1981 Service Year Report

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1981 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
1981	Alaska	424,338	1,290	329	1,248	6	74	105	23	3,282
1981	Algeria	19,300,000	24	804,167	18	6	0	0	3	79
1981	American Samoa	32,395	72	450	68	-4	7	9	1	235
1981	Andorra	35,460	95	373	85	13	0	2	1	193
1981	Anguilla	6,524	15	435	13	18	0	1	1	29
1981	Antigua	70,794	195	363	184	-1	7	13	4	507
1981	Argentina	27,862,771	38,869	717	37,039	6	1,195	1,654	592	78,661
1981	Aruba	65,211	314	208	281	-1	10	7	5	843
1981	Ascension Island	1,151	3	384	2	0	0	0	0	0
1981	Australia	14,793,000	31,898	464	31,086	4	1,458	1,691	550	64,957
1981	Austria	7,546,200	13,939	541	13,611	3	795	580	218	24,570
1981	Azores	280,000	314	892	291	4	21	26	12	825
1981	Bahamas	209,505	526	398	492	4	39	32	10	1,621
1981	Bangladesh	86,640,000	9	9,626,667	9	13	0	3	1	21
1981	Barbados	255,000	1,324	193	1,166	1	28	45	16	3,335
1981	Belau	13,000	39	333	36	-5	1	9	1	141
1981	Belgium	9,798,374	18,990	516	18,133	3	796	776	285	37,753
1981	Belize	145,000	628	231	597	11	44	47	15	2,272
1981	Benin	3,380,000	1,447	2,336	1,073	3	1	15	66	3,519
1981	Bermuda	57,400	246	233	223	4	16	20	4	639
1981	Bolivia	5,000,000	2,662	1,878	2,554	4	268	350	68	11,448
1981	Bonaire	9,818	46	213	37	12	6	3	1	114
1981	Botswana	800,000	295	2,712	286	3	19	31	13	829
1981	Brazil	122,040,000	120,920	1,009	114,200	6	9,315	5,297	2,150	343,930
1981	Britain	54,527,776	85,312	639	80,824	3	3,487	4,879	1,141	165,537
1981	Brunei	170,000	18	9,444	8	60	0	2	0	58
1981	Burma	31,170,000	1,091	28,570	1,066	7	73	191	65	3,164
1981	Burundi	4,000,000	188	21,277	168	6	19	12	7	488
1981	Cameroon	8,700,000	11,257	773	10,014	-1	250	41	447	21,416
1981	Canada	23,405,100	67,328	348	64,803	3	2,785	3,675	1,063	133,145
1981	Cape Verde	300	121	2,479	115	14	27	19	6	510
1981	Cayman Islands	15,600	37	422	33	22	4	2	1	95
1981	Central African Republic	2,300,000	1,090	2,110	995	6	68	81	42	4,928
1981	Chad	4,000,000	118	33,898	102	6	20	21	10	553
1981	Chile	11,295,000	16,875	669	15,711	4	1,160	1,001	280	54,796
1981	Colombia	27,600,000	16,800	1,643	16,099	7	1,193	1,104	280	66,035
1981	Comoros	258,000	2	129,000	2	0	0	0	0	0
1981	Congo, Republic of	1,600,000	861	1,858	767	-4	11	11	36	2,356
1981	Cook Islands	22,000	58	379	50	4	7	5	4	333
1981	Costa Rica	2,276,676	6,183	368	5,663	8	373	288	118	17,625
1981	Curacao	162,362	823	197	804	6	54	64	10	2,522
1981	Cyprus	500,000	1,042	480	1,004	3	46	41	12	1,759
1981	Denmark	5,122,073	13,200	388	12,959	0	321	532	227	22,603
1981	Djibouti	500,000	5	100,000	4	0	0	0	1	6
1981	Dominica	70,302	198	355	176	5	13	16	7	693
