growth35 (Church growth, increase in stakes per year ** )

                    Year ending          Number of Stakes         previous period
            
                    31 Dec 1830                  0                      --   
                    31 Dec 1928                100                 100 (98 yrs)
                    31 Dec 1952                200                 100 (24 yrs)
                    31 Dec 1960                300                 100 ( 8 yrs)
                    31 Dec 1964                400                 100 ( 4 yrs)
                    31 Dec 1970                500                 100 ( 6 yrs)      
                    31 Dec 1971                562                  62 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 1972                592                  30 ( 1 yr )      
                    31 Dec 1973                630                  38 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1974                675                  45 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1975                737                  62 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1976                798                  61 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1977                885                  87 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1978                990                 105 ( 1 yr )       
                    31 Dec 1979              1,092                 102 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1980              1,218                 126 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1981              1,321                 103 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1982              1,392                  71 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1983              1,458                  66 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1984              1,507                  49 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1985              1,582                  75 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1986              1,622                  40 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1987              1,666                  44 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1988              1,707                  41 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1989              1,739                  32 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1990              1,784                  45 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1991              1,837                  53 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1992              1,919                  82 ( 1 yr )  
                    31 Dec 1993              1,968                  49 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 1994              2,008                  40 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 1995              2,150                 142 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 1996              2,296                 146 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 1997              2,424                 128 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 1998              2,505                  81 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 1999              2,542                  37 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 2000              2,581                  39 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 2001              2,602                  21 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 2002              2,620                  18 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 2003              2,624                   4 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 2004              2,665                  41 ( 1 yr ) 
                    31 Dec 2005              2,701                  36 ( 1 yr )
                    31 Dec 2006              2,745                  44 ( 1 yr )             
                     31 Dec 2007               2,790                   45 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2008               2,818                   28 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2009               2,865                   47 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2010               2,896                   31 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2011               2,946                   50 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2012               3,005                   59 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2013               3,050                   45 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2014               3,114                   64 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2015               3,174                   60 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2016               3,266                   92 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2017               3,341                   75 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2018               3,383                   42 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2019               3,437                   54 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2020               3,463                   26 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2021               3,498                   35 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2022               3,521                   23 ( 1 yr )
                     31 Dec 2023               3,565                   44 ( 1 yr )

                    

                                Landmark Stakes

1/ The first stake, the Kirtland Ohio Stake, was organized on 17 Feb 1834.
2/ The first stake in Asia, the Tokyo Japan Stake, was organized on 15 Mar 1970.
3/ The 1000th stake, the Nauvoo Illinois Stake, was organized on 18 Feb 1979.
4/ The 1500th stake, the Ciudad Obregon Mexico Yaqui Stake, was created on 28 Oct 1984.
5/ The 2000th stake, the Mexico City Mexico Contretas Stake, was created on 11 Dec 1994.
6/ The 2500th stake, the Santiago Chile Olimpo Stake, was created on 22 Nov 1998.
7/ The 3000th stake, the Freetown Sierra Leone Stake, created 02 Dec 2012
8/ The 3500th stake was created during the year 2022, just over 9 years following the 3000th stake.

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