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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 | Oregon | 134,438 | 4.00% | 274 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 234. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Oregon | 130,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Hernandez, Romel. "Mormon temple will rise in Southern Oregon " in The Oregonian (Wednesday March 24, 1999), viewed online (www.oregonlive.com), 25 March 1999. | "The planned construction of a new Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in either Medford or Central Point will serve Oregon's second-largest religious group after Roman Catholics. Oregon has 130,000 LDS members, an increase from 113,000 at the start of the decade. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Oregon | - | 4.00% | - | - | 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 | Oregon - south | 12,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Hernandez, Romel. "Mormon temple will rise in Southern Oregon " in The Oregonian (Wednesday March 24, 1999), viewed online (www.oregonlive.com), 25 March 1999. | "Now, Southern Oregon's 12,000 church members won't have to trek to Portland to attend temple. 'It will be a tremendous blessing,' Baird said. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Palau | 400 | - | 2 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 | Palau | 400 | 2.22% | 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 | Palau | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Palau | 370 | 2.18% | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 377. | Year-end 1999; Location: "Palau (Belau) " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Panama | 26,000 | 0.90% | 63 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 | Panama | 32,000 | 0.90% | 73 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 | Panama | 32,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | "The Church in Central America " in Ensign (Aug. 1998); pg. 80. | "Membership [in Panama] is nearly 32,000. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Panama | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Panama | 32,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | "Temple Dedicated in Bogota, Colombia " in Ensign, July 1999; pg. 75. | "The larger-sized temple serves about 130,000 members in Colombia and about 32,000 in the neighboring country of Panama. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Panama | 35,257 | 1.32% | 110 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 377. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Papua New Guinea | 4,700 | 0.10% | 17 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 | Papua New Guinea | 5,600 | 0.10% | 19 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 | Papua New Guinea | 8,954 | 0.21% | 27 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 378. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Paraguay | 2,000 | - | - | - | 1977 | "The Church in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay " in Ensign (Oct. 1998); pg. 79. | "Paraguay is populated by about 5.4 million people... Membership has grown from 2,000 members in 1977 to 12,000 members in 1990 to 40,037 members today... The Church currently has 6 stakes, 34 wards, 94 branches... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Paraguay | 2,063 | - | - | - | 1977 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | Later that year, two branches were organized. The Paraguay Mission was created in 1977. At that time there were 2,063 members. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Paraguay | 2,232 | - | - | - | 1980 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | By 1980, there were still only 2,232 members. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Paraguay | 12,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | "The Church in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay " in Ensign (Oct. 1998); pg. 79. | "Paraguay is populated by about 5.4 million people... Membership has grown from 2,000 members in 1977 to 12,000 members in 1990 to 40,037 members today... The Church currently has 6 stakes, 34 wards, 94 branches... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Paraguay | 12,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | In 1990 the mission exceeded 1,000 baptism. Membership grew to 12,000. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Paraguay | 24,000 | 0.40% | 103 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 | Paraguay | 23,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | In 1996, there were 23,000 members in Paraguay. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Paraguay | 37,000 | 0.40% | 123 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 | Paraguay | 40,037 | 0.74% | 128 units |
- | 1998 | "The Church in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay " in Ensign (Oct. 1998); pg. 79. | "Paraguay is populated by about 5.4 million people... Membership has grown from 2,000 members in 1977 to 12,000 members in 1990 to 40,037 members today... The Church currently has 6 stakes, 34 wards, 94 branches... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Paraguay | 44,632 | 0.83% | 123 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 379. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Pennsylvania | 24,488 | 0.21% | 83 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 | Pennsylvania | - | 0.09% | - | - | 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 | Pennsylvania | 33,000 | 0.20% | 103 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 | Pennsylvania | 36,000 | 0.30% | 105 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 | Pennsylvania | 37,749 | 0.30% | 102 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 236. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Pennsylvania | - | 0.00% | - | - | 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 "; Actual % between 0 and 0.5%, so sell was left blank. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Pennsylvania: Philadelphia | 3,040 | 0.19% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 110. | Table 3-5: "Religious Profiles of Selected Cities by Percentage ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total Philadelphia pop: 1.6 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 | Peru | 6,391 | - | - | - | 1965 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | By 1965, the number of members in Peru increased to 6,391. