Potential New LDS Missions

Below is a list of potential locations for future LDS missions.  Prospective missions are provided with the estimated number of inhabitants serviced and the names of countries and administrative divisions which may be included.  Possible sites for future missions were deduced from the number of LDS units in current missions, congregational and membership growth trends, recent mission creation trends, prospects for future growth, member activity rates, the number of countries administered by current missions, the geographic size of current missions, and the size of the population within the prospective mission.  Like LDS temples, new LDS missions are announced by revelation from the First Presidency.  Population figures were obtained from the CIA World Factbook and www.citypopulation.de.

• Angola Luanda - 13.5 million - Angola, Sao Tome and Principe
• Brazil Campinas (second mission) - 5 million (estimate) Half of current Brazil Campinas Mission
• Brazil Fortaleza (second mission) - 4 million (estimate) - Half of Ceare State
• Brazil Natal - 3.2 million - Rio Grande do Norte State
• Burundi Bujumbura - 21.6 million - Burundi, Rwanda
• Cameroon Yaounde - 26.9 million - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
• Democratic Republic of Congo Mbuji-Mayi - 40 million (estimate) - Central and northern DR Congo
• Ethiopia Addis Ababa - 91.6 million - Djibouti and Ethiopia
• Ghana Kumasi - 11.2 million - Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper East, Upper West Regions
• Guyana Georgetown - 1.5 million - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname
• Honduras San Pedro Sula (second mission) - 2 million (estimate) - Half of northern Honduras
• Mexico Cancun - 2 million - Quintana Roo and eastern Yucatan States
• Mexico Juchitan - 3 million (estimate) - Southwest Chiapas and Southeastern Oaxaca States
• Mexico Poza Rica - 3 million (estimate) - Central Veracruz State
• Mexico Toluca - 5-7 million (estimate) - Western Mexico State
• Nigeria Benin City - 7.3 million - Delta and Edo States
• South Africa Johannesburg (second mission) - 10 million (estimate) - Botswana; North West and Limpopo Provinces
• Tanzania Dar Es Salaam - 42.7 million - Tanzania
• Vanuatu Port Vila - 0.5 million - New Caledonia and Vanuatu