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Sources
- Mormon membership numbers are taken from the annual statistical report announced each year by the LDS Church during its April General Conference, and from the LDS Newsroom facts and statistics web page. The numbers by continent don't quite add up to the global numbers reported, but this variance is minimal.
- Activity rates are taken from this website, and originate with the LDS researchers at the Cumorah web site.
- Estimates on the US and non-US retention rates are from LDS anthropologist Armand Mauss, as reported in the Las Vegas Sun of May 4, 2001.
- Statistics about global Christianity are taken from the annual Status of Global Mission report from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at the Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.
- Information about the multi-year trends in Mormon membership can be found in this article about Mormon attrition and this article about Mormon growth.
