Number of wards and branches by country

[LostGirl]

You may be interested. Or maybe not. I found it interesting anyway.

Afghanistan 1
Albania 13
American Samoa 41
Angola 12
Antigua and Barbuda 1
Argentina 762
Armenia 11
Aruba 2
Australia 309
Austria 17
Bahamas 2
Bahrain 1
Barbados 3
Belgium 11
Belize 12
Benin 17
Bermuda 1
Bolivia 252
Bonaire 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
Botswana 13
Brazil 2077
Bulgaria 9
Burundi 3
Cambodia 29
Cameroon 13
Canada 498
Cape Verde 42
Cayman Islands 1
Central African Republic 1
Channel Islands 2
Chile 601
China 16
Colombia 250
Cook Islands 5
Costa Rica 78
Cote d'Ivoire 207
Croatia 6
Cuba 3
Curacao 1
Cyprus 4
Czech Republic 12
Democratic Republic of Congo 179
Denmark 22
Dominica 1
Dominican Republic 195
Ecuador 307
Egypt 1
El Salvador 164
Estonia 4
Ethiopia 4
Falkland Islands 1
Fiji 50
Finland 30
France 109
French Guiana 1
French Polynesia 96
Gabon 2
Georgia 1
Germany 161
Ghana 303
Greece 3
Grenada 1
Guadeloupe 3
Guam 4
Guatemala 438
Guinea 1
Guyana 11
Haiti 46
Honduras 236
Hong Kong 42
Hungary 22
Iceland 2
India 43
Indonesia 24
Ireland 13
Isle of Man 1
Israel 2
Italy 100
Jamaica 19
Japan 261
Jordan 3
Kazakhstan 2
Kenya 46
Kiribati 30
Kosovo 2
Kuwait 1
Latvia 5
Lebanon 1
Lesotho 5
Liberia 33
Lithuania 5
Luxembourg 1
Macau 3
Macedonia 1
Madagascar 40
Malawi 8
Malaysia 32
Malta 1
Marshall Islands 12
Martinique 1
Mauritius 3
Mexico 2001
Micronesia 22
Moldova 4
Mongolia 25
Montenegro 1
Morocco 1
Mozambique 27
Namibia 4
Nauru 1
Netherlands 26
New Caledonia 9
New Zealand 225
Nicaragua 111
Nigeria 578
Niue 2
Northern Mariana Islands 1
Norway 22
Oman 1
Palau 1
Panama 73
Papua New Guinea 77
Paraguay 137
Peru 747
Philippines 1218
Poland 12
Portugal 69
Puerto Rico 41
Qatar 1
Republic of Congo 21
Reunion 4
Romania 15
Russia 100
Rwanda 3
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
Saint Lucia 2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3
Samoa 157
Senegal 1
Serbia 3
Sierra Leone 65
Singapore 11
Sint Maarten 1
Slovakia 4
Slovenia 5
Solomon Islands 5
South Africa 182
South Korea 108
Spain 140
Sri Lanka 4
Suriname 5
Swaziland 6
Sweden 40
Switzerland 36
Taiwan 117
Tanzania 6
Thailand 41
Togo 17
Tonga 168
Trinidad and Tobago 9
Turkey 7
Turks and Caicos Islands 1
Tuvalu 1
Uganda 29
Ukraine 50
United Arab Emirates 7
United Kingdom 327
United States 14221
Uruguay 139
Vanuatu 32
Venezuela 247
Vietnam 10
Virgin Islands, British 1
Virgin Islands, U.S. 2
Zambia 13
Zimbabwe 78

[MoPag]

That is really interesting. I had no idea the Philippines had so many.

[Red Ryder]

I'm in the Cuba 3rd ward.

It's a well known secret the Bishop smokes cigars.

[Corsair]

Very interesting data! Here is the top twenty sorted by size:

United States 14221
Brazil 2077
Mexico 2001
Philippines 1218
Argentina 762
Peru 747
Chile 601
Nigeria 578
Canada 498
Guatemala 438
United Kingdom 327
Australia 309
Ecuador 307
Ghana 303
Japan 261
Bolivia 252
Colombia 250
Venezuela 247
Honduras 236
New Zealand 225

The LDS church is still an American institution

[Red Ryder]

An American Mormon, a Brazilian Mormon, and a Mexican Mormon walk into a bar. The bar tender welcomes the Mormons and steps out from behind the bar to offer them a handshake. The Brazilian Mormon greets the bar tender with a hug and a kiss on the cheek. The Mexican Mormon greets the bar tender with a firm handshake, pulling him in tight with a big hug and a kiss on the cheek. The bar tender steps forward to greet the American Mormon with a beer in his out reached hand. The American Mormon steps forward, grasps the bar tender's beer and asks "What is that?" The bar tender responds, "oh come on Joe, it's your favorite beer. Don't worry, the other Mormons drink too!"

[MalcolmVillager]

I think I have been to that bar

Nigeria and Ghana are blowing up! I wonder if we will let them really come into the church or if they will apostatize and do their own Africanized version of mormonism?!!

[LostGirl]

Nigeria and Ghana are blowing up! I wonder if we will let them really come into the church or if they will apostatize and do their own Africanized version of mormonism?!!

You know they started out doing their own version before the church even knew about them right?

[moksha]

Nigeria and Ghana are blowing up! I wonder if we will let them really come into the church or if they will apostatize and do their own Africanized version of mormonism?!!

You know they started out doing their own version before the church even knew about them right?

The RLDS had started African missions but abandoned them due to reasons. The LDS Church at that time was mired in their own apartheid policy. When the LDS Church finally established African Missions, they saw it as a miracle that some people actually knew something about Mormonism.