Percent Latter-day Saint by Country: 2022 Figures

See below for a list of countries/territories ranked by the percentage of Church-reported membership in the general population. Church membership figures have come from year-end 2022 membership figures reported by the Church that were accessed here. Population figures by country/territory were obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations which can be found here. I do not have any estimated membership figures in these data presented below, as I chose to include only official Church-reported figures in this table. Estimated membership figures for un-reported countries by the Church will be posted later on this blog by world region. Furthermore, there may be some noticeable differences compared to figures posted in 2021 because I have switched to using FAO estimates rather than the CIA World Factbook estimates due to wide variability in the latter estimated population figures from year to year (also the FAO statistics permit searching by prior year/future year which is very helpful to determine growth rates over time). Finally, it is important to note that Church membership figures do not take into account the activity status or self-affiliation of members on Church records. Worldwide, approximately 30% of Church membership regularly attends church services.

Country	PERCENT LATTER-DAY SAINTS	ONE LATTER-DAY SAINT PER
Tonga	64.20%	2
Samoa	39.43%	3
American Samoa	37.12%	3
Kiribati	16.92%	6
Marshall Islands	16.44%	6
Niue	16.39%	6
Cook Islands	10.95%	9
French Polynesia	9.60%	10
Micronesia	5.23%	19
Vanuatu	3.46%	29
Uruguay	3.12%	32
Chile	3.08%	32
Tuvalu	3.04%	33
Palau	3.01%	33
Cape Verde	2.83%	35
Fiji	2.52%	40
New Zealand	2.26%	44
El Salvador	2.04%	49
United States	2.01%	50
Peru	1.85%	54
Northern Mariana Islands	1.83%	55
Bolivia	1.81%	55
Honduras	1.77%	56
Guatemala	1.61%	62
Guam	1.48%	67
Nicaragua	1.46%	69
Ecuador	1.45%	69
Paraguay	1.45%	69
Panama	1.38%	72
Belize	1.37%	73
Dominican Republic	1.31%	76
Mexico	1.18%	85
Nauru	1.05%	95
Argentina	1.04%	96
Costa Rica	1.03%	97
New Caledonia	0.86%	116
Guyana	0.82%	122
Philippines	0.74%	135
Puerto Rico	0.71%	140
St. Vincent	0.70%	143
Brazil	0.68%	146
St. Maarten	0.66%	151
Venezuela	0.62%	161
U.S. Virgin Islands	0.62%	161
Australia	0.59%	168
Aruba	0.59%	170
Canada	0.52%	191
St. Kitts and Nevis	0.46%	218
Portugal	0.46%	219
Colombia	0.41%	242
Barbados	0.41%	242
Liberia	0.38%	261
Mongolia	0.37%	272
Papua New Guinea	0.36%	277
Sierra Leone	0.34%	298
Cayman Islands	0.33%	299
Isle of Man	0.33%	301
Hong Kong	0.33%	304
Grenada	0.31%	318
Antigua and Barbuda	0.31%	328
Ghana	0.30%	328
Curacao	0.30%	328
Suriname	0.29%	344
United Kingdom	0.28%	361
Jersey	0.27%	364
Bahamas	0.26%	381
Taiwan	0.26%	384
Jamaica	0.24%	415
Zimbabwe	0.23%	426
Trinidad and Tobago	0.23%	440
Haiti	0.22%	454
Dominica	0.22%	455
St. Lucia	0.22%	459
Cote d'Ivoire	0.21%	468
Macau	0.21%	477
Congo, Republic of	0.19%	520
Solomon Islands	0.19%	527
Eswatini	0.18%	547
South Korea	0.17%	585
French Guiana	0.16%	609
Botswana	0.15%	653
Guadeloupe	0.14%	720
Spain	0.13%	749
Armenia	0.13%	784
South Africa	0.12%	847
Albania	0.12%	858
Switzerland	0.11%	950
Japan	0.11%	952
DR Congo	0.10%	963
Iceland	0.10%	976
Nigeria	0.10%	988
Cambodia	0.10%	1,028
Sweden	0.09%	1,107
Guernsey	0.09%	1,127
Finland	0.09%	1,148
Estonia	0.09%	1,157
Reunion	0.09%	1,165
Norway	0.08%	1,206
Luxembourg	0.08%	1,231
Ireland	0.08%	1,262
Denmark	0.07%	1,343
Togo	0.07%	1,361
Martinique	0.07%	1,424
Latvia	0.07%	1,454
Lesotho	0.06%	1,564
France	0.06%	1,673
Belgium	0.06%	1,766
Mozambique	0.06%	1,788
Singapore	0.06%	1,810
Hungary	0.05%	1,895
Austria	0.05%	1,911
Netherlands	0.05%	1,912
Madagascar	0.05%	2,063
Germany	0.05%	2,097
Italy	0.05%	2,109
Cyprus	0.05%	2,143
Malta	0.05%	2,186
Uganda	0.04%	2,283
Mauritius	0.04%	2,296
Namibia	0.04%	2,313
Benin	0.04%	2,382
Bulgaria	0.04%	2,828
Lithuania	0.03%	2,916
Thailand	0.03%	3,057
Kenya	0.03%	3,098
Malaysia	0.03%	3,134
Zambia	0.03%	3,768
Ukraine	0.03%	3,838
Czech Republic	0.03%	3,970
Slovenia	0.02%	4,764
Malawi	0.02%	5,270
United Arab Emirates	0.02%	5,593
Bahrain	0.02%	5,842
Croatia	0.02%	6,367
Romania	0.02%	6,379
Moldova	0.01%	7,193
Angola	0.01%	7,477
Cameroon	0.01%	10,259
Burundi	0.01%	10,395
Kuwait	0.01%	11,384
Rwanda	0.01%	11,938
Greece	0.01%	13,014
Sri Lanka	0.01%	13,136
Georgia	0.01%	14,859
Poland	0.01%	18,250
Slovakia	0.01%	18,503
Serbia	0.01%	19,570
Montenegro	0.01%	19,596
Central African Republic	0.00%	20,663
Tanzania	0.00%	21,840
Israel	0.00%	26,741
Russia	0.00%	28,972
Indonesia	0.00%	36,023
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.00%	46,863
Ethiopia	0.00%	59,460
Kazakhstan	0.00%	84,707
India	0.00%	94,724
Turkey	0.00%	129,698

