30 Countries With the Most Latter-day Saint Stakes

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By Dave Schneider, Church News

Thirty nations have 15 or more stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Nine of those 30 are South American countries, and five are in Africa. All six inhabited continents have two or more countries on the list.

The Church had 3,608 stakes worldwide at the close of 2024, the most recent statistics available. The number has been increasing steadily over the Church’s 195-year history.

A stake is a group of local congregations — wards or branches — generally with 3,000 to 5,000 members in five to 10 congregations.

The 30 countries with the most Latter-day Saint stakes are listed below. Where two or more countries have the same number of stakes, the nation with the most wards is listed first.

Rank	Country	Number of stakes
1	United States	1,709
2	Brazil	287
3	Mexico	230
4	Philippines	131
5	Peru	115
6	Argentina	80
7	Chile	79
8	Nigeria	77
9	Canada	53
10	Guatemala	51
11	Ecuador	44
12	United Kingdom	41
13	Australia	40
14	Bolivia	33
15	Venezuela	33
16	DR Congo	32
17	Ghana	31
18	Honduras	31
19	Colombia	31
20	New Zealand	29
21	Dominican Republic	22
22	Japan	22
23	El Salvador	22
24	Ivory Coast	21
25	Tonga	21
26	Samoa	20
27	South Africa	18
28	Uruguay	18
29	Taiwan	16
30	Spain	15

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