1981	Dominican Republic	5,000,000	6,839	731	6,633	7	411	597	131	28,965
1981	Ecuador	8,644,000	5,388	1,604	5,165	4	476	496	112	26,576
1981	El Salvador	4,851,800	9,080	534	8,242	22	1,208	630	154	35,580
1981	Equatorial Guinea	330,200	39	8,467	33	57	0	4	2	176
1981	Faroe Islands	43,273	66	656	60	0	3	13	4	116
1981	Fiji	624,36	731	854	687	6	54	95	24	2,915
1981	Finland	4,787,169	13,585	352	13,297	1	547	975	252	22,375
1981	France	53,900,000	70,485	765	68,430	2	3,688	2,498	1,193	142,483
1981	French Guiana	65,600	252	260	238	-3	15	13	3	790
1981	Gabon	700,000	406	1,724	343	-7	20	16	14	1,138
1981	Gambia	600,955	14	42,925	13	8	0	4	1	50
1981	Germany, F. R.	61,654,300	101,451	608	99,223	1	3,312	3,178	1,457	169,417
1981	Ghana	11,086,188	23,085	480	21,591	2	1,312	1,762	468	76,296
1981	Gibraltar	30,000	90	333	83	-2	3	4	1	148
1981	Greece	9,700,000	18,649	520	18,516	0	363	763	463	33,220
1981	Greenland	50,643	84	603	78	3	0	5	7	139
1981	Grenada	111,000	351	316	312	6	16	22	7	968
1981	Guadeloupe	324,000	2,756	118	2,698	3	121	63	38	7,258
1981	Guam	105,816	166	637	147	14	16	24	1	491
1981	Guatemala	7,262,419	5,788	1,255	5,658	5	394	337	92	20,830
1981	Guinea	5,143,284	184	27,953	157	-13	0	42	12	635
1981	Guinea-Bissau	530,000	7	75,714	4	33	1	2	1	21
1981	Guyana	842,000	1,152	730	1,119	-4	54	121	30	3,642
1981	Haiti	6,000,000	3,105	1,932	3,007	0	152	194	73	20,725
1981	Hawaii	973,000	4,554	214	4,474	2	145	583	60	12,820
1981	Honduras	3,820,951	3,056	1,250	2,879	1	155	232	63	15,512
1981	Hong Kong	5,000,000	900	5,556	880	6	67	197	13	1,978
1981	Iceland	244,380	124	1,810	112	0	7	11	2	274
1981	India	670,000,000	5,435	123,275	4,969	7	292	560	307	14,312
1981	Ireland	4,907,217	1,995	2,460	1,915	4	107	294	73	3,994
1981	Israel	5,120,000	260	19,692	246	6	21	16	5	525
1981	Italy	56,700,000	90,553	626	87,854	8	6,219	6,892	1,364	187,165
1981	Ivory Coast	6,670,000	1,473	4,528	1,396	7	86	91	45	4,791
1981	Jamaica	2,200,000	6,713	328	6,554	1	351	271	166	21,271
1981	Japan	117,009,002	63,447	1,844	60,267	11	5,801	18,282	1,273	144,822
1981	Jordan	2,984,000	51	58,510	36	9	1	2	1	121
1981	Kenya	16,500,000	2,518	6,553	2,366	8	196	347	96	8,453
1981	Kiribati	56,000	6	9,333	4	0	0	0	1	70
1981	Korea, Republic of	38,723,000	28,440	1,362	27,771	5	1,841	3,449	530	61,530
1981	Kosrae	3,989	20	199	19	6	0	4	1	93
1981	Lebanon	3,012,000	1,858	1,621	1,773	2	92	71	47	3,760
1981	Lesotho	1,279,000	602	2425	588	5	27	58	40	2,720
1981	Liberia	1,875,000	1,095	1,712	1,019	2	29	87	30	4,001
1981	Libya	2,748,000	6	458	3	-50	1	0	0	5
1981	Liechtenstein	25,215	31	813	29	4	0	3	1	63
