1990 Service Year Report

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1990 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
1990	Alaska	555,161	2,053	270	1,908	5	135	195	25	4,207
1990	Algeria	25,600,000	55	465,455	46	28	5	1	3	95
1990	American Samoa	38,200	188	203	179	20	8	41	3	458
1990	Andorra	50,528	165	306	149	18	21	12	2	251
1990	Anguilla	6,966	24	290	22	16	3	2	1	88
1990	Antigua	76,296	254	300	241	6	13	32	4	665
1990	Argentina	32,321,887	82,532	392	80,981	8	7,890	11,345	1,323	194,230
1990	Aruba	67,721	451	150	442	-2	16	34	6	1,249
1990	Australia	16,957,100	53,142	519	51,541	5	2,732	5,339	645	98,489
1990	Austria	7,596,081	18,891	402	18,571	3	912	1,653	252	32,264
1990	Azores	260,900	436	598	383	20	62	35	14	1,067
1990	Bahamas	209,505	1,213	173	1,155	9	91	175	17	3,287
1990	Bangladesh	113,643,608	37	3,071,449	28	22	5	5	1	122
1990	Barbados	258,000	1,783	145	1,756	5	105	198	18	5,019
1990	Belau	15,500	62	250	52	0	2	14	1	238
1990	Belgium	9,877,782	25,161	393	24,188	3	1,367	1,953	325	48,131
1990	Belize	186,000	902	206	834	3	51	150	20	3,926
1990	Benin	4,551,000	2,290	1,987	2,019	12	20	201	76	10,549
1990	Bermuda	58,616	373	157	334	2	26	48	4	849
1990	Bolivia	6,800,000	7,452	913	7,050	11	832	1,398	105	29,743
1990	Bonaire	10,850	71	153	66	-1	3	4	1	200
1990	Botswana	1,301,000	591	2,201	500	-5	31	61	19	1,948
1990	Brazil	150,367,800	293,466	512	277,837	11	27,068	30,115	4,625	790,926
1990	Britain	55,862,473	120,611	463	115,511	2	6,014	12,851	1,311	222,802
1990	Brunei	260,000	13	20,000	9	13	0	0	0	46
1990	Burkina Faso	7,318,695	449	16,300	430	11	44	86	17	1,543
1990	Canada	26,584,000	101,713	261	97,752	4	5,062	11,111	1,270	179,102
1990	Cape Verde	345,700	410	843	389	13	61	59	13	2,285
1990	Cayman Islands	24,000	82	293	76	9	1	8	1	202
1990	Central African Republic	2,899,376	1,327	2,185	1,230	6	103	172	41	5,969
1990	Chad	5,428,000	278	19,525	261	17	36	58	11	1,645
1990	Chile	13,173,347	37,768	349	35,682	8	3,564	4,756	366	109,623
1990	Colombia	32,677,178	46,793	698	44,078	15	6,453	7,025	651	182,331
1990	Comoros	410,000	5	82,000	3	50	1	1	0	10
1990	Congo, Dem. Republic of	37,000,000	50,677	730	44,195	15	5,946	6,089	1,151	156,590
1990	Congo, Republic of	1,950,000	1,916	1,018	1,683	8	276	200	47	5,955
1990	Cook Islands	18,000	118	153	105	42	15	13	3	308
1990	Costa Rica	2,959,177	12,516	236	12,204	5	858	1,042	228	33,272
1990	Cote d'lvoire	9,273,167	3,415	2,715	3,301	11	385	646	93	15,166
1990	Curacao	162,130	1,460	111	1,446	-1	113	142	17	3,704
1990	Cyprus	575,000	1,285	447	1,253	6	65	152	14	2,755
1990	Denmark	5,135,409	16,120	319	15,894	1	508	1,371	227	25,037
1990	Dominica	81,200	263	309	244	-2	11	30	6	810
