Congregation Growth Outside The United States

I wanted to take some time and provide statistics for new congregations created in the Church outside of the United States. Congregations increased by around 350 for the whole Church in 2007, and only around 130-140 were created outside of the United States. Here is a list of the six countries which had the greatest increase in congregations.

1. Brazil - +40
2. Mexico - +26
3. Argentina - +14
4. Ghana - +9
5. Philippines - +8
6. Dominican Republic - +6

Roughly 70% of the non-United States increase in congregations can be attributed to the top five countries.