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Total membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the end of the year 2017 is 16,118,169. Statistics announced for the end of 2017 also included the following: 67,049 missionaries currently serving full-time missions in 421 missions; 553 Districts; 30,506 wards and branches (congregations) currently functioning in 3,341 stakes (administrated groups of congregations). There are 36,172 members serving Church-service missions.

Each column of the table is sortable. (For more information, go to 2017 Statistical Report for 2018 April General Conference)

Worldwide Membership Statistics

Country	Members	Missions	Congregations	Temples	Notes
Albania	2,888	1	12	0
American Samoa	16,180	0	41	0
Andorra	511,491	44	1,452	12
Angola	2,123	1	11	0
Antigua and Barbuda	230	0	1	0
Argentina	445,108	14	769	2
Armenia	3,612	1	11	0
Aruba	564	0	2	0
Australia	148,862	6	312	5
Austria	4,618	0	17	0
Bahamas	1,029	0	3	0
Bangladesh	Under 100	0	1	0
Barbados	1,0005	1	3	0
Belgium	6,742	0	16	0
Belize	5,332	0	11	0
Benin	2,638	1	14	0
Bermuda	under 100	0	1	0
Bolivia	199,057	5	248	1
Botswana	3,235	1	13	0
Brazil	1,354,127	34	2,055	6	2 temples under construction: Manaus; Fortaleza
British Virgin Islands	597	0	2	0
Bulgaria	2,429	1	9	0
Cambodia	13,716	1	30	0
Cameroon	1,628	0	11	0
Canada	195,180	7	494	8	Winnipeg Manitoba Temple under construction
Canary Islands	3,500 (2010)	0	10	0
Verde Cape Verde	13,504	1	42	0
Cayman Islands	216	0	1	0
Central African Republic	216	0	1	0
Chile	585,887	10	602	1	1 under construction: Concepcion
Colombia	196,668	5	256	1
Cook Islands	1,843	0	5	0
Costa Rica	47,474	2	75	1
Croatia	617	1	6	0
Curacao	550	0	1	0
Cyprus	457	0	4	0
Czech Republic	2,549	1	12	0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	42,689	2	145	0
Denmark	4,408	1	23	1
Dominica	165	0	1	0
Dominican Republic	131,907	3	194	1
Ecuador	229,294	5	308	1
Egypt	Under 100	0	1	0
El Salvador	124,650	3	164	1
Equatorial Guinea	339 (2010)	0	1	0
Estonia	1,106	0	4	0
Ethiopia	1,854	0	6	0
Falkland Islands	4	0	0	0
Fiji	18,340	1	50	1
Finland	4,902	1	30	1
France	37,812	2	107	0	1 Under Construction in Paris
French Guiana	373	0	1	0
French Polynesia	24,755	1	88	1
Gabon	50 (2010)	0	1	0	Fewer than 100
Georgia	274	0	1	0
Germany	39,401	3	171	2
Ghana	62,031	4	207	1
Gibraltar	Under 100	0	1	0
Greece	Greece	742	1	4	0
Greenland	14	0	1	0
Grenada	416	0	1	0
Guadeloupe	519	0	3	0
Guam	2,265	1	0	4	0
Guatemala	267,470	6	430	2
Guernsey	Under 100	0	1	0
Guyana	5,575	0	13	0
Haiti	22,323	1	46	0
Honduras	172,253	4	235	1	1 temple under construction: Tegucigalpa
Hong Kong	24,746	1	37	1
