1987 Service Year Report

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1987 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
1987	Alaska	514,000	1,890	272	1,820	-3	105	241	25	4,449
1987	Algeria	22,200,000	41	541,463	37		5	1	3	82
1987	American Samoa	36,960	111	333	101	31	8	12	1	433
1987	Andorra	46,976	110	427	104	6	6	6	1	273
1987	Anguilla	6,524	18	362	15	-6	0	2	1	62
1987	Antigua	70,794	229	309	218	3	7	34	4	605
1987	Argentina	31,497,000	67,225	469	64,862	9	5,779	9,055	998	170,120
1987	Aruba	64,539	402	161	379	10	31	43	5	1,203
1987	Australia	16,089,900	46,170	348	44,649	4	2,159	4,989	610	89,517
1987	Austria	7,555,338	17,056	443	16,714	3	911	1,359	238	30,384
1987	Azores	261,300	360	726	346	5	29	39	12	1,027
1987	Bahamas	209,505	877	239	852	8	74	159	16	2,877
1987	Bangladesh	103,000,000	25	4,120,000	22	16	1	6	1	79
1987	Barbados	265,000	1,598	166	1,551	3	90	179	16	4,803
1987	Belau	13,000	50	260	43	-7	3	15	1	212
1987	Belgium	9,794,751	22,620	433	21,834	2	1,092	1,839	305	45,466
1987	Belize	171,000	773	221	729	5	76	109	18	3,928
1987	Benin	4,005,000	1,752	2,286	1,565	5	49	114	64	9,005
1987	Bermuda	54,050	341	159	329	0	16	55	4	906
1987	Bolivia	6,650,000	5,514	1,206	4,979	11	681	1,003	96	21,778
1987	Bonaire	10,456	60	174	55	12	10	6	1	215
1987	Botswana	1,224,056	510	2,400	466	8	29	72	18	1,711
1987	Brazil	141,302,000	216,216	654	203,405	10	18,467	20,390	3,328	657,784
1987	Britain	55,326,500	109,624	505	105,082	3	5,948	12,036	1,231	209,172
1987	Brunei	225,000	12	18,750	8	60	0	0	0	53
1987	Burkina Faso	7,318,695	361	20,273	340	18	71	89	15	1,402
1987	Burma	37,000,000	1,540	24,026	1,456	8	88	242	73	3,795
1987	Canada	25,309,300	90,080	281	87,459	4	4,329	9,135	1,210	168,303
1987	Cape Verde	310,000	277	1,119	244	15	32	30	7	1,415
1987	Cayman Islands	16,821	66	255	60	11	2	5	1	188
1987	Central African Republic	2,746,485	1,248	2,201	1,166	0	41	140	40	4,042
1987	Chad	4,000,000	196	20,408	186	8	17	50	9	1,228
1987	Chile	12,536,383	30,988	405	29,346	6	2,450	3,651	327	95,664
1987	Colombia	29,481,842	34,261	861	30,857	12	3,381	4,452	508	144,449
1987	Congo, Dem. Republic of	34,500,000	38,109	905	33,430	-6	2,716	5,614	1,063	82,069
1987	Congo, Republic of	1,750,000	1,256	1,393	1,103	2	49	91	47	4,725
1987	Cook Islands	17,000	108	157	90	14	9	16	4	350
1987	Costa Rica	2,640,912	10,722	246	10,067	7	597	889	193	30,534
1987	Cote d'lvoire	9,273,167	2,584	3,589	2,478	12	187	491	75	11,284
1987	Curacao	171,590	1,420	121	1,363	8	125	173	13	4,138
1987	Cyprus	620,000	1,140	544	1,126	3	55	122	15	2,427
1987	Denmark	5,124,772	15,626	328	15,087	2	531	1,225	238	24,935
1987	Dominica	81,000	247	328	230	4	6	35	7	1,018
1987	Dominican Republic	5,647,977	10,403	543	9,929	7	884	1,471	151	39,108
1987	Ecuador	9,922,514	11,654	851	11,195	12	1,011	1,687	160	58,043
1987	El Salvador	5,401,320	16,041	337	15,232	5	1,251	2,087	295	58,933
1987	Equatorial Guinea	312,120	159	1,963	144	1	26	34	4	466
1987	Falkland Islands	2,000	6	333	5	25	0	0	1	11
1987	Faroe Islands	46,312	97	477	87	2	1	23	4	153
1987	Fiji	730,827	1,335	547	1,254	14	94	269	29	4,397
1987	Finland	4,926,197	16,691	295	16,012	3	562	1,932	267	26,875
1987	France	55,500,000	96,954	572	94,180	5	6,571	8,759	1,296	198,797
1987	French Guiana	84,177	511	165	463	16	34	67	5	1,675
1987	Gabon	1,150,000	584	1,969	553	11	46	53	13	2,163
1987	Gambia	750,000	26	28,846	23	28	1	8	1	99
1987	Germany, F. R.; W. Berlin	61,140,500	121,273	504	118,318	2	4,770	8,284	1,624	211,306
