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    8 November 2021 - Salt Lake City
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    Which 4 Nations Have the Most Latter-day Saints?

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    Church membership by continent, area or nation. Graphic by Aaron Thorup, courtesy of the Church News. Copyright 2021 Deseret News Publishing Company.

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    By David Schneider, Church News

    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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