4 New Stakes - Alabama, Utah, Peru & Venezuela

Four new stakes have been created.

A new stake has been created called the Arequipa Peru Paucarpata Stake. This stake is in the South east part of Peru. This is the 4th new stake in Peru in 2011. There are now 98 Stakes in Peru and 632 in South America.

A new stake has been created called the Cabimas Venezuela Stake. This stake is in the Northern part of Venezuela. This is the 4th new stake in Venezuela in 2011. There are now 34 Stakes in Venezuela. That puts it 2 ahead of Australia, 2 behind England and tied with Ecuador.  There have been 23 stakes created outside of the US this year. There have been 22 stakes created inside of the US this year.

A new stake has been created called the Farmington Utah West Stake. Farmington is north of Salt Lake City between Bountiful and Ogden and will soon use the Brigham City temple.  This is the 15th Stake created in Utah in 2011, but 10 of them were Young Single Adult (YSA) Stakes. Utah now has 563 stakes.

A new stake has been created called the Madison Alabama Stake. This is in the Northern part of Alabama and takes in part of Tennessee and is in between Huntsville and Decatur. This is the first new stake in Alabama since the Civil War, no actually since 1986 and 1982.  There are now 7 stakes in Alabama -  Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, & Oklahoma also have 7 stakes. Maryland, Michigan, and Minnesota have 8 while Louisiana, South Carolina, & Wisconsin have 6.  There are now 1,495 stakes in the US and 1,453 outside the US, so 50.7% are in the US.

www.ldschurchnews.com/New-stake-presidents

Here are the maps 

2 new stakes - Peru and Philippines

Two new stakes have been created.

A new stake has been created called the Lima Peru Chaclacayo Stake. This is Peru's 3rd new stake of 2011 for a total of 97.

A new stake has been created called the Santiago Philippines North Stake.This is the 2nd new stake of 2011 for the Philippines for a total of 82.

There are now 1,450 stakes outside of the US out of a total of 2,943, so 50.7% of the stakes are still in the US

ldschurchnews.com/New-stake-presidents

Another new stake in Utah

A new stake has been created called the Eagle Mountain Utah Central Stake. This is Utah's 14 stake created in 2011. There are now 562 stakes in Utah.  That is 37.6% of all US stakes.
There are now 2,941 stakes in the World, 1,493 are in the US (50.8%)  The US is still ahead by 45 stakes and is "winning" 20 stakes to 19 this year.  It looks like when we hit 3,000 stakes more than 1/2 will still be inside the US.


ldschurchnews.com/New-stake-presidents

Found two great LDS stats web sites

These two sites have great information and links to other sites, I may try to start cross referencing to update my accuracy. I was using the LDS Church News site as my main source, but these two are great sites!

I love the data and maps at http://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/ - I'm now following it's blog

The temple pictures and updates are great at http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/

Of course the church has a fantastic map at http://lds.org/maps/

and a wonderful old site has been refreshed http://cumorah.com/

Enjoy

LDS Church announces Five new temples

President Monson announced that the Provo Utah Tabernacle, which was heavily damaged by fire last December, will be rebuilt to function as a temple, giving that city two temples. He noted that the Provo temple is among the busiest in the Church.

Other temples will be built in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; Durban, South Africa; Barranquilla, Colombia and Star Valley, Wyoming. President Monson said plans are proceeding to build a temple in Paris France.

That makes two temples for South Africa, two temples for Columbia and two temples in Provo. That is the first temple for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the first temple in Wyoming.  Utah will now have 16 temples. (almost 10%)

The City of Jordan, Utah also has two temples in its city limits.

By the way Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) is the third largest city in all of Africa after Lagos, Nigeria and Cairo Egypt (there is already a temple in nearby Aba Nigeria)

The church has announced 9 temples this year, dedicated two, and had a ground-breaking ceremony for five.

There are 135 operating temples and 166 total announced sites. 79 are in the US and 87 are outside the US, for a 47.6% in the US.

