Update: Countries with Wards and Branches

In 1989, the number of countries with organized wards and branches of the Church passed the one-hundred mark. It had hovered near one hundred for five years. The figure does not include the twenty-three territories, colonies, and possessions that have wards and branches.

1984	96
1985	95
1986	98
1987	97
1988	100
1989	105