Sunday, October 5, 2008

Updated List of the Countries with the Most Members Without a Temple

Membership, stakes and districts, number of congregations, and temple(s) country is assigned to are provided below. The numbers in parenthesis indicate how many stakes and districts are assigned to the temple (stake, district).

1. Nicaragua
  • - 59,886 members
  • - 8 stakes, 6 districts
  • - 90 congregations
  • - Guatemala City Guatemala Temple (8,6)

2. Portugal

  • - 38,100 members
  • - 6 stakes, 4 districts
  • - 75 congregations
  • - Madrid Spain Temple (6,4)

3. France

  • - 34,638 members
  • - 9 stakes, 2 districts
  • - 117 congregations
  • - Bern Switzerland Temple (5,0), Frankfurt Germany Temple (2,2), London England Temple (1,0), Madrid Spain Temple (1,0)
4. Puerto Rico
  • - 19,808 members
  • - 5 stakes, 2 districts
  • - 43 congregations
  • - Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple (5,2)
5. Russia
  • - 19,583 members
  • - 15 districts
  • - 129 congregations
  • - Helsinki Finland Temple (0,15)
6. Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • - 19,313 members
  • - 5 stakes, 4 districts
  • - 65 congregations
  • - Johannesburg South Africa Temple (5,4)
7. Zimbabwe
  • - 16,969 members
  • - 3 stakes, 2 districts
  • - 45 congregations
  • - Johannesburg South Africa Temple (3,2)
8. Papua New Guinea
  • - 16,060 members
  • - 1 stake, 6 districts
  • - 53 congregations
  • - Sydney Australia Temple (1,6)
9. Thailand
  • - 15,457 members
  • - 1 stake, 5 districts
  • - 39 congregations
  • - Hong Kong China Temple (1,5)
10. American Samoa
  • - 14,514 members
  • - 4 stakes
  • - 36 congregations
  • - Apia Samoa Temple (4,0)

1 comment:

  1. The Kyiv Ukraine Temple should help the Russian Saints, I would think. Although, I am sure they would like to have a Temple of their own.

    What a blessing it is to see the tremendous expansion in Temples throughout the world!

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