1990	Dominican Republic	8,000,000	12,108	661	11,767	6	1,161	2,372	187	42,737
1990	Ecuador	10,781,613	18,069	597	16,923	17	2,618	3,133	266	80,501
1990	El Salvador	5,816,493	18,445	315	17,779	5	2,137	2,206	326	60,783
1990	Equatorial Guinea	332,310	169	1,966	158	10	21	21	4	624
1990	Falkland Islands	2,000	9	222	8	0	1	1	1	10
1990	Faroe Islands	47,946	122	393	118	9	4	30	4	188
1990	Fiji	727,104	1,542	472	1,506	5	199	341	41	5,691
1990	Finland	4,967,635	17,531	283	17,095	2	689	2,148	274	27,649
1990	France	56,555,700	114,308	495	111,884	5	7,843	10,564	1,428	221,568
1990	French Guiana	114,600	660	174	624	18	99	94	8	2,103
1990	Gabon	1,200,000	908	1,322	826	17	99	98	15	5,182
1990	Gambia	789,000	31	25,452	26	8	3	9	1	92
1990	Germany, D.R.	16,598,500	21,166	784	20,874	1	654	559	239	42,227
1991	Germany, F.R.	62,259,709	132,942	468	129,756	3	7,054	9,407	1,667	226,956
1990	Ghana	14,239,113	33,520	425	31,089	1	556	3,234	597	66,588
1990	Gibraltar	30,689	134	229	131	4	4	19	2	211
1990	Greece	9,967,000	24,348	409	24,131	1	593	2,349	332	42,750
1990	Greenland	55,558	126	441	120	6	7	29	7	246
1990	Grenada	111,184	409	272	395	3	28	54	7	1,219
1990	Guadeloupe	368,000	6,288	59	6,103	5	575	385	71	15,625
1990	Guam	150,000	379	396	364	7	25	93	4	1,080
1990	Guatemala	8,750,000	12,230	715	11,616	8	1,138	1,346	184	41,344
1990	Guinea	7,506,000	278	27,000	202	18	14	37	10	960
1990	Guinea-Bissau	950,000	10	95,000	7	-30	1	2	1	18
1990	Guyana	756,000	1,651	458	1,585	5	148	221	30	5,778
1990	Haiti	6,000,000	6,427	934	6,180	10	853	903	111	36,551
1990	Hawaii	1,112,100	6,194	180	5,900	4	328	938	72	15,245
1990	Honduras	4,696,053	5,983	785	5,603	7	436	868	93	25,415
1990	Hong Kong	6,000,000	2,153	2,787	2,073	11	162	544	22	4,633
1990	Hungary	10,580,000	10,647	994	10,300	6	1,753	356	238	21,106
1990	Iceland	253,785	246	1,032	237	5	21	29	5	486
1990	India	915,768,880	10,272	89,152	9,725	11	839	1,121	316	25,837
1990	Ireland	5,086,000	3,451	1,474	3,338	10	227	717	93	6,635
1990	Israel	6,075,900	380	15,989	370	4	19	40	6	756
1990	Italy	57,504,745	180,960	318	177,066	6	12,814	32,596	2,419	355,816
1990	Jamaica	2,300,000	9,166	251	8,645	3	591	962	171	25,375
1990	Japan	122,744,952	147,622	831	143,399	7	11,166	63,484	2,355	329,422
1990	Kenya	24,400,000	5,600	4,357	5,255	9	653	1,116	132	16,138
1990	Kiribati	70,380	39	1,805	37	28	14	5	1	137
1990	Korea, Republic of	42,793,000	62,193	688	59,787	9	5,523	23,855	1,055	123,718
1990	Kosrae	7,435	17	437	16	-16	0	4	1	145
1990	Lebanon	2,852,000	2,726	1,046	2,455	2	121	186	56	5,034
1990	Lesotho	1,748,110	1,304	1,341	1,210	12	101	247	45	4,979
1990	Liberia	2,200,000	1,914	1,149	1,830	4	148	432	39	7,811
1990	Libya	4,463,000	44	101,432	12	71	0	0	0	23
1990	Liechtenstein	28,452	51	558	49	11	0	4	1	94
1990	Luxembourg	456,857	1,541	296	1,502	7	137	152	22	3,322
1990	Macao	400,000	30	13,333	25	19	0	7	1	76
1990	Madagascar	11,298,700	3,673	3,076	3,505	10	381	478	58	18,685
1990	Madeira	278,000	670	415	626	5	56	44	9	1,575
1990	Malaysia	17,813,000	1,201	14,832	1,137	11	85	173	20	3,226
1990	Mali	8,700,000	88	98,864	86	13	12	40	1	413
1990	Malta	400,000	424	943	401	12	46	49	5	773
1990	Marquesas Islands	7,358	21	350	17	55	6	7	2	57
1990	Marshall Islands	44,247	167	265	152	3	4	30	2	1,058
1990	Martinique	359,570	2,961	121	2,860	7	271	321	30	6,949
1990	Mauritius	1,042,902	906	1,151	872	8	80	114	12	2,150
1990	Mayotte	75,000	31	2,419	25	4	0	7	1	88
1990	Mexico	81,140,922	304,756	266	292,023	11	35,237	42,824	8,189	1,134,850
1990	Montserrat	11,888	30	396	26	4	1	4	1	128
1990	Morocco	25,600,000	51	501,961	39	-26	1	3	3	147
1990	Myanmar	40,000,000	1,763	22,689	1,666	6	156	259	86	4,765
1990	Namibia	1,329,000	644	2,064	566	14	34	69	15	1,481
1990	Nauru	6,000	5	1,200	3	-25	0	0	0	33
1990	Nepal	17,712,221	63	281,146	59	37	0	10	1	220
1990	Netherlands	14,892,574	31,359	475	30,092	2	1,243	2,123	329	52,488
1990	Nevis	9,580	39	246	35	-3	1	8	1	94
1990	New Caledonia	164,173	1,165	141	1,098	8	104	102	11	3,198
1990	New Zealand	3,346,200	11,515	291	11,106	6	744	1,381	151	22,656
1990	Niger	7,440,000	141	52,766	128	24	18	35	7	514
1990	Nigeria	115,152,000	142,073	811	138,107	4	7,670	16,086	2,681	426,145
1990	Niue	2,000	21	95	19	19	2	2	1	70
1990	Norfolk Island	1,800	6	500	4	33	0	1	1	14
1990	Norway	4,241,575	9,671	439	9,336	3	496	702	176	16,294
1990	Pakistan	106,000,000	281	377,224	265	0	9	41	6	1,061
1990	Panama	2,315,047	6,454	359	6,089	9	627	909	133	21,366
1990	Papua New Guinea	3,010,727	2,471	1,218	2,347	12	213	298	94	11,880
1990	Paraguay	3,745,037	3,501	1,070	3,173	12	350	507	49	7,346
1990	Peru	22,000,000	34,978	629	32,708	9	3,695	7,940	721	128,189
1990	Philippines	60,000,000	104,519	574	100,571	2	6,226	21,131	2,981	317,563
1990	Pohnpei	38,734,500	96,841	400	93,845	6	11,387	5,182	1,248	188,861
1990	Poland	33,869	70	484	65	-4		19	1	356
1990	Portugal	10,000,000	37,301	268	36,524	5	2,672	3,016	537	83,812
1990	Puerto Rico	3,500,000	24,042	146	23,520	2	1,422	2,397	293	59,602
1990	Reunion	592,619	1,833	323	1,743	12	215	192	19	4,344
1990	Rodrigues	37,538	32	1,173	28	22	2	7	1	70
1990	Romania	23,168,000	19,030	1,217	18,003	15	1,732	291	228	36,333
1990	Rota	1,700	18	94	13	30	0	3	1	51
1990	Saba	1,000	5	200	5	0	0	4	0	20
1990	Saint Eustatius	1,335	8	167	5	25	0	0	0	23
1990	Saint Helena	6,000	109	55	103	3	4	3	2	247
1990	Saint Kitts	34,120	153	223	140	-2	0	18	2	397
1990	Saint Lucia	140,000	460	304	440	11	32	63	6	1,226
1990	Saint Maarten	23,678	166	143	144	19	11	16	2	556
1990	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,000	7	857	7	0	0	1	1	16
1990	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	120,000	200	600	183	8	15	34	4	604
1990	Saipan	39,467	100	395	87	21	7	23	1	281
1990	San Marino	22,115	132	168	128	14	22	15	2	236
1990	Sao Tome and Principe	110,000	56	1,964	48	4	8	7	1	176
1990	Senegal	7,300,000	585	12,479	566	4	45	135	14	1,555
1990	Seychelles	65,000	81	802	76	10	15	11	1	249
1990	Sierra Leone	4,538,000	752	6,035	635	4	26	128	30	3,662
1990	Solomon Islands	308,924	805	384	758	5	49	79	35	3,833
1990	South Africa	36,501,919	48,590	751	46,595	5	3,461	6,067	1,063	130,278
1990	Spain	39,321,604	84,562	465	81,091	7	5,823	11,280	1,079	164,648
1990	Sri Lanka	16,750,000	1,298	12,904	1,252	6	157	228	34	4,521
1990	Suriname	400,000	1,539	260	1,496	7	156	253	23	4,632
1990	Swaziland	712,131	1,235	577	1,165	4	106	197	51	4,195
1990	Sweden	8,574,698	22,742	377	22,176	2	984	2,724	338	38,339
1990	Switzerland	6,673,900	16,552	403	16,305	5	1,004	1,258	297	29,922
1990	Taiwan	20,000,000	1,690	11,834	1,627	9	148	491	23	4,628
1990	Tanzania	24,840,000	3,619	6,864	3,423	13	382	781	96	11,100
1990	Thailand	55,888,393	1,148	48,683	1,106	6	73	195	34	2,692
1990	Togo	3,468,530	5,316	652	4,850	20	575	621	78	18,466
1990	Tokelau	1,700	8	213	6	0	0	0	1	15
1990	Tonga	94,649	63	1,502	57	12	5	10	1	146
1990	Trinidad & Tobago	1,235,400	5,749	215	5,618	5	301	1,084	61	18,346
1990	Truk	56,000	49	1,143	47	15	8	16	3	459
1990	Tunisia	8,100,000	37	218,919	32	0	3	2	1	83
1990	Turkey	55,000,000	912	60,307	883	4	63	83	11	1,692
1990	Turks and Caicos	14,000	72	194	51	16	2	14	1	238
1990	Tuvalu	9,000	50	180	46	10	3	8	1	170
1990	Uganda	17,028,000	766	22,230	710	27	106	160	18	2,945
1990	United States of America	245,803,000	850,120	289	816,417	4	47,234	102,192	9,250	1,863,641
1990	Uruguay	2,921,000	7,755	377	7,562	8	468	817	106	18,942
1990	Vanuatu	142,630	189	755	132	28	12	13	2	1,043
1990	Venezuela	20,000,000	51,933	385	49,434	12	5,907	9,200	567	197,211
1990	Virgin Islands, British	12,000	122	98	113	4	15	15	3	421
1990	Virgin Islands, U.S.	96,000	487	197	469	-6	8	46	8	1,599
1990	Wallis & Futuna Islands	14,000	4	3,500	2	0	0	1	0	0
1990	Western Samoa	157,158	226	695	206	12	31	41	5	884
1990	Yap	9,506	22	432	19	-17		6	1	120
1990	Yugoslavia	23,710,000	6,998	3,388	6,754	4	538	553	143	13,846
1990	Zambia	8,100,000	73,729	110	71,876	6	7,629	8,646	1,800	326,991
1990	Zimbabwe	9,275,933	18,382	505	17,383	5	1,377	1,869	557	50,209
1990	33 Other Countries	0	196,509	0	173,977	8.8	16,904	14,053	3,220	384,530
1990	Grand Total (212 countries)	0	4,017,213	0	3,846,311	6.1	301,518	536,508	63,016	9,950,058