1982 Service Year Report

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1982 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
1982	Alaska	424,338	1,451	292	1,361	9	82	128	23	3,570
1982	Algeria	19,130,000	27	708,519	18	0	5	0	3	60
1982	American Samoa	32,395	75	432	65	-4	1	10	1	227
1982	Andorra	37,825	95	398	84	-1	0	2	1	196
1982	Anguilla	6,524	14	466	13	0	0	1	1	28
1982	Antigua	70,794	202	350	190	3	15	16	4	490
1982	Argentina	28,000,000	41,392	676	39,927	8	2,510	2,464	595	93,951
1982	Aruba	65,927	300	220	286	2	16	7	5	909
1982	Australia	15,053,600	34,817	432	33,153	7	1,757	1,957	571	67,724
1982	Austria	7,555,338	14,322	528	14,052	3	746	696	219	25,511
1982	Azores	249,500	303	823	278	-4	13	20	12	773
1982	Bahamas	209,505	557	376	515	5	52	31	10	1,912
1982	Bangladesh	90,000,000	17	5,294,118	12	33	0	3	1	21
1982	Barbados	255,000	1,313	194	1,196	3	58	60	16	3,281
1982	Belau	13,000	34	382	32	-11	0	9	1	168
1982	Belgium	9,797,953	19,495	503	18,547	2	937	920	285	37,536
1982	Belize	145,000	615	236	585	-2	38	47	16	2,469
1982	Benin	3,380,000	1,205	2,805	1,082	1	1	26	66	3,262
1982	Bermuda	54,050	276	196	254	14	6	25	4	597
1982	Bolivia	5,000,000	3,010	1,661	2,839	11	331	425	70	12,821
1982	Bonaire	9,457	43	220	39	5	0	3	1	148
1982	Botswana	800,000	319	2,508	318	11	23	27	15	896
1982	Brazil	125,054,380	133,377	938	122,661	7	9,165	6,008	2,353	354,198
1982	Britain	54,266,000	88,236	615	83,564	3	4,437	5,778	1,147	169,888
1982	Brunei	170,000	21	8,095	16	100	0	1		81
1982	Burma	31,170,000	1,123	27,756	1,082	2	61	188	69	3,058
1982	Burundi	4,000,000	247	16,194	213	27	17	27	8	587
1982	Canada	23,848,300	73,812	323	68,410	4	3,678	4,334	1,104	139,733
1982	Cape Verde	300,000	147	2,041	124	8	11	15	6	470
1982	Cayman Islands	15,600	41	380	39	18	1	6	1	89
1982	Central African Republic	2,300,000	1,220	1,885	1,046	5	63	88	43	5,332
1982	Chad	4,000,000	117	34,188	107	5	9	21	10	599
1982	Chile	11,275,440	18,631	605	17,078	9	1,222	1,209	282	59,548
1982	Colombia	27,600,000	18,581	1,485	17,212	7	1,079	1,177	281	77,160
1982	Comoros	300,000	1	300,000	1	-50	0	0	0	0
1982	Congo, Republic of	1,600,000	876	1,826	795	4	22	18	36	2,326
1982	Cook Islands	17,600	67	263	56	12	3	5	4	197
1982	Costa Rica	2,339,828	6,611	354	6,275	11	562	336	138	19,903
1982	Curacao	165,238	887	186	848	5	45	71	10	2,683
1982	Cyprus	500,000	1,042	480	1,020	2	13	42	13	1,922
1982	Denmark	5,119,155	13,583	377	13,173	2	418	584	227	22,698
1982	Djibouti	386,000	7	55,143	6	50	3	1	1	12
1982	Dominica	70,302	218	322	194	10	18	17	7	603
1982	Dominican Republic	5,647,977	7,411	762	6,983	5	452	646	131	26,612
1982	Ecuador	8,829,010	6,475	1,364	5,905	14	619	596	116	34,024
1982	El Salvador	4,997,354	10,470	477	9,611	17	1,165	848	180	40,208
1982	Equatorial Guinea	450,000	50	9,000	42	27	13	9	2	232
1982	Falkland Islands	1,830	6	305	5	67	0	0	1	11
1982	Faroe Islands	44,070	65	678	60	0	5	12	4	114
1982	Fiji	658,000	772	852	737	7	50	112	24	2,672
1982	Finland	4,811,391	13,873	347	13,620	2	643	1,054	254	23,012
1982	France	54,257,000	73,077	742	71,095	4	4,472	2,830	1,206	147,473
1982	French Guiana	73,022	261	280	245	3	17	16	3	826
1982	Gabon	750,000	379	1,979	342	0	10	13	13	1,045
1982	Gambia	633,663	13	48,743	11	-15	0	3	1	41
1982	Germany, F. R.	59,824,000	104,068	575	101,454	2	4,091	3,615	1,473	172,815
1982	Ghana	11,365,342	22,494	505	21,287	-1	841	1,721	477	76,305
1982	Gibraltar	30,000	88	341	83	0	3	3	1	159
