AdventStats

The Adventist church, in numbers

24.4M
+687,902 YoY

Members worldwide

Total ending membership

Source: Manual

Global membership trend

1976–2025

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World church at a glance

Latest data: 2025

24.4M
Ending membership
+687,902 YoY
106.9K
Churches
78.1K
Companies
1.2M
Baptisms
-302,489 YoY
2.9%
Growth rate

Membership by division

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Insights

106,936
+3,067 YoY
Churches worldwide
Organized congregations
Source: Manual
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2.4%
A decade of growth
Membership CAGR since 2012
Source: Manual
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228
Members per church
Average congregation size worldwide
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From the data
5.9%
Fastest-growing division
Growth rate in 2025
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From the data
335,657
Most baptisms
Total baptisms in 2025
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From the data
+687,902
Membership change
Year-over-year worldwide
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Top movers

Divisions leading in growth, baptisms, and churches.

Growth rate

2025

  1. 1West-Central Africa Division5.9%
  2. 2East-Central Africa Division5.1%
  3. 3Southern Asia-Pacific Division5.0%

Baptisms

2025

  1. 1East-Central Africa Division335,657
  2. 2Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division287,954
  3. 3South American Division160,384

Churches

2025

  1. 1East-Central Africa Division22,282
  2. 2Inter-American Division17,024
  3. 3Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division16,277

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Global membership since 1900

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Baptisms & net growth

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