David Schneider reports that Brazil accounted for 8.6% and Africa for 4.0% of Church membership respectively in 2019.
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David Schneider, "What 4 nations have the most Latter-day Saints?" The Church News, November 8, 2021, accessed July 4, 2022
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What 4 nations have the most Latter-day Saints?
By David Schneider
Updated 8 NOV 2021 2:00 PM MST
A little more than 40% of Church members reside in the United States. Mexico, Brazil and the Philippines are the nations with the next largest numbers of Latter-day Saints.
By continent, North America has more than half of the Latter-day Saint population, according to 2019 statistics, the most recent available on the Church’s Newsroom. South America is the continent with the second largest number of members, about one-quarter of the total.
Other nations where more than 2% of Church members reside are Peru (3.7%), Chile (3.6%) and Argentina (2.9%).
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