Sunday, April 28, 2019

UPDATED - Country-by-Country Membership Statistics Released for 2018

I previously posted on the countries with the highest membership growth rates during 2018. These data came from the Church's Newsroom site at http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics. However, I have obtained additional year-end 2018 membership totals that I want to include in an updated post as there are eight additional nations that experienced an annual membership growth rate of 10% or higher during 2018.

Countries with the highest annual membership growth rates in 2018 (10% or greater) are listed below. Lists for nations with the most rapid membership growth rates are also available for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. The percentage next to the country name is the annual growth rate percentage, which is followed by the country's membership at year-end 2018. Countries in bold experienced an annual membership increase greater than 200 during 2018. Countries in red are ones added to this list with additional official membership data I have recently obtained.

  1. Guinea - 103.3% - 61 
  2. Senegal - 63.6% - 108
  3. Cuba - 47.5% - 357
  4. Oman - 30.5% - 107
  5. Rwanda - 25.7% - 749
  6. Montenegro - 21.1% - 23 
  7. North Macedonia - 20.6% - 41
  8. Angola - 19.3% - 2,933
  9. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 15.9% - 80
  10. Israel - 15.3% - 332
  11. Gabon* - 15.3% - 151
  12. Togo - 14.6% - 4,736
  13. Mozambique - 13.3% - 12,274
  14. Solomon Islands - 12.8% - 1,240
  15. Benin - 11.5% - 3,463
  16. Turks and Caicos Islands - 11.4% - 147
  17. Cote d'Ivoire - 11.1% - 48,776
  18. Morocco - 10.5% - 95
  19. Sint Maarten - 10.4% - 277
*Membership total only reflects one of the two branches as one of the Gabonese branches is incorrectly reported under the Republic of the Congo.

Also, see below for membership totals for additional countries not reported on the Church Newsroom site.
  • Bahrain - 223
  • Belarus - 511
  • Bermuda - 197
  • British Virgin Islands - 138
  • Mali* - 9
  • Qatar - 537
  • Vietnam - 2,466
*Membership appears to comprise those who live outside of the Bamako Branch under the Africa West Area Branch. The Bamako Branch is incorrectly reported under Cote d'Ivoire. However, membership in Mali appeared to increase by more than 100% during 2018. Local members report that membership nationwide appeared to be around 80-100 at year-end 2018. There were 42 members in Mali as of April 2018. 
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4 comments:

  1. KennyApril 29, 2019 at 5:30 PM

    Any numbers available for Andorra?

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  2. EduardoApril 29, 2019 at 7:49 PM

    Great to see Guinea and Cuba to get on the map as far as significant growth. About time!
    Rwanda is a significant country as well. It and its mirror neighbor Burundi pose great opportunities for growth based on the fact that they are so concentrated in population, once critical growth is achieved with a district or stake or two the networking of Gospel outreach will really catch hold. Maybe scenarios like we have seen in Cote d'Ivoire, very robust and substantial.
    Great reporting and notes, thanks.
    Chile is getting its third temple. I hope it excites a lot of long time members. We are talking tens of thousands. Southern Chile/Argentina should be next.

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  3. The AccountantApril 30, 2019 at 3:40 PM

    Just to pass this on, the Apex NC stake just created two wards an 1 branch this past Sunday during Stake Conference. This certainly was only possible because of the change to a two hour church meeting schedule since their buildings were at full capacity. They now have 10 units.

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  4. EduardoMay 15, 2019 at 2:57 PM

    Vietnam is a major country for growth.

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