1986 Service Year Report

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1986 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
1986	Alaska	529,200	2,018	262	1,868	5	132	243	26	4,610
1986	Algeria	22,000,000	43	511,628	37	9	2	0	3	84
1986	American Samoa	35,600	88	405	77	-4	12	10	1	340
1986	Andorra	44,596	108	413	98	14	3	5	1	239
1986	Anguilla	6,524	18	362	16	0	0	2	1	52
1986	Antigua	70,794	225	315	212	7	21	28	4	656
1986	Argentina	30,000,000	61,373	489	59,348	11	5,587	7,823	877	149,905
1986	Aruba	66,200	369	179	345	15	43	36	5	1,063
1986	Australia	15,851,800	44,362	357	42,998	4	2,206	4,550	599	83,976
1986	Austria	7,557,676	16,515	458	16,185	3	804	1,233	235	28,247
1986	Azores	261,300	353	740	331	14	17	39	12	1,001
1986	Bahamas	209,505	848	247	791	15	109	145	14	2,616
1986	Bangladesh	100,000,000	22	4,545,455	19	12	3	4	1	98
1986	Barbados	265,000	1,553	171	1,501	6	99	169	16	4,102
1986	Belau	13,000	61	213	46	10	4	12	1	210
1986	Belgium	9,788,895	22,202	441	21,343	2	1,180	1,740	302	42,960
1986	Belize	145,000	730	199	695	1	60	94	17	3,299
1986	Benin	3,792,000	1,758	2,157	1,491	8	50	64	64	8,383
1986	Bermuda	57,000	349	163	330	7	30	50	4	745
1986	Bolivia	6,500,000	4,928	1,319	4,467	11	642	895	86	21,674
1986	Bonaire	10,340	57	181	49	11	4	4	1	178
1986	Botswana	1,224,056	464	2,638	430	10	46	56	18	1,656
1986	Brazil	138,403,000	196,948	703	185,126	11	19,878	17,298	3,055	533,400
1986	Britain	55,060,000	107,767	511	101,863	5	6,197	10,835	1,213	198,693
1986	Brunei	225,000	6	37,500	5	-17	1	0	0	38
1986	Burkina Faso	7,318,695	324	22,589	288	17	38	76	14	1,235
1986	Burma	35,000,000	1,447	24,188	1,342	5	88	226	72	4,001
1986	Burundi	4,800,000	572	8,392	457	34	115	104	12	1,338
1986	Canada	25,123,600	88,130	285	84,343	5	4,431	8,881	1,189	161,820
1986	Cape Verde	310,000	231	1,342	212	10	23	27	7	872
1986	Cayman Islands	16,821	67	251	54	-2	0	6	1	140
1986	Central African Republic	2,740,000	1,280	2,141	1,170	-6	40	143	40	2,898
1986	Chad	4,000,000	188	21,277	172	29	6	50	9	1,486
1986	Chile	12,271,173	29,340	418	27,585	12	3,052	3,347	316	90,290
1986	Colombia	27,867,326	29,235	953	27,587	12	3,831	3,392	365	121,358
1986	Congo, Republic of	1,700,000	1,219	1,395	1,084	5	39	79	40	4,414
1986	Cook Islands	17,000	89	191	79	18	11	14	4	265
1986	Costa Rica	2,579,503	10,012	258	9,433	10	641	792	178	25,990
1986	Curacao	171,088	1,293	132	1,265	12	116	157	13	3,862
1986	Cyprus	600,000	1,112	540	1,096	3	62	113	15	2,282
1986	Denmark	5,116,273	15,186	337	14,796	2	481	1,030	240	23,956
1986	Djibouti	400,000	8	50,000	5	-44	0	1	1	15
1986	Dominica	81,000	233	348	222	8	13	29	7	994
1986	Dominican Republic	5,647,977	9,687	583	9,307	8	718	1,316	143	35,374
1986	Ecuador	9,100,000	10,527	864	10,013	13	1,011	1,406	147	49,967
1986	El Salvador	5,244,000	15,119	347	14,546	7	1,363	2,115	281	51,151
1986	Equatorial Guinea	312,120	158	1,975	143	16	13	38	4	352
1986	Falkland Islands	1,900	4	475	4	0	0	0	1	6
1986	Faroe Islands	45,754	91	503	85	-3	2	19	4	156
1986	Fiji	700,125	1,159	604	1,098	12	122	228	24	4,360
1986	Finland	4,910,712	16,346	300	15,533	3	681	1,807	261	26,022
1986	France	55,282,000	92,397	598	89,785	6	6,302	7,440	1,261	183,225
1986	French Guiana	84,177	427	197	400	13	34	47	5	1,592
1986	Gabon	1,000,000	539	1,855	499	B	33	36	13	1,942
1986	Gambia	700,000	20	35,000	18	6	2	6	1	66
1986	Germany, F. R.; W. Berlin	61,020,500	118,645	514	116,152	2	4,954	7,572	1,609	199,863
1986	Ghana	12,848,514	32,211	399	28,635	9	1,522	4,226	523	122,936
