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

For churchwide membership history, see Membership history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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	3,565
Districts	489
Missions	414
Temples	199 in operation
FamilySearch Centers	6,492 [2]

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

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 the church releases includes a count of membership, stakes, wards, branches, missions, temples, and FamilySearch 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, 2023.

At the end of 2023, the LDS Church had 31,490 congregations and a reported membership of 17,255,394. ^[1]

Membership defined

The LDS Church defines membership as a count of living individuals who: ^[3]

1. have been baptized and confirmed.
2. are under age nine and have been blessed but not baptized.
3. are not accountable because of intellectual disabilities, regardless of age.
4. 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. ^[4]

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). ^[5] 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. ^[6] 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. ^[7]

Countries

The tables on this section represents Latter-day Saint membership, as reported by the Church, as of December 31, 2023. ^[8] Except where indicated, general population figures are based on the latest CIA estimates (primarily for 2024). ^[9] 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

Country [a]	Area	Temples				Mis­sions	Dis­tricts	Stakes	Con­gre­ga­tions [b]			FSC
		O	U	A	T				Wards	Bran­ches	Total
Albania	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	8	14	4
American Samoa	Pacific	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	39	5	44	6
Andorra [c]	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Angola	Africa South	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	13	12	25	1
Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Argentina	SA South	4	1	2	7	13	25	79	491	238	729	135
Armenia	Europe East	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	7	4
Aruba	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Australia	Pacific	5	0	1	6	5	4	41	236	70	306	275
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 [d]	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 [c]	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	0	0	0	12	12	2
Benin	Africa West	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	21	5	26	1
Bermuda [c]	North America*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bolivia	SA Northwest	1	1	1	3	5	8	33	211	62	273	55
Bonaire [d]	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	1	1	0
Botswana	Africa South	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	8	17	2
Brazil	Brazil	11	3	8	22	36	39	285	1,783	389	2,172	387
British Virgin Islands [c]	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	0	0	0	4	4	1
Cambodia	Asia	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	10	18	28	12
Cameroon	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	16	16	1
Canada	North America*	9	0	2	11	6	4	53	347	142	489	440
Cape Verde	Europe North	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	28	12	40	7
Cayman Islands	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Central African Republic	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Chile	SA South	2	2	2	6	10	11	78	441	130	571	106
China (mainland) [e]	Asia	0	0	1	1	0	12	0	0	65	65	3
Colombia	SA Northwest	2	0	2	4	5	10	31	174	82	256	57
Cook Islands	Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	3
Costa Rica	Central America	1	0	0	1	2	1	10	60	20	80	16
Croatia	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	6	4
Cuba [c]	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	0	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	2	4	5	3	27	237	52	289	24
Denmark	Europe North	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	13	8	21	13
Djibouti [d]	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	1	2	3	9	22	146	57	203	32
Ecuador	SA Northwest	2	0	0	2	6	4	44	271	56	327	58
Egypt [d]	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
El Salvador	Central America	1	0	1	2	3	0	22	127	28	155	25
Estonia	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	2
Eswatini	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	2
Ethiopia	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	8	1
Federated States of Micronesia	Asia North	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	17	22	11
Fiji	Pacific	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	27	25	52	10
Finland	Europe North	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	18	11	29	29
France	Europe Central	1	0	0	1	2	0	10	70	38	108	77
French Guiana	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
French Polynesia	Pacific	1	0	1	2	1	2	11	75	22	97	28
Gabon [c]	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Georgia	Europe East	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Germany	Europe Central	2	0	1	3	3	1	14	102	48	150	101
Ghana	Africa West	1	0	2	3	4	11	29	212	158	370	54
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	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Guam	Asia North	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	4	2
Guatemala	Central America	3	1	2	6	7	12	52	296	143	439	70
Guernsey	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Guinea [c]	Africa West	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Guyana	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	4
Haiti	Caribbean	1	0	0	1	1	4	5	31	19	50	11
Honduras	Central America	2	0	0	2	4	5	31	178	61	239	43
Hong Kong	Asia	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	21	5	26	7
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	4	4	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	11
