Conferencegoers maintain Latter-day Saint leaders throughout the Church of Jesus Christ’s 192nd Annual Common Convention on the Convention Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis on Saturday, April 2, 2022. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
The worldwide membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was 16,805,400 as of Dec. 31, 2021.
The web enhance of 141,737 church members was mirrored in a statistical report issued after the Saturday afternoon session of the religion’s 192nd Annual Common Convention.
The church’s membership numbered:
- 16,663,663 on the finish of 2020
- 16,565,036 on the finish of 2019.
- 16,313,735 on the finish of 2018.
- 16,118,169 on the finish of 2017.
The COVID-19 pandemic had depressed the image of church progress in 2020 each in missionary work and within the variety of new youngsters on church rolls. The pandemic delayed child blessings and baptisms as congregations adopted COVID-19 well being and security protocols.
A number of the 2021 statistics replicate the return of blessings and baptisms.
Different statistics from Saturday’s report:
- 31,315 congregations, up 189 from earlier yr.
- 3,498 stakes, up 35 from earlier yr.
- 407 missions, up two from earlier yr.
- 520 districts, down 17, changed partially by the brand new stakes listed above.
- 89,069 new youngsters of file, up 23,629 from earlier yr.
- 168,283 converts baptized, up 42,353 from earlier yr.
- 54,539 younger, full-time proselyting missionaries, up 2,720 from earlier yr.
- 36,639 church service missionaries, up 6,112 from the earlier yr.
- 170 temples, a rise of two from earlier yr.
The church’s membership continues to develop into extra worldwide. Nearly all of Latter-day Saints stay outdoors america and Canada. It has been so since 1998.
Final yr, Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles mentioned that, “By 2025, we anticipate as many church members might stay in Latin America as in america and Canada.”
On the finish of 2019, the church had 6,920,086 members within the U.S./Canada and 6,677,596 in Latin America, together with Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
The complete 2021 statistical report launched on Saturday is out there right here. The 2020 report is right here. The 2019 report is right here, and the 2018 report is right here.