Countries of the World and Year Opened to LDS Missionary Work

Below is a chronological list of countries that have had LDS missionaries assigned provided with the year the first missionaries were assigned.  Years with multiple countries opened have countries listed in alphabetical order.  Countries that no longer have an LDS presence are listed in red and provided with the last year of an LDS presence.  Notes are provided clarifying when an LDS presence was first established, any previous attempts to begin missionary activity earlier on, and setbacks requiring the removal of all missionaries.

1. United States - 1830
2. Canada - 1830
3. United Kingdom - 1837
4. Australia - 1840
5. French Polynesia - 1844
6. Denmark - 1849
7. France - 1849 (missionaries served inconsistently in France until 1946)
8. Switzerland - 1850
9. Germany - 1851 (first branch created in 1843)
10. Norway - 1851
11. Sweden - early 1850s
12. Ireland - 1850s (missionary work began in late 1830s but closed due to famine and emigration)
13. New Zealand - 1854
14. Netherlands - 1861
15. Finland - 1870s (more permanent, consistent missionary activity began in 1947)
16. Mexico - 1875
17. Austria - 1883 (year first Austria baptized in Austria; missionaries periodically visited years earlier)
18. American Samoa - 1888 (previous attempt to establish church in 1862 but unsuccessful)
19. Belgium - 1888
20. Samoa - 1888 (previous attempt to establish church in 1862 but unsuccessful)
21. Tonga - 1891 (missionaries removed from 1897 to 1907)
22. Syria - late 1890s-1951 (closed due to political conditions and emigration of Armenian converts)
23. Japan - 1901 (mission closed in 1924 and reopened in 1946)
24. South Africa - 1903 (missionaries also served from 1853-1865)
25. Argentina - 1925
26. Brazil - 1928
27. Czech Republic - 1929 (missionaries removed in 1950; reintroduced in 1990)
28. Israel (Palestine) - 1933-1939, 1946-1951, 1970s-mid-1980s (closed due to BYU-Jerusalem agreement with government)
29. Cook Islands - 1946 (previous attempt to established church in 1899 unsuccessful)
30. Costa Rica - 1946
31. Guatemala - 1947
32. Uruguay - 1947
33. El Salvador - 1949
34. Hong Kong - 1949 (previous attempt to establish church in 1853 unsuccessful)
35. Paraguay - 1950
36. Zimbabwe - 1950 (missionary visits began as early as 1930)
37. Honduras - 1952
38. Niue - 1952
39. Nicaragua - 1953 (missionaries withdrawn for most of the 1980s)
40. Fiji - 1954
41. South Korea - 1954
42. Chile - 1956 (previous attempt to establish church in early 1850s unsuccessful)
43. Taiwan - 1956
44. Peru - late 1950s (first branch created in 1956)
45. Philippines - 1961
46. Luxembourg - 1963 (no missionaries appeared to be assigned in the 1970s)
47. Bolivia - 1964
48. Macau - 1964
49. India - 1960s (exact year missionaries assigned unknown; some missionary activity in 19th century)
50. Ecuador - 1965
51. Lebanon - 1965-1975 (LDS presence remains, but no proselytism missionary at present)
52. Panama - 1965 (first LDS presence established in 1940s among military)
53. Bermuda - 1966
54. Colombia - 1966
55. Italy - 1966 (some missionary activity occurred in the mid-19th century)
56. Venezuela - 1966
57. New Caledonia - 1968 (first branch created in 1961)
58. Singapore - 1968 (missionaries removed for much of the 1970s)
59. Thailand - 1968 (missionaries briefly assigned in 1854, LDS presence established in 1950s)
60. Spain - 1968-1969
61. Indonesia - 1970
62. Malaysia - 1972
63. Puerto Rico - early 1970s (time when Puerto Rico assigned to a mission; missionaries visited in 1940)
64. Portugal - 1974
65. Iceland - 1975 (LDS presence and missionaries assigned from 1851-1914; reintroduced in 1975)
66. Iran - 1975-1979 (missionary work closed due to Iranian Revolution)
67. Kiribati - 1975
68. Northern Mariana Islands - 1975 (LDS presence among military first established in 1940s)
69. Vanuatu - 1975 (first branch organized in 1973)
70. Federated States of Micronesia - 1976
71. Guam - 1977 (year first native baptized; LDS presence since 1944 but among military)
72. Marshall Islands - 1977
73. Trinidad and Tobago - 1977
74. Croatia - late 1970s (at the time part of Yugoslavia; dedicated for missionary work in 1985)
75. Serbia - late 1970s (first missionary visited in 1899)
