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 as of December 31, 2015.^[1] Except where indicated, general population figures are based on the latest CIA estimates (primarily for July 2015).^[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 2015 by the LDS count, membership exceeded 15.6 million.^[1] The number of stakes, districts, congregations were taken from the Meetinghouse Locator.^[3]

Membership Defined

The LDS church defines membership as:^[4]

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:
1. Two member parents request it.
2. One member parent requests it and the nonmember parent gives permission.

Africa

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Stakes	Districts	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
Angola	1,908	19,625,353	0.01%	0	1	0	1	0	10	10	1
Benin	2,255	10,448,647	0.02%	0	1	1	0	4	10	14	1
Botswana	3,167	2,182,719	0.15%	0	1	1	0	6	6	12	2
Burundi	597	10,742,276	0.006%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
Cameroon	1,480	23,739,218	0.006%	0	0	0	1	0	11	11	0
Cape Verde	12,786	545,993	2.34%	0	1	3	2	22	17	39	5
Central African Republic	219	5,391,539	0.004%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Cote d'Ivoire	32,258	23,295,302	0.14%	0	2	9	7	83	62	145	22
Democratic Republic of the Congo	47,929	79,375,136	0.06%	0	2	14	3	110	47	157	11
Djibouti		828,324		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Egypt		88,487,396		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ethiopia	1,903	99,465,819	0.002%	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	1
Gabon		1,705,336		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ghana	67,398	26,327,649	0.26%	1	4	16	11	122	137	259	41
Kenya	12,898	45,925,301	0.03%	0	1	2	4	12	33	45	5
Lesotho	873	1,947,701	0.04%	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1
Liberia	9,675	4,195,666	0.23%	0	1	0	3	0	24	24	3
Madagascar	10,859	23,812,681	0.05%	0	1	2	2	14	25	39	1
Malawi	2,143	17,964,697	0.01%	0	0	0	2	0	8	8	0
Mauritius	471	1,339,827	0.04%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Morocco		33,322,699		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mozambique	8,584	25,303,113	0.03%	0	1	2	1	16	12	28	2
Namibia	848	2,212,307	0.04%	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1
Nigeria	142,033	181,562,056	0.08%	1	5	33	20	256	210	466	53
Republic of the Congo	6,413	4,755,097	0.13%	0	1	2	1	10	10	20	2
Reunion	917	843,529^[5]	0.11%	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	2
Rwanda	344	12,661,733	0.003%	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
Sierra Leone	16,155	5,879,098	0.27%	0	1	1	5	10	41	51	4
South Africa	62,600	53,675,563	0.12%	1	3	15	4	103	73	176	71
Swaziland	1,837	1,435,613	0.13%	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	2
Tanzania	1,456	51,045,882	0.003%	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	1
Togo	3,279	7,552,318	0.04%	0	0	1	0	9	7	16	1
Uganda	14,289	37,101,745	0.04%	0	1	2	0	12	15	27	2
Zambia	3,577	15,066,266	0.02%	0	1	1	2	7	6	13	2
Zimbabwe	27,825	14,229,541	0.20%	0	1	6	2	36	37	73	4
Totals	498,976	933,993,140	0.05%	3	29	111	77	832	841	1,673	241

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Africa

Countries	Angola Benin Botswana Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Cote d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Republic of the Congo Réunion Rwanda Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

See also	Membership Statistics (Africa) Temples in Africa Missions in Africa

Asia

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Stakes	Districts	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
Afghanistan		32,564,342		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bahrain		1,346,613		0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Cambodia	13,349	15,708,756	0.08%	0	1	2	5	10	20	30	4
China		1,367,485,388		0	0	0	4	1	18	19	0
Cyprus	445	1,189,197	0.04%	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	3
Hong Kong	24,856	7,141,106	0.35%	1	1	4	1	31	9	40	4
India	12,701	1,251,695,584	0.001%	0	2	2	5	11	32	43	6
Indonesia	7,182	255,993,674	0.003%	0	1	2	1	15	9	24	4
Israel	216	8,049,314	0.003%	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0
Japan	128,216	126,919,659	0.10%	2	7	28	13	159	107	266	63
Jordan		8,117,564		0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0
Kazakhstan	275	18,157,122	0.002%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Kuwait		2,788,534		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Lebanon		6,184,701		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Macau	1,410	592,731	0.24%	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1
Malaysia	9,725	30,513,848	0.03%	0	0	0	6	0	34	34	8
Mongolia	11,250	2,992,908	0.38%	0	1	1	2	6	18	24	4
Philippines	728,295	100,998,376	0.72%	2	21	96	77	620	585	1,205	176
Qatar		2,194,817		0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0
Singapore	3,611	5,674,472	0.06%	0	1	1	0	10	1	11	1
South Korea	87,296	49,115,196	0.18%	1	4	15	6	77	46	123	24
Sri Lanka	1,367	22,053,488	0.006%	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	3
Taiwan	58,756	23,415,126	0.25%	1	2	16	1	99	16	115	12
Thailand	20,730	67,976,405	0.03%	0	1	3	3	19	21	40	7
United Arab Emirates	1,524	5,779,760	0.03%	0	0	1	0	5	2	7	1
Vietnam		94,348,835		0	1	0	1	0	4	1	0
Totals	1,111,204	3,508,997,516	0.03%	7	43	173	129	1,066	944	2,007	321