1981	Luxembourg	433,500	997	435	980	6	61	66	20	2,244
1981	Macao	375,000	13	28,846	11	-15	0	6	1	29
1981	Madagascar	9,000,000	1,066	8,443	1,046	8	45	64	29	4,888
1981	Madeira	262,000	380	689	342	0	20	15	9	1,003
1981	Malaysia	13,652,000	565	24,163	529	9	34	59	19	1,309
1981	Mali	5,000,000	37	135,135	34	-13	3	16	1	95
1981	Malta	315,262	123	2,563	97	15	14	11	1	343
1981	Malvinas Islands	2,089	4	522	3	0	0	0	1	19
1981	Marshall Islands	25,044	165	152	136	6	11	22	3	623
1981	Martinique	330,000	1,210	273	1,158	9	70	32	19	3,273
1981	Mauritius	938,400	474	1,960	454	10	47	35	9	1,068
1981	Mayotte	45,000	1	45,000	1	0	0	0	0	4
1981	Mexico	67,395,826	101,171	666	98,610	5	7,063	7,857	4,069	492,142
1981	Montserrat	12,335	24	514	21	5	0	2	1	104
1981	Morocco	19,470,000	102	190,882	87	-10	1	7	2	184
1981	Nauru	6,000	4	1,500	2	0	1	0	0
1981	Nepal	13,470,000	20	658,500	15	-6	0	2	1	44
1981	Netherlands	14,246,021	27,147	525	26,267	0	763	1,398	286	46,336
1981	Nevis	11,230	34	330	26	18	1	5	1	85
1981	New Caledonia	142,000	428	332	381	8	28	18	8	1,066
1981	Newfoundland	560,000	1,097	510	1,064	1	37	78	32	2,122
1981	New Zealand	3,117,000	7,430	420	6,937	3	338	448	119	15,717
1981	Nicaragua	2,500,000	3,917	638	3,663	11	405	405	77	17,865
1981	Niger	4,990,000	71	70,282	61	7	8	18	6	198
1981	Nigeria	79,758,969	106,646	748	93,191	1	3,192	4,698	2,151	276,880
1981	Niue	3,232	9	359	8	14	2	0	1	41
1981	Norway	4,099,946	6,928	592	6,753	1	214	215	180	12,906
1981	Pakistan	87,000,000	183	475,410	173	-4	3	29	6	421
1981	Panama	1,870,439	3,377	554	3,182	2	127	252	70	11,114
1981	Papua New Guinea	3,006,799	1,503	2,001	1,419	2	81	110	79	5,342
1981	Paraguay	2,877,000	1,766	1,629	1,505	2	67	100	44	3,354
1981	Peru	18,000,000	13,832	1,301	13,510	6	1,286	1,653	308	55,231
1981	Philippines	48,000,000	61,460	781	59,328	-1	2,962	5,977	2,147	190,332
1981	Pohnpei	22,000	70	314	60	5	2	12	1	211
1981	Portugal	9,415,900	21,513	438	20,586	2	1,260	713	389	55,597
1981	Puerto Rico	3,187,566	16,533	193	15,926	2	716	683	237	47,404
1981	Reunion	530,000	649	817	618	11	30	35	12	1,845
1981	Rodrigues	31,000	16	1,938	11	0	0	1	1	45
1981	Rwanda	5,300,000	239	22,176	206	36	45	50	11	1,051
1981	Saint Eustatius	1,335	2	668	2	-60	0	1	0	16
1981	Saint Helena	5,216	102	51	86	10	5	1	2	254
1981	Saint Kitts	35,135	125	281	108	-4	3	7	2	311
1981	Saint Lucia	115,000	264	436	224	-3	10	20	5	607
1981	Saint Maarten	10,423	62	168	55	10	1	5	1	222
1981	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,000	9	667	6	20	0	2	1	12
1981	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	106,000	108	981	101	0	1	11	4	376
1981	Saipan	14,335	21	683	18	13	0	6	1	48
