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]

Those who have been baptized and confirmed.
Those under age nine who have been blessed but not baptized.
Those who are not accountable because of intellectual disabilities, regardless of age.
Unblessed children under age eight when:
- Two member parents request it; or
- 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]

Countries

Country	Continent	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Districts	Stakes	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
Angola	Africa	3,490	32,522,339	0.01%	0	1	0	1	6	9	15	1
Benin	Africa	4,018	12,864,634	0.03%	0	1	1	1	7	12	19	1
Botswana	Africa	3,653	2,317,233	0.16%	0	0	0	1	9	6	15	2
Burundi	Africa	749	11,865,821	0.006%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Cameroon	Africa	2,245	27,744,989	0.008%	0	0	0	0	0	14	14	1
Cape Verde	Africa	15,780	583,255	2.71%	0	1	2	3	24	18	42	6
Central African Republic	Africa	248	5,990,855	0.004%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	52,241	27,481,086	0.19%	0	3	17	14	127	123	250	27
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	68,871	101,780,263	0.07%	1	4	1	23	178	33	211	24
Ethiopia	Africa	1,803	108,113,150	0.002%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1
Ghana	Africa	89,135	29,340,248	0.30%	1	4	11	25	188	140	328	53
Kenya	Africa	14,591	53,527,936	0.03%	0	1	6	2	13	41	54	5
Lesotho	Africa	1,303	1,969,334	0.07%	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	1
Liberia	Africa	14,538	5,073,296	0.29%	0	1	1	5	38	15	53	5
Madagascar	Africa	12,887	26,955,737	0.05%	0	1	3	2	16	26	42	10
Malawi	Africa	3,143	21,196,629	0.01%	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0
Mauritius	Africa	562	1,379,365	0.04%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
Mozambique	Africa	15,032	30,098,197	0.05%	0	1	2	4	25	19	44	8
Namibia	Africa	952	2,630,073	0.04%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1
Nigeria	Africa	192,144	214,028,302	0.09%	1	7	19	59	428	294	722	70
Republic of the Congo	Africa	8,542	5,293,070	0.16%	0	1	2	2	17	10	27	3
Reunion	Africa	958	859,959[7]	0.11%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5
Rwanda	Africa	755	12,712,431	0.006%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
Sierra Leone	Africa	22,787	6,624,933	0.34%	0	1	2	7	47	32	79	8
South Africa	Africa	68,772	56,463,617	0.12%	2	4	9	17	112	81	193	76
Swaziland	Africa	2,091	1,104,479	0.19%	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	2
Tanzania	Africa	1,793	58,552,845	0.003%	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	1
Togo	Africa	5,320	8,608,444	0.06%	0	0	2	0	14	7	21	1
Uganda	Africa	17,887	43,252,966	0.04%	0	1	4	3	16	20	36	8
Zambia	Africa	4,681	17,426,623	0.03%	0	1	2	1	7	6	13	2
Zimbabwe	Africa	34,330	14,546,314	0.24%	0	2	3	7	43	44	87	18
Bahrain	Asia	245	1,505,003	0.02%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Cambodia	Asia	15,187	16,926,984	0.09%	0	1	4	2	10	18	28	9
China	Asia		1,394,015,977
Hong Kong	Asia	25,083	7,249,907	0.35%	1	1	1	6	32	5	37	4
India	Asia	14,528	1,326,093,247	0.001%	0	2	3	4	21	25	46	15
Indonesia	Asia	7,561	267,026,366	0.003%	0	1	1	2	15	9	24	6
Israel	Asia	306	8,675,475	0.004%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0
Japan	Asia	130,340	125,507,472	0.10%	3	6	13	28	157	104	261	64
Kazakhstan	Asia	230	19,091,949	0.001%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Kuwait	Asia	365	2,993,706	0.01%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Macau	Asia	1,463	614,458	0.24%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Malaysia	Asia	10,845	32,652,083	0.03%	0	0	0	0	0	31	31	8
Mongolia	Asia	12,261	3,168,026	0.39%	0	1	1	2	12	12	24	9
Philippines	Asia	805,209	109,180,815	0.74%	2	23	63	115	721	518	1,239	183
Singapore	Asia	3,439	6,209,660	0.06%	0	1	0	1	7	0	7	1
South Korea	Asia	88,622	51,835,110	0.17%	1	3	5	12	61	40	101	18
Sri Lanka	Asia	1,631	22,889,201	0.007%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3
Taiwan	Asia	61,607	23,603,049	0.26%	1	2	0	16	98	10	108	12
Thailand	Asia	23,043	68,977,400	0.03%	0	1	2	4	20	21	41	8
United Arab Emirates	Asia	1,699	9,992,083	0.02%	0	0	0	1	5	1	6	1
Albania	Europe	3,216	3,074,579	0.10%	0	1	0	1	6	8	14	3
Andorra	Europe		77,000
Armenia	Europe	3,579	3,021,324	0.12%	0	1	2	0	0	11	11	4
Austria	Europe	4,693	8,859,449	0.05%	0	0	0	2	14	3	17	12