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Asia

Countries	Afghanistan Bahrain Cambodia China Cyprus Hong Kong India Indonesia Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Lebanon Macau Malaysia Mongolia Philippines Qatar Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates Vietnam

See also	Membership Statistics (Asia) Temples in Asia Missions in Asia

Europe

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Stakes	Districts	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
Albania	2,799	3,029,278	0.09%	0	1	1	0	6	6	12	3
Armenia	3,525	3,056,382	0.12%	0	1	0	1	0	11	11	4
Austria	4,641	8,665,550	0.05%	0	0	2	0	13	4	17	15
Belgium	6,756	11,323,973	0.06%	0	0	2	0	10	6	16	8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	64	3,867,055	0.002%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Bulgaria	2,424	7,186,893	0.03%	0	1	0	0	0	9	9	3
Croatia	597	4,464,844	0.01%	0	1	0	1	0	6	6	4
Czech Republic	2,503	10,644,842	0.02%	0	1	0	2	0	13	13	2
Denmark	4,410	5,581,503	0.08%	1	1	2	0	13	10	23	13
Estonia	1,123	1,265,420	0.09%	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	2
Finland	4,961	5,476,922	0.09%	1	1	2	2	15	15	30	29
France	37,996	66,553,766	0.06%	0	2	10	0	66	43	109	66
Georgia	289	4,931,226	0.005%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Germany	39,726	80,854,408	0.05%	2	3	15	2	94	70	164	111
Greece	759	10,775,643	0.007%	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	1
Guernsey	48	66,080	0.07%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Hungary	5,176	9,897,541	0.05%	0	1	1	2	5	17	22	6
Iceland	274	331,918	0.08%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Ireland	3,437	4,892,305	0.07%	0	0	1	1	4	9	13	3
Isle of Man	316	87,545	0.36%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Italy	26,248	61,855,120	0.04%	0	2	10	1	61	42	103	68
Jersey	320	97,294	0.33%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Kosovo		1,870,981		0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Latvia	1,215	1,986,705	0.06%	0	1	0	1	0	5	5	4
Lithuania	982	2,884,433	0.03%	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	3
Luxembourg	427	570,252	0.07%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Macedonia		2,096,015		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Malta	189	413,965	0.05%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Moldova	375	3,546,847	0.01%	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1
Montenegro	17	647,073	0.003%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Netherlands	9,017	16,947,904	0.05%	1	1	3	0	23	10	33	13
Norway	4,681	5,207,689	0.09%	0	1	2	0	11	11	22	15
Poland	1,861	38,562,189	0.005%	0	1	0	3	0	13	13	5
Portugal	43,240	10,825,309	0.40%	0	2	6	4	32	42	74	25
Romania	3,043	21,666,350	0.01%	0	1	0	2	0	16	16	2
Russia	22,720	142,423,773	0.02%	0	7	3	9	17	84	101	63
Serbia	359	7,176,794	0.005%	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	2
Slovakia	255	5,445,027	0.005%	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	0
Slovenia	433	1,983,412	0.02%	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	1
Spain	53,933	48,146,134	0.11%	1	3	14	4	86	55	141	58
Sweden	9,541	9,801,616	0.10%	1	1	4	1	24	16	40	37
Switzerland	9,072	8,121,830	0.11%	1	0	5	0	27	9	36	17
Turkey	439	79,414,269	0.001%	0	1	0	0	0	6	6	0
Ukraine	11,559	44,429,471	0.03%	1	3	1	3	7	41	48	41
United Kingdom	186,423	64,088,222	0.29%	2	6	45	0	284	48	332	122
Totals	508,173	823,161,768	0.06%	11	44	129	45	801	657	1,458	751

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe

Countries	Albania Armenia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Guernsey Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jersey Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