Hungary	5,123	1	22	0
Iceland	275	0	2	0
India	12,257	2	43	0
Indonesia	7,016	1	23	0
Ireland	3,451	0	13	0
Isle of Man	310	0	1	0
Italy	25,956	2	103	0	1 under construction: Rome
Ivory Coast	18,602	1	53	0
Jamaica	6,346	1	18	0
Japan	127,635	7	267	2	Sapporo Temple under construction
Jersey	312	0	1	0
Kazakhstan	281	0	2	0
Kenya	12,471	1	46	0
Kiribati	16,795	0	26	0
Korea, Republic of	86,719	4	126	1
Latvia	1,189	1	5	0
Lesotho	867	0	2	0
Liberia	8,929	1	24	0
Liechtenstein	Under 100	0	0	Fewer than 100
Lithuania	969	0	5	0
Luxembourg	405	0	1	0
Macau	1,398	0	3	0
Madagascar	10,322	1	38	0
Malawi	1,931	0	8	0
Malaysia	9,476	0	34	0
Malta	177	0	1	0
Marshall Islands	6,865	1	14	0
Martinique	212	0	1	0
Mauritius	458	0	2	0
Mexico	1,417,011	34	2,016	13
Micronesia	5,643	0	21	0
Moldova, Republic of	360	0	4	0
Mongolia	11,028	1	23	0
Mozambique	7,943	1	26	0
Namibia	763	0	2	0
Nauru	101	0	1	0
Nepal	50	0	1	0	Fewer than 100
Netherlands	9,247	1	32	1
Netherlands Antilles	797?	0	?	0
New Caledonia	2,138	0	8	0
New Zealand	107,511	2	207	1
Nicaragua	95,768	2	109	0
Nigeria	109,998	4	350	1
Niue	281	0	2	0
Northern Mariana Islands	756	0	1	0
Norway	4,556	1	23	0
Palau	430	0	1	0
Panama	52,702	1	72	1
Papua New Guinea	21,265	1	77	0
Paraguay	84,806	2	145	1
Peru	527,759	10	786	1	1 under construction: Trujillo
Philippines	675,166	17	1,134	2	1 temple under construction: Urdanetta
Poland	1,780	1	14	0
Portugal	40,941	1	68	0	1 temple announced: Lisbon
Puerto Rico	23,328	1	41	0
Republic of the Congo	5,750	0	17	0
Réunion	882	0	5	0
Romania	3,002	1	18	0
Russian	21,709	7	99	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	238	0	1	0
Saint Lucia	351	0	2	0
Saint Marten	281	0	1	0
Saint Vincent	653	0	2	0
Samoa	73,827	1	135	1
Serbia and Montenegro	308	0	3	0
Sierra Leone	11,664	1	27	0
Singapore	3,573	1	11	0
Slovakia	221	0	4	0
Slovenia	411	0	4	0
Solomon Islands	509	0	4	0
Somalia	50	0	1	0	Fewer than 100
South Africa	59,807	3	152	1
Spain	50,049	3	138	1
Sri Lanka	1,319	0	3	0
Suriname	1,323	0	1	0
Swaziland	1,522	0	4	0
Sweden	9,404	1	40	1
Switzerland	8,456	2	36	1
Taiwan	55,805	2	100	1
Tanzania, United Republic of	1,220	0	6	0
Thailand	17,424	1	38	0
Togo	1,861	0	11	0
Tonga	60,680	1	166	1
Trinidad and Tobago	3,454	1	9	0
Turkey	313	0	4	0
Tuvalu	200	0	1	0
Uganda	11,442	1	25	0
Ukraine	11,178	3	56	1
United Kingdom	188,462	6	333	2
United Arab Emirates	Ex-pats in the UAE	0	2	0
United States of America	6,592,195	124	14,225	78	14 temples under construction or announced
Uruguay	99,758	2	159	1
Vanuatu	5,491	1	30	0
Venezuela	157,795	4	281	1
Viet Nam	50	0	1	0	Fewer than 100
Virgin Islands	597	0	2	0
Zambia	3,044	1	12	0
Zimbabwe	23,117	1	60	0