Ireland	Europe North	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	8	13	16
Isle of Man	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Israel	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
Italy	Europe Central	1	0	1	2	2	0	10	62	32	94	60
Ivory Coast	Africa West	0	1	0	1	4	12	20	154	108	262	27
Jamaica	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	12	18	7
Japan	Asia North	4	0	1	5	6	11	22	143	89	232	63
Jersey	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Jordan [d]	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0
Kazakhstan	Europe East	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Kenya	Africa Central	0	1	0	1	1	6	3	17	52	69	5
Kiribati	Pacific	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	12	31	43	2
Kosovo [f]	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 [d]	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 [d]	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Lesotho	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	1
Liberia	Africa West	0	0	1	1	1	1	6	50	25	75	5
Lithuania	Europe North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	4
Luxembourg	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1
Macau	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Madagascar	Africa South	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	24	20	44	10
Malawi	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	0
Malaysia	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	24	9
Mali [c]	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	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mauritius	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Mexico	Mexico	14	3	9	26	32	44	230	1,394	482	1,876	298
Moldova	Unassigned**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Mongolia	Asia North	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	12	12	24	10
Montenegro	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Morocco [c]	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mozambique	Africa South	0	0	2	2	2	2	7	40	29	69	8
Myanmar [d]	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Namibia	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	1
Nauru	Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Nepal [d]	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	10
New Caledonia	Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	9	3
New Zealand	Pacific	1	1	1	3	3	2	30	176	50	226	145
Nicaragua	Central America	0	1	0	1	2	4	12	71	38	109	19
Nigeria	Africa West	1	0	5	6	9	14	71	528	282	810	68
Niue	Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
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	10	9	19	17
Oman [c]	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Pakistan [d]	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	32	75	15
Papua New Guinea	Pacific	0	1	0	1	2	12	2	10	84	94	2
Paraguay	SA South	1	0	0	1	2	9	11	62	71	133	21
Peru	SA Northwest	4	0	5	9	14	17	115	666	118	784	177
Philippines	Philippines	3	4	6	13	23	53	128	810	486	1,296	191
Poland	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11	11	11
Portugal	Europe North	1	0	0	1	1	1	7	41	21	62	24
Puerto Rico	Caribbean	1	0	0	1	1	1	5	27	11	38	10
Qatar [c]	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	29	7	36	3
Réunion	Africa South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0
Romania	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	15	15	3
Russia	Europe East	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	14	43	57	0
Rwanda	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9	9	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	0	0	0	3	3	1
Samoa	Pacific	1	0	1	2	1	0	20	161	7	168	20
Saudi Arabia [c] (estimate)	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	0
Senegal [c]	Africa West	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Serbia	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2
Sierra Leone	Africa West	0	1	0	1	1	2	10	69	25	94	8
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	0	0	0	4	4	1
Slovenia	Europe Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	18	112	82	194	79
South Korea	Asia North	1	0	1	2	3	5	12	60	39	99	24
Spain	Europe Central	1	0	1	2	3	1	15	95	41	136	58
Sri Lanka	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	3
Suriname	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	3
Sweden	Europe North	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	25	15	40	39
Switzerland	Europe Central	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	26	8	34	13
Syria [c] (estimate)	ME/AN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Taiwan	Asia	1	1	0	2	2	0	16	89	10	99	14
Tanzania	Africa Central	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	25	25	1
Thailand	Asia	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	21	21	42	29
Togo	Africa West	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	6	25	1
Tonga	Pacific	1	1	0	2	1	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	7	7	0
Turks and Caicos Islands [c]	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	1	1	1	3	3	18	21	39	8
Ukraine	Unassigned**	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	13	31	44	34
United Arab Emirates	ME/AN	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	1	6	0
United Kingdom	Europe North	2	0	2	4	6	0	41	265	42	307	159
United States	North America*	96	20	37	153	110	6	1,693	12,792	1,801	14,593	3,539
United States Virgin Islands	Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Uruguay	SA South	1	0	0	1	2	2	18	97	33	130	24
Vanuatu	Pacific	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	5	34	39	2
Venezuela	SA Northwest	1	0	1	2	4	6	33	177	57	234	53
Vietnam [c]	Asia	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	11	11	2
Zambia	Africa South	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	11	17	2
Zimbabwe	Africa South	0	1	0	1	2	1	9	63	37	100	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

Country [a]	Area	Members	Population	%LDS	2013	Change	Growth (%)	% of total growth
Albania	Europe Central	3,328	3,107,100	0.107%	2,477	851	34.356%	0.039%
American Samoa	Pacific	16,611	43,895	37.843%	16,621	−10	-0.06%	-0%
Andorra [c]	Europe Central	70	85,370	0.082%	66	4	6.061%	0%
Angola	Africa South	5,898	37,202,061	0.016%	1,436	4,462	310.724%	0.205%
Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean	313	102,634	0.305%	196	117	59.694%	0.005%
Argentina	SA South	481,518	46,994,384	1.025%	432,007	49,511	11.461%	2.278%
Armenia	Europe East	3,572	2,976,765	0.12%	3,159	413	13.074%	0.019%
Aruba	Caribbean	638	125,063	0.51%	511	127	24.853%	0.006%
Australia	Pacific	157,079	26,768,598	0.587%	143,891	13,188	9.165%	0.607%
Austria	Europe Central	4,648	8,967,982	0.052%	4,469	179	4.005%	0.008%
Bahamas	Caribbean	1,076	410,862	0.262%	998	78	7.816%	0.004%
Bahrain	ME/AN	261	1,566,888	0.017%	200	61	30.5%	0.003%
Bangladesh [d]	Asia	50	168,697,184	0%	43	7	16.279%	0%
Barbados	Caribbean	1,185	304,139	0.39%	908	277	30.507%	0.013%
Belarus [c]	Europe East	469	9,501,451	0.005%	600	−131	-21.833%	-0.006%
Belgium	Europe Central	6,685	11,977,634	0.056%	6,415	270	4.209%	0.012%
Belize	Central America	5,631	415,789	1.354%	4,807	824	17.142%	0.038%
Benin	Africa West	6,140	14,697,052	0.042%	1,439	4,701	326.685%	0.216%
Bermuda [c]	North America*	197	72,800	0.271%	156	41	26.282%	0.002%
Bolivia	SA Northwest	225,140	12,311,974	1.829%	192,339	32,801	17.054%	1.509%
Bonaire [d]	Caribbean	80	24,090	0.332%	78	2	2.564%	0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe Central	78	3,798,671	0.002%	100	−22	-22%	-0.001%
Botswana	Africa South	4,406	2,450,668	0.18%	3,021	1,385	45.846%	0.064%
Brazil	Brazil	1,494,571	220,051,512	0.679%	1,289,376	205,195	15.914%	9.441%
British Virgin Islands [c]	Caribbean	138	40,102	0.344%	150	−12	-8%	-0.001%
Bulgaria	Europe Central	2,414	6,782,659	0.036%	2,402	12	0.5%	0.001%
Burundi	Africa Central	1,541	13,590,102	0.011%	409	1,132	276.773%	0.052%
Cambodia	Asia	16,857	17,063,669	0.099%	12,882	3,975	30.857%	0.183%
Cameroon	Africa Central	3,071	30,966,105	0.01%	1,359	1,712	125.975%	0.079%
Canada	North America*	203,339	38,794,813	0.524%	192,299	11,040	5.741%	0.508%
Cape Verde	Europe North	17,124	611,014	2.803%	10,796	6,328	58.614%	0.291%
Cayman Islands	Caribbean	234	66,653	0.351%	201	33	16.418%	0.002%
Central African Republic	Africa Central	278	5,650,957	0.005%	187	91	48.663%	0.004%
Chile	SA South	607,583	18,664,652	3.255%	579,235	28,348	4.894%	1.304%
China [e]	Asia	10,500	1,416,043,270	0.001%	11,500	−1,000	-8.696%	-0.046%
Colombia	SA Northwest	215,331	49,588,357	0.434%	190,577	24,754	12.989%	1.139%
Cook Islands	Pacific	1,888	7,761	24.327%	1,849	39	2.109%	0.002%
Costa Rica	Central America	54,473	5,265,575	1.035%	44,627	9,846	22.063%	0.453%
Croatia	Europe Central	655	4,150,116	0.016%	588	67	11.395%	0.003%
Cuba [c]	Caribbean	357	10,966,038	0.003%	44	313	711.364%	0.014%
Curaçao	Caribbean	589	153,289	0.384%	552	37	6.703%	0.002%
Cyprus	Europe Central	596	1,320,525	0.045%	448	148	33.036%	0.007%
Czechia	Europe Central	2,679	10,837,890	0.025%	2,396	283	11.811%	0.013%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa Central	115,027	115,403,027	0.1%	37,909	77,118	203.429%	3.548%
Denmark	Europe North	4,357	5,973,136	0.073%	4,355	2	0.046%	0%