See also	Membership Statistics (Europe) Temples in Europe Missions in Europe

North America

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Stakes	Districts	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
Antigua and Barbuda	191	92,436	0.22%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Aruba	534	112,162	0.48%	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1
Bahamas	1,006	324,597	0.32%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Barbados	949	290,604	0.33%	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	1
Belize	5,152	347,369	1.48%	0	0	0	2	0	11	11	2
Bermuda		70,196		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bonaire		18,905^[6]		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Canada	193,850	35,099,836	0.55%	8	7	48	3	338	149	487	186
Cayman Islands	201	56,092	0.36%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Costa Rica	46,116	4,814,144	0.96%	1	2	9	2	52	22	74	12
Cuba		11,031,433		0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Curaçao	541	146,836	0.37%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Dominica	167	73,607	0.23%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dominican Republic	129,017	10,478,756	1.23%	1	3	20	9	123	75	198	29
El Salvador	122,799	6,141,350	2.00%	1	3	19	1	126	37	163	20
Grenada	387	110,694	0.35%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Guadeloupe	507	400,132^[5]	0.13%	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	2
Guatemala	261,013	14,918,999	1.75%	2	6	45	16	267	158	425	56
Haiti	21,414	10,110,019	0.21%	0	1	4	3	23	22	45	7
Honduras	169,140	8,746,673	1.93%	1	4	24	7	157	75	232	28
Jamaica	6,008	2,950,210	0.20%	0	1	1	1	6	14	20	4
Martinique	213	378,243^[5]	0.06%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Mexico	1,394,708	121,736,809	1.15%	13	34	230	40	1,556	465	2,021	274
Nicaragua	92,152	5,907,881	1.56%	0	2	10	5	62	43	105	12
Panama	51,818	3,657,024	1.42%	1	1	7	4	42	29	71	13
Puerto Rico	23,191	3,598,357	0.64%	0	1	5	0	29	12	41	8
Saint Kitts and Nevis	211	51,936	0.41%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Saint Lucia	338	163,922	0.21%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	621	102,627	0.61%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Sint Maarten	244	39,689	0.61%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Trinidad and Tobago	3,405	1,222,363	0.28%	0	1	1	0	5	5	10	1
Turks and Caicos Islands		50,280		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
United States	6,531,656	321,368,864	2.03%	74	124	1,566	7	12,300	1,900	14,200	2,124
Virgin Islands		33,454		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Virgin Islands of the US	599	103,574	0.58%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Totals	9,058,148	564,750,073	1.60%	102	191	1,989	103	15,086	3,047	18,133	2,784

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in North America

Countries	Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bonaire Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands of the US

See also	North America Temples in North America Missions in Canada Missions in Central America and the Caribbean Missions in Mexico Missions in United States

Oceania

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Stakes	Districts	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
American Samoa	16,149	54,343	29.72%	0	0	5	0	35	6	41	4
Australia	146,443	22,751,014	0.64%	5	6	40	8	227	85	312	176
Cook Islands	1,835	9,838	18.65%	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	3
Fiji	18,912	909,389	2.08%	1	1	4	1	28	20	48	10
French Polynesia	25,841	282,703	9.14%	1	1	8	4	62	28	90	19
Guam	2,295	161,785	1.42%	0	1	1	0	4	0	4	1
Kiribati	17,462	105,711	16.52%	0	0	2	2	11	19	30	2
Marshall Islands	7,233	72,191	10.02%	0	1	2	1	7	5	12	3
Micronesia	5,732	105,216	5.45%	0	0	1	3	5	17	22	7
Nauru	103	9,540	1.08%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
New Caledonia	2,320	271,615	0.85%	0	0	1	0	5	3	8	2
New Zealand	111,141	4,438,393	2.50%	1	3	30	2	169	54	223	51
Niue	302	1,190	25.38%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
Northern Mariana Islands	793	52,344	1.51%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
Palau	491	21,265	2.31%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Papua New Guinea	24,780	6,672,429	0.37%	0	2	2	11	9	64	73	2
Samoa	77,353	197,773	39.11%	1	1	20	0	130	16	146	18
Solomon Islands	794	622,469	0.13%	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	0
Tonga	63,392	106,501	59.52%	1	1	19	2	135	33	168	19
Tuvalu	222	10,869	2.04%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Vanuatu	7,237	272,264	2.66%	0	1	1	3	5	28	33	2
Totals	530,830	37,128,842	1.43%	10	18	135	39	833	392	1,225	323

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oceania

Countries	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

See also	Membership Statistics (Oceania) Temples in Oceania Missions in Oceania

South America

Country	Membership	Population	LDS	Temples	Missions	Stakes	Districts	Wards	Branches	Congregations	Family History Centers
Argentina	438,056	43,431,886	1.01%	2	14	74	30	476	292	768	109
Bolivia	195,516	10,800,882	1.81%	1	5	27	8	183	65	248	35
Brazil	1,326,738	204,259,812	0.65%	6	34	259	39	1,601	438	2,039	341
Chile	581,155	17,508,260	3.32%	1	10	77	17	435	170	605	102
Colombia	193,350	46,736,728	0.41%	1	5	29	10	173	90	263	51
Ecuador	234,606	15,868,396	1.48%	1	5	36	9	231	76	307	48
Falkland Islands		3,361		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Guiana	383	254,541^[5]	0.15%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Guyana	5,648	735,222	0.77%	0	0	0	1	0	13	13	1
Paraguay	90,627	6,783,272	1.34%	1	2	10	10	59	77	136	18
Peru	568,559	30,444,999	1.87%	2	13	101	19	613	146	759	133
Suriname	1,483	579,633	0.26%	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	1
Uruguay	103,477	3,341,893	3.10%	1	2	18	3	104	36	140	24
Venezuela	165,527	29,275,460	0.57%	1	4	34	6	197	57	254	49
Totals	3,905,125	410,024,345	0.95%	17	94	665	153	4,072	1,468	5,540	912

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South America

Countries	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Falkland Islands French Guiana Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

See also	Membership Statistics (South America) Temples in South America Missions in South America

External links

References

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↑ "The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
↑ "Meetinghouse Locator". www.lds.org.
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