Countries with Highest Percentage of Members as of 2017

LDS Church Growth by researcher Matt Martinich

In a post on LDS Church Growth, researcher Matt Martinich lists the countries with the highest percentages using data from the CIA World Factbook and United Nations. Here are the top 10, as of 2017:

Tonga: 60.88%. 64,824 Church members in a country of 106,479.
Samoa: 40.2%. 80,437 Church members in a country of 200,108.
American Samoa: 31.72%. 16,339 Church members in a country of 51,504.
Cook Islands: 19.84%. 1,835 Church members in a country of 9,290.
Niue: 18.76%. 305 Church members in a country of 1,626.
Kiribati: 18.21%. 19,690 Church members in a country of 108,145.
Marshall Islands: 10.15%. 7,446 Church members in a country of 73,376.
French Polynesia: 9.56%. 27,521 Church members in a country of 287,881.
The Federal States of Micronesia: 5.97%. 6,217 Church members in a country of 104,196.
Chile: 3.32%. 590,124 Church members in a country of 17,789,267.

Notes

For those countries marked as "Fewer than 100" I have assumed membership of 50 so that percentages can be calculated.
Source of membership statistics is LDS Newsroom.
Temple statistics are current.
The following countries are listed as not having any members:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Antarctica, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, China (see Hong Kong and Macau), :Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, East Timor, Eritrea, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Heard & McDonald Islands, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Jordan, Democratic :People's Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Monaco, Monserrat, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Norfolk Island, Oman, Pakistan, Pitcairn, Qatar, Rwanda, San :Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, St. Helena, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Sudan, Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tokelau, Tunisia, :Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uzbekistan,

Vatican City State, Wallis & Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, and Zaire.

