1988 Service Year Report

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1988 Service year Report

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Year	Country or Territory	Population	Peak Publishers	Ratio, 1 Publisher to	Average Publishers	% Increase	Baptisms	Average Pioneer Publishers	Congregations	Memorial Attendance
1988	Alaska	545,800	1,806	302	1,752	-4	116	199	25	4,149
1988	Algeria	23,500,000	44	534,091	36	-3	0	0	3	58
1988	American Samoa	36,960	135	274	115	14	22	24	2	342
1988	Andorra	46,976	121	388	113	9	6	7	1	286
1988	Anguilla	6,966	21	332	18	20	0	2	1	90
1988	Antigua	76,296	236	323	220	1	14	33	4	601
1988	Argentina	32,000,000	71,774	446	69,794	8	5,756	9,264	1,104	187,510
1988	Aruba	64,846	451	144	427	13	52	47	6	1,312
1988	Australia	16,395,600	48,180	340	46,733	5	2,822	4,799	621	92,031
1988	Austria	7,575,700	17,705	428	17,283	3	1,105	1,398	246	30,216
1988	Azores	256,300	340	754	324	-6	19	34	12	1,027
1988	Bahamas	209,505	977	214	930	9	86	157	17	2,789
1988	Bangladesh	107,120,000	31	3,455,484	23	5	2	6	1	109
1988	Barbados	258,000	1,635	158	1,592	3	88	178	17	5,047
1988	Belau	13,000	57	228	50	16	7	13	1	215
1988	Belgium	9,805,716	23,584	416	22,660	4	1,380	1,817	309	46,032
1988	Belize	176,000	809	218	768	5	81	114	18	4,057
1988	Benin	4,145,000	2,305	1,798	1,787	14	68	142	65	8,049
1988	Bermuda	57,400	341	168	325	-1	15	55	4	766
1988	Bolivia	6,700,000	5,898	1,136	5,604	13	744	1,140	98	25,237
1988	Bonaire	10,558	70	151	62	13	2	5	1	261
1988	Botswana	1,224,056	550	2,226	512	10	36	64	19	1,621
1988	Brazil	144,000,000	245,610	586	228,802	12	23,556	22,725	3,626	718,414
1988	Britain	55,485,000	113,412	489	108,599	3	6,308	11,927	1,257	211,060
1988	Brunei	240,000	7	34,286	6	-25	0	0	0	38
1988	Burkina Faso	7,318,695	388	18,863	366	8	26	89	16	1,298
1988	Burma	38,600,000	1,552	24,871	1,527	5	102	241	77	4,230
1988	Canada	25,330,000	94,605	268	90,846	4	5,008	9,371	1,238	169,921
1988	Cape Verde	340,000	334	1,018	304	15	43	40	7	2,293
1988	Cayman Islands	16,821	74	227	66	10	0	6	1	206
1988	Central African Republic	2,899,376	1,213	2,390	1,141	-2	77	128	39	5,099
1988	Chad	5,428,000	221	24,561	201	8	28	51	9	1,606
1988	Chile	12,748,207	32,653	390	31,082	6	2,730	3,861	339	107,264
1988	Colombia	27,867,326	37,006	753	34,910	13	3,112	5,205	602	169,432
1988	Comoros	330,000	1	330,000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1988	Congo, Dem. Republic of	35,000,000	37,747	927	35,864	7	1,705	5,321	1,087	89,290
1988	Congo, Republic of	1,800,000	1,466	1,228	1,264	15	26	122	47	5,155
1988	Cook Islands	18,000	97	186	86	-4	1	13	4	290
1988	Costa Rica	2,816,558	11,366	248	10,801	7	858	905	223	33,060