Previous blog entries have me predicting both Wyoming and Congo as the next place for temples.

www.ldschurchnews.com/President-Monson-announces-new-temples

This is a great web site about temples : http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/

I love the Maps.

2 New Stakes Created - Peru and Rexburg, Idaho

A new stake has been created from the Huaraz Perú District, called The Huaraz Perú Stake. Huaraz is 150 miles Northeast of Lima. This is the 2nd new stake in Peru in 2011 and Peru now has 96 stakes.

A new stake was also created in Rexburg Idaho for the Young Single Adults (YSA). This is the 2nd new stake in Idaho in 2011 and Idaho now has 123 stakes. (AZ has 92, CA has 158, UT has 563)


There have now been 40 new stakes created in 2011, 22 in the US, 18 outside, for a total of 2,942 (50.8% in the US)


www.ldschurchnews.com/New-stake-presidents

Church Breaks Ground on both Philadelphia and Trujillo Peru Temples

This week the Church had groundbreaking ceremonies for two temples. 1) The First temple in Pennsylvania and #2) the Second temple built for Peru (in Trujillo.) The Lima Peru temple was dedicated in 1986 (the 38th temple)  There are now 135 operating temples, 14 more under construction and 12 more locations announced and in design for 161 total.  The Quetzaltenango Guatemala temple will be dedicated in December, so 2011 will only add two newly opened temples.

There are 10 stakes in Pennsylvania and 95 stakes in Peru.

http://lds.org/church/temples/church-breaks-ground-for-philadelphia-pennsylvania-trujillo-peru-temples

Payson Utah Temple groundbreaking set for Oct. 8

The Church announced Sept. 7 that the Payson Utah Temple groundbreaking will take place on October 8th, with Elder Dallin H. Oaks presiding at the 9 a.m. ceremony.
The property for the temple is located at approximately 930 West and 1550 South on the southwest side of Payson, a mile from the 800 South I-15 interchange.

135 temples are dedicated and operational
#136, The Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple will be dedicated in December 2011
Payson will make the 13th other temple under construction
Another 13 are announced for a total of 161 named Temples.

ldschurchnews.com/Payson-Utah-Temple-groundbreaking-set-for-Oct-8.html

Another new stake, this time in Idaho

A new stake has been created called the Star Idaho Stake.  This was created by splitting off from the first area I served on my mission, Meridian, which earlier was announced to get a temple.  This is Idaho's first new stake of 2011. There are now 122 stakes in Idaho, California has 158 and Arizona has 91. There are now 1,494 stakes in the US (50.8%) for a total of 2,941 worldwide. There have been 38 stakes created in 2011, 21 of them in the US.


ldschurchnews.com/New-stake-presidents

On the map below, I served in Meridian, Nampa, Kuna, Melba and Boise. GO IBM (Idaho Boise Mission)

2 New Stakes, one in Utah, one in Brazil

Two new stakes have been created.


The Alpine Utah YSA (Young Single Adult) Stake, which includes 13 YSA wards, was created.  It is the 11th Utah YSA stake created, all this year.  Utah has had 4 other stakes created this year for a total of 563.  Alpine is just North of Provo, Utah.


A new stake has been created called the Rio de Janeiro Engenho de Dentro Stake.  It is Brazil's 3rd new stake in 2011 and now Brazil has 243 stakes - second only to the United States.  There are now 2,939 stakes, with 1,493 in the US (50.8%)


ldschurchnews.com/articles/New-stake-presidents

San Salvador, El Salvador Temple Dedicated, 135th

The Dedication was Sunday August 21, 2011, by President Henry B. Eyring. 

ldschurchnews.com/Dedicatory-prayer-for-El-Salvador-temple

It is the first temple in the country of El Salvador, the 4th in Central America (plus 2 more under construction), not counting the 13 in Mexico.  It was the first LDS temple dedicated in 2011, (Kiev, #134 was 8/2010) and the next is Quetzaltenango Guatemala, #136, scheduled for 12/2011.