1982	Greece	9,706,687	19,785	491	19,112	3	511	863	457	34,671
1982	Greenland	51,435	76	677	71	-9	2	6	7	119
1982	Grenada	111,000	344	323	314	1	15	26	7	818
1982	Guadeloupe	324,000	2,975	109	2,848	6	196	82	40	7,740
1982	Guam	108,821	204	533	178	21	8	36	1	523
1982	Guatemala	7,000,000	6,132	1,142	5,921	5	438	348	100	21,720
1982	Guinea	5,143,284	198	25,976	154	-2	4	41	12	731
1982	Guinea-Bissau	530,000	7	75,714	6	50	2	2	1	21
1982	Guyana	842,000	1,136	741	1,095	-2	58	138	29	3,683
1982	Haiti	6,000,000	3,214	1,867	3,077	2	187	195	76	14,841
1982	Hawaii	981,000	4,730	207	4,558	2	195	636	59	13,037
1982	Honduras	3,954,684	3,153	1,254	2,966	3	196	247	68	16,216
1982	Hong Kong	5,000,000	1,020	4,902	972	10	79	220	13	2,227
1982	Iceland	231,958	129	1,798	115	3	3	14	2	303
1982	India	700,000,000	5,337	131,160	5,136	3	354	558	254	14,283
1982	Ireland	4,907,217	2,120	2,315	2,021	6	109	318	75	4,174
1982	Israel	5,271,000	271	19,450	261	6	14	15	5	531
1982	Italy	57,140,355	98,172	582	94,648	8	8,025	8,304	1,423	213,657
1982	Ivory Coast	8,189,500	1,546	5,297	1,472	5	121	129	44	5,047
1982	Jamaica	2,200,000	6,912	318	6,588	1	369	346	166	17,543
1982	Japan	117,776,771	72,015	1,635	67,730	12	7,237	22,261	1,371	173,344
1982	Jordan	2,984,000	55	54,255	42	17	1	1	1	116
1982	Kenya	17,180,000	2,704	6,354	2,583	9	236	427	96	7,860
1982	Kiribati	56,000	10	5,600	7	75	0	1	1	19
1982	Korea, Republic of	39,330,000	30,237	1,301	28,891	4	2,123	4,106	543	63,098
1982	Kosrae	5,522	26	212	24	26	2	3	1	77
1982	Lebanon	3,012,000	1,904	1,582	1,811	2	53	78	49	3,782
1982	Lesotho	1,309,000	641	2,042	635	8	45	60	40	2,662
1982	Liberia	1,800,000	1,071	1,681	1,030	1	46	98	30	3,998
1982	Libya	2,856,000	7	408	3	0	0	0	0	4
1982	Liechtenstein	26,130	35	747	32	10	0	3	1	84
1982	Luxembourg	434,600	1,025	424	1,006	3	59	72	20	2,207
1982	Macao	375,000	10	37,500	9	-18	0	6	1	26
1982	Madagascar	9,000,000	1,308	6,881	1,159	11	122	82	31	5,924
1982	Madeira	256,800	396	648	367	7	15	16	10	1,140
1982	Malaysia	14,680,421	610	24,066	579	9	52	71	18	1,414
1982	Mali	5,000,000	42	119,048	38	12	0	16	1	81
1982	Malta	315,262	171	1,844	142	46	21	14	2	337
1982	Marshall Islands	39,670	208	143	127	-7	3	24	3	532
1982	Martinique	328,566	1,288	255	1,245	8	84	42	21	3,689
1982	Mauritius	950,545	512	1,857	486	7	36	38	9	1,350
1982	Mayotte	47,250	2	23,625	1	0	0	0	0	17
1982	Mexico	67,382,581	113,823	592	106,573	8	8,767	8,177	4,207	536,725
1982	Montserrat	12,335	24	514	22	5	0	3	1	114
1982	Morocco	20,050,000	92	217,935	85	-2	5	7	2	198
1982	Nauru	6,000	4	1,500	2	0	0	0	0	14
1982	Nepal	14,000,000	21	666,667	19	27		3	1	44
1982	Netherlands	14,310,526	28,072	510	26,618	1	965	1,599	287	46,711
1982	Nevis	11,230	29	387	27	4		5	1	87
1982	New Caledonia	145,000	500	290	428	12	50	20	7	1,249
1982	New Zealand	3,158,200	7,600	416	7,132	3	370	468	119	16,284
1982	Niger	4,990,000	77	64,805	69	13	5	18	6	164
1982	Nigeria	79,758,969	106,314	750	96,489	4	2,938	5,168	2,182	268,668
1982	Niue	3,843	9	427	8	0	0	0	1	52
1982	Norway	4,115,952	7,149	576	6,824	1	286	190	180	13,064
1982	Pakistan	90,000,000	204	441,176	193	12	12	44	6	583
1982	Panama	1,834,796	3,523	518	3,321	4	230	245	71	12,185
1982	Papua New Guinea	3,006,799	1,542	1,950	1,460	3	109	136	79	6,108
1982	Paraguay	3,062,092	1,733	1,767	1,617	7	46	121	44	3,603
1982	Peru	18,540,000	15,595	1,189	14,530	8	1,216	1,690	312	62,192
1982	Philippines	48,000,000	62,768	765	60,098	1	2,900	5,586	2,189	203,740
