Maps are public domain courtesy of the CIA World Factbook.
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 Ward (congregation)
 Branch (congregation)
 Temple
 Mission
 Stake
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 People Groups of Taiwan
| # |
Group Name |
Primary Language |
Population |
% of total |
| 1 |
Hoklo-Taiwanese |
Chinese-Min Nan |
14345000 |
65.2% |
| 2 |
Han Chinese-Mandarin |
Chinese-Mandarin |
4323000 |
19.65% |
| 3 |
Han Chinese-Hakka |
Chinese-Hakka |
3000000 |
13.64% |
Total population of above people-groups: 21668000 (98.49% of national population).
Selected people groups and language data from Ethnologue.com and other sources.
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Religion in Taiwan |
General Religious Data
 Percentage attending religious services weekly: 11% Estimated weekly average attending religious services (all faiths): 2420000 |
Major Religious Groups
| # |
Faith |
Congregations |
Active Members |
Adherents |
Percent |
Annual Growth |
| 1 |
Buddhist/Confucian/Taoist |
0 |
0 |
20460000 |
93.00% |
0.81% |
| 2 |
Christian |
0 |
0 |
990000 |
4.50% |
0.81% |
| 3 |
other |
0 |
0 |
550000 |
2.50% |
0.81% |
| 4 |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
58 |
4127 |
10077 |
0.05% |
0.81% |
| 5 |
Seventh-day Adventists |
46 |
7788 |
15576 |
0.07% |
3.00% |
| 6 |
Latter-day Saints |
97 |
11758 |
47034 |
0.214% |
5.22% |
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Extrinsic Religious Challenges and Opportunities: National and Cultural |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Taiwan |
Official LDS Statistics
LDS Members: 47034
Missions: 3 Temples: 1 Stakes: 9 Districts: 2 Wards: 77 Branches: 20 Total Congregations: 97
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Derived LDS Statistics
Approx. Active Members: 11758 Percentage of Members Attending Church Weekly: 25% Average members per congregation: 484 Average active members per congregation: 121 LDS, as percent of population: 0.2137% Active LDS, as percent of population: 0.0534% LDS, as percentage of churchgoers: 0.485% National population per LDS congregation: 226804
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Annual LDS Membership Growth
| # |
Year |
Members |
Annual Growth
Rate |
Wards |
Branches |
Units |
Unit Growth
Rate |
Proportionality
Ratio |
| 1 |
1976 |
8390 |
0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
0 |
| 2 |
1978 |
7933 |
-2.8% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
0 |
| 3 |
1980 |
8367 |
2.66% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
0 |
| 4 |
1982 |
8679 |
1.83% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
0 |
| 5 |
1984 |
10016 |
7.15% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
0 |
| 6 |
1986 |
11600 |
7.33% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
0 |
| 7 |
1988 |
14000 |
9.38% |
0 |
28 |
28 |
0% |
0 |
| 8 |
1990 |
17000 |
9.68% |
19 |
28 |
47 |
25.33% |
2.616 |
| 9 |
1992 |
19000 |
5.56% |
19 |
27 |
46 |
-1.07% |
-0.192 |
| 10 |
1994 |
21000 |
5% |
19 |
29 |
48 |
2.12% |
0.424 |
| 11 |
1996 |
22000 |
2.33% |
22 |
35 |
57 |
8.57% |
3.678 |
| 12 |
1998 |
24000 |
4.35% |
31 |
31 |
62 |
4.2% |
0.965 |
| 13 |
2000 |
26805 |
5.52% |
35 |
36 |
71 |
6.76% |
1.224 |
| 14 |
2002 |
33506 |
11.11% |
45 |
36 |
81 |
6.57% |
0.591 |
| 15 |
2004 |
38731 |
7.23% |
53 |
37 |
90 |
5.26% |
0.727 |
| 16 |
2006 |
42881 |
5.09% |
69 |
24 |
93 |
1.63% |
0.32 |
| 17 |
2008 |
47034 |
4.62% |
77 |
20 |
97 |
2.1% |
0.454 |
LDS membership and unit data 1976-2000 from Mark Davies' WW-LDS.
Proportionality Ratio is the ratio of the increase in units to the increase in membership. A ratio of 1 means that membership and church units are growing at the same rate.
National Population and LDS Growth Rates
Current LDS Membership Growth Rate: 4.62% Current LDS Unit Growth Rate: 2.1% Annual Population Growth Rate: 0.81% Relative LDS Population Growth Rate (LDS membership growth rate minus population growth rate): 3.81%
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Scriptures Available
Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Bible in Chinese. Chinese Book of Mormon is currently undergoing retranslation and is expected to be released soon. |
Intrinsic Challenges and Opportunities of the Church of Jesus Christ |
Full-time LDS Missions
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International LDS Atlas: Taiwan
Maps by Marc Schindler. Used with permission.
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