Church growth, as indicated by the number of Stakes of Zion, in increments of 200 stakes
Year Number of Stakes Time between milestones
1830 0 -- 1952 200 122 years 1964 400 12 years 1973 600 9 years 1977 800 4 years 1979 1000 2 years 1980 1200 1 year 1983 1400 3 years 1986 1600 3 years 1991 1800 5 years 1994 2000 3 years 1996 2200 2 years 1997 2400 1 year 2001 2600 4 years 2008 2800 7 years 2012 3000 4 years 2016 3200 4 years 2019 3400 3 years 2024 3600 5 years
- Interesting facts concerning the growth of stakes:
- On December 31, 1997 the Church had 2,424 stakes. It took 150 years to reach 1,212 stakes, and just 17 years to add the next 1,212 stakes (reaching the total of 2,424).
- The 3,000th stake was the Freetown Sierra Leone Stake, created in Africa in November of 2012.
- The number of stakes at the end of 2024 was 3,608.
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