76. Curacao - 1978 (missionaries removed same year, reassigned in 1982; first branch created in 1979)
77. Ghana - 1978
78. Jamaica - 1978 (previous attempt to establish church in 1840s and 1850s unsuccessful)
79. Namibia - 1978
80. Nigeria - 1978
81. Palau - 1978
82. US Virgin Islands - 1978 (first convert baptisms occurred in 1976)
83. Bahamas - 1979
84. Barbados - 1979
85. Dominican Republic - 1979 (country dedicated, first branch organized in 1978)
86. Mauritius - 1979 (one missionary was assigned for two months in 1856)
87. Papua New Guinea - 1979 (year first branch was organized; first converts baptized in 1980)
88. Reunion - 1979
89. Belize - 1980
90. Haiti - 1980 (first convert baptisms occurred in 1978)
91. Kenya - 1980 (first convert baptisms occurred in 1979)
92. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 1980
93. Saint Martin/Sint Maarten - 1983
94. Antigua and Barbuda - 1984
95. Guadeloupe - 1984 (first branch created in 1982)
96. Martinique - 1984
97. Saint Kitts and Nevis - 1984
98. Grenada - 1985
99. Tuvalu - 1985 (year first branch and convert baptisms occurred; missionaries removed 2005-2010)
100. Cayman Islands - 1985 (church services began in 1982)
101. Greece - 1986 (first branch created in the 1960s;  (some limited missionary activity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries)
102. Aruba - 1987 (first branch created in 1986)
103. Democratic Republic of the Congo - 1987
104. Liberia - 1987
105. Swaziland - 1987 (first branch created in 1986)
106. Cote d'Ivoire - 1988
107. Guyana - 1988
108. Malta - 1988 (previous attempts to establish church occurred in the 1850s and 1979)
109. Poland - 1988 (sporadic missionary efforts occurred for nearly 100 years before this time)
110. Sierra Leone - 1988
111. Suriname - 1988
112. Cape Verde - 1988-1989
113. Hungary - 1988-1989 (sporadic missionary presence around 1900, first convert baptisms in 1988)
114. French Guiana - 1989
115. Lesotho - 1989
116. Botswana - 1990
117. Bulgaria - 1990
118. Estonia - 1990
119. Romania - 1990 (missionaries were assigned periodically from 1903-1933)
120. Russia - 1990
121. Slovakia - 1990 (some missionary activity occurred in the 1930s and 1940s).
122. Slovenia - 1990
123. Uganda - 1990
124. Ukraine - 1990
125. Armenia - 1991 (year country dedicated for missionary work; first branch organized in 1994)
126. Madagascar - 1991 (first convert baptisms occurred in 1988)
127. Republic of the Congo - 1991-1992
128. Albania - 1992
129. Andorra - 1992 (first convert baptism; unclear exact year first missionaries were assigned)
130. Cameroon - 1992 (young missionaries not assigned until mid-2000s)
131. Latvia - 1992 (some missionary activity briefly occurred in 1903)
132. Lithuania - 1992
133. Mongolia - 1992
134. Tanzania - 1992
135. Zambia - 1992 (missionaries briefly assigned in 1960s)
136. Belarus - 1993
137. Cyprus - 1993 (year country dedicated for missionary work; unclear when first missionaries assigned)
138. Ethiopia - 1993
139. Pakistan - 1993 (first LDS presence established in 1970s)
140. Cambodia - 1994
141. Solomon Islands - 1995 (year first senior missionaries assigned; missionaries withdrawn for much of the 2000s
142. Moldova - 1997 (missionaries withdrawn from 2004 to 2007)
143. Sri Lanka - late 1990s (time when first proselytizing missionaries from Singapore Mission assigned)
144. Benin - 1998 (year senior missionaries first assigned and first baptism; first branch organized in 2003)
145. Malawi - 1999 (first convert baptisms occurred in 1992)
146. Mozambique - 1999 (first branch created in 1996)
147. Togo - 1999
148. Saint Lucia - 2003 (year branch was reestablished; brief missionary presence from 1983-1986)
149. Kazakhstan - mid-2000s (exact year unknown; country dedicated in 2003)
150. Vietnam - mid-2000s 
151. Dominica - 2006
152. Georgia - 2006
153. Laos - 2006 (young missionaries removed same year; only humanitarian missionaries at present)
154. Angola - 2008 (first branch created in 1996)
155. Turks and Caicos Islands - 2008-2009
156. Burundi - 2010
157. Kosovo - 2011
158. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2012 (first branch created in 2011)
159. Macedonia - 2012
160. Montenegro - 2012
161. Turkey - 2012 (some limited missionary activity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries)