How Many Mormons Are There Worldwide?

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 17,887,212 members worldwide as of December 31, 2025. “Mormon” is the common nickname. That figure is the Church’s own roll, issued by the First Presidency for April 2026 General Conference. It is not a count of who attends each week, and it is not a survey of who uses the name. In the United States, Pew’s 2023–24 Religious Landscape Study finds that members of the Church, widely known as Mormons, account for 2% of respondents. What the Church teaches is What Do Mormons Believe?.

Key Points

• The 2025 statistical report (1) says the First Presidency issued the figures “as of December 31, 2025.” Total membership is 17,887,212.
• New children of record during 2025 were 91,835. Converts baptized during 2025 were 385,490.
• The same page lists 3,695 stakes, 451 missions, 488 districts, and 32,046 wards and branches.
• Temples in operation were 204. The page does not give a separate count of operating temples in Utah.
• Missionary lines on that page are marked with an asterisk. The note says asterisked metrics were updated with mid-year figures as of July 2026. The membership total is not marked that way.
• Pew’s February 26, 2025 report (2) says Latter-day Saints account for 2% of respondents in the new Religious Landscape Study, virtually unchanged from 2007 and 2014. The sample is 36,908 U.S. adults, interviewed from July 17, 2023, to March 4, 2024.

What the Church Reports

The newsroom article is dated 4 April 2026, Salt Lake City, for April 2026 General Conference. The 2025 statistical report (1) says:

For the information of the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the First Presidency has issued the following statistical report concerning the growth and status of the Church as of December 31, 2025.

2025 statistical report

Under Church membership the page prints total membership 17,887,212, new children of record during 2025 of 91,835, and converts baptized during 2025 of 385,490. Those three lines are the 2025 roll. The report counts people on the membership records, including children of record and converts baptized that year. It does not, on this page, publish a count of weekly attendance or a share of members who no longer participate.

A note at the top says: “The metrics below marked with an asterisk have been updated with mid-year figures as of July 2026.” The asterisks on the page sit on the missionary lines, not on the membership total. This article does not treat those mid-year missionary figures as the December 31, 2025 census.

Church units on the same report: 3,695 stakes, 451 missions, 488 districts, and 32,046 wards and branches. Temples in operation: 204. Temples in renovation: 7. Temples announced or under construction: 172. Temples dedicated in 2025 include Syracuse, Utah, among dedications in New Zealand, Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire, Chile, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, and Argentina. Syracuse is one dedication. It is not a count of every operating temple in Utah. The report does not print that Utah-only number.

What Pew Reports

The Church roll is worldwide and official. A survey asks a different question: who, among adults in one country, says this is their religion.

Pew’s report of February 26, 2025 (2) says:

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (widely known as Mormons) account for 2% of respondents in the new RLS, which is virtually unchanged from both the 2007 and 2014 landscape surveys.

The new Religious Landscape Study was conducted from July 17, 2023, to March 4, 2024, among a nationally representative sample of 36,908 U.S. adults. “2% of respondents” is Pew’s sentence. This page does not turn that share into a head count the report does not print. The two figures answer two questions. 17,887,212 is the worldwide roll as of December 31, 2025. Two percent is the share of U.S. adults in that survey who identify as Latter-day Saints.

What the Numbers Do Not Say

The report does not say how many of the 17,887,212 attend a meeting in a given week. It does not rank beliefs, and it does not publish a wealth figure. The doctrinal comparison is elsewhere. Latter-day Saints teach that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three beings, one in purpose. Nicene Christians confess one God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus is God. Those pages are What Do Mormons Believe?, Do Mormons Believe in the Trinity?, and Are Mormons Christians?.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Percentage of Americans Are Mormon?

Pew says 2% of respondents in the 2023–24 Religious Landscape Study, a survey of 36,908 U.S. adults, and that the share is virtually unchanged from 2007 and 2014. That is identification in the United States. It is not the worldwide roll of 17,887,212.

How Many Temples Are in Utah?

The 2025 report lists 204 temples in operation worldwide. Syracuse, Utah, is one of the temples dedicated in 2025. The report does not give a count of operating temples in Utah alone.

Is the Church the Richest Church?

The statistical report counts members, units, missionaries, and temples. It does not publish a wealth figure on that page. This article does not supply one.

What Is the Difference Between Mormonism and Christianity?

On this site Christianity means the Nicene confession: one God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Latter-day Saint teaching says three beings united in purpose, and it receives the Book of Mormon beside the Bible. What Do Mormons Believe? and Do Mormons Believe in the Trinity? state that comparison.

What Does the Church Teach About Homosexuality?

This page is the membership count. It does not quote a Church policy on sexual intimacy. What the Bible says is What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?.

What Is the Most Controversial Latter-day Saint Belief?

This page does not rank beliefs. The teaching that humans may become gods is Do Mormons Believe They Will Become Gods?. Who started the movement is Who Started Mormonism?.

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