Church Membership Growth since 1970
Year ending Church membership Growth during the previous year
31 Dec 1970 2,930,810 123,354 31 Dec 1971 3,090,953 160,143 31 Dec 1972 3,218,908 127,955 31 Dec 1973 3,306,658 87,750 31 Dec 1974 3,409,987 103,329 31 Dec 1975 3,572,202 162,215 31 Dec 1976 3,742,749 170,547 31 Dec 1977 3,969,220 226,471 31 Dec 1978 4,166,854 197,634 31 Dec 1979 4,404,121 237,267 31 Dec 1980 4,639,822 235,701 31 Dec 1981 4,920,449 280,627 31 Dec 1982 5,162,619 242,170 31 Dec 1983 5,351,724 189,105 31 Dec 1984 5,641,054 289,330 31 Dec 1985 5,919,483 278,429 31 Dec 1986 6,166,974 247,491 31 Dec 1987 6,394,314 227,340 31 Dec 1988 6,721,210 326,896 31 Dec 1989 7,308,444 587,234 31 Dec 1990 7,761,179 452,735 31 Dec 1991 8,089,848 328,669 31 Dec 1992 8,404,087 314,239 31 Dec 1993 8,689,168 285,081 31 Dec 1994 9,024,368 335,200 31 Dec 1995 9,338,859 314,491 31 Dec 1996 9,692,441 353,582 31 Dec 1997 10,071,783 379,342 31 Dec 1998 10,354,241 282,458 31 Dec 1999 10,752,986 398,745 31 Dec 2000 11,068,861 315,875 31 Dec 2001 11,394,522 325,661 31 Dec 2002 11,721,548 327,026 31 Dec 2003 11,985,254 263,706 31 Dec 2004 12,275,822 290,568 31 Dec 2005 12,560,869 285,047 31 Dec 2006 12,868,606 307,737 31 Dec 2007 13,193,999 325,393 31 Dec 2008 13,508,509 314,510 31 Dec 2009 13,824,854 316,345 31 Dec 2010 14,131,467 306,613 31 Dec 2011 14,441,346 309,879 31 Dec 2012 14,782,473 341,127 31 Dec 2013 15,082,028 299,555 31 Dec 2014 15,372,337 290,309 31 Dec 2015 15,634,199 261,862 31 Dec 2016 15,882,417 248,218 31 Dec 2017 16,118,168 235,751 31 Dec 2018 16,313,735 195,167 31 Dec 2019 16,565,036 251,301 31 Dec 2020 16,663,663 98,627 31 Dec 2021 16,805,400 141,737 31 Dec 2022 17,002,461 197,061 31 Dec 2023 17,255,394 252,933
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