Djibouti	Africa Central	10	994,974	0.001%	50	−40	-80%	-0.002%
Dominica	Caribbean	167	74,661	0.224%	182	−15	-8.242%	-0.001%
Dominican Republic	Caribbean	149,655	10,815,857	1.384%	127,530	22,125	17.349%	1.018%
Ecuador	SA Northwest	264,802	18,309,984	1.446%	229,294	35,508	15.486%	1.634%
Egypt [d]	ME/AN	100	111,247,248	0%	100	0	0%	0%
El Salvador	Central America	129,963	6,628,702	1.961%	120,317	9,646	8.017%	0.444%
Estonia	Europe North	1,125	1,193,791	0.094%	1,099	26	2.366%	0.001%
Eswatini	Africa South	2,253	1,138,089	0.198%	1,522	731	48.029%	0.034%
Ethiopia	Africa Central	2,193	118,550,298	0.002%	1,678	515	30.691%	0.024%
Federated States of Micronesia	Asia North	5,940	99,603	5.964%	5,643	297	5.263%	0.014%
Fiji	Pacific	23,898	951,611	2.511%	18,340	5,558	30.305%	0.256%
Finland	Europe North	4,898	5,626,414	0.087%	4,866	32	0.658%	0.001%
France	Europe Central	39,097	68,374,591	0.057%	37,364	1,733	4.638%	0.08%
French Guiana	Caribbean	507	295,385	0.172%	373	134	35.925%	0.006%
French Polynesia	Pacific	29,700	303,540	9.785%	24,755	4,945	19.976%	0.228%
Gabon [c]	Africa Central	302	2,455,105	0.012%	19	283	1489.474%	0.013%
Georgia	Europe East	274	4,900,961	0.006%	250	24	9.6%	0.001%
Germany	Europe Central	39,975	84,119,100	0.048%	38,992	983	2.521%	0.045%
Ghana	Africa West	106,888	34,589,092	0.309%	57,748	49,140	85.094%	2.261%
Greece	Europe Central	809	10,461,091	0.008%	748	61	8.155%	0.003%
Grenada	Caribbean	402	114,621	0.351%	376	26	6.915%	0.001%
Guadeloupe [10]	Caribbean	576	378,561	0.152%	492	84	17.073%	0.004%
Guam	Asia North	2,511	169,532	1.481%	2,265	246	10.861%	0.011%
Guatemala	Central America	290,086	18,255,216	1.589%	255,505	34,581	13.534%	1.591%
Guernsey	Europe North	59	67,787	0.087%	46	13	28.261%	0.001%
Guinea [c]	Africa West	61	13,986,179	0%	50	11	22%	0.001%
Guyana	Caribbean	6,834	794,099	0.861%	5,575	1,259	22.583%	0.058%
Haiti	Caribbean	25,560	11,753,943	0.217%	20,414	5,146	25.208%	0.237%
Honduras	Central America	187,341	9,529,188	1.966%	165,553	21,788	13.161%	1.003%
Hong Kong	Asia	24,580	7,297,821	0.337%	24,746	−166	-0.671%	-0.008%
Hungary	Europe Central	5,231	9,855,745	0.053%	5,050	181	3.584%	0.008%
Iceland	Europe North	415	364,036	0.114%	268	147	54.851%	0.007%
India	Asia	15,224	1,409,128,296	0.001%	12,257	2,967	24.207%	0.137%
Indonesia	Asia	7,681	281,562,465	0.003%	7,016	665	9.478%	0.031%
Ireland	Europe North	4,076	5,233,461	0.078%	3,071	1,005	32.725%	0.046%
Isle of Man	Europe North	288	92,269	0.312%	293	−5	-1.706%	-0%
Israel	ME/AN	329	9,402,617	0.003%	222	107	48.198%	0.005%
Italy	Europe Central	28,409	60,964,931	0.047%	24,970	3,439	13.773%	0.158%
Ivory Coast	Africa West	63,058	29,981,758	0.21%	22,576	40,482	179.314%	1.863%
Jamaica	Caribbean	6,846	2,823,713	0.242%	5,891	955	16.211%	0.044%
Japan	Asia North	130,096	123,201,945	0.106%	127,635	2,461	1.928%	0.113%
Jersey	Europe North	275	103,387	0.266%	300	−25	-8.333%	-0.001%
Jordan [d]	ME/AN	200	11,174,024	0.002%	200	0	0%	0%
Kazakhstan	Europe East	218	20,260,006	0.001%	281	−63	-22.42%	-0.003%
Kenya	Africa Central	19,206	58,246,378	0.033%	12,184	7,022	57.633%	0.323%
Kiribati	Pacific	22,643	116,545	19.429%	16,795	5,848	34.82%	0.269%
Kosovo [f]	Europe Central	102	1,977,093	0.005%	30	72	240%	0.003%
Kuwait	ME/AN	374	3,138,355	0.012%	267	107	40.075%	0.005%