1982	Pohnpei	33,140	65	356	59	-2	3	14	1	304
1982	Portugal	9,297,900	22,515	413	21,447	4	1,365	859	393	58,003
1982	Puerto Rico	3,200,000	17,713	181	16,817	6	1,121	862	241	49,742
1982	Reunion	544,300	727	749	677	10	47	34	12	1,994
1982	Rodrigues	33,274	18	1,849	15	36	0	1	1	47
1982	Rota	1,274	6	213	3	0	0	2	0	16
1982	Rwanda	5,400,000	330	16,364	285	38	73	58	13	1,094
1982	Saint Eustatius	1,335	1	1,335	1	-50	0	1	0	0
1982	Saint Helena	6,000	94	64	84	-2	3	1	2	219
1982	Saint Kitts	35,135	110	319	99	-8	0	7	2	261
1982	Saint Lucia	115,000	278	414	249	11	26	28	5	957
1982	Saint Maarten	15,926	80	199	71	29	7	5	1	274
1982	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,000	9	667	7	17	0	1	1	12
1982	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	106,000	133	797	117	16	15	15	4	322
1982	Saipan	15,588	32	487	23	28	0	7	1	66
1982	San Marino	20,400	77	265	75	-5	0	4	1	140
1982	Sao Tome and Principe	80,000	11	7,273	8	14	0	1	1	69
1982	Senegal	5,000,000	374	13,369	365	5	26	60	9	866
1982	Seychelles	67,000	50	1,340	45	10	2	3	1	145
1982	Sierra Leone	3,002,426	638	4,706	588	-4	19	104	33	2,407
1982	Solomon Islands	232,936	553	421	504	5	15	73	32	2,483
1982	South Africa	31,188,700	28,783	1,084	27,587	4	1,373	1,809	901	79,169
1982	South-West Africa	989,100	331	2,988	287	0	17	25	12	696
1982	Spain	37,833,863	50,355	751	48,938	6	3,526	3,449	812	110,020
1982	Sri Lanka	15,000,000	680	22,059	669	5	40	118	24	2,322
1982	Sudan	20,000,000	120	166,667	112	13	5	7	3	293
1982	Suriname	350,000	868	403	830	7	30	84	15	2,777
1982	Swaziland	554,589	680	816	658	8	29	27	37	1,787
1982	Sweden	8,328,066	18,438	452	17,781	3	703	1,382	310	30,259
1982	Switzerland	6,365,960	11,459	556	11,049	4	501	364	232	20,818
1982	Syria	8,088,000	172	47,023	126	-8	2	4	7	295
1982	Tahiti	149,000	485	307	462	7	46	36	11	1,212
1982	Taiwan	18,000,000	987	18,237	909	1	47	154	22	2,660
1982	Tanzania	19,900,000	1,739	11,443	1,701	7	41	160	82	5,499
1982	Thailand	47,875,002	783	61,143	771	4	54	117	27	1,721
1982	Togo	2,660,220	1,904	1,400	1,628	11	7	30	67	4,493
1982	Tonga	90,128	34	2,651	30	11	6	8	1	97
1982	Trinidad & Tobago	1,106,638	3,444	321	3,243	3	137	345	44	9,100
1982	Truk	38,650	35	1,104	32	3	0	6	2	206
1982	Tunisia	6,250,000	47	132,979	43	-10	1	1	1	99
1982	Turkey	45,000,000	776	57,990	753	-2	56	43	12	1,326
1982	Turks and Caicos	7,436	34	219	29	16	0	4	2	96
1982	Tuvalu	8,000	22	364	17	13	6	3	1	136
1982	Uganda	14,100,000	228	61,842	213	15	27	31	11	593
1982	United States of America	229,973,394	613,007	375	581,934	3	33,734	45,801	7,670	1,499,284
1982	Upper Volta	6,147,363	180	34,152	168	10	7	41	8	584
1982	Uruguay	2,788,000	4,406	633	4,186	4	140	361	90	13,369
1982	Vanuatu	123,000	42	2,929	33	-13	3	2	2	165
1982	Venezuela	17,000,000	19,082	891	18,048	11	1,301	1,530	205	70,749
1982	Virgin Islands, British	12,000	87	138	76	1		4	3	256
1982	Virgin Islands, U.S.	95,300	497	192	449	-1	32	32	8	1,547
1982	West Berlin	1,889,000	4,855	389	4,805	0	149	176	62	7,211
1982	Western Samoa	158,130	132	1,198	124	5	13	20	3	502
1982	Yap	9,320	46	203	40	5	1	8	1	184
1982	Zaire	30,000,000	26,123	1,148	24,648	3	2,557	4,050	874	107,628
1982	Zambia	6,052,000	55,702	109	52,556	5	2,120	3,445	1,334	268,915
1982	Zimbabwe	7,730,000	11,173	692	10,676	6	548	638	475	28,369
1982	28 Other Countries	0	237,009	0	220,261	0.3	9,840	4,699	4,499	400,302
1982	Grand Total (205 countries)	0	2,477,608	0	2,342,634	4.2	138,540	172,859	44,953	6,252,787