1986	Gibraltar	28,843	129	224	124	4	6	9	1	181
1986	Greece	9,740,417	23,162	421	22,815	3	708	2,253	340	40,391
1986	Greenland	53,406	90	593	85	-6	2	15	7	172
1986	Grenada	112,000	358	313	340	3	22	51	7	1,224
1986	Guadeloupe	328,000	4,576	72	4,397	15	458	283	48	12,553
1986	Guam	118,338	254	466	243	8	20	56	2	939
1986	Guatemala	7,750,000	8,941	867	8,401	8	811	828	130	29,720
1986	Guinea	5,143,284	218	23,593	151	-1	4	31	11	725
1986	Guinea-Bissau	600,000	4	150,000	2	-33	0	0	1	25
1986	Guyana	842,000	1,368	615	1,346	5	66	249	29	4,899
1986	Haiti	6,000,000	4,443	1,350	4,220	8	699	456	79	22,530
1986	Hawaii	1,053,900	5,467	193	5,353	5	322	851	68	14,659
1986	Honduras	4,385,108	4,436	989	4,161	10	370	562	73	20,080
1986	Hong Kong	5,300,000	1,416	3,743	1,360	9	96	337	16	3,070
1986	Iceland	242,089	180	1,345	173	15	5	20	3	356
1986	India	800,000,000	7,551	105,946	7,184	6	556	743	278	21,018
1986	Ireland	5,099,352	2,520	2,024	2,472	3	136	472	80	5,129
1986	Israel	5,560,000	338	16,450	316	4	13	30	6	694
1986	Italy	56,556,911	139,570	405	134,677	9	11,714	22,138	2,102	301,009
1986	Ivory Coast	9,273,167	2,340	3,963	2,207	7	343	396	58	8,953
1986	Jamaica	2,300,000	8,104	284	7,620	3	525	847	170	24,844
1986	Japan	120,720,542	113,062	1,068	108,702	11	10,900	46,390	1,809	263,302
1986	Kenya	20,525,000	3,885	5,283	3,686	8	406	844	102	13,067
1986	Kiribati	63,843	13	4,911	12	-20	2	3	1	113
1986	Korea, Republic of	41,569,000	44,291	939	41,751	12	4,805	14,807	715	95,738
1986	Kosrae	6,005	26	231	24	4	0	4	1	176
1986	Lebanon	3,000,000	2,344	1,280	2,230	7	158	192	52	4,972
1986	Lesotho	1,577,000	870	1,813	791	6	58	95	42	3,597
1986	Liberia	1,800,000	1,405	1,281	1,318	9	114	250	32	7,839
1986	Libya	3,356,000	14	239,714	5	-44	0	0	0	16
1986	Liechtenstein	27,076	46	589	43	0	0	4	1	82
1986	Luxembourg	431,200	1,284	336	1,246	6	41	104	21	2,818
1986	Macao	400,000	22	18,182	19	19	0	6	1	63
1986	Madagascar	10,063,435	2,265	4,443	2,146	14	226	234	36	10,952
1986	Madeira	266,800	506	527	483	6	47	35	11	1,375
1986	Malaysia	15,880,000	824	19,272	790	9	53	129	19	2,026
1986	Mali	7,000,000	55	127,273	50	4	1	28	1	296
1986	Malta	380,000	320	1,188	297	8	27	32	4	574
1986	Marshall Islands	31,042	178	174	150	-4	3	45	2	997
1986	Martinique	328,566	2,117	155	2,005	14	205	235	24	5,696
1986	Mauritius	998,471	780	1,280	759	8	48	80	9	1,854
1986	Mayotte	67,167	20	3,358	18	13	2	7	1	56
1986	Mexico	79,754,346	198,003	403	186,291	15	22,054	26,859	5,878	838,467
1986	Montserrat	13,076	35	374	32	45	1	3	1	128
1986	Morocco	22,500,000	81	277,778	71	-15	3	9	3	163
1986	Nauru	6,000	8	750	6	20	1	1	0	27
1986	Nepal	16,000,000	41	390,244	39	11	0	4	1	119
1986	Netherlands	14,529,430	29,507	492	28,367	2	1,102	2,230	310	48,039
1986	Nevis	15,482	39	397	36	6	0	7	1	134
1986	New Caledonia	155,000	889	174	789	16	107	88	8	2,145
1986	New Zealand	3,307,084	9,546	346	9,165	6	651	1,018	136	19,933
1986	Niger	6,083,000	81	75,099	71	-1	7	16	5	297
1986	Nigeria	102,900,000	128,461	801	121,670	6	4,828	12,712	2,391	394,370
1986	Niue	2,500	18	139	15	7	0	2	1	82
1986	Norway	4,167,163	8,189	509	7,929	3	390	462	172	14,960
1986	Pakistan	97,000,000	252	384,921	231	3	23	43	6	733
1986	Panama	2,227,254	4,811	463	4,480	6	384	527	96	17,466
1986	Papua New Guinea	3,006,799	1,827	1,646	1,732	5	125	185	88	8,684
1986	Paraguay	3,366,467	2,401	1,402	2,251	8	157	358	35	5,696
1986	Peru	20,000,000	23,021	869	21,471	9	2,580	4,380	432	95,062
