As of Dec. 31, 2008, The United Methodist Church had approximately 11 million professing members and an additional 2.5 million baptized members in Africa, Europe, the U.S. and the Philippines. Compared to 10 years earlier, professing membership globally has increased more than 14% or by more than 1.38 million; baptized membership has risen nearly 27%, by more than 500,000.

  
Africa Central                               374,090       
Congo                                        1,090,863   
West Africa*                              1,636,815   
Central and Southern Europe      16,162       
Germany                                         33,364     
Northern Europe and Eurasia      15,560      
Philippines                                   201,344       
United States                            7,774,420   
            
Total                                       11,142,618   
            
* Includes the addition of the 660,000-member Methodist Church of the Ivory Coast in 2005.