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Netherlands

Population: 16.32 million (#55 out of 240 countries)



  Wikipedia article on Netherlands

 World Factbook article on Netherlands

Maps are public domain courtesy of the CIA World Factbook.
Ward (congregation)  Branch (congregation)  Temple  Mission  Stake 
 People Groups of Netherlands
# Group Name Primary Language Population % of total
1 Dutch Dutch 13400000 82.12%
2 Neddersassisch-Low Saxon Saxon-Low 1500000 9.19%
Total population of above people-groups: 14900000 (91.31% of national population).
Selected people groups and language data from Ethnologue.com and other sources.
 Cities of Netherlands
#City NamePopulationMap #City NamePopulationMap
1 Amsterdam 723163 Map 2 Rotterdam 598236 Map
3 Gravenhage 444108 Map 4 Heerlen/Kerkrade 270535 Map
5 Utrecht 234352 Map 6 Hertogenbosch 198508 Map
7 Eindhoven 196547 Map 8 Geleen/Sittard 185645 Map
9 Groningen 170597 Map 10 Tilburg 163876 Map
11 Apeldoorn 149659 Map 12 Haarlem 149561 Map
13 Enschede 147829 Map 14 Zaanstreek 147363 Map
15 Nijmegen 147288 Map 16 Velsen/Beverwijk 134340 Map
17 Arnhem 134053 Map 18 Zaanstad 133006 Map
19 Breda 129518 Map 20 Maastricht 118278 Map
21 Leiden 115167 Map 22 Dordrecht 113742 Map
23 Amersfoort 111253 Map 24 Zoetermeer 104215 Map
25 Haarlemmermeer 103980 Map 26 Hilversum 102196 Map
27 Almere 101493 Map

Religion in Netherlands
 General Religious Data
 Percentage attending religious services weekly: 35%
 Estimated weekly average attending religious services (all faiths): 5711300
 Major Religious Groups
# Faith Congregations Active Members Adherents Percent Annual Growth
1 Catholic 0 0 5058580 31.00% 0.57%
2 Protestant 0 0 3426780 21.00% 0.57%
3 Muslim 0 0 717992 4.40% 0.57%
4 other 0 0 587448 3.60% 0.57%
5 unaffiliated 0 0 6527200 40.00% 0.57%
6 Jehovah's Witnesses 415 31089 52324 0.32% 0.57%
7 Seventh-day Adventists 49 4326 8652 0.05% 5.00%
8 Latter-day Saints 34 2564 8548 0.052% 1.73%
Country religious adherents data courtesy of the World Factbook.LDS membership and unit data are derived from the LDS Church Almanac. Seventh-day Adventist statistics are from the Adventist yearbook statistical reports. Jehovah's Witness data are from the Jehovah's Witness yearly statistical report. Other data are from a variety of sources available upon request.

Extrinsic Religious Challenges and Opportunities: National and Cultural

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Netherlands
 Official LDS Statistics
 LDS Members: 8548
 Missions: 1
 Temples: 1
 Stakes: 3
 Districts: 0
 Wards: 18
 Branches: 16
 Total Congregations: 34
 Derived LDS Statistics
 Approx. Active Members: 2564
 Percentage of Members Attending Church Weekly: 30%
 Average members per congregation: 251
 Average active members per congregation: 75
 LDS, as percent of population: 0.0523%
 Active LDS, as percent of population: 0.0157%
 LDS, as percentage of churchgoers: 0.044%
 National population per LDS congregation: 479941
 Annual LDS Membership Growth
# Year Members Annual Growth
Rate		 Wards Branches Units Unit Growth
Rate		 Proportionality
Ratio
1 1976 7419 0% 0 0 0 0% 0
2 1978 7486 0.45% 0 0 0 0% 0
3 1980 8168 4.36% 0 0 0 0% 0
4 1982 6710 -9.8% 0 0 0 0% 0
5 1984 6328 -2.93% 0 0 0 0% 0
6 1986 6600 2.1% 0 0 0 0% 0
7 1988 6700 0.75% 0 22 22 0% 0
8 1990 6800 0.74% 11 19 30 15.38% 20.783
9 1992 7000 1.45% 13 20 33 4.76% 3.282
10 1994 7000 0% 13 21 34 1.49% 0
11 1996 7500 3.45% 15 22 37 4.22% 1.223
12 1998 7500 0% 16 23 39 2.63% 0
13 2000 7627 0.84% 17 26 43 4.87% 5.797
14 2002 7809 1.18% 17 20 37 -7.5% -6.355
15 2004 8006 1.25% 18 17 35 -2.77% -2.216
16 2006 8286 1.72% 19 16 35 0% 0
17 2008 8548 1.56% 18 16 34 -1.44% -0.923
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: 1.56%
 Current LDS Unit Growth Rate: -1.44%
 Annual Population Growth Rate: 0.57%
 Relative LDS Population Growth Rate (LDS membership growth rate minus population growth rate): 0.99%

Intrinsic Challenges and Opportunities of the Church of Jesus Christ
 Full-time LDS Missions
 International LDS Atlas: Netherlands

Maps by Marc Schindler. Used with permission.
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