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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.
LDS membership as percentage of population by US states (2021). LDS membership by US states (2021). 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 LDS Church releases includes a count of membership, stakes, wards ...
Membership reported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on December 31, 2023, was used to determine the number of members in each state. [1] The church defines membership as: [4] "Those who have been baptized and confirmed." "Those under age nine who have been blessed but not baptized."
The records of the LDS Church show membership growth every decade since its beginning in the 1830s, although that has slowed significantly.Following initial growth rates that averaged 10% to 25% per year in the 1830s through 1850s, it grew at about 4% per year through the last four decades of the 19th century.
*Membership was published as an estimate. Source: Wendall J. Ashton; Jim M. Wall, Deseret News , various years, Church Almanac Country Information: Venezuela [ 1 ] In the 2021 Canadian census the number of persons who self-identified with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was 85,315 [ 2 ] down from 105,365 in 2011. [ 3 ]
Since then, the LDS Church in Peru has grown to more than 600,000 members in 779 congregations. [1] Peru ranks as having the 2nd most members of the LDS Church in South America, behind Brazil, and the 5th worldwide. In addition, It has the third most LDS Church members per capita in South America, behind Chile and Uruguay. [4]
Beginning in 1891, Latter-day Saint leaders in America increasingly began to encourage the European members to remain in their homelands and build up the church in those countries. [35] By 1892, the church membership still in the British Isles had fallen to only 2,604, despite around 111,330 baptisms occurring between 1837 and 1900.
2019 (As shown currently in Membership Growth Table) (Use date of most recent. 2019 membership info is the latest released -will adjust accordingly if additional gets released. Last year, the church did not release the previous year's membership info by country for the year prior [2020] like they usually do.)