Jedediah Grant explained to Thomas Kane that polygamy was necessary because there were more women than men.

John C. Kimball advanced the idea in Anti-Polygamy Standard that polygamy was to offer women homes.

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.

Daynes reports on demographics in Manti that show exceptionally high marital rates.

DN reports results of survey that shows that Church grew fast in 2010s.

Jacob relates that the Lord will command them to raise up seed at specific times.

Externally published Church Almanac that tracks growth across different countries.

Martinich describes the history of the "children of record" indicator.

Summarizes results of new Latter-day Saint almanac and cites the 30% active number.

Dollahite provides a review of research on LDS fertility; LDS fertility rates above average of non-religious and most other religious groups.

The official Church membership numbers for 2018.

Results of a large, cross-national survey about convert retention.

T&S blog post that discusses GSS data on church activity.

National survey with data on Latter-day Saints.

Official Numbers of stakes, wards and branches, and total membership for the Church in 2020.

Stephen Cranney in Times and Seasons analyzes Church growth.

Stephen Cranney in Times and Seasons calculates historical youth dependency ratios for Utah.

The Church News reports that Latter-day Saints increased in 49 out of the 50 states over the last decade.