1986	Philippines	56,000,000	95,746	585	88,174	12	9,070	16,919	2,540	274,565
1986	Pohnpei	28,000	74	378	62	-10	2	24	1	505
1986	Portugal	9,654,000	30,505	316	29,617	7	2,124	2,296	425	76,212
1986	Puerto Rico	3,350,000	21,943	153	21,231	7	1,681	1,988	258	57,328
1986	Reunion	550,500	1,172	470	1,093	17	141	117	14	3,062
1986	Rodrigues	35,284	25	1,411	23	15	0	4	1	77
1986	Rota	1,274	8	159	7	-30	1	4	0	49
1986	Rwanda	6,125,000	483	12,681	435	3	48	56	14	1,102
1986	Saba	972	4	243	4	0	0	4	0	22
1986	Saint Eustatius	1,335	6	223	6	200	2	1	0	34
1986	Saint Helena	6,000	107	56	97	0	1	4	2	240
1986	Saint Kitts	36,538	150	244	142	8	18	20	2	370
1986	Saint Lucia	120,000	314	382	302	6	16	46	5	1,179
1986	Saint Maarten	15,926	89	179	80	3	1	7	1	343
1986	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,041	10	604	9	-25	0	1	1	17
1986	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	110,000	161	683	152	17	14	20	4	436
1986	Saipan	20,350	39	522	32	14	7	14	1	173
1986	San Marino	21,240	87	244	86	1	0	8	1	188
1986	Sao Tome and Principe	100,000	15	6,667	13	44	4	0	1	79
1986	Senegal	6,600,000	476	13,866	451	7	35	103	10	1,166
1986	Seychelles	70,000	62	1,129	57	24	4	5	1	188
1986	Sierra Leone	3,517,530	682	5,158	635	0	29	131	29	3,266
1986	Solomon Islands	271,259	681	398	649	5	34	85	30	3,160
1986	South Africa	32,435,207	40,800	795	38,291	8	3,045	4,761	972	101,797
1986	South-West Africa	1,033,196	428	2,414	368	12	27	40	11	1,069
1986	Spain	38,818,355	65,680	591	63,453	7	4,801	8,132	938	142,751
1986	Sri Lanka	15,900,000	996	15,964	924	10	91	165	28	3,473
1986	Sudan	23,000,000	256	89,844	240	26	47	56	4	763
1986	Suriname	350,000	1,236	283	1,167	10	87	154	19	3,888
1986	Swaziland	669,734	960	698	860	13	77	190	44	2,499
1986	Sweden	8,368,954	20,877	401	20,350	4	932	2,319	323	35,416
1986	Switzerland	6,484,800	13,659	475	13,373	5	773	801	250	25,616
1986	Taiwan	19,500,000	1,199	16,264	1,121	7	116	258	21	3,343
1986	Tanzania	21,700,000	2,500	8,680	2,425	0	134	385	83	6,966
1986	Thailand	52,800,000	914	57,768	883	5	83	166	29	2,128
1986	Togo	2,948,753	3,024	975	2,822	12	0	248	64	8,825
1986	Tokelau	1,703	6	284	4	33	0	0	1	36
1986	Tonga	98,540	53	1,859	39	11	5	9	2	171
1986	Trinidad & Tobago	1,162,458	4,558	255	4,335	10	364	753	50	13,961
1986	Truk	38,650	41	943	36	-5	0	13	2	400
1986	Tunisia	7,300,000	60	121,667	45	7	0	2	1	86
1986	Turkey	50,000,000	830	60,241	795	4	35	57	10	1,393
1986	Turks and Caicos	8,000	38	211	33	10	8	7	1	131
1986	Tuvalu	8,582	26	330	23	0	1	5	1	69
1986	Uganda	15,500,000	328	47,256	310	4	37	64	11	1,402
1986	United States of America	237,166,000	744,919	318	710,344	5	41,697	88,312	8,336	1,691,297
1986	Uruguay	2,921,000	5,862	498	5,596	11	654	797	92	16,828
1986	Vanuatu	140,000	90	1,556	84	20	3	12	2	583
1986	Venezuela	18,500,000	35,248	525	31,691	15	4,008	4,884	307	128,627
1986	Virgin Islands, British	12,000	96	125	90	5	5	9	3	399
1986	Virgin Islands, U.S.	96,000	488	197	464	2	12	50	8	1,748
1986	Wallis & Futuna Islands	14,000	2	7,000	2	0	0	1	0	0
1986	Western Samoa	165,000	166	994	148	0	15	26	3	436
1986	Yap	9,320	36	259	27	-27	1	8	1	154
1986	Zaire	32,000,000	38,572	830	35,680	4	3,191	6,883	1,034	93,581
1986	Zambia	6,776,232	64,881	104	57,624	5	4,834	5,384	1,622	329,766
1986	Zimbabwe	8,241,545	15,790	522	14,557	10	963	1,372	512	41,334
1986	33 Other Countries	0	273,381	0	255,148	4.6	13,239	9,926	4,728	486,185
1986	Grand Total (208 countries)	0	3,229,022	0	3,063,289	6.9	225,868	391,294	52,177	8,160,597