1985 Service Year Report

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1985 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
1985	Alaska	532,154	1,917	278	1,777	7	97	196	25	4,744
1985	Algeria	21,000,000	41	512,195	34	17	0	1	3	75
1985	American Samoa	35,600	86	414	80	0	6	14	1	304
1985	Andorra	42,712	97	440	86	2	1	3	1	271
1985	Anguilla	6,524	18	362	16	14		2	1	39
1985	Antigua	70,794	212	334	198	1	6	28	4	563
1985	Argentina	30,000,000	56,585	530	53,395	11	5,136	6,233	811	135,379
1985	Aruba	67,328	324	208	300	5	37	20	5	921
1985	Australia	15,636,600	42,453	368	41,299	6	2,152	3,954	595	82,238
1985	Austria	7,551,842	15,861	476	15,738	3	824	1,062	229	27,502
1985	Azores	260,000	330	788	291	13	36	35	12	905
1985	Bahamas	209,505	753	278	686	13	62	117	11	2,354
1985	Bangladesh	100,000,000	19	5,263,158	17	13	0	4	1	86
1985	Barbados	265,000	1,516	175	1,411	4	67	142	16	4,275
1985	Belau	13,000	58	224	42	35	5	10	1	193
1985	Belgium	9,788,023	21,695	451	20,838	4	1,009	1,559	294	42,536
1985	Belize	145,000	712	204	690	4	35	81	17	3,257
1985	Benin	3,792,000	1,586	2,391	1,386	11	76	55	64	5,545
1985	Bermuda	55,000	328	168	309	2	16	37	4	750
1985	Bolivia	6,500,000	4,207	1,545	4,017	10	418	742	86	17,169
1985	Bonaire	9,977	47	212	44	10	2	3	1	157
1985	Botswana	936,600	423	2,214	392	1	35	46	17	1,185
1985	Brazil	135,065,474	177,904	759	166,925	11	14,243	15,382	2,845	483,880
1985	Britain	54,985,900	103,522	531	97,370	5	5,280	9,610	1,195	193,898
1985	Brunei	190,300	8	23,788	6	20	0	1	0	35
1985	Burkina Faso	7,318,695	268	27,309	247	18	25	57	12	1,123
1985	Burma	35,500,000	1,352	26,257	1,284	7	75	200	68	3,597
1985	Burundi	4,700,000	382	12,304	340	14	41	56	11	1,092
1985	Canada	25,295,200	84,241	300	80,614	5	4,085	7,522	1,165	157,236
1985	Cape Verde	301,500	221	1,364	193	16	29	22	7	1,090
1985	Cayman Islands	16,821	62	271	55	2	1	7	1	140
1985	Central African Republic	2,657,128	1,320	2,013	1,244	9	111	193	43	7,271
1985	Chad	4,000,000	137	29,197	133	1	14	36	11	923
1985	Chile	12,074,477	26,924	448	24,691	12	2,378	2,601	299	84,543
1985	Colombia	30,324,906	26,536	1,143	24,669	15	2,253	2,584	338	114,777
1985	Congo, Republic of	1,650,000	1,078	1,531	1,029	10	59	62	39	3,409
1985	Cook Islands	17,000	75	227	67	10	9	9	4	217
1985	Costa Rica	2,416,809	9,210	262	8,578	10	657	665	163	25,850
1985	Curacao	169,438	1,211	140	1,130	11	103	125	13	3,465
1985	Cyprus	620,000	1,083	572	1,068	2	51	88	14	2,165
1985	Denmark	5,111,108	14,903	343	14,453	4	539	902	237	24,231
1985	Djibouti	400,000	12	33,333	9	29	0	1	1	37
1985	Dominica	81,000	222	365	205	-1	8	25	7	816
1985	Dominican Republic	5,647,977	8,930	632	8,596	9	660	1,057	133	29,990
1985	Ecuador	9,000,000	9,311	967	8,846	13	672	1,140	127	45,764
1985	El Salvador	5,385,969	14,250	378	13,640	8	1,330	1,810	239	51,783
1985	Equatorial Guinea	300,000	139	2,158	123	46	38	38	4	542
1985	Falkland Islands	1,900	4	475	4	33	0	0	1	11
1985	Faroe Islands	45,392	94	483	88	5	2	17	4	148
1985	Fiji	700,125	1,049	667	981	16	82	183	24	3,740
1985	Finland	4,893,878	15,334	319	15,033	3	604	1,540	262	25,149
1985	France	55,061,000	87,278	631	84,925	7	5,523	6,037	1,243	178,473
1985	French Guiana	73,022	385	190	355	20	54	42	5	1,155
1985	Gabon	900,000	498	1,807	464	7	22	26	13	2,005
1985	Gambia	695,886	18	38,660	17	13	0	5	1	84
1985	Germany, F. R.; W. Berlin	61,009,400	115,604	528	114,188	2	4,066	6,532	1,588	194,719
1985	Ghana	12,522,918	28,635	437	26,388	I	2,153	3,556	511	101,926