1987	Ghana	13,182,575	32,614	404	30,430	6	2,281	4,726	548	133,754
1987	Gibraltar	29,166	133	219	127	2	5	9	1	202
1987	Greece	9,740,417	23,380	417	23,161	2	849	2,365	323	41,894
1987	Greenland	53,733	96	560	91	7	2	18	7	194
1987	Grenada	112,000	358	313	345	1	10	55	7	1,216
1987	Guadeloupe	328,000	5,143	64	4,914	12	515	312	53	14,703
1987	Guam	118,338	270	438	257	6	28	53	2	1,143
1987	Guatemala	8,000,000	9,598	834	9,200	10	812	1,037	153	36,907
1987	Guinea	5,143,284	206	24,967	152	1	22	25	11	745
1987	Guinea-Bissau	900,000	6	150,000	5	150	0	3	1	35
1987	Guyana	842,000	1,353	622	1,317	-2	68	231	30	5,181
1987	Haiti	6,000,000	4,894	1,226	4,598	9	417	534	83	29,598
1987	Hawaii	1,062,300	5,567	191	5,453	2	225	846	71	14,897
1987	Honduras	4,516,661	4,830	935	4,550	9	341	688	82	23,160
1987	Hong Kong	5,300,000	1,571	3,374	1,515	11	157	402	19	3,583
1987	Iceland	244,009	202	1,208	188	9	16	24	4	448
1987	India	830,000,000	8,077	102,761	7,721	7	718	873	284	21,310
1987	Ireland	5,103,995	2,690	1,897	2,591	5	126	544	81	5,494
1987	Israel	5,743,600	343	16,745	333	5	18	36	6	719
1987	Italy	57,202,345	149,870	382	145,610	8	11,867	24,735	2,281	340,909
1987	Jamaica	2,300,000	8,142	282	7,852	3	442	839	171	27,397
1987	Japan	121,371,798	120,722	1,005	117,308	8	9,211	49,503	1,934	277,553
1987	Kenya	21,800,000	4,373	4,985	4,081	11	466	1,021	105	15,683
1987	Kiribati	63,843	16	3,990	15	25	1	5	1	146
1987	Korea, Republic of	42,082,000	48,438	869	46,211	11	5,125	17,743	789	102,662
1987	Kosrae	6,005	25	240	23	-4	0	3	1	214
1987	Lebanon	2,619,000	2,448	1,070	2,361	6	164	258	51	5,302
1987	Lesotho	1,577,000	1,044	1,511	902	14	67	177	42	4,204
1987	Liberia	2,200,000	1,576	1,396	1,446	10	118	312	33	8,254
1987	Libya	3,637,488	10	363,749	5	0	0	0	0	34
1987	Liechtenstein	27,399	49	559	45	5	0	6	1	88
1987	Luxembourg	433,500	1,308	331	1,288	3	45	102	20	2,887
1987	Macao	400,000	25	16,000	22	16	0	5	1	58
1987	Madagascar	10,264,704	2,598	3,951	2,424	13	241	305	37	13,382
1987	Madeira	270	547	494	517	7	37	39	11	1,433
1987	Malaysia	16,347,000	859	19,030	835	6	48	140	20	2,397
1987	Mali	7,800,000	63	123,810	58	16	8	31	1	299
1987	Malta	383	319	1,201	302	2	22	29	4	600
1987	Marquesas Islands	6,548	3	2,183	2	0	0	1	1	10
1987	Marshall Islands	33,113	174	190	145	-3	2	37	2	1,192
1987	Martinique	333,275	2,294	145	2,208	10	246	278	24	6,206
1987	Mauritania	2,000,000	2	1,000,000	2	0	0	1	0	11
1987	Mauritius	1,003,000	798	1,257	765	1	65	78	9	1,929
1987	Mayotte	68,000	19	3,579	18	0	0	4	1	65
1987	Mexico	81,163,256	222,168	365	210,536	13	31,703	32,150	6,482	957,081
1987	Montserrat	13,076	35	374	32	0	0	3	1	114
1987	Morocco	24,300,000	78	311,538	65	-8	5	7	3	194
1987	Nauru	6,000	8	750	5	-17	0	0	0	57
1987	Nepal	16,480,000	49	336,327	46	18	0	6	1	155
1987	Netherlands	14,615,125	29,170	501	28,524	1	1,038	2,134	313	50,846
1987	Nevis	15,482	38	407	35	-3	1	7	1	121
1987	New Caledonia	155,000	917	169	868	10	97	83	9	2,717
1987	New Zealand	3,319,600	10,369	320	9,621	5	587	1,216	140	20,800
1987	Niger	6,491,000	96	67,615	83	17	4	17	5	365
1987	Nigeria	102,900,000	133,899	768	126,450	4	5,647	13,310	2,464	429,251
1987	Niue	2,500	18	139	15	0	2	3	1	66
1987	Norway	4,184,491	8,482	493	8,207	4	423	529	175	15,604
1987	Pakistan	98,000,000	248	395,161	236	2	13	43	6	849
1987	Panama	2,274,448	5,034	452	4,755	6	258	625	100	18,888
1987	Papua New Guinea	3,006,799	1,934	1,555	1,832	6	133	210	89	10,235