Laos [d]	Asia	275	7,953,556	0.003%	230	45	19.565%	0.002%
Latvia	Europe North	1,289	1,801,246	0.072%	1,197	92	7.686%	0.004%
Lebanon [d]	ME/AN	225	5,364,482	0.004%	210	15	7.143%	0.001%
Lesotho	Africa South	1,562	2,227,548	0.07%	940	622	66.17%	0.029%
Liberia	Africa West	21,441	5,437,249	0.394%	8,081	13,360	165.326%	0.615%
Lithuania	Europe North	945	2,628,186	0.036%	934	11	1.178%	0.001%
Luxembourg	Europe Central	541	671,254	0.081%	358	183	51.117%	0.008%
Macau	Asia	1,446	644,426	0.224%	1,398	48	3.433%	0.002%
Madagascar	Africa South	15,372	29,452,714	0.052%	9,826	5,546	56.442%	0.255%
Malawi	Africa South	4,776	21,763,309	0.022%	1,653	3,123	188.929%	0.144%
Malaysia	Asia	11,086	34,564,810	0.032%	9,476	1,610	16.99%	0.074%
Mali [c]	Africa West	70	21,990,607	0%	50	20	40%	0.001%
Malta	Europe Central	241	469,730	0.051%	168	73	43.452%	0.003%
Marshall Islands	Pacific	6,762	82,011	8.245%	6,762	0	0%	0%
Martinique [10]	Caribbean	275	349,925	0.079%	215	60	27.907%	0.003%
Mauritius	Africa South	576	1,310,504	0.044%	442	134	30.317%	0.006%
Mexico	Mexico	1,516,406	130,739,927	1.16%	1,368,475	147,931	10.81%	6.807%
Moldova	Unassigned**	457	3,599,528	0.013%	355	102	28.732%	0.005%
Mongolia	Asia North	12,444	3,281,676	0.379%	11,028	1,416	12.84%	0.065%
Montenegro	Europe Central	31	599,849	0.005%	10	21	210%	0.001%
Morocco	ME/AN	95	37,387,585	0%	100	−5	-5%	-0%
Mozambique	Africa South	24,733	33,350,954	0.074%	6,900	17,833	258.449%	0.821%
Myanmar [d]	Asia	200	57,527,139	0%	170	30	17.647%	0.001%
Namibia	Africa South	1,185	2,803,660	0.042%	775	410	52.903%	0.019%
Nauru	Pacific	132	9,892	1.334%	103	29	28.155%	0.001%
Nepal [d]	Asia	180	31,122,387	0.001%	133	47	35.338%	0.002%
Netherlands	Europe Central	9,167	17,772,378	0.052%	9,284	−117	-1.26%	-0.005%
New Caledonia	Pacific	2,526	304,167	0.83%	2,244	282	12.567%	0.013%
New Zealand	Pacific	117,909	5,161,211	2.285%	109,920	7,989	7.268%	0.368%
Nicaragua	Central America	101,907	6,676,948	1.526%	87,880	14,027	15.962%	0.645%
Nigeria	Africa West	232,654	236,747,130	0.098%	118,139	114,515	96.932%	5.269%
Niue	Pacific	319	2,000	15.95%	288	31	10.764%	0.001%
Northern Mariana Islands	Asia North	896	51,118	1.753%	789	107	13.561%	0.005%
Norway	Europe North	4,492	5,509,733	0.082%	4,618	−126	-2.728%	-0.006%
Oman [c]	ME/AN	107	3,901,992	0.003%	78	29	37.179%	0.001%
Pakistan [d]	Asia	4,000	252,363,571	0.002%	3,900	100	2.564%	0.005%
Palau	Asia North	549	21,864	2.511%	457	92	20.131%	0.004%
Panama	Central America	61,980	4,470,241	1.387%	51,102	10,878	21.287%	0.501%
Papua New Guinea	Pacific	38,760	10,046,233	0.386%	22,982	15,778	68.654%	0.726%
Paraguay	SA South	100,121	7,522,549	1.331%	88,775	11,346	12.781%	0.522%
Peru	SA Northwest	637,180	32,600,249	1.955%	557,328	79,852	14.328%	3.674%
Philippines	Philippines	867,271	118,277,063	0.733%	710,764	156,507	22.02%	7.201%
Poland	Europe Central	2,178	38,746,310	0.006%	1,813	365	20.132%	0.017%
Portugal	Europe North	47,916	10,207,177	0.469%	41,917	5,999	14.312%	0.276%
Puerto Rico	Caribbean	23,222	3,019,450	0.769%	23,064	158	0.685%	0.007%
Qatar [c]	ME/AN	537	2,552,088	0.021%	548	−11	-2.007%	-0.001%
Republic of the Congo	Africa Central	12,626	6,097,665	0.207%	5,787	6,839	118.179%	0.315%
Réunion [10]	Africa South	838	885,700	0.095%	903	−65	-7.198%	-0.003%