July 24, Pioneer Day

Pioneer Day is a uniquely LDS holiday, celebrating the arrival of Mormon Pioneers crossing the United States great plains from the Mississippi to Salt Lake on foot in 1847.  The church had only 35,000 members and was only 17 years since it's restoration to the earth in 1830 in New York.  It's first Prophet, Joseph Smith had been martyred in 1844 and Brigham Young was now leading the saints.  The Church would more than double as annually new converts would make it from Europe, and the eastern and southern US all the way to Salt Lake.  The first continental Railroad was finished with the golden spike laid north west of Salt Lake after the Civil War in 1869, and the pioneer trek would now take days instead of months as it had for the previous 22 years.  In 1870 there were over 90,000 saints (that is a lot of wagons and handcarts).  When the church celebrated the 150the anniversary of the July 24th, 1847 arrival in Salt Lake, there were 10 million saints in 1997. Today there are nearly 14.5 million.  My son was chosen to light and fire a small (but very, very loud) antique canon in celebration today at ceremonies in Wildwood (since 1905) in Provo Canyon at the entrance to Sundance.

4 new stakes announced - Peru, Dominican Republic, Brazil (2) & Russia

Five new stakes have been created.  (I previously blogged about the Moscow Russian Stake)

A new stake has been created in Casa Grande Peru, a new Stake from a previous district. This is the first new stake in Peru in 2011.  There are now 95 stakes in Peru, which keeps Peru in 4th place behind Mexico, Brazil and the US, and ahead of the Philippines, which has 81 stakes.  The Casa Grande Peru stake is slightly closer to the 1986 Lima Peru temple than the 1999 Guayaquil Ecuador Temple, but is very close to the Trujillo, Peru temple site announced in 2008. 

A new stake has been created from the Moscow Russia District. See blog entries for this June announcement.

A new stake has been created in Navarrete Dominican Republic, a new Stake from a previous district. This is the first new stake in the Dominican Republic in 2011.  There are now 19 stakes in the Dominican Republic, 2 ahead of El Salvador, South Korea, Nigeria and Tonga and 2 behind Honduras with 21.

A new stake has been created in Rio de Janeiro Brazil called the The Rio de Janeiro Engenho de Dentro Stake and another new stake has been created in Sao Paulo Brazil called the Sao Paulo Taboao Stake. These 2 make 3 created in 2011 in Brazil, but I believe one stake may have been discontinued in Brazil as the Church's Directory of Leader's, Organization Totals by country has Brazil at 242 stakes. Brazil has 7 temples including 2 under construction. Brazil with 242 is ahead of Mexcio with 222 stakes. The US has 1,492.  

These 4 stakes are all foreign, so there are now 1,445 outside the US (49.3%) and 1,492 in the US for a total of 2,937.

www.ldschurchnews.com/New-stake-presidents

Temple Announced in Paris, France - finally!

After a 1998 announcement was canceled and the Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley returned in 2004 asking for members to pray to hasten the day, a temple has been announced in Paris, France.  The actual location is Le Chesnay (near Versailles) to the west of the City of Paris.  There are 9 stakes in France and no other country has more stakes and does not have a temple within its borders. The Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) is closest with no temple and 7 stakes and is more than a thousand miles to either South Africa or Nigeria or Ghana.
The Paris Temple will be almost 1/2 between the 1955 Bern, Swiss Temple and the 1958 London England temple.  French saints have also been traveling to the The Hague Netherlands (2002) temple or the Frankfurt, Germany (1987) temple or even to Madrid Spain (1999) temple.
The Rome Italy temple may be completed by 2014.

www.ldschurchnews.com/Plans-are-announced-for-a-temple-to-be-built-in-France
www.ldschurchtemples.com/paris/

The Paris France Temple is intended to be constructed just north of the renowned Château de Versailles on Boulevard Saint-Antoine in the suburb of Le Chesnay.

2 New Stakes, one in Papua New Guinea, another one in Venezuela

A new stake has been created from the Daru Papua New Guinea District, now called the Daru Papua New Guinea Stake. Daru is a small island off the southern central coast of New Guinea, north of Australia.  This is only the 2nd stake in Papua New Guinea and the first created since 1995.