1981	San Marino	20,400	81	232	79	1	0	3	1	131
1981	Sao Tome and Principe	80,000	9	8,889	7	0	3	0	1	112
1981	Senegal	5,000,000	371	13,477	349	1	10	57	8	907
1981	Seychelles	65	43	1,512	41	8	0	3	1	123
1981	Sierra Leone	3,002,426	649	4,626	610	-4	20	110	34	2,819
1981	Solomon Islands	210,000	526	399	478	4	9	69	32	2,624
1981	South Africa	29,949,223	27,981	1,070	26,503	1	1,148	1,752	887	85,209
1981	South-West Africa	908,800	321	2,831	287	-5	20	25	11	807
1981	Spain	37,796,846	47,906	789	46,062	6	3,201	3,257	798	102,159
1981	Sri Lanka	14,850,000	653	22,741	637	5	52	122	20	2,240
1981	Sudan	19,600,000	102	192,157	99	11	7	7	2	281
1981	Suriname	350,000	806	434	773	0	51	66	12	2,583
1981	Swaziland	554,589	686	808	612	3	27	29	33	2,084
1981	Sweden	8,317,937	17,770	468	17,314	2	609	1,286	307	30,081
1981	Switzerland	6,365,960	11,053	576	10,649	3	514	333	231	19,785
1981	Syria	8,088,000	160	50,550	137	-7	1	4	7	323
1981	Tahiti	146,124	443	330	431	-3	23	40	10	1,179
1981	Taiwan	18,000,000	937	19,210	902	0	37	148	35	2,524
1981	Tanzania	19,200,000	1,621	11,845	1,583	9	54	153	80	4,833
1981	Thailand	46,961,338	763	61,548	740	3	48	111	26	1,694
1981	Togo	2,666,220	1,710	1,559	1,472	7	36	16	67	3,283
1981	Tonga	90,728	29	3,129	27	8	2	6	1	89
1981	Trinidad & Tobago	1,406,638	3,362	329	3,154	3	105	299	44	8,555
1981	Truk	31,600	35	903	31	0	3	5	2	192
1981	Tunisia	6,600,000	51	129,412	48	-8	0	1	1	104
1981	Turkey	45,000,000	793	56,747	766	-3	32	54	11	1,297
1981	Turks and Caicos	7,650	28	273	25	0	2	5	2	82
1981	Tuvalu	8,000	19	421	15	25	3	3	1	110
1981	Uganda	14,100,000	206	68,447	186	28	48	21	9	536
1981	United States of America	224,624,344	588,503	382	563,452	4	28,496	38,933	7,590	1,463,070
1981	Upper Volta	6,147,363	168	36,591	153	11	18	43	7	653
1981	Uruguay	2,788,429	4,288	650	4,043	-2	189	316	90	12,127
1981	Vanuatu	116,000	47	2,468	38	-17	3	5	2	164
1981	Venezuela	17,000,000	17,109	994	16,283	8	1,484	1,218	197	57,645
1981	Virgin Islands, British	11,888	82	145	75	0	0	2	3	274
1981	Virgin Islands, U.S.	95,214	478	199	454	4	9	27	8	1,650
1981	West Berlin	1,893,500	4,925	384	4,819	-2	134	155	64	7,116
1981	Western Samoa	156,893	132	1,189	118	17	10	19	3	799
1981	Yap	7,869	41	192	38	0	2	9	1	118
1981	Zaire	27,000,000	25,753	1,048	24,015	17	2,271	3,556	838	107,766
1981	Zambia	5,679,808	51,583	110	49,949	-2	1,766	2,931	1,309	262,708
1981	Zimbabwe	7,600,000	10,594	717	10,078	-1	645	560	475	28,103
1981	26 Other Countries	0	223,523	0	205,964	-0.5	8,172	4,267	3,787	352,914
1981	Grand Total (206 countries)	0	2,361,896	0	2,241,486	3.3	119,836	151,180	43,870	5,987,893