1988	Cote d'lvoire	9,273,167	2,829	3,278	2,728	10	258	520	81	11,926
1988	Curacao	171,896	1,476	116	1,449	6	148	165	16	4,249
1988	Cyprus	620,000	1,159	535	1,147	2	37	124	15	2,570
1988	Denmark	5,128,843	15,895	323	15,352	2	541	1,306	229	25,025
1988	Dominica	81,200	260	312	247	7	12	34	6	953
1988	Dominican Republic	6,243,000	10,763	580	10,519	6	840	1,594	159	39,079
1988	Ecuador	10,054,000	13,352	753	12,682	13	893	1,978	188	66,519
1988	El Salvador	5,563,360	16,793	331	16,159	6	1,481	2,038	310	61,409
1988	Equatorial Guinea	312,120	202	1,545	123	-15	0	21	4	399
1988	Falkland Islands	2,000	9	222	8	60	2	1	1	17
1988	Faroe Islands	46,352	107	433	92	6	3	21	4	159
1988	Fiji	738,720	1,396	529	1,370	9	114	321	35	5,272
1988	Finland	4,938,679	16,540	299	16,197	1	596	1,899	272	26,451
1988	France	55,753,955	103,734	537	100,585	7	7,567	9,189	1,352	205,256
1988	French Guiana	84,177	506	166	463	0	36	67	5	1,947
1988	Gabon	1,200,000	674	1,780	617	12	34	62	13	2,949
1988	Gambia	760,000	25	30,400	23	0	4	8	1	118
1988	Germany, F. R.; W. Berlin	61,315,097	125,068	490	121,825	3	4,751	8,416	1,645	215,385
1988	Ghana	13,526,587	34,537	392	31,789	4	2,501	4,674	566	133,017
1988	Gibraltar	29,692	121	245	115	-9	3	11	2	201
1988	Greece	9,740,417	23,682	411	23,428	1	878	2,291	322	40,542
1988	Greenland	54,524	116	470	106	16	10	24	7	231
1988	Grenada	111,184	383	290	362	5	3	49	7	1,346
1988	Guadeloupe	328,000	5,581	59	5,399	10	559	310	60	15,264
1988	Guam	126,434	301	420	281	9	20	63	4	1,138
1988	Guatemala	8,250,000	10,387	794	10,018	9	754	1,083	163	37,220
1988	Guinea	5,143,284	216	23,812	165	9	3	26	11	878
1988	Guinea-Bissau	930,000	12	77,500	9	80	0	1	1	34
1988	Guyana	842,000	1,458	578	1,359	3	78	223	30	5,845
1988	Haiti	6,000,000	5,251	1,143	5,011	9	549	621	100	34,047
1988	Hawaii	1,082,500	5,729	189	5,521	1	260	846	72	14,999
1988	Honduras	4,674,844	5,074	921	4,929	8	433	716	86	25,944
1988	Hong Kong	5,681,300	1,785	3,183	1,691	12	146	447	21	3,966
1988	Iceland	247,357	223	1,109	205	9	23	25	5	438
1988	India	863,200,000	8,715	99,048	8,186	6	699	898	295	23,873
1988	Ireland	5,110,000	2,880	1,774	2,794	8	150	574	83	5,700
1988	Israel	5,880,800	370	15,894	354	0	19	44	6	680
1988	Italy	57,290,519	160,584	357	155,898	7	12,676	25,477	2,372	330,461
1988	Jamaica	2,300,000	8,545	269	8,102	3	436	877	170	25,682
1988	Japan	121,874,240	128,817	946	125,062	7	9,340	52,183	2,033	297,171
1988	Kenya	22,628,400	4,685	4,830	4,492	10	565	1,054	110	15,213
1988	Kiribati	63,843	26	2,456	21	40	4	6	1	139
1988	Korea, Republic of	42,677,365	52,290	816	50,198	9	4,876	18,986	843	108,974
1988	Kosrae	6,005	26	231	24	4	0	4	1	192