See charts of church international statistics

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-Total membership of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] for the end of the year 2014 is 15,372,337.  Statistics announced for the end of 2014 also included the following: 85,147 [[Mormon Missionaries|missionaries]] currently serving full-time missions in 406 [[mission]]s; 29,621 [[ward]]s and [[branch]]es (congregations) currently functioning in 3,114 [[stake]]s (administrated groups of congregations).
+Total membership of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] for the end of the year 2017 is 16,118,169.  Statistics announced for the end of 2017 also included the following: 67,049 [[Mormon Missionaries|missionaries]] currently serving full-time missions in 421 [[mission]]s; 553 [[District]]s; 30,506 [[ward]]s and [[branch]]es (congregations) currently functioning in 3,341 [[stake]]s (administrated groups of congregations). There are 36,172 members serving Church-service missions.
-Each column of the table is sortable.  (For more information, go to [http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/2014-statistical-report-for-2015-april-general-conference 2014 Statistical Report for 2015 April General Conference].)
+Each column of the table is sortable.  (For more information, go to [https://www.lds.org/church/news/2017-statistical-report-for-2018-april-general-conference?lang=eng&_r=1 2017 Statistical Report for 2018 April General Conference])
 ==Worldwide Membership Statistics==
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+|2,888
 |1
-|11
+|12
 |0
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 |[http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/contact-us/american-samoa American Samoa]
-|15,629
+|16,180
-|4
+|0
-|36
+|41
-|1
+|0
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/andorra Andorra]
-|Under 100
+|511,491
-|0
+|44
-|1
+|1,452
-|0
+|12
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/angola Angola]
-|1,684
+|2,123
 |1
-|8
+|11
 |0
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/antigua-and-barbuda Antigua and Barbuda]
-|196
+|230
+|0
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 |0
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/argentina Argentina]
-|432,007
+|445,108
-|12
+|14
-|765
+|769
-|1 (Buenos Aires)
+|2
-|1 temple under construction (Cordoba)
+|&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/armenia Armenia]
-|3,344
+|3,612
 |1
 |11
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/aruba Aruba]
-|511
+|564
 |0
 |2
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/australia Australia]
-|143,891
+|148,862
 |6
-|303
+|312
 |5
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/austria Austria]
-|4,385
+|4,618
-|6
+|0
-|303
+|17
 |0
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/bahamas Bahamas]
-|959
+|1,029
 |0
 |3
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 |Bangladesh
 |Under 100
+|0
 |1
 |0
+|&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/barbados Barbados]
-|844
+|1,0005
-|0
+|1
 |3
 |0
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/belgium Belgium]
-|6,186
+|6,742
-|2
+|0
-|17
+|16
 |0
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/belize Belize]
-|4,240
+|5,332
-|1
+|0
 |11
 |0
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/benin/ Benin]
-|1,081
+|2,638
 |1
-|6
+|14
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |Bermuda
-|140
+|under 100
 |0
 |1
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/bolivia/ Bolivia]
-|182,964
+|199,057
-|3
+|5
-|256
+|248
 |1
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/botswana/ Botswana]
-|2,152
+|3,235
-|0
+|1
-|7
+|13
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/brazil/ Brazil]
-|1,209,974
+|1,354,127
-|27
+|34
-|1,941
+|2,055
 |6
 |2 temples under construction: Manaus; Fortaleza
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/british-virgin-islands British Virgin Islands]
-|586
+|597
 |0
 |2
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/bulgaria Bulgaria]
-|2,296
+|2,429
 |1
-|10
+|9
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/cambodia Cambodia]
-|11,469
+|13,716
 |1
-|27
+|30
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/contact-us/cameroon Cameroon]
-|1,277
+|1,628
 |0
-|6
+|11
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonwiki.com/Membership_Statistics_Canada Canada]
-|187,982
+|195,180
 |7
-|472
+|494
 |8
-|1 temples under construction: Winnipeg
+|Winnipeg Manitoba Temple under construction
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 |[http://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/2013/08/first-lds-stake-to-be-created-in-canary.html Canary Islands]
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/Cape Verde Cape Verde]
-|9,326
+|13,504
 |1
-|23
+|42
 |0
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/contact-us/cayman-islands Cayman Islands]
-|195
+|216
 |0
 |1
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/central-african-republic Central African Republic]
-|194
+|216
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/chile Chile]
-|577,716
+|585,887
-|9
+|10
-|622
+|602
 |1
 |1 under construction: Concepcion
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/colombia Colombia]
-|180,526
+|196,668
 |5
-|273
+|256
 |1
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/cook-islands-rarotongo Cook Islands]
-|1,862
+|1,843
 |0
 |5
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 |[http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/contact-us/costa-rica Costa Rica]
-|41,353
+|47,474
-|1
+|2
-|73
+|75
 |1
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/croatia Croatia]
-|583
+|617
 |1
 |6
+|0
+|&nbsp;
+|----
+|[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/curacao Curacao]
+|550
+|0
+|1
 |0
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/cyprus Cyprus]
-|430
+|457
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/czech-republic Czech Republic]
-|2,369
+|2,549
 |1
-|13
+|12
 |0
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo Democratic Republic of the Congo]
-|34,547
+|42,689
 |2
-|116
+|145
 |0
