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Belated answer about church population: I daresay a large proportion of the US members who were blessed, received international matchings. For example, American man and Japanese woman. Also, foreign couples (as in two Asians) might also have participated in that mass wedding. So the number of couples isn't precisely indicative of US church membership at the time. 

I can always ask Tyler Hendricks, who served as vice president for personnel before he was selected US church president. He'd have the old database. All I know is that in 2003, we had around 5,600 to 5,800 adult (""first generation"") members on file at church HQ; I know, because Hendricks gave me the list then.   02:42, 16 June 2009"