have been blessed but not baptized.
3. Those who are not accountable because of intellectual disabilities, regardless of age.
4. Unblessed children under age eight when:
   • Two member parents request it.
   • One member parent requests it and the nonmember parent gives permission.

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).[4] 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 use of alcohol, tobacco, coffee and tea.[5] 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.[6]

Regions

Africa

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Districts	Stakes	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
Angola	3,490	32,522,339	0.01%	0	1	0	1	6	9	15	1
Benin	4,018	12,864,634	0.03%	0	1	1	1	7	12	19	1
Botswana	3,653	2,317,233	0.16%	0	0	0	1	9	6	15	2
Burundi	749	11,865,821	0.006%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Cameroon	2,245	27,744,989	0.008%	0	0	0	0	0	14	14	1
Cape Verde	15,780	583,255	2.71%	0	1	2	3	24	18	42	6
Central African Republic	248	5,990,855	0.004%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Cote d'Ivoire	52,241	27,481,086	0.19%	0	3	17	14	127	123	250	27
Democratic Republic of the Congo	68,871	101,780,263	0.07%	1	4	1	23	178	33	211	24
Ethiopia	1,803	108,113,150	0.002%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1
Ghana	89,135	29,340,248	0.30%	1	4	11	25	188	140	328	53
Kenya	14,591	53,527,936	0.03%	0	1	6	2	13	41	54	5
Lesotho	1,303	1,969,334	0.07%	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	1
Liberia	14,538	5,073,296	0.29%	0	1	1	5	38	15	53	5
Madagascar	12,887	26,955,737	0.05%	0	1	3	2	16	26	42	10
Malawi	3,143	21,196,629	0.01%	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0
Mauritius	562	1,379,365	0.04%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
Mozambique	15,032	30,098,197	0.05%	0	1	2	4	25	19	44	8
Namibia	952	2,630,073	0.04%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1
Nigeria	192,144	214,028,302	0.09%	1	7	19	59	428	294	722	70
Republic of the Congo	8,542	5,293,070	0.16%	0	1	2	2	17	10	27	3
Reunion	958	859,959[7]	0.11%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5
Rwanda	755	12,712,431	0.006%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
Sierra Leone	22,787	6,624,933	0.34%	0	1	2	7	47	32	79	8
South Africa	68,772	56,463,617	0.12%	2	4	9	17	112	81	193	76
Swaziland	2,091	1,104,479	0.19%	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	2
Tanzania	1,793	58,552,845	0.003%	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	1
Togo	5,320	8,608,444	0.06%	0	0	2	0	14	7	21	1
Uganda	17,887	43,252,966	0.04%	0	1	4	3	16	20	36	8
Zambia	4,681	17,426,623	0.03%	0	1	2	1	7	6	13	2
Zimbabwe	34,330	14,546,314	0.24%	0	2	3	7	43	44	87	18
Totals	666,508			4	35					2,327	343

Asia

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Districts	Stakes	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
Bahrain	245	1,505,003	0.02%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Cambodia	15,187	16,926,984	0.09%	0	1	4	2	10	18	28	9
China		1,394,015,977
Hong Kong	25,083	7,249,907	0.35%	1	1	1	6	32	5	37	4
India	14,528	1,326,093,247	0.001%	0	2	3	4	21	25	46	15
Indonesia	7,561	267,026,366	0.003%	0	1	1	2	15	9	24	6
Israel	306	8,675,475	0.004%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0
Japan	130,340	125,507,472	0.10%	3	6	13	28	157	104	261	64
Kazakhstan	230	19,091,949	0.001%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Kuwait	365	2,993,706	0.01%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Macau	1,463	614,458	0.24%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Malaysia	10,845	32,652,083	0.03%	0	0	0	0	0	31	31	8
Mongolia	12,261	3,168,026	0.39%	0	1	1	2	12	12	24	9
Philippines	805,209	109,180,815	0.74%	2	23	63	115	721	518	1,239	183
Singapore	3,439	6,209,660	0.06%	0	1	0	1	7	0	7	1
South Korea	88,622	51,835,110	0.17%	1	3	5	12	61	40	101	18
Sri Lanka	1,631	22,889,201	0.007%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3
Taiwan	61,607	23,603,049	0.26%	1	2	0	16	98	10	108	12
Thailand	23,043	68,977,400	0.03%	0	1	2	4	20	21	41	8
United Arab Emirates	1,699	9,992,083	0.02%	0	0	0	1	5	1	6	1
Totals	1,230,515			8	44					2,130	354