1987	Paraguay	3,457,362	2,470	1,400	2,379	6	109	404	36	6,040
1987	Peru	20,400,000	26,387	773	24,121	12	2,571	5,204	486	104,684
1987	Philippines	57,000,000	101,735	560	94,095	7	8,084	19,906	2,658	294,712
1987	Pohnpei	28,000	63	444	58	-6	2	15	1	553
1987	Portugal	9,731,300	32,010	304	31,189	5	2,115	2,361	438	82,607
1987	Puerto Rico	3,400,000	22,468	151	22,043	4	1,236	2,254	275	54,221
1987	Reunion	560,000	1,311	427	1,246	14	86	154	14	3,481
1987	Rodrigues	36,618	28	1,308	24	4	0	5	1	70
1987	Rota	1,500	11	136	9	29	1	4	1	41
1987	Saba	972	4	243	4	0	0	3	0	17
1987	Saint Eustatius	1,335	6	223	5	-17	0	1	0	45
1987	Saint Helena	6,000	111	54	107	10	7	5	2	300
1987	Saint Kitts	36,538	162	226	145	2	3	19	2	432
1987	Saint Lucia	130,000	340	382	312	3	12	49	5	1,257
1987	Saint Maarten	15,926	109	146	99	24	7	11	2	417
1987	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,000	12	500	10	11	0	2	1	20
1987	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	120,000	178	674	156	3	8	26	4	533
1987	Saipan	20,350	58	351	45	41	5	15	1	188
1987	San Marino	21,240	100	212	96	12	1	9	2	209
1987	Sao Tome and Principe	100,000	30	3,333	23	77	5	0	1	108
1987	Senegal	6,800,000	507	13,412	481	7	46	126	14	1,447
1987	Seychelles	66,000	73	904	65	14	6	6	1	220
1987	Sierra Leone	3,517,530	708	4,968	639	1	22	133	30	3,184
1987	Solomon Islands	276,262	728	379	681	5	23	71	30	3,565
1987	South Africa	34,089,207	42,509	802	40,456	6	2,511	5,196	993	124,234
1987	South-West Africa	1,184,000	460	2,574	416	13	38	49	12	1,318
1987	Spain	38,832,262	69,539	558	67,427	6	5,279	9,270	980	154,768
1987	Sri Lanka	16,200,000	1,086	14,917	1,040	13	105	191	31	3,754
1987	Suriname	350,000	1,261	278	1,216	4	132	169	18	4,225
1987	Swaziland	669,734	1,003	668	926	8	58	234	44	3,419
1987	Sweden	8,399,095	21,046	399	20,787	2	821	2,489	326	36,855
1987	Switzerland	6,572,900	14,229	462	13,917	4	783	946	263	26,970
1987	Taiwan	20,000,000	1,336	14,970	1,266	13	108	330	21	3,794
1987	Tanzania	23,700,000	2,800	8,464	2,646	9	281	491	84	8,529
1987	Thailand	52,969,204	946	55,993	913	3	38	171	32	2,302
1987	Togo	3,025,420	3,366	899	3,023	7	32	268	64	12,841
1987	Tokelau	1,692	6	282	4	0	0	0	1	43
1987	Tonga	94,535	61	1,550	52	33	7	13	2	216
1987	Trinidad & Tobago	1,197,332	4,893	245	4,682	8	360	833	54	16,292
1987	Truk	50,229	42	1,196	38	6	2	12	2	609
1987	Tunisia	7,300,000	52	140,385	44	-2	3	3	1	89
1987	Turkey	50,000,000	851	58,754	823	4	30	65	10	1,522
1987	Turks and Caicos	8,000	40	200	38	15	3	9	1	149
1987	Tuvalu	9,000	24	375	19	-17	4	4	1	208
1987	Uganda	16,000,000	401	39,900	369	19	53	96	11	2,036
1987	United States of America	240,940,000	773,219	312	734,378	3	39,189	94,856	8,547	1,778,066
1987	Uruguay	2,921,000	6,212	470	5,956	6	534	809	94	18,220
1987	Vanuatu	140,000	88	1,591	83	-1	12	14	2	665
1987	Venezuela	19,055,000	38,490	495	36,035	14	4,050	6,243	375	148,843
1987	Virgin Islands, British	12,000	102	118	94	4	20	8	3	321
1987	Virgin Islands, U.S.	96,000	506	190	467	1	11	48	8	1,765
1987	Wallis & Futuna Islands	14,000	2	7,000	2	0	0	0	0	8
1987	Western Samoa	158,940	178	893	152	3	16	28	3	636
1987	Yap	9,320	30	311	28	4	0	8	1	155
1987	Zambia	7,257,000	67,144	108	63,281	10	4,933	6,493	1,715	381,129
1987	Zimbabwe	8,488,791	15,448	550	14,726	1	1,119	1,506	521	51,925
1987	37 Other Countries	0	278,696	0	267,296	4.3	15,677	12,796	4,887	523,171
1987	Grand Total (210 countries)	0	3,395,612	0	3,237,751	5.7	230,843	436,179	54,911	8,965,221