1 Nephi 14:12 is explicit. The Saints of God will be few in number but extensive in their geographical distribution. We know this refers to the latter days because of references to the marvelous work (1 Nephi 14:7) which in 1829 was imminent (Doctrine and Covenants 4:1). Ditto 1 Nephi 14:17 which refers to the great latter-day work commencing and 1 Nephi 14:22 which mentions John the Revelator's writings about the end of the world.
We just published numbers documenting the fact that Latter-day Saints (17,509,781 at the end of 2024) only constitute 2/10 of 1 percent (.002) of the world population (8,090,000,000 at the end of 2024) so the relative scarcity of the Saints of God is attested.
The Church currently operates Family Search Centers in 149 countries. Elder Gary E. Stevenson today in General Conference said the Church's visual identifier (logo) is translated into 145 languages. 193 countries belong to the United Nations and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has congregations established in more than 160 of them. This fulfills Nephi's prophecy that the church of the Lamb of God will be "upon all the face of the earth."
As with all images on this blog, click to enlarge. The Saints are relatively few in number but widely distributed spatially.