Belgium	Europe	6,605	11,720,716	0.06%	0	0	0	2	10	2	12	8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	73	3,835,586	0.002%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Bulgaria	Europe	2,440	6,966,899	0.04%	0	1	0	0	0	7	7	4
Croatia	Europe	635	4,227,746	0.02%	0	1	1	0	0	6	6	3
Cyprus	Europe	507	1,266,676	0.04%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3
Czech Republic	Europe	2,636	10,702,498	0.02%	0	1	0	1	7	5	12	2
Denmark	Europe	4,466	5,869,410	0.08%	1	1	0	2	13	9	22	13
Estonia	Europe	1,146	1,228,624	0.09%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	2
Finland	Europe	4,885	5,571,665	0.09%	1	1	2	2	15	16	31	28
France	Europe	39,930	67,848,156	0.06%	1	2	0	10	68	40	108	72
Georgia	Europe	246	3,997,000	0.006%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Germany	Europe	39,724	80,159,662	0.05%	2	3	0	14	94	56	150	97
Greece	Europe	804	10,607,051	0.008%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Guernsey	Europe	62	67,052	0.09%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Hungary	Europe	5,231	9,771,827	0.05%	0	1	2	1	5	17	22	13
Iceland	Europe	300	350,734	0.09%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Ireland	Europe	3,985	5,176,569	0.08%	0	0	0	1	5	8	13	3
Isle of Man	Europe	290	90,499	0.32%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Italy	Europe	27,486	62,402,659	0.04%	1	2	0	10	62	33	95	53
Jersey	Europe	290	101,073	0.29%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Latvia	Europe	1,272	1,881,232	0.07%	0	1	1	0	0	5	5	3
Lithuania	Europe	925	2,731,464	0.03%	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	4
Luxembourg	Europe	505	628,381	0.08%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Malta	Europe	215	457,267	0.05%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Moldova	Europe	430	3,364,496	0.01%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1
Montenegro	Europe	36	609,859	0.006%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Netherlands	Europe	9,326	17,280,397	0.05%	1	1	0	3	20	4	24	10
Norway	Europe	4,564	5,467,439	0.08%	0	1	0	2	11	9	20	15
Poland	Europe	2,058	38,282,325	0.005%	0	1	2	0	0	13	13	6
Portugal	Europe	45,576	10,302,674	0.44%	1	1	4	6	32	35	67	24
Romania	Europe	3,064	21,302,893	0.01%	0	0	0	0	0	15	15	3
Russia	Europe		141,722,205
Serbia	Europe	368	7,012,165	0.005%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2
Slovakia	Europe	302	5,440,602	0.006%	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0
Slovenia	Europe	431	2,102,678	0.02%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Spain	Europe	59,730	50,015,792	0.12%	1	2	2	15	93	44	137	56
Sweden	Europe	9,649	10,202,491	0.09%	1	1	1	4	25	15	40	37
Switzerland	Europe	9,071	8,403,994	0.11%	1	0	0	5	27	8	35	14
Turkey	Europe	512	82,017,514	0.001%	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0
Ukraine	Europe	11,242	43,922,939	0.03%	1	2	4	1	8	40	48	35
United Kingdom	Europe	188,187	65,761,117	0.29%	2	5	0	45	279	41	320	122
Antigua and Barbuda	North America	264	98,179	0.27%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Aruba	North America	590	119,428	0.49%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Bahamas	North America	1,074	337,721	0.32%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Barbados	North America	1,089	294,560	0.37%	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	1
Belize	North America	5,485	399,598	1.37%	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	2
Canada	North America	199,054	37,694,085	0.53%	8	6	4	51	348	149	497	156
Cayman Islands	North America	231	61,944	0.37%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Costa Rica	North America	51,320	5,097,988	1.01%	1	2	1	10	59	20	79	14
Curacao	North America	565	151,345	0.37%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Dominica	North America	145	74,243	0.20%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dominican Republic	North America	143,870	10,499,707	1.37%	1	3	9	21	130	66	196	31
El Salvador	North America	128,881	6,481,102	1.99%	1	3	0	22	129	29	158	26
Grenada	North America	438	113,094	0.39%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Guadeloupe	North America	547	376,879[7]	0.15%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Guatemala	North America	281,465	17,153,288	1.64%	2	7	12	51	300	138	438	66
Haiti	North America	24,192	11,067,777	0.22%	1	1	4	5	27	21	48	11
