John W. Gunnison reported in his book that Latter-day Saints practiced polygamy to account for population differences between men and women.

Population Studies article analyzes African data and connects polygyny to higher population growth through higher marital rates.

Lee Bean reports early Utah demographic statistics about polygamy using the Utah Population Database.

Turnwait O. Michael and Alfred S. Ekpenyong publish scholarly article summarizing the literature on the polygyny-fertility hypothesis.

Heaton compares Church growth through having children versus growth through conversions.

LAT report on survey that indicated that the Church was the fastest growing denomination from 1990-2000.

Study that reports on fact that Chile and Mexican censuses show many fewer members than are on Church records.

The 2013 Church Almanac reports the official year-by-year Church numbers for wards, members, and stakes.

Analysis of discrepancies between Church numbers and government numbers in Brazil.

Externally published Church Almanac estimated in 2011 that 30% of worldwide members regularly attend church.

Martinich summarizes the history of the "convert baptisms" indicator.

WP article provides quantitative take-aways from third-party almanac project.

Official Church statement on Church growth.

BYU Studies article that analyzes Church growth using Pew data.

Pew Research Report on religious declines in general in U.S.

These are the official Church numbers for 2019.

Official Church essay that cites social science research about the relationship between fertility and growth.

Reports World Values Survey shows decline in religiosity across the world.

Study details on demographic decline of mainline Protestantism.

Stephen Cranney calculates historical youth dependency ratios for Utah.

Stephen Cranney in Times and Seasons presents data on how many women emigrated to pioneer Utah.