The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership history
Table for LDS Church membership numbers

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership history

Section Title: Table for LDS Church membership numbers
Table Section Text: None

Year	Membership	Number change	Percentage growth	Average % growth (starting 1860 on)	7-Year Average (3 years either side)

1829	6	6	0	N/A	N/A

1830	280	274	4566.67%	N/A	N/A

1831	680	400	142.86%	N/A	N/A

1832	2,661	1,981	291.32%	N/A	N/A

1833	3,140	479	18.00%	N/A	N/A

1834	4,372	1,232	39.24%	N/A	N/A

1835	8,835	4,463	102.08%	N/A	N/A

1836	13,293	4,458	50.46%	N/A	N/A

1837	16,282	2,989	22.49%	N/A	N/A

1838	17,881	1,599	9.82%	N/A	N/A

1839	16,460	1,421	7.95%	N/A	N/A

1840	16,865	405	2.46%	N/A	N/A

1841	19,856	2,991	17.73%	N/A	N/A

1842	23,564	3,708	18.67%	N/A	N/A

1843	25,980	2,416	10.25%	N/A	N/A

1844	26,146	166	0.64%	N/A	N/A

1845	30,332	4,186	16.01%	N/A	N/A

1846	33,993	3,661	12.07%	N/A	N/A

1847	34,694	701	2.06%	N/A	N/A

1848	40,477	5,783	16.67%	N/A	N/A

1849	48,160	7,683	18.98%	N/A	N/A

1850	51,839	3,679	7.64%	N/A	N/A

1851	52,165	326	0.63%	N/A	N/A

1852	52,640	475	0.91%	N/A	N/A

1853	64,154	11,514	21.87%	N/A	N/A

1854	68,429	4,275	6.66%	N/A	N/A

1855	63,974	4,455	6.51%	N/A	N/A

1856	63,881	93	0.15%	N/A	N/A

1857	55,236	8,645	13.53%	N/A	N/A

1858	55,755	519	0.94%	N/A	N/A

1859	57,038	1,283	2.30%	N/A	N/A

1860	61,082	4,044	7.09%	7.09%	1.92%

1861	66,211	5,129	8.40%	7.75%	4.36%

1862	68,780	2,569	3.88%	6.46%	4.70%

1863	71,770	2,990	4.35%	5.93%	4.57%

1864	74,348	2,578	3.59%	5.46%	4.16%

1865	76,771	2,423	3.26%	5.10%	3.57%

1866	77,884	1,113	1.45%	4.57%	3.66%

1867	81,124	3,240	4.16%	4.52%	3.31%

1868	84,622	3,498	4.31%	4.50%	3.67%

1869	88,432	3,810	4.50%	4.50%	3.58%

1870	90,130	1,698	1.92%	4.26%	3.87%

1871	95,596	5,466	6.06%	4.41%	3.61%

1872	98,152	2,556	2.67%	4.28%	3.44%

1873	101,538	3,386	3.45%	4.22%	3.32%

1874	103,916	2,378	2.34%	4.10%	3.56%

1875	107,167	3,251	3.13%	4.04%	3.93%

1876	111,111	3,944	3.68%	4.01%	3.93%

1877	115,065	3,954	3.56%	3.99%	4.02%

1878	125,046	9,981	8.67%	4.24%	4.44%

1879	128,386	3,340	2.67%	4.16%	4.49%

1880	133,628	5,242	4.08%	4.15%	4.55%

1881	140,733	7,105	5.32%	4.21%	4.67%

1882	145,604	4,871	3.46%	4.17%	3.96%

1883	151,593	5,989	4.11%	4.17%	3.80%

1884	158,242	6,649	4.39%	4.18%	3.77%

1885	164,130	5,888	3.72%	4.16%	3.61%

1886	166,653	2,523	1.54%	4.07%	3.34%

1887	173,029	6,376	3.83%	4.06%	3.15%

1888	180,294	7,265	4.20%	4.06%	3.07%

1889	183,144	2,850	1.58%	3.98%	2.94%

1890	188,263	5,119	2.80%	3.94%	3.68%

1891	195,445	7,182	3.81%	3.94%	3.66%

1892	200,961	5,516	2.82%	3.90%	3.62%

