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The Missionary Force

Full-time Latter-day Saint missionaries serving worldwide, 2005–2024 (year-end).
20k40k60k80k2005201020152020202452,06085,14751,81974,1272012: serving age lowered to 18 / 19COVID-19
In 2012 the age to serve was lowered — and the force surged to a record 85,147. Past a pandemic dip, it is back near an all-time high.
Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — Annual Statistical Reports, 2005–2024 ✦  An L&P Evidence Card · justinhart.biz  ✦