1988	Lebanon	2,674,000	2,517	1,062	2,416	2	138	229	53	5,477
1988	Lesotho	1,661,041	1,138	1,460	1,024	14	111	199	42	4,524
1988	Liberia	2,200,000	1,724	1,276	1,589	10	156	349	34	8,600
1988	Libya	3,637,488	13	279,807	6	20	0	0	0	18
1988	Liechtenstein	27,714	51	543	48	7	0	5	1	76
1988	Luxembourg	437,100	1,336	327	1,320	2	65	127	22	2,947
1988	Macao	400,000	19	21,053	18	-18	0	5	1	58
1988	Madagascar	10,860,000	3,006	3,613	2,795	15	358	360	57	14,159
1988	Madeira	273,500	567	482	546	6	48	42	11	1,520
1988	Malaysia	16,878,000	982	17,187	908	9	99	147	20	2,633
1988	Mali	8,000,000	66	121,212	63	9	2	31	1	347
1988	Malta	383,000	329	1,164	314	4	27	25	4	665
1988	Marquesas Islands	6,150	5	1,230	4	100	0	2	1	16
1988	Marshall Islands	33,113	158	210	141	-3	1	29	2	1,013
1988	Martinique	333,275	2,525	132	2,429	10	208	285	27	6,363
1988	Mauritius	1,017,000	809	1,257	782	2	47	66	9	1,933
1988	Mayotte	69,000	21	3,286	18	0	1	5	1	69
1988	Mexico	82,645,854	248,822	332	235,870	12	23,888	32,117	7,343	1,004,062
1988	Montserrat	11,888	36	330	32	0	1	4	1	110
1988	Morocco	24,400,000	62	393,548	54	-17	0	4	3	144
1988	Nauru	6,000	5	1,200	3	-40	0	0	0	21
1988	Nepal	17,139,200	49	349,780	47	2	0	6	1	195
1988	Netherlands	14,714,948	29,821	493	29,017	2	1,055	2,147	317	51,880
1988	Nevis	9,580	33	290	29	-17		5	1	96
1988	New Caledonia	155,000	979	158	933	7	95	83	9	2,795
1988	New Zealand	3,262,000	10,606	308	10,042	4	753	1,278	146	20,867
1988	Niger	6,715,000	93	72,204	81	-2	12	18	5	354
1988	Nigeria	103,706,514	134,543	771	130,973	4	6,190	14,022	2,571	398,555
1988	Niue	2,500	18	139	17	13	0	1	1	70
1988	Norfolk Island	1,800	4	450	3	0	0	1	0	0
1988	Norway	4,210,923	9,116	462	8,608	5	505	559	175	15,757
1988	Pakistan	100,000,000	267	374,532	247	5	19	43	6	909
1988	Panama	2,322,000	5,469	425	5,233	10	236	707	116	22,966
1988	Papua New Guinea	3,010,727	2,023	1,488	1,933	6	205	221	93	10,336
1988	Paraguay	3,550,071	2,854	1,244	2,511	6	186	408	38	6,262
1988	Peru	20,800,000	29,094	715	26,844	I 1	2,921	6,122	560	110,782
1988	Philippines	58,000,000	107,679	539	97,001	3	7,388	21,320	2,789	305,087
1988	Pohnpei	28,000	73	384	66	74	0	19	1	487
1988	Portugal	9,822,400	33,739	291	32,937	6	2,408	2,384	455	79,984
1988	Puerto Rico	3,400,000	23,038	148	22,610	3	1,063	2,267	279	63,170
1988	Reunion	571,620	1,449	394	1,388	11	158	155	14	3,605
1988	Rodrigues	37,185	27	1,377	23	-4	1	5	1	65
1988	Rota	1,500	10	150	8	-11	0	2	1	42
1988	Saba	1,000	6	167	5	25	1	4	0	8
1988	Saint Eustatius	1,335	6	223	5	0	0	0	0	24
1988	Saint Helena	6,000	111	54	105	-2	2	2	2	228
1988	Saint Kitts	34,120	158	216	150	3	6	18	2	440
1988	Saint Lucia	140,000	380	368	342	10	19	45	5	1,088
1988	Saint Maarten	23,678	117	202	106	7	5	10	2	358