1893	214,534	13,573	6.75%	3.99%	4.03%

1894	222,369	7,835	3.65%	3.98%	4.48%

1895	231,116	8,747	3.93%	3.98%	4.58%

1896	241,427	10,311	4.46%	3.99%	4.41%

1897	255,736	14,309	5.93%	4.04%	4.08%

1898	267,251	11,515	4.50%	4.05%	4.02%

1899	271,681	4,430	1.66%	3.99%	3.76%

1900	283,765	12,084	4.45%	4.00%	3.40%

1901	292,931	9,166	3.23%	3.98%	3.46%

1902	299,105	6,174	2.11%	3.94%	3.16%

1903	304,901	5,796	1.94%	3.90%	3.48%

1904	324,289	19,388	6.36%	3.95%	3.38%

1905	332,048	7,759	2.39%	3.92%	3.46%

1906	345,014	12,966	3.90%	3.92%	3.38%

1907	357,913	12,899	3.74%	3.91%	3.91%

1908	371,472	13,559	3.79%	3.91%	3.32%

1909	377,279	5,807	1.56%	3.86%	3.33%

1910	398,478	21,199	5.62%	3.90%	3.26%

1911	407,291	8,813	2.21%	3.87%	3.49%

1912	417,555	10,264	2.52%	3.84%	3.31%

1913	431,607	14,052	3.37%	3.83%	3.43%

1914	454,718	23,111	5.35%	3.86%	2.94%

1915	466,238	11,520	2.53%	3.83%	2.86%

1916	477,321	11,083	2.38%	3.81%	2.85%

1917	488,038	10,717	2.25%	3.78%	2.87%

1918	495,962	7,924	1.62%	3.75%	2.73%

1919	507,961	11,999	2.42%	3.72%	2.82%

1920	525,987	18,026	3.55%	3.72%	2.72%

1921	548,803	22,816	4.34%	3.73%	2.95%

1922	566,358	17,555	3.20%	3.72%	3.09%

1923	575,896	9,538	1.68%	3.69%	2.98%

1924	597,861	21,965	3.81%	3.69%	2.95%

1925	613,572	15,711	2.63%	3.68%	2.58%

1926	623,909	10,337	1.68%	3.65%	2.29%

1927	644,745	20,836	3.34%	3.64%	2.19%

1928	655,686	10,941	1.70%	3.61%	2.04%

1929	663,652	7,966	1.21%	3.58%	1.98%

1930	670,017	6,365	0.96%	3.54%	2.02%

1931	688,435	18,418	2.75%	3.53%	1.81%

1932	703,949	15,514	2.25%	3.51%	1.87%

1933	717,619	13,670	1.94%	3.49%	1.97%

1934	730,738	13,119	1.83%	3.47%	1.97%

1935	746,384	15,646	2.14%	3.45%	1.89%

1936	760,690	14,306	1.92%	3.43%	1.91%

1937	767,752	7,062	0.93%	3.40%	2.68%

1938	784,764	17,012	2.22%	3.39%	2.91%

1939	803,528	18,764	2.39%	3.37%	3.01%

1940	862,664	59,136	7.36%	3.42%	3.04%

1941	892,080	29,416	3.41%	3.42%	3.17%

1942	917,715	25,635	2.87%	3.42%	3.23%

1943	937,050	19,335	2.11%	3.40%	3.14%

1944	954,004	16,954	1.81%	3.38%	2.37%

1945	979,454	25,450	2.67%	3.37%	2.24%

1946	996,505	17,051	1.74%	3.35%	2.34%

1947	1,016,170	19,665	1.97%	3.34%	2.47%

1948	1,041,970	25,800	2.54%	3.33%	2.67%

1949	1,078,671	36,701	3.52%	3.33%	2.81%

1950	1,111,314	32,643	3.03%	3.33%	3.25%

1951	1,147,157	35,843	3.23%	3.33%	3.61%

1952	1,189,053	41,896	3.65%	3.33%	3.85%

1953	1,246,362	57,309	4.82%	3.35%	3.97%

1954	1,302,240	55,878	4.48%	3.36%	4.26%

1955	1,357,274	55,034	4.23%	3.37%	4.45%

1956	1,416,731	59,457	4.38%	3.38%	4.48%

1957	1,488,314	71,583	5.05%	3.40%	4.47%

1958	1,555,799	67,485	4.53%	3.41%	4.94%

1959	1,616,088	60,289	3.88%	3.41%	5.44%

