Membership
As of year-end 2007, the LDS Church reported 54,281 members, 16 stakes, 2 districts, 125 wards, 39 branches, 1 mission, and 1 temple in Tonga. The claimed membership total represents approximately 46% of the population of the kingdom.
In 1996, the LDS Church reported about a third of the Tonga's population to be members. However, according to 1996 census data, 14% of the population self-identified as Latter-day Saints at the time. LDS Church membership statistics are different from self-reported statistics mainly because the LDS Church does not remove an individual’s name from its membership rolls based on inactivity in the church.
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