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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 | Saskatchewan: Saskatoon | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Saskatoon Free-Net:Religion (viewed 1998) | citywide religion directory for Saskatoon & area |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Scandinavia | 3,353 | - | - | - | 1857 | Cowan, Richard O. & Bruce A. Van Orden. The International Church: Readings for Religion C344; Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University (Fall 1992); pg. 58. | "In 1857... there were 3,353 Saints in Scandinavia: 2,317 Danes, 726 Swedes, & 310 Norwegians. Approximately 25% of the Scandinavian converts emigrated to Utah in the 1850s. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Scandinavia | 4,535 | - | - | - | 1900 | Cowan, Richard O. & Bruce A. Van Orden. The International Church: Readings for Religion C344; Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University (Fall 1992); pg. 85. | "By 1900 the Church's missionary production was on the down-swing in Scandinavia as it was in Great Britain. 4,535 members were on the membership roles. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Scandinavia | 22,000 | - | 132 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 | Scandinavia | 21,899 | - | 133 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 580. | Table: "Membership and units by countries " [with region/continent totals, as of Dec. 31, 1999]; Location: "Nordic Countries ": Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Serbia | - | - | 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 | Serbia | 100 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* "14 LDS missionaries pulled out of Serbia " in Deseret News (Oct. 4, 1998). | "The church established a branch in Belgrade in 1988 and has about 100 members in Serbia. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Serbia | 100 | - | - | - | 1999 | "Church Sends Aid to Kosovo " in Ensign (May 1999); pg. 117. | "The Church relocated 14 single missionaries and a missionary couple from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to Croatia. 'Our anxiety now is for the 100 or more members who reside in Serbia,' said Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Serbia and Montenegro | 100 | - | 3 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 | Serbia and Montenegro | 100 | - | 3 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 420. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Sierra Leone | 2,400 | - | 14 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 | Sierra Leone | 2,652 | - | - | - | 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 | Sierra Leone | 2,700 | 0.05% | 14 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 | Sierra Leone | 3,564 | 0.07% | 3 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 392. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Singapore | 1,900 | 0.06% | 7 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 | Singapore | 2,000 | 0.06% | 7 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 | Singapore | 2,099 | 0.07% | 8 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 393. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Slovak Republic | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 394. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Slovakia | - | - | 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 | Slovakia | - | - | 3 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 | Slovenia | - | - | 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 | Slovenia | 200 | - | 3 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 | Slovenia | 200 | 0.01% | 3 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 394. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Solomon Islands | 100 | 0.02% | 1 unit |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998); pg. 267-410. | "...since that time membership has increased to nearly 100 people. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Solomon Islands | 148 | 0.37% | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 395. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Somalia | 7 | - | - | - | 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 | Somalia | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 396. | Year-end 1999; "There are fewer than 100 members in [Somalia] and, as of 1998, no official Church group. In 1992, the Church shipped 1 million pounds of food and relief supplies to Somalia... to help alleviate suffering from drought... Several members traveled from Somalia to Nairobi, Kenya, to hear President Gordon B. Hinckley when he spoke at a member meeting Feb. 17, 1998. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | South Africa | 24,000 | 0.05% | 86 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 | South Africa | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; listed in table as "Mormon " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | South Africa | 25,746 | - | - | - | 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 | South Africa | 24,000 | 0.05% | 94 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 | South Africa | 29,220 | 0.06% | 87 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 396. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | South Africa: Transkei | - | - | 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 | South Africa: Transkei | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 397. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | South America | 368,064 | - | - | - | 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: 72% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | South America | 1,948,000 | - | 48,000 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 | South America | 2,200,000 | - | - | - | 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 | South America | 2,222,700 | - | - | - | 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 | South America | 2,464,785 | - | 5,908 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 580. | Table: "Membership and units by countries " [with region/continent totals, as of Dec. 31, 1999] |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | South Carolina | 16,896 | 0.48% | 49 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 | South Carolina | - | 0.57% | - | - | 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 | South Carolina | 24,000 | 0.70% | 55 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 | South Carolina | 26,000 | 0.70% | 53 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 | South Carolina | 27,399 | 0.70% | 55 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 238. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | South Carolina | 40,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Munday, Dave. "Mormons offer glimpse inside new temple " in Charleston Post & Carrier, 26 Sept. 1999 (v. online 6 Oct. 1999) | "The Columbia temple will serve 40,000 church members in South Carolina and nearby cities, and Brough expects most of them to visit the temple during the tours... Mormons are Christians, just like Baptists and Methodists, but [have] distinctive views of God... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | South Carolina | - | 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 | South Carolina: Charleston | 3,200 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Munday, Dave. "Mormons offer glimpse inside new temple " in Charleston Post & Carrier, 26 Sept. 1999 (v. online 6 Oct. 1999) | "The church claims 3,200 members in the Charleston area, and many of them drive to the Atlanta temple at least quarterly, said Southeast spokesperson Dee Dee Squires of Charleston. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | South Dakota | 5,155 | 0.74% | 33 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 | South Dakota | - | 0.95% | - | - | 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 | South Dakota | 8,500 | 1.10% | 33 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 | South Dakota | 7,700 | 1.00% | 38 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 | South Dakota | 8,077 | - | 33 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 240. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | South Dakota | - | 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 | South Pacific | 135,952 | - | - | - | 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: 17% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | South Pacific | 317,000 | - | 901 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 | Soviet Union | 9,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | "Pioneering in Russia " in Ensign (June 1997); pg. 30. | "By 1996 nine LDS missions, with a combined membership of 9,000 members, had been created in the former Soviet Union: six in Russia, two in Ukraine, and one in Lithuania. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Spain | 27,000 | 0.06% | 144 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 | Spain | 29,000 | 0.06% | 142 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 | Spain | 30,439 | 0.08% | 144 units |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 398. | Year-end 1999 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Spain | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Bayon, Miguel "Estreno mormon " in "El Pais Digital " (Viernes, 19 febrero 1999 - No. 1022), viewed online 23 Feb. 1999. | Original Spanish: "En España son 30.000, y en Portugal, 50.000. Las comunidades autónomas con más mormones son Madrid y Andalucía, y a la cabeza de las ciudades españolas figuran Madrid y Barcelona. "; Translation: "In Spain they are 30,000, & in Portugal, 50.000. The individual communities with the most LDS are Madrid & Andalusia; among Spanish cities the largest LDS communities are in Madrid & Barcelona. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Spain | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Rocha, Joao Manuel. "Mormones Mostram Pujanca " in OUTROS TITULOS EM SOCIEDADE, publication date: Sabado, 20 de Fevereiro de 1999, (viewed online 23 Feb. 1999) | Original Porguguese: "que ja sao mais em Portugal do que em Espanha: 35 mil contra 30 mil. "; Translation: "that already are more in Portugal of that in Spain: 35 a thousand against 30 a thousand. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Spain | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | Searle, Don L. "Spain: Exploring Horizons of Faith " in The Ensign (Apr. 1999); pg. 33. | "...growth has been steady, and there are now some 30,000 Latter-day Saints in Spain. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Spain | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | Searle, Don L. "Spain: Exploring Horizons of Faith " in The Ensign (Apr. 1999); pg. 37. | "Statistics: Members: 30,000; Stakes: Barcelona, Cadiz, Elche, Hospitalet, Madrid, Seville; Missions: Barcelona, Bilbao, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Madrid, Malaga; Temple: Located in Moratalaz... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Sri Lanka | 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 | St. Martin | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (2000); pg. 328. | "The Claire Dinane family, which was baptized on Guadeloupe, moved to St. Martin and helped re-open the St. Martin Branch on Jan. 31, 1984. In September 1995 Hurricane Luis and Hurricane Marilyn struck the island of St. Martin, destroying at least 80 percent of the homes on the island. Members, many who lost their homes and jobs because of damage done by the hurricanes, rallied to help each other. " [St. Martin is a French territory. Listed separately, so apparently not the same as St. Maarten/Saint Maarten] |
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