1997 Service Year Report

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1997 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
1997	Alaska	635,007	2,179	291	2,124	0	74	175	28	4,756
1997	Albania	3,262,000	1,090	2,993	994	31	309	341	22	3,154
1997	American Samoa	59,600	196	304	182	1	20	30	3	659
1997	Andorra	64,479	153	421	138	-1	2	20	2	258
1997	Angola	12,262,000	34,337	357	31,497	16	4,844	4,183	478	160,414
1997	Anguilla	7,000	26	269	24	-8	0	1	1	138
1997	Antigua	65,952	343	192	331	7	16	48	5	1,190
1997	Argentina	32,615,528	116,151	281	113,903	2	7,489	13,340	1,663	245,935
1997	Aruba	83,651	559	150	548	6	19	30	8	1,832
1997	Australia	18,426,900	60,946	302	59,892	-1	2,313	5,037	770	111,770
1997	Austria	8,063,000	20,842	387	20,611	0	570	1,588	298	34,023
1997	Azores	243,190	587	414	557	0	31	60	16	1,256
1997	Bahamas	255,055	1,419	180	1,341	1	64	172	23	3,670
1997	Bangladesh	129,661,600	79	1,641,286	63	40	8	10	1	204
1997	Barbados	253,000	2,243	113	2,183	2	109	230	24	5,750
1997	Belarus	10,163,000	1,962	5,180	1,806	29	228	234	17	5,667
1997	Belau	17,456	64	273	58	4	4	18	1	300
1997	Belgium	10,105,226	27,102	373	26,328	-1	858	1,881	376	49,000
1997	Belize	216,500	1,292	168	1,100	5	88	142	25	5,042
1997	Benin	4,915,555	5,204	945	5,021	9	614	700	107	25,155
1997	Bermuda	62,569	445	141	409	0	21	56	5	1,028
1997	Bolivia	7,767,059	13,464	577	13,007	9	1,645	2,528	214	50,238
1997	Bonaire	14,218	68	209	62	3	2	1	1	252
1997	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,500,000	796	4,397	725	25	95	200	9	1,943
1997	Botswana	1,533,392	1,098	1,397	1,022	14	110	118	24	3,535
1997	Brazil	159,279,120	459,522	347	435,032	6	37,894	41,421	6,960	1,214,774
1997	Britain	58,155,940	129,288	450	123,318	-1	4,161	10,937	1,439	223,301
1997	Bulgaria	8,428,006	916	9,201	843	17	136	112	15	2,251
1997	Burkina Faso	10,352,000	861	12,023	770	8	92	170	21	2,524
1997	Burundi	6,500,000	2,273	2,860	1,614	0	231	203	40	6,048
1997	Cambodia	10,547,535	20	527,377	18	-5	2	11	1	164
1997	Cameroon	14,044,000	26,042	539	25,014	6	2,692	2,102	534	84,399
1997	Canada	30,104,319	113,763	265	109,880	0	3,671	10,571	1,388	187,940
1997	Cape Verde	453,291	1,295	350	1,247	11	165	225	23	4,914
1997	Cayman Islands	32,000	110	291	101	5	4	9	1	315
1997	Central African Republic	3,691,900	2,086	1,770	2,063	5	236	300	47	11,842
1997	Chad	6,670,000	535	12,467	500	10	79	92	15	2,982
1997	Chile	14,622,354	55,679	263	51,495	4	3,977	7,319	591	143,897
1997	Chuuk	67,650	54	1,253	47	4	1	14	3	482
1997	Colombia	37,422,721	90,192	415	81,061	9	9,205	10,147	989	333,263
1997	Comoros	450,000	6	75,000	6	0	1	0	0	26
1997	Congo, Dem. Republic of	48,000,000	104,134	461	89,346	-1	7,034	13,699	2,492	574,736
1997	Congo, Republic of	2,700,000	3,935	686	3,032	-9	352	577	112	20,144
1997	Cook Islands	18,000	142	127	127	-7	13	15	3	429
1997	Costa Rica	3,432,665	18,913	181	17,897	6	1,230	1,747	237	51,413