1985	Gibraltar	28,339	130	218	119	14	6	7	1	197
1985	Greece	9,740,417	22,466	434	22,240	2	762	1,824	362	39,001
1985	Greenland	52,940	104	509	90	20	7	15	7	160
1985	Grenada	112,000	353	317	331	-1	23	45	7	1,075
1985	Guadeloupe	328,000	4,064	81	3,828	14	455	193	47	11,658
1985	Guam	118,338	241	491	224	6	28	47	1	782
1985	Guatemala	7,500,000	8,135	922	7,787	11	603	622	124	27,912
1985	Guinea	5,143,284	204	25,212	153	-1	7	33	11	732
1985	Guinea-Bissau	530,000	5	106,000	3	-25	0	0	1	16
1985	Guyana	842,000	1,360	619	1,281	5	72	249	29	4,792
1985	Haiti	6,000,000	4,048	1,482	3,922	11	137	395	77	21,058
1985	Hawaii	1,038,700	5,304	196	5,117	2	232	792	66	14,918
1985	Honduras	4,236,819	4,065	1,042	3,799	10	251	460	73	20,003
1985	Hong Kong	5,300,000	1,284	4,128	1,248	7	72	296	15	2,896
1985	Iceland	240,443	167	1,440	151	7	5	18	2	374
1985	India	775,000,000	7,410	104,588	6,805	11	515	689	273	18,930
1985	Ireland	5,097,157	2,447	2,083	2,403	5	126	411	79	4,821
1985	Israel	5,535,500	316	17,517	303	3	11	30	6	655
1985	Italy	56,556,911	127,526	443	123,253	10	10,465	17,716	1,831	275,902
1985	Ivory Coast	9,273,167	2,143	4,327	2,056	12	85	323	57	8,349
1985	Jamaica	2,200,000	7,737	284	7,375	4	479	694	168	21,250
1985	Japan	120,007,812	103,117	1,164	97,823	12	10,290	39,384	1,722	258,728
1985	Jordan	3,500,000	98	35,714	55	28	4	1	2	145
1985	Kenya	19,750,000	3,570	5,532	3,422	10	394	728	102	10,971
1985	Kiribati	63,843	16	3,990	15	25	2	3	1	88
1985	Korea, Republic of	41,209,000	39,654	1,039	37,263	10	3,770	10,855	643	86,907
1985	Kosrae	6,005	24	250	23	-4	0	5	1	170
1985	Lebanon	3,000,000	2,178	1,377	2,087	8	133	151	50	4,638
1985	Lesotho	1,518,635	784	1,937	746	10	43	84	40	3,266
1985	Liberia	1,800,000	1,272	1,415	1,211	5	68	200	32	6,149
1985	Libya	3,224,000	18	179,111	9	13	2	1	0	28
1985	Liechtenstein	26,680	45	593	43	5	0	4	1	89
1985	Luxembourg	430,000	1,230	350	1,178	7	52	99	21	2,784
1985	Macao	400,000	17	23,529	16	23	0	5	1	51
1985	Madagascar	9,866,113	1,994	4,948	1,884	13	197	198	36	9,028
1985	Madeira	264,200	496	533	456	6	37	26	11	1,322
1985	Malaysia	15,445,000	763	20,242	725	11	63	113	18	1,964
1985	Mali	7,000,000	51	137,255	48	0	1	27	1	194
1985	Malta	355,173	301	1,180	276	14	39	33	3	570
1985	Marshall Islands	31,042	174	178	156	1	5	46	2	915
1985	Martinique	328,566	1,885	174	1,757	14	196	159	24	4,848
1985	Mauritius	984,200	747	1,318	706	10	93	77	9	1,637
1985	Mayotte	58,000	17	3,412	16	78	5	4	1	35
1985	Mexico	78,558,031	173,037	454	162,130	14	17,450	19,557	5,244	781,904
1985	Montserrat	13,076	30	436	22	10	0	2	1	118
1985	Morocco	22,100,000	90	245,556	84	8	0	10	3	206
1985	Nauru	6,000	7	857	5	25	0	0	0	27
1985	Nepal	16,000,000	35	457,143	35	21	0	6	1	102
1985	Netherlands	14,453,833	28,689	504	27,745	2	986	2,057	302	48,374
1985	Nevis	15,482	41	378	34	17	0	8	1	118
1985	New Caledonia	152,600	738	207	683	15	113	84	8	2,079
1985	New Zealand	3,254,400	9,143	356	8,621	5	519	821	136	18,587
1985	Niger	6,083,000	82	74,183	72	20	11	17	5	232
1985	Nigeria	95,689,500	121,729	786	115,074	6	4,255	10,013	2,318	371,854
1985	Niue	2,200	19	116	14	0	2	3	1	72
1985	Norway	4,147,647	7,938	523	7,684	4	356	369	175	14,590
1985	Pakistan	96,000,000	241	398,340	225	5	20	44	6	719
1985	Panama	2,180,500	4,355	501	4,207	11	283	443	90	15,532
1985	Papua New Guinea	3,006,799	1,704	1,765	1,644	3	119	174	84	7,276
1985	Paraguay	3,277,962	2,173	1,508	2,092	9	57	283	33	4,695
1985	Peru	19,900,000	21,389	930	19,638	9	2,041	3,449	376	84,448