An another new stake has been created in Venezuela called the San Cristobal Venezuela Pirineos Stake. This is the third new stake in Venezuela this year (2011).  San Cristobal is on the western border of Venezuela and is closer to the Bogota Columbia temple than the Caracas Venezuela temple.  This is the 33rd stake in Venezuela, placing it ahead 12th on the sorted list of stakes worldwide, now one stake ahead of Australia, one behind Ecuador and just two stakes behind England.

There are now 2,934 stakes, 1,442 (49.1%) outside of the US. 

There have been 32 new stakes announced in 2011 Through 6/19/2011, compared with 29 in all of 2010 and 41 in all of 2009.  The last time the church added more than 50 stakes in a single year was 1998.  Looks like it may happen in 2011.

www.ldschurchnews.com/New-Stake-Presidents

Church adds 48 languages to lds.org (in addition to main 6)

“The Church is really trying to reach out to all of Heavenly Father’s children and make sure they all get essential Church material.” – Lee Gibbons, Director of LDS.org

During recent updates to LDS.org, 48 new language home pages were added to the site. The language pages link to all Church content available in that language.

The new pages can be found on LDS.org in the languages tab. The Church has developed a worldwide plan for introducing Church materials in specific languages.

http://lds.org/new-language-pages-added-to-ldsorg

The main languages of lds.org are English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.  General Conference talks and the Book of Mormon are already translated into over 107 languages.

Dozens of Countries also have their own country web sites

3 more stakes created - in Venezuela, Philippines and in Utah

Three new stakes have been created. There are now 2,932 stakes, 30 created in 2011 (compared with 29 in all of 2010)  1,492 (50.9%) of the stakes are in the US.

A new stake has been created in Cagua, Venezuela, southwest of the Caracas Temple. This is their 32nd stake, which places Venezuela in a tie with Australia for 12th place. It is the second stake in Venezuela in 2011.

A new stake has been created in Makati Philippines, called the Makati Philippines East Stake, just southwest of the Manilla Temple. This is the 81st stake in the Philippines and the first in 2011. The Philippines is 7 ahead of Chile and 13 behind Peru.

A new stake has been created in Enoch Utah, called the Enoch Utah West Stake, this is north of Cedar City, and is Utah's 562nd stake and the 14th created this year (10 were YSA).

www.ldschurchnews.com/New-stake-presidents - link for more details

2010 Census, LDS Country population rankings

The Church publishes Country data a few weeks after General Conference each year in April. Summary data is here https://lds.org/church/statistics and country by country data is here http://newsroom.lds.org/facts-and-stats

But I have been keeping track from the printed LDS Almanac since 1995, the same year the church launched their web site.