Honduras	North America	180,646	9,235,340	1.96%	1	4	5	31	179	60	239	32
Jamaica	North America	6,668	2,808,570	0.24%	0	1	1	1	6	12	18	7
Martinique	North America	252	358,749[7]	0.07%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Mexico	North America	1,481,530	128,649,565	1.15%	13	32	47	222	1,356	487	1,843	278
Nicaragua	North America	100,331	6,203,441	1.62%	0	2	4	12	73	39	112	14
Panama	North America	59,526	3,894,082	1.53%	1	1	4	7	44	29	73	14
Puerto Rico	North America	23,395	3,189,068	0.73%	0	1	0	5	27	12	39	8
Saint Kitts and Nevis	North America	230	53,821	0.43%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Saint Lucia	North America	395	166,487	0.24%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	North America	716	101,390	0.71%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Sint Maarten	North America	297	43,847	0.68%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Trinidad and Tobago	North America	3,524	1,208,789	0.29%	0	1	0	1	5	4	9	1
United States	North America	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	North America	589	106,235	0.55%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
American Samoa	Oceania	16,490	49,437	33.36%	0	0	0	5	38	5	43	5
Australia	Oceania	154,595	25,466,459	0.61%	5	5	7	42	232	76	308	145
Cook Islands	Oceania	1,865	8,574	21.76%	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	3
Fiji	Oceania	22,154	935,974	2.37%	1	1	3	4	27	24	51	10
French Polynesia	Oceania	28,704	295,121	9.73%	1	1	2	11	73	23	96	22
Guam	Oceania	2,550	168,485	1.51%	0	1	0	1	4	1	5	1
Kiribati	Oceania	20,946	111,796	18.74%	0	0	0	2	11	26	37	2
Marshall Islands	Oceania	6,976	77,917	8.95%	0	1	0	2	12	1	13	3
Federated States of Micronesia	Oceania	6,307	102,436	6.16%	0	0	0	1	5	19	24	11
Nauru	Oceania	126	11,000	1.15%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
New Caledonia	Oceania	2,500	290,009	0.86%	0	0	0	1	6	3	9	3
New Zealand	Oceania	115,236	4,925,477	2.34%	1	3	2	30	177	51	228	52
Niue	Oceania	308	2,000	15.40%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania	865	51,433	1.68%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Palau	Oceania	509	21,685	2.35%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Papua New Guinea	Oceania	30,825	7,259,456	0.42%	0	2	12	2	10	71	81	2
Samoa	Oceania	83,740	203,774	41.09%	1	1	0	20	151	11	162	20
Solomon Islands	Oceania	1,332	685,097	0.19%	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0
Tonga	Oceania	66,361	106,095	62.55%	1	1	2	21	139	34	173	21
Tuvalu	Oceania	296	11,342	2.61%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Vanuatu	Oceania	10,210	298,333	3.42%	0	1	3	1	5	32	37	2
Argentina	South America	470,843	45,479,118	1.04%	2	13	27	78	484	250	734	123
Bolivia	South America	212,148	11,639,909	1.82%	1	5	8	33	207	63	270	52
Brazil	South America	1,429,935	211,715,973	0.68%	7	35	39	277	1,747	395	2,142	359
Chile	South America	602,373	18,186,770	3.31%	2	10	16	74	410	158	568	100
Colombia	South America	209,985	49,084,841	0.43%	2	5	10	30	176	73	249	51
Ecuador	South America	253,781	16,904,867	1.50%	1	5	6	42	261	52	313	57
French Guiana	South America	488	290,691[7]	0.18%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Guyana	South America	6,264	750,204	0.84%	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	4
Paraguay	South America	96,114	7,191,685	1.34%	1	2	9	11	61	73	134	19
Peru	South America	619,045	31,914,989	1.94%	3	14	17	112	666	114	780	160
Suriname	South America	1,747	609,569	0.29%	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	3
Uruguay	South America	107,103	3,387,605	3.16%	1	2	2	18	100	34	134	23
Venezuela	South America	168,539	28,644,603	0.59%	1	4	5	34	178	50	228	48

References

"LDS Statistics and Church Facts". Mormon Newsroom.
"The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
"Membership record". LDSTech Wiki. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
Peggy Fletcher Stack (2005). Keeping members a challenge for LDS church, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 26, 2005; accessed 20 December 2017
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[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

[france-7] "Insee - Population - Estimations de population - Pyramide des âges régionales et départementales". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 2019-04-13.

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