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World LDS Membership

Membership as of 1 January 2009. The change in membership column is the increase or decrease from 1 January 2008 to 1 January 2009. Temple information is current and includes temples announced or under construction.

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Country Members Change % LDS Stakes Wards Branches Missions Districts Temples Spare
166 13,498,676 317,062 2,827 20,196 7,830 344 613 147
Albania 1,838 108 0.05 10 1 1
American Samoa 14,740 226 22.50 4 30 6
Andorra 58 -31 0.07 1
Angola 647 -112 0.00 1
Antigua and Barbuda 181 20 0.20 1
Argentina 371,885 7,895 0.91 70 469 387 10 38 2
Armenia 2,748 98 0.09 15 1 1
Aruba 458 42 0.46 3 1
Australia 123,650 3,675 0.58 33 194 90 7 10 5
Austria 4,215 39 0.05 2 12 5
Bahamas 810 36 0.26 3 1
Bahrain2 76 0 0.02 1
Bangladesh3 50 0 0.00 1
Barbados 696 27 0.21 4 1
Belgium 6,043 14 0.06 2 10 8 1
Belize 3,430 124 1.10 12 2
Benin 253 37 0.00 1
Bermuda 126 -5 0.19 1
Bolivia 163,119 4,692 1.70 24 165 82 3 10 1
Botswana 1,305 3 0.06 2 2
Brazil 1,060,556 41,403 0.53 233 1,361 488 27 52 6
British Virgin Islands 111 36 0.47 2
Bulgaria 2,124 -18 0.03 20 1 2
Cambodia 8,359 171 0.06 22 1 4
Cameroon 727 88 0.01 3
Canada 177,600 -502 0.53 47 324 159 8 5 7
Canary Islands 3,500 0 0.19 18 3
Cape Verde 6,905 196 1.60 18 3
Cayman Islands 145 27 0.17 1
Central African Republic 393 -3 0.01 1
Chile 554,749 6,006 3.30 74 419 192 9 24 1
Colombia 163,764 4,810 0.36 27 167 98 4 13 1
Cook Islands 1,834 31 6.50 5 1
Costa Rica 36,666 1,019 0.86 5 44 33 1 6 1
Croatia 513 10 0.01 1
Cyprus 337 34 0.04 4 1
Czech Republic 2,093 65 0.02 14 1 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo 20,883 1,570 0.03 5 45 25 1 4
Denmark 4,362 19 0.08 2 13 10 1 1
Dominica2 77 0 0.11 3
Dominican Republic 110,036 3,793 1.10 19 117 80 3 8 1
Ecuador 185,663 4,200 1.30 33 212 82 3 10 1
El Salvador 102,043 3,468 1.40 16 110 51 2 2 1
Equatorial Guinea 339 0 0.05
Estonia 969 42 0.07 5
Ethiopia 848 64 0.00 4
Falkland Islands 5 1 0.10 1
Fiji 15,242 376 1.60 4 25 19 1 1 1
Finland 4,548 15 0.09 2 15 15 1 2 1
France 34,906 268 0.05 9 58 55 2 2
French Guiana 306 28 0.16 2
French Polynesia 20,282 571 7.10 6 51 31 1 3 1
Gabon3 50 0 0.00
Georgia 178 25 0.00 1
Germany 37,539 380 0.05 14 90 82 4 3 2
Ghana 38,224 1,982 0.16 7 48 48 2 5 1
Gibraltar 32 0 0.11 1
Greece 693 32 0.01 5 1
Greenland 23 0 0.04 1
Grenada 178 2 0.20 1
Guadeloupe 383 27 0.09 7 1
Guam 1,874 184 1.00 3 1 1
Guatemala 215,186 5,085 1.62 38 231 187 4 20 2
Guernsey1 47 4 0.07 1
Guyana 3,935 1,363 0.51 16 2
Haiti 15,489 996 0.17 2 15 15 1 2
Honduras 131,098 5,492 1.70 20 134 92 3 11 1
Hong Kong 23,223 284 0.33 4 23 9 1 1 1
Hungary 4,474 94 0.04 1 5 14 1
Iceland 241 -9 0.08 2
India 7,576 568 0.00 28 3
Indonesia 6,393 137 0.00 23 1 3
Ireland 2,772 -33 0.07 1 4 9 1 1
Isle of Man1 279 -4 0.37 1
Israel1 246 0 0.00 3 1
Italy 22,886 253 0.04 6 36 63 3 7 1
Ivory Coast 13,245 782 0.06 3 23 9 1
Jamaica 5,990 179 0.21 21 1 4
Japan 123,245 803 0.10 29 163 125 7 14 2
Jersey1 288 2 0.32 1
Kazakhstan 135 10 0.00 1
Kenya 8,416 292 0.02 1 5 27 1 1
Kiribati 13,475 1,029 11.90 2 11 15
Korea, Republic of 81,251 830 0.17 17 94 48 4 6 1
Latvia 1,025 59 0.04 7 1 1
Lesotho 606 30 0.03 1
Liberia 5,039 129 0.15 11 2
Liechtenstein 50 0 0.00
Lithuania 847 14 0.02 5 1
Luxembourg 290 5 0.06 1
Macau 1,260 69 0.22 2
Madagascar 4,769 609 0.02 1 8 9 1
Malawi 742 37 0.01 3
Malaysia 5,646 1,020 0.02 19 4
Malta 132 -7 0.03 1
Marshall Islands 4,476 -147 7.00 11 1 2
Martinique 186 30 0.04 2
Mauritius1 363 -5 0.03 2
Mayotte2 7 0 0.00 1
Mexico 1,158,236 36,343 1.00 212 1,479 498 21 41 12
Micronesia 3,841 87 3.50 20 4
Moldova 285 21 0.01 2
Mongolia 8,444 723 0.28 1 21 1 2
Mozambique 4,851 635 0.02 18 1 2
Namibia 562 56 0.03 2
Nauru 108 -2 0.77 1
Nepal 50 0 0.00 1
Netherlands 8,709 161 0.05 3 19 15 1
Netherlands Antilles 889 39 0.39 5 1
New Caledonia 1,883 55 0.83 8 1
New Zealand 99,488 778 2.36 25 150 54 2 3 1
Nicaragua 63,964 4,078 1.00 8 55 38 1 6
Nigeria 88,374 4,455 0.06 16 124 136 5 15 1
Niue 268 15 19.10 2
Northern Mariana Islands 757 -20 0.85 1
Norway 4,164 38 0.09 1 7 15 1
Palau 423 -3 2.00 1
Panama 43,703 1,097 1.30 8 42 49 1 5 1
Papua New Guinea 16,664 664 0.28 1 5 48 1 7
Paraguay 74,802 3,271 1.00 10 62 84 2 11 1
Peru 462,353 13,450 1.60 87 568 183 7 24 2
Philippines 614,585 19,930 0.63 78 488 599 15 86 2
Poland 1,552 25 0.00 12 1 2
Portugal 38,188 88 0.36 6 33 40 2 4
Puerto Rico 20,064 256 0.51 5 26 17 1 2
Republic of the Congo 4,194 220 0.10 1 8 6
Réunion 789 16 0.10 4 1
Romania 2,736 64 0.01 19 1 2
Russia 19,946 4,331 0.01 129 8 15
Saint Kitts and Nevis 162 42 0.41 2 1
Saint Lucia 166 53 0.10 2
Saint Vincent / Grenadines 427 43 0.40 2
Samoa 67,120 871 31.00 16 116 18 1 1
Serbia and Montenegro 277 2 0.00 3 1
Sierra Leone 8,054 397 0.13 17 1 2
Singapore 2,890 167 0.06 1 8 1 1 1
Slovakia 139 15 0.00 4
Slovenia 380 28 0.02 4 1 1
Solomon Islands 246 15 0.04 1
Somalia3 50 0 0.00
South Africa 48,112 2,131 0.10 11 69 72 3 2 1
Spain 44,304 1,431 0.11 9 62 71 4 9 1
Sri Lanka 1,277 49 0.01 3 1
Suriname 1,057 210 0.22 7 1
Swaziland 1,132 83 0.10 4 1
Sweden 8,966 136 0.10 4 24 18 1 1 1
Switzerland 7,939 64 0.10 5 23 13 2 1
Taiwan 49,054 2,020 0.21 10 79 22 3 2 1
Tanzania 797 -82 0.00 4 1
Thailand 15,874 417 0.02 1 7 32 1 5
Togo 793 60 0.01 3
Tonga 54,672 391 45.00 17 126 39 1 2 1
Trinidad and Tobago 2,489 218 0.20 12 1 1
Turkey 221 23 0.00 4
Tuvalu Islands 131 18 1.00 1
Uganda 6,919 2,218 0.02 16 1 2
Ukraine 10,557 163 0.02 1 8 55 3 4 1
United Kingdom 183,672 1,916 0.24 45 278 58 6 2
United States of America 5,974,041 100,633 2.00 1,438 11,289 2,074 106 12 72
Uruguay 92,117 1,825 2.60 16 107 55 2 4 1
Vanuatu 3,783 262 1.70 24 2
Venezuela 144,089 2,526 0.50 26 182 90 4 9 1
Vietnam 50 0 0.00 2
Virgin Islands 654 124 0.60 4
Zambia 2,237 142 0.02 11 2
Zimbabwe 17,241 272 0.15 2 17 27 1 2