Here is my table:  see Notes below

Countries with more than 1,000 Members
Rank	Country:	2009		2010	Growth '10 (1yr)	2 yr up/dn	Growth '10(2yr)	% LDS (2008)	Region	First Stake	Stakes
1	Untied States	6,058,917		6,144,582	1.4%	down	2.9%	1.97%	US	Feb-1834	1,488
2	Mexico	1,197,573		1,234,545	3.1%	down	6.6%	1.0%	Mexico	Dec-1895	222
3	Brazil	1,102,428		1,138,740	3.3%	down	7.4%	0.5%	So. Amer.	May-1966	241
4	Philippines	631,885		645,776	2.2%	down	5.1%	0.6%	Asia	May-1973	80
5	Chile	561,904		563,689	0.3%	down	1.6%	3.3%	So. Amer.	Nov-1972	74
6	Peru	480,816		493,563	2.7%	down	6.8%	1.6%	So. Amer.	Feb-1970	94
7	Argentina	380,669		389,393	2.3%	Up	4.7%	0.9%	So. Amer.	Nov-1966	70
8	Guatemala	220,296		226,027	2.6%	Up	5.0%	1.6%	Cent. Amer.	May-1967	39
9	Ecuador	190,498		195,941	2.9%	Up	5.5%	1.3%	So. Amer.	Jun-1978	34
10	United Kingdom	180,831		181,367	0.3%	Up	10.2%	0.2%	U.K. / Ireland	Mar-1960	36
11	Canada	179,801		182,415	1.5%	Up	2.7%	0.5%	Canada	Jun-1895	47
12	Bolivia	168,396		172,640	2.5%	down	5.8%	1.7%	So. Amer.	Jan-1979	24
13	Colombia	168,514		172,534	2.4%	down	5.4%	0.4%	So. Amer.	Jan-1977	28
15	Venezuela	146,987		150,017	2.1%	Up	4.1%	0.5%	So. Amer.	May-1977	30
14	Honduras	136,408		142,258	4.3%	down	8.5%	1.7%	Cent. Amer.	Apr-1977	21
16	Australia	126,767		129,744	2.3%	down	4.9%	0.6%	So. Pacific	Mar-1960	32
17	Japan	124,041		125,107	0.9%	Up	1.5%	0.1%	Asia	Mar-1970	28
18	Dominican Republic	114,571		118,557	3.5%	Up	7.7%	1.1%	Caribbean	Mar-1986	18
19	El Salvador	105,501		109,118	3.4%	Up	6.9%	1.4%	Cent. Amer.	Jun-1978	17
20	New Zealand	100,962		104,115	3.1%	Up	4.7%	2.4%	So. Pacific	May-1958	25
21	Nigeria	93,532		98,359	5.2%	Up	11.3%	0.1%	Africa	May-1988	17
22	Uruguay	93,935		95,726	1.9%	Up	3.9%	2.6%	So. Amer.	Nov-1967	16
23	Korea (South)	82,472		84,380	2.3%	Up	3.9%	0.2%	Asia	Mar-1973	17
24	Paraguay	78,220		80,788	3.3%	down	8.0%	1.1%	So. Amer.	Feb-1979	10
25	Nicaragua	67,275		71,888	6.9%	down	12.4%	1.1%	Cent. Amer.	Mar-1981	9
26	Samoa (Western)	69,244		71,272	2.9%	Up	6.2%	31.0%	So. Pacific	Mar-1962	16
27	Tonga	55,173		58,805	6.6%	Up	7.6%	45.2%	So. Pacific	Nov-1968	17
28	South Africa	51,710		54,996	6.4%	Up	14.3%	0.1%	Africa	Mar-1970	12
29	Taiwan	51,090		53,111	4.0%	down	8.3%	0.2%	Asia	Apr-1976	11
30	Spain	45,729		47,337	3.5%	down	6.8%	0.1%	Europe	Mar-1982	10
31	Panama	45,343		46,425	2.4%	Up	6.2%	1.3%	Cent. Amer.	Nov-1979	8
32	Ghana	40,872		45,094	10.3%	Up	18.0%	0.2%	Africa	May-1967	8
33	Portugal	38,509		39,031	1.4%	Up	2.2%	0.4%	Europe	Jun-1981	6
34	Costa Rica	36,823		38,337	4.1%	down	4.6%	0.9%	Cent. Amer.	Jan-1977	5
35	Germany	37,796		38,257	1.2%	Up	1.9%	0.05%	Europe	Sep-1961	14
36	France	35,427		35,960	1.5%	down	3.0%	0.1%	Europe	Nov-1975	9
37	Dem. Rep of Congo	23,615		27,058	14.6%	Up	29.6%	0.03%	Africa	Nov-1996	7
38	Hong Kong, China	24,114		24,425	1.3%	Up	5.2%	0.3%	Asia	Apr-1976	4
39	Italy	23,430		23,976	2.3%	Up	4.8%	0.04%	Europe	Jun-1981	7
40	French Polynesia	20,805		21,245	2.1%	down	4.7%	7.1%	So. Pacific	May-1972	7
41	Russia	20,276		21,023	3.7%	Up	5.4%	0.01%	Europe	Jun-2011	1
42	Zimbabwe	17,632		18,549	5.2%	Up	7.6%	0.2%	Africa	Dec-1999	4
43	Papua New Guinea	17,315		18,336	5.9%	Up	10.0%	0.3%	Asia	Oct-1995	1
44	Haiti	16,322		16,902	3.6%	down	9.1%	0.2%	Caribbean	Sep-1977	2
45	Thailand	16,258		16,331	0.4%	down	2.9%	0.02%	Asia	Jun-1995	1
46	Fiji	15,613		15,897	1.8%	down	4.3%	1.6%	So. Pacific	Jun-1983	4
47	Ivory Coast	14,417		15,638	8.5%	Up	18.1%	0.1%	Africa	Aug-1997	4