Romania	Europe Central	3,103	18,148,155	0.017%	2,990	113	3.779%	0.005%
Russia	Europe East	5,101	140,820,810	0.004%	22,039	−16,938	-76.855%	-0.779%
Rwanda	Africa Central	1,537	13,623,302	0.011%	221	1,316	595.475%	0.061%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean	227	55,133	0.412%	197	30	15.228%	0.001%
Saint Lucia	Caribbean	404	168,038	0.24%	303	101	33.333%	0.005%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean	717	100,647	0.712%	600	117	19.5%	0.005%
Samoa	Pacific	88,726	208,853	42.483%	75,971	12,755	16.789%	0.587%
Saudi Arabia (estimate) [c]	ME/AN	1,500	36,544,431	0.004%	1,950	−450	-23.077%	-0.021%
Senegal [c]	Africa West	108	18,847,519	0.001%	1,950	−1,842	-94.462%	-0.085%
Serbia	Europe Central	379	6,652,212	0.006%	334	45	13.473%	0.002%
Sierra Leone	Africa West	31,080	9,121,049	0.341%	13,078	18,002	137.651%	0.828%
Singapore	Asia	3,284	6,028,459	0.054%	3,590	−306	-8.524%	-0.014%
Sint Maarten	Caribbean	284	46,215	0.615%	260	24	9.231%	0.001%
Slovakia	Europe Central	316	5,563,649	0.006%	239	77	32.218%	0.004%
Slovenia	Europe Central	440	2,097,893	0.021%	425	15	3.529%	0.001%
Solomon Islands	Pacific	1,524	726,799	0.21%	638	886	138.871%	0.041%
South Africa	Africa South	71,889	60,442,647	0.119%	59,807	12,082	20.202%	0.556%
South Korea	Asia North	88,621	52,081,799	0.17%	86,719	1,902	2.193%	0.088%
Spain	Europe Central	65,948	47,280,433	0.139%	51,192	14,756	28.825%	0.679%
Sri Lanka	Asia	1,674	21,982,608	0.008%	1,352	322	23.817%	0.015%
Suriname	Caribbean	1,848	646,758	0.286%	1,430	418	29.231%	0.019%
Sweden	Europe North	9,474	10,589,835	0.089%	9,463	11	0.116%	0.001%
Switzerland	Europe Central	9,175	8,860,574	0.104%	8,741	434	4.965%	0.02%
Syria (estimate) [c]	ME/AN	40	23,865,423	0%	30	10	33.333%	0%
Taiwan	Asia	62,390	23,595,274	0.264%	57,889	4,501	7.775%	0.207%
Tanzania	Africa Central	3,969	67,462,121	0.006%	1,263	2,706	214.252%	0.125%
Thailand	Asia	23,970	69,920,998	0.034%	19,665	4,305	21.892%	0.198%
Togo	Africa West	7,141	8,917,994	0.08%	2,307	4,834	209.536%	0.222%
Tonga	Pacific	68,404	104,889	65.216%	63,065	5,339	8.466%	0.246%
Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean	3,488	1,408,966	0.248%	3,328	160	4.808%	0.007%
Turkey	Europe Central	708	84,119,531	0.001%	319	389	121.944%	0.018%
Turks and Caicos Islands [c]	Caribbean	147	60,439	0.243%	92	55	59.783%	0.003%
Tuvalu	Pacific	348	11,733	2.966%	227	121	53.304%	0.006%
Uganda	Africa Central	22,138	49,283,041	0.045%	12,380	9,758	78.821%	0.449%
Ukraine	Unassigned**	10,053	35,661,826	0.028%	11,439	−1,386	-12.116%	-0.064%
United Arab Emirates	ME/AN	1,695	10,032,213	0.017%	1,286	409	31.804%	0.019%
United Kingdom	Europe North	186,350	68,459,055	0.272%	188,462	−2,112	-1.121%	-0.097%
United States	North America*	6,868,793	341,963,408	2.009%	6,466,267	402,526	6.225%	18.521%
United States Virgin Islands	Caribbean	638	104,377	0.611%	590	48	8.136%	0.002%
Uruguay	SA South	108,060	3,425,330	3.155%	102,999	5,061	4.914%	0.233%
Vanuatu	Pacific	11,940	318,007	3.755%	6,693	5,247	78.395%	0.241%
Venezuela	SA Northwest	176,623	31,250,306	0.565%	164,048	12,575	7.665%	0.579%
Vietnam [c]	Asia	2,466	105,758,975	0.002%	1,600	866	54.125%	0.04%
Zambia	Africa South	5,906	20,799,116	0.028%	2,758	3,148	114.141%	0.145%
Zimbabwe	Africa South	41,262	17,150,352	0.241%	25,001	16,261	65.041%	0.748%