1985	Philippines	54,000,000	83,670	645	78,867	13	7,319	13,145	2,381	268,526
1985	Pohnpei	28,000	78	359	69	0	2	23	1	418
1985	Portugal	9,401,000	28,984	324	27,751	8	2,029	2,029	410	73,135
1985	Puerto Rico	3,350,000	20,413	164	19,891	5	811	1,535	254	57,411
1985	Reunion	542,000	1,012	536	938	16	157	76	12	2,493
1985	Rodrigues	34,800	23	1,513	20	25	1	3	1	62
1985	Rota	1,274	13	98	10	43	3	4	0	52
1985	Rwanda	5,950,000	455	13,077	424	16	61	52	14	1,175
1985	Saint Eustatius	1,335	4	334	2	0	0	1	0	19
1985	Saint Helena	6,000	102	59	97	14	0	3	2	236
1985	Saint Kitts	36,538	143	256	132	6	7	16	2	388
1985	Saint Lucia	120,000	310	387	285	2	14	42	5	990
1985	Saint Maarten	15,926	83	192	78	-3	6	6	1	290
1985	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,000	13	462	12	9	0	1	1	24
1985	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	110,000	139	791	130	2	11	15	4	394
1985	Saipan	15,519	32	485	28	40	6	11	1	103
1985	San Marino	21,240	88	241	85	8	7	8	1	179
1985	Sao Tome and Principe	80,000	11	7,273	9	-36	2	1	1	71
1985	Senegal	6,000,000	439	13,667	423	6	37	87	10	1,161
1985	Seychelles	70,000	52	1,346	46	-10	0	6	1	157
1985	Sierra Leone	3,354,000	689	4,868	637	2	33	128	31	3,096
1985	Solomon Islands	265,680	648	410	619	5	26	71	30	2,673
1985	South Africa	32,281,729	36,963	873	35,326	7	2,156	3,541	956	93,563
1985	South-West Africa	1,032,000	355	2,907	328	2	24	29	12	777
1985	Spain	38,601,795	61,110	632	59,514	8	4,063	6,491	888	134,605
1985	Sri Lanka	15,825,000	886	17,861	842	10	111	134	27	2,975
1985	Sudan	22,500,000	200	112,500	191	18	16	37	3	654
1985	Suriname	350,000	1,128	310	1,063	11	100	140	17	3,660
1985	Swaziland	638,419	814	784	761	15	63	76	42	2,804
1985	Sweden	8,353,124	20,299	412	19,612	3	828	2,001	318	34,407
1985	Switzerland	6,437,300	13,013	495	12,785	5	659	633	241	24,182
1985	Syria	9,700,000	148	65,541	97	-28	11	6	5	250
1985	Tahiti	172,100	622	277	596	6	44	59	10	1,883
1985	Taiwan	19,200,000	1,077	17,827	1,050	8	70	224	23	3,206
1985	Tanzania	21,000,000	2,402	8,743	2,420	18	102	317	82	6,881
1985	Thailand	51,182,184	860	59,514	841	3	26	140	28	2,068
1985	Togo	2,874,028	2,799	1,027	2,517	16	8	226	64	8,845
1985	Tokelau	1,627	4	407	3	0	0	0	1	21
1985	Tonga	100,230	41	2,445	35	-13		7	2	186
1985	Trinidad & Tobago	1,128,600	4,198	269	3,948	8	250	610	46	12,054
1985	Truk	38,650	39	991	38	0	1	13	2	416
1985	Tunisia	7,150,000	48	148,958	42	8	0	1	1	91
1985	Turkey	50,000,000	805	62,112	768	-3	9	45	10	1,262
1985	Turks and Caicos	8,000	34	235	30	-3		6	1	108
1985	Tuvalu	8,222	31	265	23	0	4	4	1	99
1985	Uganda	15,000,000	320	46,875	297	13	45	56	11	1,220
1985	United States of America	238,574,282	723,220	330	678,510	5	34,348	74,715	8,129	1,657,753
1985	Uruguay	2,990,000	5,329	561	5,033	5	289	656	90	15,243
1985	Vanuatu	139,500	83	1,681	70	19	11	9	2	359
1985	Venezuela	18,000,000	29,265	615	27,528	16	2,899	3,806	268	107,606
1985	Virgin Islands, British	12,000	91	132	86	8	1	10	3	399
1985	Virgin Islands, U.S.	96,000	473	203	454	1	10	43	8	1,691
1985	Western Samoa	159,488	166	961	148	5	24	26	2	486
1985	Yap	9,320	48	194	37	-16	1	10	1	185
1985	Zaire	30,200,000	35,602	848	34,207	16	5,573	6,794	999	153,356
1985	Zambia	6,440,000	58,250	111	55,007	1	3,707	4,642	1,535	311,314
1985	Zimbabwe	8,001,500	14,247	562	13,236	5	978	1,126	499	36,946
1985	30 Other Countries	0	260,892	0	243,771	3.2	11,703	8,048	4,657	460,828
1985	Grand Total (205 countries)	0	3,024,131	0	2,865,183	6.9	189,800	322,821	49,716	7,792,109