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/denmark Denmark]
-|4,376
+|4,408
 |1
 |23
 |1
+|&nbsp;
+|----
+|[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/dominica Dominica]
+|165
+|0
+|1
+|0
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/dominican-republic Dominican Republic]
-|124,435
+|131,907
 |3
-|202
+|194
 |1
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/ecuador Ecuador]
-|211,165
+|229,294
-|3
+|5
 |308
 |1
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/el-salvador El Salvador]
-|114,674
+|124,650
-|2
+|3
-|162
+|164
 |1
-|1 temple announced: San Salvador
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/estonia Estonia]
-|1,086
+|1,106
 |0
-|5
+|4
 |0
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/ethiopia Ethiopia]
-|1,678
+|1,854
 |0
-|5
+|6
 |0
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/fiji Fiji]
-|16,951
+|18,340
 |1
-|48
+|50
 |1
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/finland Finland]
-|4,745
+|4,902
 |1
 |30
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/france France]
-|36,968
+|37,812
 |2
-|108
+|107
 |0
 |1 Under Construction in Paris
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/french-guiana French Guiana]
-|362
+|373
 |0
 |1
@@ Line 363: / Line 380: @@
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/french-polynesia-tahiti French Polynesia]
-|22,659
+|24,755
 |1
-|83
+|88
 |1
 |&nbsp;
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/georgia Georgia]
-|216
+|274
 |0
 |1
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/germany Germany]
-|38,739
+|39,401
 |3
 |171
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/ghana Ghana]
-|52,387
+|62,031
-|3
+|4
-|148
+|207
 |1
 |&nbsp;
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+|Greece
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/greece Greece]
-|751
+|742
 |1
 |4
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/grenada Grenada]
-|305
+|416
 |0
 |1
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/guadeloupe Guadeloupe]
-|470
+|519
 |0
 |3
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/guam Guam]
-|2,294
+|2,265
 |1
 |0
@@ Line 441: / Line 459: @@
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/guatemala Guatemala]
-|239,734
+|267,470
-|5
+|6
-|416
+|430
 |2
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/guyana Guyana]
-|5,415
+|5,575
 |0
 |13
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/haiti Haiti]
-|18,165
+|22,323
 |1
-|42
+|46
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/honduras Honduras]
-|154,207
+|172,253
-|3
+|4
-|226
+|235
 |1
 |1 temple under construction: Tegucigalpa
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/hong-kong/ Hong Kong]
-|24,188
+|24,746
 |1
-|33
+|37
 |1
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/hungary Hungary]
-|4,940
+|5,123
 |1
 |22
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 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/iceland Iceland]
-|265
+|275
 |0
 |2
@@ Line 496: / Line 514: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/india India]
-|10,958
+|12,257
 |2
-|40
+|43
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/indonesia Indonesia]
-|6,904
+|7,016
 |1
 |23
@@ Line 510: / Line 528: @@
 |----
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-|3,013
+|3,451
-|1
+|0
 |13
 |0
@@ Line 517: / Line 535: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/isle-of-man Isle of Man]
-|293
+|310
 |0
 |1
@@ Line 524: / Line 542: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/italy Italy]
-|24,970
+|25,956
 |2
-|100
+|103
 |0
 |1 under construction: Rome
@@ Line 538: / Line 556: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/jamaica Jamaica]
-|5,580
+|6,346
 |1
-|19
+|18
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/japan Japan]
-|126,407
+|127,635
-|6
+|7
-|281
+|267
 |2
 |Sapporo Temple under construction
@@ Line 553: / Line 571: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/jersey Jersey]
-|349
+|312
 |0
-|2
+|1
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/kazakhstan Kazakhstan]
-|216
+|281
 |0
-|1
+|2
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/kenya Kenya]
-|11,869
+|12,471
 |1
-|41
+|46
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/kiribati Kiribati]
-|16,279
+|16,795
 |0
 |26
@@ Line 581: / Line 599: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/south-korea Korea, Republic of]
-|85,628
+|86,719
-|3
+|4
-|128
+|126
 |1
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/latvia Latvia]
-|1,166
+|1,189
 |1
-|6
+|5
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/lesotho Lesotho]
-|880
+|867
 |0
 |2
@@ Line 602: / Line 620: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/liberia Liberia]
-|6,709
+|8,929
-|0
+|1
-|20
+|24
 |0
 |&nbsp;
@@ Line 615: / Line 633: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/lithuania Lithuania]
-|916
+|969
 |0
 |5
@@ Line 622: / Line 640: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/Luxembourg Luxembourg]
-|336
+|405
 |0
 |1
@@ Line 629: / Line 647: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/macau Macau]
-|1,345
+|1,398
 |0
-|2
+|3
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/madagascar Madagascar]
-|9,190
+|10,322
 |1
-|37
+|38
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/malawi Malawi]
-|1,421
+|1,931
 |0
-|6
+|8
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/malaysia Malaysia]
-|8,967
+|9,476
 |0
-|33
+|34
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/malta Malta]
-|159
+|177
 |0
 |1
@@ Line 664: / Line 682: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/marshall-islands Marshall Islands]
-|6,030
+|6,865
 |1
-|12
+|14
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/martinique Martinique]
-|199
+|212
 |0
 |1
@@ Line 678: / Line 696: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/mauritius Mauritius]
-|428
+|458
 |0
 |2
@@ Line 685: / Line 703: @@
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/mexico Mexico]
-|1,317,700
+|1,417,011
-|26
+|34
-|1,985
+|2,016
-|12
+|13
-|1 under construction: Tijuana
+|
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/micronesia Micronesia]
-|4,565
+|5,643
 |0
 |21
@@ Line 699: / Line 717: @@
