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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 101,584 | - | - | - | 1982 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | Chart |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 128,148 | - | - | - | 1984 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | Chart |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 202,000 | - | - | - | 1985 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 114. | Graphic: "Church growth: selected countries "; Shows membership in 1985, 1990, 1995, and 1997 in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Philippines. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 206,000 | - | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | Chart |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 249,000 | - | - | - | 1988 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | Chart |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 370,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 114. | Graphic: "Church growth: selected countries "; Shows membership in 1985, 1990, 1995, and 1997 in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Philippines. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 302,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | Chart |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 400,000 | - | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | Chart |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 442,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 474,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | Chart |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 548,000 | 0.30% | 1,394 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996); pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 545,000 | - | - | - | 1995 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 114. | Graphic: "Church growth: selected countries "; Shows membership in 1985, 1990, 1995, and 1997 in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Philippines. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 548,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | Chart |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 600,000 | 0.38% | - | - | 1997 | "Tudo Bem in Brazil " in Ensign (March 1997); pg. 42. | Table |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 640,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 114. | Graphic: "Church growth: selected countries "; Shows membership in 1985, 1990, 1995, and 1997 in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Philippines. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 640,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 122. | "In other countries, Mexico, with 783,000, has the greatest LDS population, but growth projections indicate that Brazil, with 640,000, will become the nation with the second largest LDS population in a few more years. Brazil passed Mexico in the total number of stakes in March of 1997. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 640,000 | 0.30% | 1,729 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 650,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | "President Faust Honored, Breaks Ground for Two Brazil Temples " in Ensign (Aug. 1998); pg. 76. | "He noted that while the Church has 26 missions in Brazil and more than 650,000 members organized into 183 stakes, there are about 140 Brazilian cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants... which have never had missionaries. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 640,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* "Dateline: Monday-April-05-1999 - Barbados - News-General "; Barbados Nation Online newspaper (viewed online 6 April 1999). | "Mexico and Brazil, with 783 000 and 640 000 members, respectively, follow the United States in membership, and Chile and Peru are fifth and sixth. The country with the fourth highest Latter-Day Saints membership is the Philippines, with 389 000. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil | 743,182 | 0.50% | 1,879 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 284. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Brazil: Sao Paulo | 300,000 | 1.67% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Goering, Laurie (Chicago Tribune). "Straight-Laced LDS Win Souls in Sensual Brazil " in Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, Aug. 7, 1999. (Viewed online 14 Aug. 1999). | "SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Missionaries in perfect white shirts... the young people of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are... proselytizing in the populous urban fringes of Latin American cities, including this sprawling metropolis of 18 million... The Mormon Church... is gaining a growing following in Latin America, and the growth is coming particularly in Brazil... In recent years, church membership in Latin America has boomed to 2.2 million, almost half the U.S. membership. Nearly 300,000 live in Sao Paulo, home of the faith's largest missionary center outside Utah. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | British Columbia | 26,000 | 0.70% | 76 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996); pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | British Columbia | 27,000 | 0.60% | 79 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | British Columbia | 27,564 | 0.70% | 80 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 295. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Bulgaria | 700 | - | 9 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996); pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Bulgaria | 1,100 | 0.01% | 12 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Bulgaria | 1,367 | 0.02% | 12 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 291. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Burundi | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Burundi | 28 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 291. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 4,000 | - | - | - | 1920 | Hartley, William G. "The Church Grows in Strength " in Ensign, Sept. 1999. [Source: Richard O. Cowan and William E. Homer, California Saints: A 150-Year Legacy in the Golden State (1996), 264-85.]; pg. 37. | "Church membership in California grew from about 4,000 in 1920 to nearly 45,000 in 1940. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 45,000 | - | - | - | 1940 | Hartley, William G. "The Church Grows in Strength " in Ensign, Sept. 1999. [Source: Richard O. Cowan and William E. Homer, California Saints: A 150-Year Legacy in the Golden State (1996), 264-85.]; pg. 37. | "In 1923 the Los Angeles Stake became the first modern stake outside the Latter-day Saint Rocky Mountain settlement region. Church membership in California grew from about 4,000 in 1920 to nearly 45,000 in 1940. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 685,000 | - | - | - | 1989 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 135. | "Membership is largest in Utah (1.3 million) and contiguous states--Idaho, 290,000, and Arizona, 230,000--but there are 685,000 Saints in California and 175,000 in the state of Washington. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 533,741 | 1.79% | 1,323 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | - | 2.09% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Based on self-identification, using 113,000-person sample, phone interviews conducted by City U. of New York. Table has data for "Latter Day Saints, " meaning all LDS denominations. But U.S. splinter LDS (outside the main SLC-based church) number only about 125,000, primarily RLDS. 125,000 / 2,487,000 (Kosmin U.S. total LDS) = 5%. Multiply state LDS totals by 95% to get Ch. of Jesus Christ of LDS estimates. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 720,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 726,000 | 2.30% | 1,352 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996); pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 733,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 122. | "The western states have the highest proportions of members, with California, 733,000; Idaho, 333,000; Arizona, 289,000; Washington, 219,000; and Texas with 198,000... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 733,000 | 2.30% | 1,270 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 170-266. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 750,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | "Mormon Money " in Newsweek, 9 Aug. 1999; pg. 8. | "...California... state's 750,000 Mormons... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 740,236 | 2.20% | 1,311 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 174. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Mormon/LDS " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California: Alameda-Contra Costa-Oakland | 65,835 | 3.14% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 111. | Table 3-5: "Religious Profiles of Selected Californian Metropolitan Areas ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total area pop: 2.1 million. Table has data for "Latter Day Saints, " meaning all LDS denominations. But U.S. splinter LDS (outside the main SLC-based church) number only about 125,000, primarily RLDS. 125,000 / 2,487,000 (Kosmin U.S. total LDS) = 5%. Multiply state LDS totals by 95% to get Ch. of Jesus Christ of LDS estimates. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California: Los Angeles County | 152,190 | 1.71% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 111. | Table 3-5: "Religious Profiles of Selected Californian Metropolitan Areas ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total area pop: 2.1 million. Table has data for "Latter Day Saints, " meaning all LDS denominations. But U.S. splinter LDS (outside the main SLC-based church) number only about 125,000, primarily RLDS. 125,000 / 2,487,000 (Kosmin U.S. total LDS) = 5%. Multiply state LDS totals by 95% to get Ch. of Jesus Christ of LDS estimates. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California: Orange County | 72,960 | 3.04% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 111. | Table 3-5: "Religious Profiles of Selected Californian Metropolitan Areas ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total area pop: 2.1 million. Table has data for "Latter Day Saints, " meaning all LDS denominations. But U.S. splinter LDS (outside the main SLC-based church) number only about 125,000, primarily RLDS. 125,000 / 2,487,000 (Kosmin U.S. total LDS) = 5%. Multiply state LDS totals by 95% to get Ch. of Jesus Christ of LDS estimates. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California: San Diego County | 40,375 | 1.62% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 111. | Table 3-5: "Religious Profiles of Selected Californian Metropolitan Areas ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total area pop: 2.1 million. Table has data for "Latter Day Saints, " meaning all LDS denominations. But U.S. splinter LDS (outside the main SLC-based church) number only about 125,000, primarily RLDS. 125,000 / 2,487,000 (Kosmin U.S. total LDS) = 5%. Multiply state LDS totals by 95% to get Ch. of Jesus Christ of LDS estimates. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California: San Diego County | 46,000 | - | 116 units |
- | 1998 | Clark, Dan B. "Reaching Out in San Diego " in Ensign (Dec. 1998); pg. 70. | "Now, 151 years later, more than 46,000 members are flourishing in 17 stakes and 116 wards and branches in San Diego County. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California: San Francisco-Marin-San Mateo | 12,160 | 0.76% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 111. | Table 3-5: "Religious Profiles of Selected Californian Metropolitan Areas ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total area pop: 2.1 million. Table has data for "Latter Day Saints, " meaning all LDS denominations. But U.S. splinter LDS (outside the main SLC-based church) number only about 125,000, primarily RLDS. 125,000 / 2,487,000 (Kosmin U.S. total LDS) = 5%. Multiply state LDS totals by 95% to get Ch. of Jesus Christ of LDS estimates. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cambodia | 200 | - | 3 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996); pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cambodia | 285 | - | 3 units |
- | 1997 | "Gospel Gains Foothold in Cambodia " in Ensign (Jan. 1997); pg. 77. | "Since [1994] the Church in Cambodia now has 12 proselyting elders and 285 members organized into three branches. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cambodia | 600 | 0.01% | 4 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cambodia | 1,018 | - | 5 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 292. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cameroon | 200 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996); pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cameroon | 176 | - | - | - | 1997 | "LDS in Africa: Growing Membership Sees American Church with Unique Vision, " Salt Lake Tribune, 4 April 1998. Reprinted in Sunstone (June 1998; pg. 71). | Map: Membership totals as of December 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cameroon | 200 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cameroon | 194 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 292. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Canada | 81,244 | - | - | - | 1980 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998); pg. 17. | "Table: 1.3: Two Years of Mormon Growth, 1978-80 "; Two columns: "Percentage rate of membership growth 1978-80 " and "Number of members in 1980 "; Growth 1978-80: 13% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Canada | 126,000 | - | 380 units |
- | 1990 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 244-247. | Table 1: Canadian Current Statistics. (# of adherents is from table's "inclusive membership " column, not the sometimes smaller "full communicant or confirmed members " col.) Listed in table as "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Canada | 143,000 | 0.50% | 422 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996); pg. 525-529. | Table: "Membership and units by lands "; latest figures from year-end 1995 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Canada | 130,000 | - | 391 units |
- | 1996 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998; K-III Reference Corp.: Macwah, NJ (1997). [Orig. sources: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 653. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in Canada "; Membership figs. based on reports from group officials. Figs. are inclusive: refer to all "members, " not simply full communicants. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Canada | 150,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 114. | Graphic: "Church membership worldwide "; "Total: 10 million; Estimate Nov. 2, 1997. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Canada | 151,000 | 0.50% | 433 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Canada | 151,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* official web site; web page: "Membership Distribution " in "Global Media Guide " section, (viewed 22 March 1999). | Map, with membership figures shown for following areas: Canada, USA, Mexico, South America, Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, Central America, South Pacific; "Membership Worldwide, Dec. 31, 1997 " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Canada | 130,000 | - | 391 units |
- | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Orig. sources: 1999 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 694. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. inclusive; refer to all "members ". Listed as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Canada | 150,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Moore, Christopher. "Mormons to Build Temple " in The Leader-Post (Regina newspaper), Nov. 16, 1998; pg. D10. | "There are approximately 4,000 members of the Church in Saskatchewan. In Canada, 150,000 people belong to the Church. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Canada | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
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