48	Amer. Samoa	14,784		15,159	2.5%	down	2.8%	22.5%	So. Pacific	Jun-1969	4
49	Kiribati	14,172		14,927	5.3%	down	10.8%	11.9%	So. Pacific	Aug-1996	2
50	Ukraine	10,722		10,880	1.5%	Up	4.7%	0.02%	Europe	May-2004	1
51	Cambodia	8,908		10,530	18.2%	Up	26.0%	0.1%	Asia		0
52	Kenya	9,370		10,270	9.6%	Up	22.0%	0.02%	Africa	Sep-2001	1
53	Mongolia	9,239		9,896	7.1%	Up	17.2%	0.3%	Asia	Jun-2009	1
54	Sweden	9,091		9,206	1.3%	Up	2.7%	0.1%	Scandinavia / Nordic	Apr-1975	4
55	India	8,229		9,188	11.7%	Up	21.3%	0.00%	Asia		0
56	Netherlands	8,901		9,052	1.7%	Up	3.9%	0.1%	Europe	Mar-1961	3
57	Uganda	8,216		9,024	9.8%	down	30.4%	0.0%	Africa	Jan-2010	1
58	Sierra Leone	8,330		8,907	6.9%	down	10.6%	0.1%	Africa		0
59	Switzerland	7,947		8,092	1.8%	down	1.9%	0.1%	Europe	Oct-1961	5
60	Cape Verde	7,149		7,456	4.3%	Up	8.0%	1.6%	Africa		0
61	Malaysia	6,404		7,314	14.2%	down	29.5%	0.02%	Asia		0
62	Madagascar	5,516		6,736	22.1%	Up	41.2%	0.02%	Africa	Sep-2000	2
63	Indonesia	6,546		6,683	2.1%	Up	4.5%	0.00%	Asia	May-2011	1
64	Belgium	5,980		6,019	0.7%	Up	-0.4%	0.1%	Europe	Feb-1977	2
65	Jamaica	5,906		5,721	-3.1%	down	-4.5%	0.2%	Caribbean		0
66	Liberia	5,251		5,447	3.7%	down	8.1%	0.1%	Africa	Jun-2000	1
67	Mozambique	5,079		5,392	6.2%	down	11.2%	0.02%	Africa		0
68	Northern Ireland	5,329		5,347	0.3%	Up	0.7%	0.3%	U.K. / Ireland	Jan-1987	1
69	Marshall Islands	4,725		5,093	7.8%	Up	13.8%	7.1%	So. Pacific	Jun-2009	1
70	Guyana	4,846		5,016	3.5%	down	27.5%	0.5%	So. Amer.		0
71	Congo, Republic of	4,462		4,747	6.4%	Up	13.2%	0.1%	Africa	Oct-1903	1
72	Hungary	4,594		4,738	3.1%	Up	5.9%	0.05%	Europe	Jun-2006	1
73	Finland	4,578		4,629	1.1%	Up	1.8%	0.1%	Scandinavia / Nordic	Oct-1977	2
74	Denmark	4,387		4,378	-0.2%	down	0.4%	0.1%	Scandinavia / Nordic	Jun-1974	2
75	Norway	4,206		4,361	3.7%	Up	4.7%	0.1%	Scandinavia / Nordic	May-1988	1
76	Vanuatu	4,006		4,354	8.7%	Up	15.1%	1.7%	So. Pacific		0
77	Austria	4,203		4,294	2.2%	Up	1.9%	0.1%	Europe	Apr-1980	2
78	Micronesia	3,989		4,193	5.1%	Up	9.2%	3.5%	So. Pacific		0
79	Belize	3,609		3,852	6.7%	Up	12.3%	1.1%	Cent. Amer.		0
80	Singapore	2,938		3,337	13.6%	Up	15.5%	0.1%	Asia	Feb-1995	1
81	Romania	2,800		2,905	3.8%	Up	6.2%	0.01%	Europe		0
82	Ireland	2,799		2,890	3.3%	Up	4.3%	0.1%	U.K. / Ireland	May-1995	1
83	Armenia	2,833		2,888	1.9%	down	5.1%	0.1%	Asia		0
84	Trinidad & Tobago	2,695		2,885	7.1%	down	15.9%	0.2%	Caribbean	Mar-2009	1
85	Zambia	2,395		2,587	8.0%	down	15.6%	0.02%	Africa		0
86	Czech Republic	2,198		2,282	3.8%	Up	9.0%	0.0%	Europe		0
87	Bulgaria	2,151		2,206	2.6%	Up	3.9%	0.03%	Europe		0
88	Guam	1,971		2,140	8.6%	down	14.2%	1.1%	So. Pacific	Dec-2010	1
89	Albania	1,925		1,984	3.1%	down	7.9%	0.04%	Europe		0
90	New Caledonia (France)	1,890		1,949	3.1%	down	3.5%	0.8%	So. Pacific		0
91	Cook Islands (Rarotonga)	1,847		1,853	0.3%	down	1.0%	6.7%	So. Pacific		0
92	Poland	1,602		1,648	2.9%	Up	6.2%	0.00%	Europe		0
93	Botswana	1,300		1,331	2.4%	Up	2.0%	0.1%	Africa		0
94	Sri Lanka	1,307		1,294	-1.0%	down	1.3%	0.01%	Asia		0
95	Swaziland	1,187		1,287	8.4%	Up	13.7%	0.1%	Africa		0
96	Togo	1,034		1,246	20.5%	Up	57.1%	0.01%	Africa		0
97	Suriname	1,162		1,233	6.1%	down	16.7%	0.2%	So. Amer.		0
98	Latvia	1,073		1,102	2.7%	down	7.5%	0.0%	Europe		0
99	Estonia	1,010		1,043	3.3%	down	7.6%	0.1%	Europe		0
100	Macau (China)	1,269		1,000	-21.2%	down	-20.6%	0.2%	Asia		0
101	United Arab Emirates			Not						Apr-2011	1
102	Bahrain			Published						Sep-1999	0
				> 20,000		Up
				41		57