Monthly Newsletters - May 2023, June 2023, and July 2023

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New Temple Predictions - September 2023 Edition

I have updated my temple prediction map in preparation for General Conference later this month in September. The size of the Church in a specific geographical area (i.e. number of stakes and districts, the number of wards and branches), the age of the oldest stake in a specific geographical area, church growth trends, the distance to the nearest temple, traffic/transportation, the square-footage of the nearest temple, the historical number of weekly endowment sessions scheduled at the nearest temple, and member and missionary reports regarding member activity, temple attendance, and convert retention are variables used to identify prospective sites for future temple announcements. Altogether, there are 216 potential temples on the map (which is just 1 potential temple site lower than the total number of potential sites identified in February 2023. The following 12 locations have been added to the temples prediction map with this current update - all of which are less likely temples:

• Amarillo, Texas
• Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
• Fort Wayne, Indiana
  
• Joinville, Brazil
• Ponta Grossa, Brazil 
• Rigby, Idaho
• Richfield, Utah
  
• Tremonton, Utah
• Tulsa, Oklahoma
  
• Umuahia, Nigeria
  
• Uyo, Nigeria
• Victorville or Lancaster, California
  

Three potential temples sites were transferred from the less likely temples list to the more likely temples list. I also provided with the reasoning why this change was made. These sites include:

• Bo, Sierra Leone (rapid growth in stakes and congregations - likely the city with over 100,000 people with the highest percentage of Latter-day Saints on the Afro-Eurasian landmass. There were approximately 223,000 people in the city per 2021 census figures, and currently there are 27 wards in the city, or one ward per approximately 8,259 people. The average ward or branch in Sierra Leone had 321 people as of year-end 2022, indicating that Church membership for Bo may be as high as 8,667, or 3.9% of the city population. Latter-day Saints are one of the largest Christian denominations in Bo. There are three stakes in Bo (all organized since 2017) with the strong possibility of 1-2 new stakes being created in the immediate future).
  
• Lehi, Utah (steady growth in the number of congregations and stakes in the area).
  
• Osorno, Chile (recent progress with branches maturing into wards in the area, long distance from the nearest temple in Concepcion).
  

The following 10 locations appear most likely to have temples announced this coming General Conference. As always, your prediction lists are welcome and encouraged.

1. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2. Spanish Fork, Utah
3. Angeles or Olongapo, Philippines 
4. Colorado Springs, Colorado 
5. Kampala, Uganda
6. São José, Brazil
7. Viña del Mar, Chile 
8. João Pessoa, Brazil
9. Santiago, Dominican Republic
10. Maracaibo, Venezuela
    

See below for the map of likely and less likely new temple sites: