1989 Service Year Report

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1989 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
1989	Alaska	540,387	1,872	289	1,821	4	131	192	25	4,373
1989	Algeria	24,900,000	45	553,333	36	0	4	0	3	74
1989	American Samoa	36,960	165	224	149	30	28	38	2	415
1989	Andorra	50,528	139	364	126	12	19	8	1	257
1989	Anguilla	6,966	21	332	19	6	1	2	1	91
1989	Antigua	76,296	259	295	227	3	6	35	4	626
1989	Argentina	32,000,000	78,984	405	75,215	8	7,065	9,851	1,185	191,264
1989	Aruba	66,944	458	146	450	5	27	42	6	1,278
1989	Australia	16,676,800	50,691	329	49,095	5	3,047	5,036	636	94,688
1989	Austria	7,596,081	18,386	413	17,960	4	943	1,577	250	31,741
1989	Azores	258,350	346	747	319	-2	27	32	12	1,046
1989	Bahamas	209,505	1,120	187	1,055	13	88	178	17	3,047
1989	Bangladesh	110,333,600	26	4,243,600	23	0	5	5	1	101
1989	Barbados	258,000	1,754	147	1,675	5	115	199	17	4,566
1989	Belau	15,000	60	250	52	4	0	15	1	251
1989	Belgium	9,857,612	24,464	403	23,501	4	1,573	1,881	315	47,241
1989	Belize	182,160	844	216	810	5	54	135	19	3,834
1989	Benin	4,551,000	1,922	2,368	1,801	1	39	162	65	8,526
1989	Bermuda	57,000	367	155	327	1	13	48	4	791
1989	Bolivia	6,750,000	6,806	992	6,328	13	861	1,249	101	26,574
1989	Bonaire	10,610	70	152	67	8	9	4	1	240
1989	Botswana	1,255,749	552	2,275	526	3	37	71	19	1,796
1989	Brazil	147,404,300	266,720	553	250,585	10	23,937	27,373	4,083	748,943
1989	Britain	55,625,674	117,058	475	112,742	4	6,762	12,633	1,281	215,210
1989	Brunei	250,000	12	20,833	8	33	0	0	0	49
1989	Burkina Faso	7,318,695	411	17,807	389	6	47	83	17	1,563
1989	Canada	26,164,000	97,808	268	94,176	4	4,792	10,174	1,249	173,006
1989	Cape Verde	343,000	374	917	344	13	37	53	8	2,047
1989	Cayman Islands	24,000	79	304	70	6	6	6	1	174
1989	Central African Republic	2,899,376	1,240	2,338	1,161	2	66	129	37	5,268
1989	Chad	5,428,000	246	22,065	223	11	29	55	10	1,790
1989	Chile	12,961,032	35,359	367	33,062	6	3,195	4,251	354	103,504
1989	Colombia	31,677,178	41,956	755	38,339	10	6,068	5,884	620	167,865
1989	Comoros	408,000	2	204,000	2	100	0	1	0	0
1989	Congo, Dem. Republic of	36,000,000	40,707	884	38,488	7	2,988	5,386	1,106	115,803
1989	Congo, Republic of	1,900,000	1,904	998	1,565	24	120	175	47	5,544
1989	Cook Islands	18,000	84	214	74	-14	0	13	4	244
1989	Costa Rica	2,886,990	12,001	241	11,647	8	931	1,115	227	32,253
1989	Cote d'lvoire	9,273,167	3,119	2,973	2,984	9	451	593	84	14,296
1989	Curacao	170,403	1,474	116	1,462	1	109	164	16	3,855
1989	Cyprus	620,000	1,213	511	1,185	3	68	130	14	2,653
1989	Denmark	5,129,778	16,147	318	15,677	2	676	1,385	228	24,811
1989	Dominica	81,200	266	305	248	0	18	34	6	933
1989	Dominican Republic	8,000,000	11,781	679	11,081	5	929	1,956	175	39,119
1989	Ecuador	10,489,426	15,892	660	14,465	14	2,433	2,515	209	72,647
1989	El Salvador	5,674,627	17,647	322	16,942	5	1,583	2,141	326	58,503
1989	Equatorial Guinea	332,310	199	1,670	144	17	6	17	4	522
1989	Falkland Islands	1,916	9	213	8	0	1	0	1	12
1989	Faroe Islands	47,653	115	414	108	17	6	27	4	182
1989	Fiji	720,998	1,466	492	1,434	5	131	332	37	5,384
1989	Finland	4,954,446	17,303	286	16,717	3	631	2,037	272	27,005
1989	France	55,996,317	109,361	512	106,475	6	8,401	10,020	1,392	216,108
1989	French Guiana	90,000	570	158	531	15	78	73	6	1,880
1989	Gabon	1,200,000	771	1,556	704	14	64	73	13	3,890
1989	Gambia	775,000	27	28,704	24	4	4	7	1	94
1989	Germany, F. R.; W. Berlin	61,592,772	129,061	477	125,793	3	5,993	9,002	1,658	221,880
1989	Ghana	13,878,278	34,559	402	30,822	-3	2,529	4,353	581	131,138
1989	Gibraltar	30,077	133	226	126	10	8	13	2	214
1989	Greece	9,967,000	23,971	416	23,788	2	937	2,394	326	42,116
1989	Greenland	55,171	118	468	113	7	14	27	7	205
1989	Grenada	111,184	409	272	385	6	12	54	7	1,147
1989	Guadeloupe	328,000	5,980	55	5,820	8	623	373	66	14,835
1989	Guam	133,000	364	365	339	21	27	83	4	1,115
1989	Guatemala	8,500,000	11,147	763	10,770	8	955	1,162	175	37,372
1989	Guinea	6,900,000	235	29,362	171	4	7	30	11	754
1989	Guinea-Bissau	950,000	13	73,077	10	11	3	3	1	27
1989	Guyana	756,000	1,565	483	1,516	12	119	218	30	4,618
1989	Haiti	6,000,000	5,939	1,010	5,621	12	732	763	109	31,749
1989	Hawaii	1,098,200	5,817	189	5,653	2	280	881	73	15,043
1989	Honduras	4,838,464	5,462	886	5,244	6	519	800	87	23,820
1989	Hong Kong	5,681,300	1,975	2,877	1,870	11	139	481	22	4,272
1989	Hungary	10,591,000	9,990	1,060	9,713	3	776	244	236	18,339
1989	Iceland	251,919	230	1,095	225	10	13	30	5	446
1989	India	889,096,000	9,036	98,395	8,784	7	836	961	298	24,144
1989	Ireland	5,093,000	3,159	1,612	3,038	9	217	654	86	6,084
1989	Israel	5,950,000	367	16,213	355	0	19	42	6	742
1989	Italy	57,399,108	172,382	333	167,034	7	14,058	27,818	2,431	359,212
1989	Jamaica	2,300,000	8,623	267	8,368	3	500	917	169	25,478
1989	Japan	122,335,313	137,941	887	133,846	7	10,596	58,203	2,124	317,785
1989	Kenya	23,500,000	5,023	4,678	4,814	7	431	1,080	114	15,946
1989	Kiribati	69,000	36	1,917	29	38	6	5	1	126
1989	Korea, Republic of	42,783,579	57,504	744	54,790	9	5,674	21,105	975	117,594
1989	Kosrae	6,005	21	286	19	-21	0	5	1	270
1989	Lebanon	2,674,000	2,467	1,084	2,414	0	135	210	55	5,311
1989	Lesotho	1,661,041	1,161	1,431	1,080	5	110	205	42	4,493
1989	Liberia	2,200,000	1,938	1,135	1,753	10	203	450	38	7,743
1989	Libya	4,271,000	23	185,696	7	17	0	0	0	32
1989	Liechtenstein	28,181	46	613	44	-8	0	2	1	80
1989	Luxembourg	443,832	1,452	306	1,404	6	114	139	22	3,335
1989	Macao	400,000	24	16,667	21	17	0	7	1	52
1989	Madagascar	11,077,200	3,399	3,259	3,183	14	369	406	58	16,205
1989	Madeira	275,700	631	437	599	10	77	49	9	1,607
1989	Malaysia	17,447,000	1,102	15,832	1,023	13	113	155	20	2,790
1989	Mali	8,500,000	83	102,410	76	21	11	33	1	364
1989	Malta	314,216	389	808	357	14	39	38	5	692
1989	Marquesas Islands	7,358	14	526	11	175	1	7	2	40
1989	Marshall Islands	43,380	160	271	148	5	0	27	2	1,075
1989	Martinique	333,275	2,763	121	2,676	10	282	295	29	6,569
1989	Mauritius	1,026,852	844	1,217	806	3	46	105	9	2,070
1989	Mayotte	68,000	28	2,429	24	33	1	8	1	96
1989	Mexico	84,215,037	277,436	304	262,371	11	17,674	37,474	7,863	1,046,291
1989	Montserrat	11,888	30	396	25	-22	0	3	1	91
1989	Morocco	25,600,000	63	406,349	53	-2	0	5	3	139
1989	Myanmar	39,000,000	1,663	23,452	1,565	2	75	249	79	4,563
1989	Namibia	1,288,000	572	2,252	495	7	24	78	15	1,492
1989	Nauru	6,000	6	1,000	4	33	0	0	0	28
1989	Nepal	17,653,376	45	392,297	43	-9	0	6	1	204
1989	Netherlands	14,805,240	30,525	485	29,535	2	1,188	2,166	323	51,730
1989	Nevis	9,580	41	234	36	24	2	6	1	93
1989	New Caledonia	155,000	1,122	138	1,014	9	105	96	11	2,860
1989	New Zealand	3,312,100	11,007	301	10,462	4	738	1,367	149	22,061
1989	Niger	7,440,000	120	62,000	103	27	10	30	6	405
1989	Nigeria	115,152,000	136,709	842	133,036	2	6,360	14,478	2,614	384,865
1989	Niue	2,000	18	111	16	-6	0	2	1	51
1989	Norfolk Island	2,367	4	592	3	0	0	1	0	12
1989	Norway	4,228,812	9,527	444	9,069	5	592	691	176	16,569
1989	Pakistan	103,000,000	275	374,545	264	7	18	49	6	941
1989	Panama	2,369,858	5,935	399	5,587	7	731	768	124	21,587
1989	Papua New Guinea	3,010,727	2,161	1,393	2,091	8	229	248	93	11,096
1989	Paraguay	3,646,579	3,110	1,173	2,822	12	292	420	45	7,285
1989	Peru	21,000,000	31,595	665	30,055	12	3,439	7,244	628	128,583
1989	Philippines	60,000,000	102,487	585	98,614	2	6,841	21,185	2,891	298,882
1989	Pohnpei	38,549,700	91,024	424	88,733	5	6,175	4,645	1,154	175,443
1989	Poland	30,000	78	385	68	3	0	21	1	511
1989	Portugal	9,900,980	36,017	275	34,852	6	2,862	2,658	499	84,127
1989	Puerto Rico	3,400,000	23,632	144	23,067	2	1,374	2,389	285	59,951
1989	Reunion	582,021	1,665	350	1,555	12	131	163	19	3,935
1989	Rodrigues	36,668	25	1,467	23	0	0	5	1	61
1989	Rota	1,614	11	147	10	25	0	3	1	39
1989	Saba	1,000	5	200	5	0	0	4	0	15
1989	Saint Eustatius	1,335	6	223	4	-20	0	1	0	28
1989	Saint Helena	6,000	109	55	100	-5	4	4	2	218
1989	Saint Kitts	34,120	169	202	143	-5	11	21	2	336
1989	Saint Lucia	140,000	428	327	395	15	56	59	5	1,219
1989	Saint Maarten	23,678	131	181	121	14	1	12	2	473
1989	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,000	7	857	7	0	0	1	1	15
1989	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	120,000	171	702	170	6	10	32	4	536
1989	Saipan	39,467	84	470	72	31	5	18	1	239
1989	San Marino	22,115	117	189	112	8	3	10	2	225
1989	Sao Tome and Principe	110,000	50	2,200	46	31	11	8	1	225
1989	Senegal	7,600,000	568	13,380	544	4	43	141	14	1,691
1989	Seychelles	65,000	75	867	69	-9	6	9	1	238
1989	Sierra Leone	4,318,000	666	6,483	611	-3	32	116	30	3,467
1989	Solomon Islands	305,866	777	394	720	2	41	79	34	3,463
1989	South Africa	35,751,752	45,664	783	44,258	4	3,802	5,392	1,045	123,943
1989	Spain	39,159,466	78,308	500	75,833	6	6,147	10,411	1,046	159,589
1989	Sri Lanka	16,600,000	1,221	13,595	1,184	8	106	199	32	4,465
1989	Suriname	400,000	1,466	273	1,401	10	201	236	22	4,433
1989	Swaziland	712,131	1,172	608	1,124	10	113	208	46	3,915
1989	Sweden	8,497,519	22,110	384	21,639	2	943	2,602	329	37,284
1989	Switzerland	6,620,000	15,897	416	15,532	6	1,038	1,172	281	29,342
1989	Syria	181,456	1,015	179	966	13	135	91	15	2,812
1989	Taiwan	20,000,000	1,552	12,887	1,488	8	133	415	22	4,534
1989	Tanzania	24,000,000	3,285	7,306	3,024	7	279	624	92	9,754
1989	Thailand	54,960,917	1,070	51,365	1,042	5	71	193	33	2,629
1989	Togo	3,374,056	4,453	758	4,054	17	15	565	67	15,398
1989	Tokelau	1,692	8	212	6	50	0	0	1	20
1989	Tonga	94,535	57	1,659	51	-11	0	9	2	131
1989	Trinidad & Tobago	1,233,251	5,592	221	5,375	6	552	1,051	59	16,134
1989	Truk	50,381	47	1,072	41	-5	3	13	3	448
1989	Tunisia	7,900,000	37	213,514	32	-18	0	3	1	77
1989	Turkey	55,000,000	860	63,953	846	3	45	72	11	1,603
1989	Turks and Caicos	12,000	50	240	44	26	2	13	1	193
1989	Tuvalu	9,000	49	184	42	27	14	7	1	193
1989	Uganda	16,500,000	627	26,316	561	27	82	158	17	2,262
1989	United States of America	244,185,000	817,881	299	788,709	3	48,358	102,188	9,007	1,824,916
1989	Uruguay	2,921,000	7,325	399	7,026	9	723	822	100	20,882
1989	Vanuatu	145,000	122	1,189	103	23	12	14	2	961
1989	Venezuela	19,500,000	47,340	412	44,296	10	5,166	7,685	497	164,175
1989	Virgin Islands, British	12,000	114	105	109	8	1	11	3	379
1989	Virgin Islands, U.S.	96,000	532	180	499	2	24	46	8	1,639
1989	Wallis & Futuna Islands	14,000	3	4,667	2	100	0	2	0	0
1989	Western Samoa	157,408	206	764	184	15	14	38	4	638
1989	Yap	9,320	24	388	23	0	1	6	1	147
1989	Zambia	7,548,000	71,529	106	67,996	5	4,799	7,751	1,755	311,749
1989	Zimbabwe	9,005,760	17,087	527	16,618	6	1,165	1,782	538	49,787
1989	36 Other Countries	0	219,963	0	202,647	7.6	14,645	12,830	3,645	411,347
1989	Grand Total (212 countries)	0	3,787,188	0	3,624,773	5.6	263,855	497,006	60,192	9,479,064