Last membership update 30 Nov 2009. Last temple update 30 Nov 2009.

Notes

1. Not included in 2010 Almanac. Numbers from newsroom.lds.org.
2. Not included in 2010 Almanac. Used 2007 figure.
3. Fewer than 100 members. 50 members and 0% LDS estimated.

Source

2010 Deseret News Church Almanac.

Unlisted

These countries are not listed in the Church Almanac or have no permanent functioning church unit:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Antarctica, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, East Timor, Eritrea, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Heard & McDonald Islands, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Monaco, Monserrat, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Norfolk Island, Oman, Pakistan, Pitcairn, Qatar, Rwanda, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, St. Helena, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Sudan, Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tokelau, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Wallis & Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zaire.

Related Pages

U.S. LDS Membership
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U.K. LDS Membership
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Comments

4 Responses to “World”
  1. okinawa says:

    Wow, so many members in Japan. Do they break it down by prefecture anywhere?

  2. rickety says:

    Not that I know of. The names of the 29 stakes are by geographical area so I could post the names of the stakes if you wish. That would give you some idea where the members are located.

  3. Lucas says:

    More members than I’d have thought in Thailand also!

    • rickety says:

      In 1854 an LDS missionary was sent to Thailand. The Thailand District was organized in 1966. In 1973, Thailand became its own mission. In 1974 the first meetinghouse was built. So Mormons have been in Thailand a lot longer than many other countries.

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