Europe

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Districts	Stakes	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
Albania	3,216	3,074,579	0.10%	0	1	0	1	6	8	14	3
Andorra		77,000
Armenia	3,579	3,021,324	0.12%	0	1	2	0	0	11	11	4
Austria	4,693	8,859,449	0.05%	0	0	0	2	14	3	17	12
Belgium	6,605	11,720,716	0.06%	0	0	0	2	10	2	12	8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	73	3,835,586	0.002%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Bulgaria	2,440	6,966,899	0.04%	0	1	0	0	0	7	7	4
Croatia	635	4,227,746	0.02%	0	1	1	0	0	6	6	3
Cyprus	507	1,266,676	0.04%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3
Czech Republic	2,636	10,702,498	0.02%	0	1	0	1	7	5	12	2
Denmark	4,466	5,869,410	0.08%	1	1	0	2	13	9	22	13
Estonia	1,146	1,228,624	0.09%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	2
Finland	4,885	5,571,665	0.09%	1	1	2	2	15	16	31	28
France	39,930	67,848,156	0.06%	1	2	0	10	68	40	108	72
Georgia	246	3,997,000	0.006%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Germany	39,724	80,159,662	0.05%	2	3	0	14	94	56	150	97
Greece	804	10,607,051	0.008%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Guernsey	62	67,052	0.09%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Hungary	5,231	9,771,827	0.05%	0	1	2	1	5	17	22	13
Iceland	300	350,734	0.09%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Ireland	3,985	5,176,569	0.08%	0	0	0	1	5	8	13	3
Isle of Man	290	90,499	0.32%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Italy	27,486	62,402,659	0.04%	1	2	0	10	62	33	95	53
Jersey	290	101,073	0.29%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Latvia	1,272	1,881,232	0.07%	0	1	1	0	0	5	5	3
Lithuania	925	2,731,464	0.03%	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	4
Luxembourg	505	628,381	0.08%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Malta	215	457,267	0.05%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Moldova	430	3,364,496	0.01%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1
Montenegro	36	609,859	0.006%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Netherlands	9,326	17,280,397	0.05%	1	1	0	3	20	4	24	10
Norway	4,564	5,467,439	0.08%	0	1	0	2	11	9	20	15
Poland	2,058	38,282,325	0.005%	0	1	2	0	0	13	13	6
Portugal	45,576	10,302,674	0.44%	1	1	4	6	32	35	67	24
Romania	3,064	21,302,893	0.01%	0	0	0	0	0	15	15	3
Russia		141,722,205
Serbia	368	7,012,165	0.005%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2
Slovakia	302	5,440,602	0.006%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0
Slovenia	431	2,102,678	0.02%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Spain	59,730	50,015,792	0.12%	1	2	2	15	93	44	137	56
Sweden	9,649	10,202,491	0.09%	1	1	1	4	25	15	40	37
Switzerland	9,071	8,403,994	0.11%	1	0	0	5	27	8	35	14
Turkey	512	82,017,514	0.001%	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0
Ukraine	11,242	43,922,939	0.03%	1	2	4	1	8	40	48	35
United Kingdom	188,187	65,761,117	0.29%	2	5	0	45	279	41	320	122
Totals	497,436			14	34					1,374	654

North America

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Districts	Stakes	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
Antigua and Barbuda	264	98,179	0.27%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Aruba	590	119,428	0.49%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Bahamas	1,074	337,721	0.32%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Barbados	1,089	294,560	0.37%	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	1
Belize	5,485	399,598	1.37%	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	2
Canada	199,054	37,694,085	0.53%	8	6	4	51	348	149	497	156
Cayman Islands	231	61,944	0.37%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Costa Rica	51,320	5,097,988	1.01%	1	2	1	10	59	20	79	14
Curacao	565	151,345	0.37%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Dominica	145	74,243	0.20%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dominican Republic	143,870	10,499,707	1.37%	1	3	9	21	130	66	196	31
El Salvador	128,881	6,481,102	1.99%	1	3	0	22	129	29	158	26
Grenada	438	113,094	0.39%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Guadeloupe	547	376,879[7]	0.15%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Guatemala	281,465	17,153,288	1.64%	2	7	12	51	300	138	438	66
Haiti	24,192	11,067,777	0.22%	1	1	4	5	27	21	48	11
Honduras	180,646	9,235,340	1.96%	1	4	5	31	179	60	239	32
Jamaica	6,668	2,808,570	0.24%	0	1	1	1	6	12	18	7
Martinique	252	358,749[7]	0.07%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Mexico	1,481,530	128,649,565	1.15%	13	32	47	222	1,356	487	1,843	278
Nicaragua	100,331	6,203,441	1.62%	0	2	4	12	73	39	112	14
Panama	59,526	3,894,082	1.53%	1	1	4	7	44	29	73	14
Puerto Rico	23,395	3,189,068	0.73%	0	1	0	5	27	12	39	8
Saint Kitts and Nevis	230	53,821	0.43%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Saint Lucia	395	166,487	0.24%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	716	101,390	0.71%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Sint Maarten	297	43,847	0.68%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Trinidad and Tobago	3,524	1,208,789	0.29%	0	1	0	1	5	4	9	1
United States	6,721,032	332,639,102	2.02%	81	108	5	1,642	12,677	1,782	14,459	1,870
Virgin Islands of the US	589	106,235	0.55%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Totals	9,419,307			110	173					18,256	2,543