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/moldova Moldova, Republic of]
-|364
+|360
 |0
-|3
+|4
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/mongolia Mongolia]
-|10,591
+|11,028
 |1
 |23
@@ Line 713: / Line 731: @@
 |----
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+|7,943
 |1
-|21
+|26
 |0
 |&nbsp;
@@ Line 769: / Line 787: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/nicaragua Nicaragua]
-|80,605
+|95,768
 |2
-|102
+|109
-|
+|0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
@@ Line 811: / Line 829: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/panama Panama]
-|48,669
+|52,702
 |1
 |72
 |1
-|1 temple under construction: Panama City
+|
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/papua-new-guinea Papua New Guinea]
@@ Line 860: / Line 878: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/puerto-rico Puerto Rico]
-|21,174
+|23,328
 |1
 |41
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 |7
 |99
+|0
+|&nbsp;
+|----
+|[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/saint-kitts-and-nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis]
+|238
+|0
+|1
 |0
 |&nbsp;
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/saint-lucia Saint Lucia]
-|261
+|351
+|0
+|2
+|0
+|&nbsp;
+|----
+|[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/saint-maarten Saint Marten]
+|281
+|0
+|1
+|0
+|&nbsp;
+|----
+|[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/saint-vincent Saint Vincent]
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 |0
 |2
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 |0
 |3
-|0
-|&nbsp;
-|----
-|[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/st-kitts-and-nevis St. Kitts and Nevis]
-|195
-|0
-|1
-|0
-|&nbsp;
-|----
-|[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/saint-vincent St. Vincent and the Grenadines]
-|540
-|0
-|2
 |0
 |&nbsp;
@@ Line 1,056: / Line 1,081: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/trinidad-and-tobago Trinidad and Tobago]
-|3,058
+|3,454
 |1
-|10
+|9
 |0
 |&nbsp;
@@ Line 1,103: / Line 1,128: @@
 |----
 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/united-states United States of America]
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+|6,592,195
-|103
+|124
-|13,742
+|14,225
-|68
+|78
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 |[http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/virgin-islands Virgin Islands]
-|586
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 |0
 |2
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 |}
+==Countries with Highest Percentage of Members as of 2017==
+[[Image:LDS-Church-Growth-2017.jpg|350px|thumb|<center><span style="color:#0000FF">LDS Church Growth by researcher Matt Martinich</span></center>|none]]
+In a post on [https://lds365.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88f7b094f0719dd1bdc73593b&id=7ebf639091&e=b8f7b8d6d1 LDS Church Growth], researcher Matt Martinich lists the countries with the highest percentages using data from the CIA World Factbook and United Nations. Here are the top 10, as of 2017:
+* Tonga: 60.88%. 64,824 Church members in a country of 106,479.
+* Samoa: 40.2%. 80,437 Church members in a country of 200,108.
+* American Samoa: 31.72%. 16,339 Church members in a country of 51,504.
+* Cook Islands: 19.84%. 1,835 Church members in a country of 9,290.
+* Niue: 18.76%. 305 Church members in a country of 1,626.
+* Kiribati: 18.21%. 19,690 Church members in a country of 108,145.
+* Marshall Islands: 10.15%. 7,446 Church members in a country of 73,376.
+* French Polynesia: 9.56%. 27,521 Church members in a country of 287,881.
+* The Federal States of Micronesia: 5.97%. 6,217 Church members in a country of 104,196.
+* Chile: 3.32%. 590,124 Church members in a country of 17,789,267.
 ==Notes==
-* For those countries marked as "Fewer than 100" I have assumed a membership of 50 so that percentages can be calculated.
+* For those countries marked as "Fewer than 100" I have assumed membership of 50 so that percentages can be calculated.
 * Source of membership statistics is LDS Newsroom.
 * Temple statistics are current.
 * The following countries are listed as not having any members:
-Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Antarctica, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, China (see Hong Kong and Macau), Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, East Timor, Eritrea, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Heard & McDonald Islands, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Jordan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Monaco, Monserrat, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Norfolk Island, Oman, Pakistan, Pitcairn, Qatar, Rwanda, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, St. Helena, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Sudan, Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tokelau, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uzbekistan,
+:Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Antarctica, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, China (see Hong Kong and Macau), :Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, East Timor, Eritrea, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Heard & McDonald Islands, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Jordan, Democratic :People's Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Monaco, Monserrat, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Norfolk Island, Oman, Pakistan, Pitcairn, Qatar, Rwanda, San :Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, St. Helena, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Sudan, Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tokelau, Tunisia, :Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uzbekistan,
-Vatican City State, Wallis & Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire.
+:Vatican City State, Wallis & Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, and Zaire.
 *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/mormons-not-necessarily-who-you-think-they-are/2011/08/05/gIQAKFsXwI_blog.html '''See charts of church international statistics''']