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growth3 (growth as indicated by the number of stakes ** )

 Church growth, as indicated by the number of Stakes of Zion, in increments of 200 stakes


                           Year            Number of Stakes         Time between milestones
                           1830                     0                         --
                           1952                   200                     122 years
                           1964                   400                      12 years
                           1973                   600                       9 years
                           1977                   800                       4 years
                           1979                  1000                       2 years
                           1980                  1200                       1 year
                           1983                  1400                       3 years
                           1986                  1600                       3 years
                           1991                  1800                       5 years
                           1994                  2000                       3 years
                           1996                  2200                       2 years
                           1997                  2400                       1 year
                           2001                  2600                       4 years
                           2008                  2800                       7 years
                           2012                  3000                       4 years
                           2016                  3200                       4 years
                           2019                  3400                       3 years


  • Interesting facts concerning the growth of stakes:
    • On December 31, 1997 the Church had 2,424 stakes. It took 150 years to reach 1,212 stakes, and just 17 years to add the next 1,212 stakes (reaching the total of 2,424).
    • The 3,000th stake was the Freetown Sierra Leone Stake, created in Africa in November of 2012.
    • The number of stakes at the end of 2022 was 3,521.

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