1. December 31, 2023 Information released by the LDS Church. For countries without released info, the most recent year of released info or estimate were used.
2. This does not include member groups, ^[11] only congregations organized as ward or branch. ^[12]
3. 2018 membership and congregational information shown.
4. 2015 membership and congregational information shown.
5. Estimated membership information was used for Mainland China.
6. 2017 membership and congregational information shown.

*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.

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

North America

South America

Africa

Europe

Asia

Oceania

Oceania

Canada

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Worldwide temples ( edit )

• = Operating
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• = Announced
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See also

• LDS Church portal

• Membership history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (United States).
• Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Canada).
• Mormons
• Mormonism

References

1. "2023 Statistical Report of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints". LDS Newsroom. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
2. "FamilySearch.org Facts - Updated September 2024". FamilySearch . Retrieved November 1, 2024.
3. "Membership record". LDSTech Wiki. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
4. "Ordinances for which there is no valid record". LDSTech Wiki. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
5. Peggy Fletcher Stack (2005). Keeping members a challenge for LDS church, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 26, 2005; accessed 20 December 2017
6. Dallin H. Oaks (2003; adapted from a 2000 speech). The Role of Members in Conversion, TheEnsign.com; accessed 20 December 2017
7. Stacy Willis (2001). Mormon Church is funding its future, The Las Vegas Sun; accessed 20 December 2017
8. "Facts and Statistics: Worldwide Statistics". LDS Newsroom. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
9. "Population - The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
10. "Insee - Population - Estimations de population - Pyramide des âges régionales et départementales". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
11. "Military Members—The Church of Jesus Christ". www.churchofjesuschrist.org.

External links

• adherents.com
• Worldmapper
• LDS Church Almanac