Oceania

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Districts	Stakes	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
American Samoa	16,490	49,437	33.36%	0	0	0	5	38	5	43	5
Australia	154,595	25,466,459	0.61%	5	5	7	42	232	76	308	145
Cook Islands	1,865	8,574	21.76%	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	3
Fiji	22,154	935,974	2.37%	1	1	3	4	27	24	51	10
French Polynesia	28,704	295,121	9.73%	1	1	2	11	73	23	96	22
Guam	2,550	168,485	1.51%	0	1	0	1	4	1	5	1
Kiribati	20,946	111,796	18.74%	0	0	0	2	11	26	37	2
Marshall Islands	6,976	77,917	8.95%	0	1	0	2	12	1	13	3
Micronesia	6,307	102,436	6.16%	0	0	0	1	5	19	24	11
Nauru	126	11,000	1.15%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
New Caledonia	2,500	290,009	0.86%	0	0	0	1	6	3	9	3
New Zealand	115,236	4,925,477	2.34%	1	3	2	30	177	51	228	52
Niue	308	2,000	15.40%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Northern Mariana Islands	865	51,433	1.68%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Palau	509	21,685	2.35%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Papua New Guinea	30,825	7,259,456	0.42%	0	2	12	2	10	71	81	2
Samoa	83,740	203,774	41.09%	1	1	0	20	151	11	162	20
Solomon Islands	1,332	685,097	0.19%	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0
Tonga	66,361	106,095	62.55%	1	1	2	21	139	34	173	21
Tuvalu	296	11,342	2.61%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Vanuatu	10,210	298,333	3.42%	0	1	3	1	5	32	37	2
Totals	572,895			10	17					1,283	304

South America

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Districts	Stakes	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
Argentina	470,843	45,479,118	1.04%	2	13	27	78	484	250	734	123
Bolivia	212,148	11,639,909	1.82%	1	5	8	33	207	63	270	52
Brazil	1,429,935	211,715,973	0.68%	7	35	39	277	1,747	395	2,142	359
Chile	602,373	18,186,770	3.31%	2	10	16	74	410	158	568	100
Colombia	209,985	49,084,841	0.43%	2	5	10	30	176	73	249	51
Ecuador	253,781	16,904,867	1.50%	1	5	6	42	261	52	313	57
French Guiana	488	290,691[7]	0.18%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Guyana	6,264	750,204	0.84%	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	4
Paraguay	96,114	7,191,685	1.34%	1	2	9	11	61	73	134	19
Peru	619,045	31,914,989	1.94%	3	14	17	112	666	114	780	160
Suriname	1,747	609,569	0.29%	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	3
Uruguay	107,103	3,387,605	3.16%	1	2	2	18	100	34	134	23
Venezuela	168,539	28,644,603	0.59%	1	4	5	34	178	50	228	48
Totals	4,178,375			21	95					5,570	1,000

See also

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership history
• LDS membership statistics (Canada)
• LDS membership statistics (United States)
• Mormons
• Mormonism

References

1. "LDS Statistics and Church Facts". Mormon Newsroom.
2. "The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
3. "Membership record". LDSTech Wiki. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
4. Peggy Fletcher Stack (2005). Keeping members a challenge for LDS church, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 26, 2005; accessed 20 December 2017
5. Dallin H. Oaks (2003; adapted from a 2000 speech). The Role of Members in Conversion, TheEnsign.com; accessed 20 December 2017
6. Stacy Willis (2001). Mormon Church is funding its future, The Las Vegas Sun; accessed 20 December 2017
7. "Insee - Population - Estimations de population - Pyramide des âges régionales et départementales". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 2019-04-13.

External links

• adherents.com
• Worldmapper
• LDS Church Almanac