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==Population and distribution==
{{Historical populations
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| percentages =
| 1980 | 24326
| 1995 | 30000
| 2018 | 47500
| 2020 | 53000
| footnote = Estimates:<ref>[https://www.pravenc.ru/text/168446.html Hutterite colonies] {{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref name=thecanadianencyclopedia/><ref name="Geographic Location"/><ref name=bigthink>{{cite web|url=https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/hutterite-colonies-in-north-america/ |title=This map of Hutterite colonies shows evolution at work |date=November 23, 2021 |via=bigthink.com|access-date=April 3, 2022}}</ref>
}}

In 1995, the total North American Hutterite population was about 30,000.<ref name=thecanadianencyclopedia/>

Approximately 75% of all Hutterites reside in Canada, with the remaining 25% living in the United States.<ref name="Geographic Location"/>

;Canada
{| class="wikitable sortable floatright"
|+ Hutterite population by Canadian province
! data-sort-type="text" | Province
! data-sort-type="number" | 2016 census
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Alberta]] || 16,935
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Manitoba]] || 11,275
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Saskatchewan]] || 6,250
|-
|}

In 1995 there were a total of 285 Hutterite colonies in Canada (138 in Alberta, 93 colonies in Manitoba and 54 in Saskatchewan). By 2011, there were 345 across the Prairies – a 21 percent increase. The [[2016 Canadian census|2016 census]] recorded 370 Hutterite colonies in Canada, of these: 175 were in Alberta, 110 in Manitoba and 70 in Saskatchewan.<ref name=thecanadianencyclopedia/>

The same 2016 census which recorded 370 colonies, counted a total Hutterite population of 35,010 people (up from 32,500 in 2011).<ref name=thecanadianencyclopedia>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hutterites |title=Hutterites in Canada |via=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=March 1, 2022}}</ref>

;United States
As of March 2018, there were 120 colonies in the United States, of which: 54 colonies in [[South Dakota]], 50 in [[Montana]], nine in [[Minnesota]] and seven in [[North Dakota]]. A Montana government report in 2010 published a specific list of colonies and schools in that state. Hutterite colonies have existed in the rural farming areas of eastern [[Washington state]] since the mid-20th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/aug/27/hutterites-other-growers-learn-importance-diversif |title=Hutterites, like other growers, learn importance of diversification |date=27 August 2006 |publisher=Spokesman Review |access-date=17 September 2020 }}</ref>

The approximate U.S. population of Brethren was 11,000 in 2018.<ref name="Geographic Location"/><ref>http://opi.mt.gov/Portals/182/Page%20Files/Indian%20Education/Indian%20Education%20101/Hutterite%20EUs.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609144943/http://opi.mt.gov/Portals/182/Page%20Files/Indian%20Education/Indian%20Education%20101/Hutterite%20EUs.pdf |date=June 9, 2021 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

In 2020, the U.S. Religion Census counted 15,531 Hutterites (in 145 congregations), of which: 9,041 of Schmiedeleut group (77 congregations), 4,754 of Lehrerleut (43 congregations), 1,409 of Dariusleut (22 congregations) and 327 in other groups (3 congr.).<ref>[https://www.usreligioncensus.org/sites/default/files/2023-06/2020_USRC_Group_Detail.xlsx U.S. Religion Census | Maps and data files for 2020]</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable floatright"
|+ Hutterite population by US state
! data-sort-type="text" | State
! data-sort-type="number" | 2020 estimate
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[South Dakota]] || 7,567
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Montana]] || 5,498
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Minnesota]] || 976
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[North Dakota]] || 764
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Washington (state)|Washington]] || 592
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | Other || 134
|-
|}

===Colonies===
{{Category see also|Hutterite communities}}

The mid-2004 location and number of the world's 483 Hutterite colonies:<ref>''The 2004 Hutterite Phone Book'', Canadian Edition, James Valley Colony of Hutterian Brethren: Elie, Manitoba.</ref>

* Canada (347)
** [[Dariusleut]] (142): [[Alberta]] (109); [[Saskatchewan]] (31); [[British Columbia]] (2)
** [[Schmiedeleut]] (105): [[Manitoba]] (105)
** [[Lehrerleut]] (99): [[Alberta]] (69); [[Saskatchewan]] (30)
* United States (134)
** Schmiedeleut (69): [[South Dakota]] (53); [[Minnesota]] (9); [[North Dakota]] (7)
** Lehrerleut (44): [[Montana]] (44)
** Dariusleut (21): [[Montana]] (15); [[Washington (state)|Washington]] (5); [[Oregon]] (1)
* Japan (1)
** Dariusleut (1): [[Owa Hutterite Colony]]

As of 2021, there are 572 Hutterite colonies in existence.

===Growth===
The very high birth rate among the Hutterites has decreased dramatically since 1950,<ref name=kraybill/> as they have dropped from around ten children per family in 1954 to around five in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cascadiapublishinghouse.com/dsm/winter11/jescma.htm |title=Review of The Hutterites in North America |publisher=Cascadiapublishinghouse.com |access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref> Hutterite fertility rates remain relatively high compared to the general North American population, but relatively low compared to other traditional Anabaptist groups like the Amish or the Old Order Mennonites. While Hutterite women traditionally married around the ages of 20 or 21, marriages in the 21st century very often are delayed until the late 20s. Whereas Hutterite women traditionally had children until their mid 40s, today most Hutterite women have their last child around the age of 35.

{|class=wikitable
|+Birth rate (per 1000)<ref name=kraybill>{{cite book|last1=Kraybill|first1=Donald B.|last2=Bowman|first2=Carl Desportes|title=On the Backroad to Heaven: '''Old Order''' Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lPxtIkM7V6sC|date=September 3, 2002|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=9780801870897}}</ref>
!Year
!Hutterites
!South Dakotans
|-
|1950
|45.9
|23.4
|-
|1970
|43.0
|14.7
|-
|1990
|35.2
|12.1
|}

{|class=wikitable
|+{{no break|Fertility rate (per woman)<ref>{{cite book|date=September 3, 2002|publisher=JHU Press|pmid=8026812|isbn=9780801870897|last1=Nonaka|first1=K.|last2=Miura|first2=T.|last3=Peter|first3=K.|title=Recent fertility decline in Dariusleut Hutterites: An extension of Eaton and Mayer's Hutterite fertility study|journal=Human Biology|volume=66|issue=3|pages=411–20}}</ref>|title=Recent fertility decline in Dariusleut Hutterites: an extension of Eaton and Mayer's Hutterite fertility study.}}
!Year
!Fertility rate
|-
|1940
|10.57
|-
|1950
|9.83
|-
|1970
|7.22
|-
|1980
|6.29
|-
|1990
|4.63
|}