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Peru | 10,771 | - | - | - | 1970 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | At that time [1970], there was a total of 10,771 members in Peru. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Peru | 23,000 | - | - | - | 1980 | "Pioneering in the Andes " in Ensign (Jan. 1997); pg. 16. | "By 1980 membership had jumped to 14,000 in Boliva alone, 19,000 in Ecuador, and 23,000 in Peru. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Peru | 279,000 | 1.10% | 761 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 | Peru | 270,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* LDS-GEMS | In 1996, there were 270,000 members in Peru. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Peru | 300,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | "The Church in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela " in Ensign (Jan. 1997); pg. 79. | "Peru has the most members with 300,000, followed by Ecuador with 128,000, Colombia with 115,000, Bolivia with 90,000, and Venezuela with 75,000. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Peru | 312,000 | 1.20% | 974 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 | Peru | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Holligan de Diaz-Limaco, Jane. Peru: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (In Focus series), Brooklyn, New York: Interlink Books (1998); pg. 73. | "In many rural villages, while the Catholic church is left padlocked, the Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons, Adventists, or another Protestant group has set up a prayer group and a meeting house... There are now estimated to be around 1.5 million members of evangelical churches in Peru... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Peru | 333,828 | 1.39% | 838 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 380. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines | 41,802 | - | - | - | 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: 59% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1984 | "'Faithful, Good, Virtuous, True': Pioneers in the Philippines " in Ensign (Aug. 1997); pg. 57. | "When the Manila Philippines Temple was dedicated in 1984... the Church had grown from a handful of Filipino members to nearly 100,000 Latter-day Saints... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines | 76,000 | - | - | - | 1984 | *LINK* web site: History of the Church in the Philippines | "Membership in 1984 was 76,000 and 237,000 in 1990. Today [1998], membership is approximately 370,000. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines | 102,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Philippines | 240,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Philippines | 237,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* web site: History of the Church in the Philippines | "Membership in 1984 was 76,000 and 237,000 in 1990. Today [1998], membership is approximately 370,000. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines | 293,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Philippines | 355,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Philippines | 354,000 | 0.40% | 995 units |
- | 1996 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996); pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1996: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines | 400,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | "'Faithful, Good, Virtuous, True': Pioneers in the Philippines " in Ensign (Aug. 1997); pg. 57. | "Today the growth of the Church continues at a rapid pace, with the number of members approaching 400,000. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines | 389,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Philippines | 389,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 122. | "The Philippines is the most populous LDS nation in Asia. Membership in the Philippines has grown from a handful in the early 1960s to more than 389,000 in 1997. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines | 389,000 | 0.50% | 1,001 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 | Philippines | 354,000 | - | 995 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web site: History of the Church in the Philippines | "The following is an update of membership statistics in the Philippines. Members: 354,000; Total congregations: 995. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines | 370,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: History of the Church in the Philippines | "Membership in 1984 was 76,000 and 237,000 in 1990. Today [1998], membership is approximately 370,000. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines | 389,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Philippines | 441,359 | 0.60% | 1,051 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 382. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines: Ilocos Norte | 1,431 | 0.31% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* web site: "Province of Ilocos Norte Home Page " | "Table 3: HOUSEHOLD POPULATION BY RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION IN ILOCOS NORTE 1990 "; "Ilocos Norte had a pop. of 461,661 in 1990 " [table lists # of households & percentage. Adherent numbers here are based on % of total pop.] |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Philippines: Pampanga: Guagua | 84 | 0.09% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* web site: Census data for municipality of Guagua in province of Pampanga in Philippines | "[Total] population: 95,374 as of September 1995 Census "; Table: "From April 1994 Census of Municipality of Guagua " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Poland | 700 | - | 12 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 | Poland | 900 | - | 8 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 | Poland | 1,094 | 0.00% | 11 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 386. | Year-end 1999 |
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