1988	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,000	8	750	7	-30	0	1	1	15
1988	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	120,000	169	710	160	3	7	27	4	584
1988	Saipan	20,350	72	283	55	22	0	15	1	269
1988	San Marino	22,418	106	211	104	8	7	11	2	215
1988	Sao Tome and Principe	105,000	43	2,442	35	52	15	2	1	151
1988	Senegal	7,000,000	539	12,987	521	8	66	134	14	1,489
1988	Seychelles	66,000	80	825	76	17	5	7	1	257
1988	Sierra Leone	3,517,530	694	5,068	632	-1	38	128	30	3,745
1988	Solomon Islands	285,796	729	392	708	4	33	76	32	3,831
1988	South Africa	34,722,104	44,328	783	42,385	5	3,325	5,143	1,014	114,612
1988	South-West Africa	1,261,000	509	2,477	464	12	32	64	13	1,269
1988	Spain	38,996,156	73,309	532	71,471	6	5,432	9,637	1,008	153,519
1988	Sri Lanka	16,500,000	1,138	14,499	1,100	6	107	189	31	4,223
1988	Suriname	400,000	1,348	297	1,278	5	87	196	18	4,874
1988	Swaziland	676,089	1,057	640	1,018	10	128	233	45	3,848
1988	Sweden	8,442,324	21,587	391	21,212	2	893	2,495	331	36,801
1988	Switzerland	6,566,800	15,058	436	14,656	5	864	1,032	268	26,978
1988	Taiwan	20,000,000	1,454	13,755	1,381	9	102	360	22	4,030
1988	Tanzania	24,529,000	3,005	8,163	2,820	7	293	561	87	9,767
1988	Thailand	53,397,745	1,042	51,245	989	8	64	188	33	2,607
1988	Togo	3,282,156	3,893	843	3,463	15	44	378	65	12,696
1988	Tokelau	1,692	6	282	4	0	0	0	1	31
1988	Tonga	94,535	68	1,390	57	10	2	12	2	175
1988	Trinidad & Tobago	1,233,251	5,262	234	5,084	9	523	967	55	17,451
1988	Truk	50,229	55	913	43	13	1	9	3	426
1988	Tunisia	7,600,000	48	158,333	39	-11	3	3	1	82
1988	Turkey	52,000,000	836	62,201	824	0	20	68	10	1,682
1988	Turks and Caicos	8,000	37	216	35	-8	0	11	1	190
1988	Tuvalu	9,000	42	214	33	74	2	7	1	287
1988	Uganda	16,000,000	468	34,188	443	20	73	118	17	2,249
1988	United States of America	242,803,000	797,104	305	762,960	4	43,415	96,947	8,754	1,822,607
1988	Uruguay	2,921,000	6,810	429	6,469	9	516	829	96	19,053
1988	Vanuatu	145,000	93	1,559	84	1	12	12	2	790
1988	Venezuela	19,200,000	42,911	447	40,328	12	4,133	6,930	438	154,881
1988	Virgin Islands, British	12,000	107	112	101	7	1	10	3	479
1988	Virgin Islands, U.S.	96,000	510	188	488	4	6	45	8	1,775
1988	Wallis & Futuna Islands	14,000	1	14,000	1	-50	0	0	0	0
1988	Western Samoa	158,000	180	878	160	5	12	27	4	754
1988	Yap	9,320	25	373	23	-18	1	8	1	141
1988	Zambia	7,400,000	65,870	112	64,733	2	3,595	6,819	1,725	305,841
1988	Zimbabwe	8,743,455	16,154	541	15,606	6	1,242	1,567	527	45,772
1988	38 Other Countries	0	301,648	0	282,280	5.6	17,405	15,544	4,912	563,342
1988	Grand Total (212 countries)	0	3,592,654	0	3,430,926	6	239,268	455,561	57,670	9,201,071