1960	1,693,180	77,092	4.77%	3.43%	5.92%

1961	1,823,661	130,481	7.71%	3.47%	5.99%

1962	1,965,786	142,125	7.79%	3.51%	6.37%

1963	2,117,451	151,665	7.72%	3.55%	6.33%

1964	2,234,916	117,465	5.55%	3.57%	6.41%

1965	2,395,932	161,016	7.20%	3.60%	5.69%

1966	2,480,899	84,967	3.55%	3.60%	5.24%

1967	2,614,340	133,441	5.38%	3.62%	4.76%

1968	2,684,073	69,733	2.67%	3.61%	4.75%

1969	2,807,456	123,383	4.60%	3.62%	4.31%

1970	2,930,810	123,354	4.39%	3.63%	4.20%

1971	3,090,953	160,143	5.46%	3.64%	3.87%

1972	3,218,908	127,955	4.14%	3.65%	4.17%

1973	3,306,658	87,750	2.73%	3.64%	4.20%

1974	3,409,987	103,329	3.12%	3.63%	4.43%

1975	3,572,202	162,215	4.76%	3.64%	4.36%

1976	3,742,749	170,547	4.77%	3.65%	4.59%

1977	3,969,220	226,471	6.05%	3.67%	4.96%

1978	4,166,854	197,634	4.98%	3.68%	5.38%

1979	4,404,121	237,267	5.69%	3.70%	5.40%

1980	4,639,822	235,701	5.35%	3.72%	5.24%

1981	4,920,449	280,627	6.05%	3.73%	5.15%

1982	5,162,619	242,170	4.92%	3.74%	5.15%

1983	5,351,724	189,105	3.66%	3.74%	4.93%

1984	5,641,054	289,330	5.41%	3.76%	4.69%

1985	5,919,483	278,429	4.94%	3.77%	4.56%

1986	6,166,974	247,491	4.18%	3.77%	5.10%

1987	6,394,314	227,340	3.69%	3.77%	5.47%

1988	6,721,210	326,896	5.11%	3.78%	5.30%

1989	7,308,444	587,234	8.74%	3.82%	5.15%

1990	7,761,179	452,735	6.19%	3.84%	5.03%

1991	8,089,848	328,669	4.23%	3.84%	5.06%

1992	8,404,087	314,239	3.88%	3.84%	4.82%

1993	8,689,168	285,081	3.39%	3.84%	4.12%

1994	9,024,368	335,200	3.86%	3.84%	3.79%

1995	9,338,859	314,491	3.48%	3.83%	3.59%

1996	9,692,441	353,582	3.79%	3.83%	3.58%

1997	10,071,783	379,342	3.91%	3.83%	3.52%

1998	10,354,241	282,458	2.80%	3.83%	3.39%

1999	10,752,986	398,745	3.85%	3.83%	3.30%

2000	11,068,861	315,875	2.94%	3.82%	3.08%

2001	11,394,522	325,661	2.94%	3.81%	2.87%

2002	11,721,548	327,026	2.87%	3.81%	2.80%

2003	11,985,254	263,706	2.25%	3.80%	2.60%

2004	12,275,822	290,568	2.42%	3.79%	2.54%

2005	12,560,869	285,047	2.32%	3.78%	2.46%

2006	12,868,606	307,737	2.45%	3.77%	2.38%

2007	13,193,999	325,393	2.53%	3.76%	2.38%

2008	13,508,509	314,510	2.38%	3.75%	2.35%

2009	13,824,854	316,345	2.34%	3.74%	2.35%

2010	14,131,467	306,613	2.22%	3.73%	2.29%

2011	14,441,346	309,879	2.19%	3.72%	2.20%

2012	14,782,473	341,127	2.31%	3.71%	2.10%

2013	15,082,028	299,555	2.03%	3.70%	1.99%

2014	15,372,337	290,309	1.92%	3.69%	1.89%

2015	15,634,199	261,862	1.70%	3.68%

2016	15,882,417	248,218	1.59%	3.66%

2017	16,118,169	235,752	1.47%

2018	16,313,735	195,566	1.21%

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership as of 2018 was 16,313,735.

final_sentence: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership as of 2018 was 16,313,735.