First Presidency releases Church’s 2018 statistical report

Flowers bloom on Temple Square of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 5, 2019. In the background is the Conference Center.
|Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
First Presidency releases Church’s 2018 statistical report

Flowers bloom on Temple Square of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 5, 2019. In the background is the Conference Center.
|Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
As part of April 2019 general conference weekend, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued the following statistical report concerning the growth and status of the Church as of Dec. 31, 2018:
Church units
- Stakes: 3,383
- Missions: 407
- Districts: 547
- Wards and branches: 30,536
Church membership
- Total membership: 16,313,735
- New children of record: 102,102
- Converts baptized: 234,332
Missionaries
- Full-time missionaries: 65,137
- Church-service missionaries: 37,963
Temples
- Temples dedicated during 2018: 2
- Temples rededicated during 2018: 2
- Temples in operation at the end of 2018: 161
A comparison of the 2018 Church statistics to similar data from one year ago (2017), five years ago (2013), 10 years ago (2008) and 25 years ago (1993):
Stakes
- 2018: 3,383
- 2017: 3,341
- 2013: 3,050
- 2008: 2,818
- 1993: 1,968
Missions
- 2018: 407
- 2017: 421
- 2013: 405
- 2008: 348
- 1993: 295
Districts
- 2018: 547
- 2017: 553
- 2013: 571
- 2008: 622
- 1993: 647
Wards and branches
- 2018: 30,536
- 2017: 30,506
- 2013: 29,253
- 2008: 28,109
- 1993: 21,002
Total membership
- 2018: 16,313,735
- 2017: 16,118,169
- 2013: 15,082,028
- 2008: 13,508,509
- 1993: 8,696,224
New children of record
- 2018: 102,102
- 2017: 106,771
- 2013: 115,486
- 2008: 123,506
- 1993: 76,312
Converts baptized
- 2018: 234,332
- 2017: 233,729
- 2013: 282,945
- 2008: 265,593
- 1993: 304,808
Full-time missionaries
- 2018: 65,137
- 2017: 67,049
- 2013: 83,035
- 2008: 52,494
- 1993: 48,708
Church-service missionaries
- 2018: 37,963
- 2017: 36,172
- 2013: 24,032
Temples in operation
- 2018: 161
- 2017: 159
- 2013: 141
- 2008: 128