Yellow shading is for a country whose membership surpassed another country since last year.
"2 yr. up / down" I calculate every other year to see which countries 2 yr growth is higher or lower than the last time, so this is 2010 vs 2008 2 year growth (57 of the countries growth rates were up, 43 were down)
Since the LDS US growth rate is more than double the generic US census growth rate, the %LDS in US is finally over 2.0 % !

Also Note that USA is ranked 12th in % LDS as shown in this 2nd table sorted by % LDS

Rank	Country:	% LDS	Region
1	Tonga	45.2%	So. Pacific
2	Samoa (Western)	31.0%	So. Pacific
3	Amer. Samoa	22.5%	So. Pacific
4	Kiribati	11.9%	So. Pacific
5	French Polynesia	7.1%	So. Pacific
6	Marshall Islands	7.1%	So. Pacific
7	Cook Islands	6.7%	So. Pacific
8	Micronesia	3.5%	So. Pacific
9	Chile	3.3%	So. Amer.
10	Uruguay	2.6%	So. Amer.
11	New Zealand	2.4%	So. Pacific
12	Untied States	2.0%	US
13	Vanuatu	1.7%	So. Pacific
14	Honduras	1.7%	Cent. Amer.
15	Bolivia	1.7%	So. Amer.
16	Guatemala	1.6%	Cent. Amer.
17	Fiji	1.6%	So. Pacific
18	Cape Verde	1.6%	Africa
19	Peru	1.6%	So. Amer.
20	El Salvador	1.4%	Cent. Amer.