Facts and Statistics
Updated on 31 December 2011Nicaragua
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The first missionaries arrived in Nicaragua in 1953. The first convert was baptized the following year. In September 1978, civil war forced missionaries to leave the area. Work resumed in the late 1980s. In 1987, a group of Church members traveled by bus to visit the Guatemala City Temple.
Membership was approximately 3,500 when the Nicaragua Managua Mission was organized in October 1989. Membership increased to 8,000 by December 1990. In the past five years, membership in Nicaragua has more than doubled.
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Total Church Membership |
76,001 |
Missions |
2 |
Congregations |
102 |
Statistics for North America
Total Church Membership |
8,521,430 |
Missions |
152 |
Congregations |
17,506 |
Temples |
91 |
Family History Centers |
2,311 |
Worldwide Statistics
Total Church Membership |
14,441,346 |
Missions |
340 |
Missionaries |
55,410 |
Missionary Training Centers |
15 |
Temples |
136 |
Congregations |
28,784 |
Universities & Colleges |
4 |
Seminary Students Enrollment |
375,388 |
Institute Student Enrollment |
352,441 |
Family History Centers |
4,676 |
Countries with Family History Centers |
128 |
Countries Receiving Humanitarian Aid (Since 1985) |
179 |
Welfare Services Missionaries (Incl. Humanitarian Service Missionaries) |
9,251 |
Church Materials Languages |
176 |
Statistics by Country