1997	Côte d’Ivoire	14,401,000	5,592	2,575	5,433	6	508	989	140	20,092
1997	Croatia	4,784,265	5,133	932	4,991	6	343	642	66	9,790
1997	Cuba	11,038,602	76,250	145	73,478	11	8,605	14,653	1,100	164,565
1997	Curaçao	151,448	1,555	97	1,539	-1	62	120	20	4,232
1997	Cyprus	651,800	1,749	373	1,730	2	77	236	19	3,339
1997	Czech Republic	10,304,000	16,537	623	16,318	1	722	925	246	32,965
1997	Denmark	5,251,027	15,491	339	15,155	-1	285	1,021	222	23,675
1997	Dominica	71,794	346	207	330	2	16	42	6	905
1997	Dominican Republic	7,293,390	21,007	347	20,120	8	1,767	3,966	320	81,237
1997	Ecuador	11,936,858	36,208	330	33,642	9	2,911	5,683	493	138,806
1997	El Salvador	5,908,460	26,010	227	24,497	4	2,083	2,579	439	73,157
1997	Equatorial Guinea	406,151	485	837	423	29	83	61	4	2,049
1997	Estonia	1,462,130	3,591	407	3,351	14	388	443	40	8,871
1997	Ethiopia	55,000,000	5,649	9,736	5,292	5	548	916	79	15,716
1997	Falkland Islands	2,221	9	247	8	-20	0	1	1	15
1997	Faroe Islands	43,784	80	547	75	-7	2	24	4	110
1997	Fiji	796,000	1,873	425	1,708	12	140	241	30	6,323
1997	Finland	5,116,826	19,441	263	19,191	0	580	1,914	304	28,812
1997	France	58,500,000	124,860	469	120,490	-2	3,928	7,708	1,685	220,467
1997	French Guiana	147,283	1,468	100	1,440	4	111	201	20	5,506
1997	Gabon	1,014,976	1,821	557	1,725	12	169	206	27	7,951
1997	Gambia	1,150,000	84	13,690	72	26	15	13	1	250
1997	Germany	82,012,162	169,988	482	166,780	0	5,807	10,856	2,052	286,126
1997	Ghana	18,803,990	54,234	347	51,133	7	4,179	5,827	847	197,055
1997	Gibraltar	27,086	117	232	103	-6	0	8	2	158
1997	Greece	10,259,900	26,980	380	26,704	1	773	2,897	428	44,426
1997	Greenland	55,971	158	354	153	1	7	33	7	345
1997	Grenada	91,150	605	151	583	4	19	76	7	1,662
1997	Guadeloupe	410,000	7,886	52	7,584	2	361	432	96	18,605
1997	Guam	150,000	621	242	584	7	37	127	9	1,833
1997	Guatemala	9,056,000	17,304	523	16,738	7	1,595	1,822	253	55,973
1997	Guinea	6,756,800	824	8,200	805	11	100	168	21	3,769
1997	Guinea-Bissau	1,200,000	63	19,048	56	17	11	25	1	407
1997	Guyana	777,468	2,048	380	1,898	-1	134	252	36	8,455
1997	Haiti	7,300,000	10,621	687	10,248	4	769	1,409	207	67,259
1997	Hawaii	1,183,723	7,650	155	7,389	0	313	1,167	93	17,476
1997	Honduras	5,900,004	10,532	560	9,696	11	1,160	1,226	145	38,534
1997	Hong Kong	6,502,100	4,145	1,569	4,035	8	350	827	38	7,704
1997	Hungary	10,174,442	19,457	523	18,387	6	1,914	1,598	234	41,922
1997	Iceland	269,735	324	833	314	2	11	28	8	624
1997	India	998,012,000	17,534	56,919	17,183	8	1,636	1,825	485	44,634
1997	Ireland	5,289,387	4,537	1,166	4,454	1	172	646	114	8,093
1997	Israel	7,910,600	826	9,577	775	20	84	79	10	1,833
1997	Italy	57,282,824	224,726	255	220,945	2	9,509	30,378	3,003	413,914
1997	Jamaica	2,502,030	10,614	236	10,034	2	674	1,076	183	32,903
1997	Japan	125,257,061	220,663	568	217,970	4	10,962	89,513	3,771	376,853
1997	Kazakhstan	17,027,000	10,585	1,609	9,808	25	2,718	967	81	29,710
1997	Kenya	28,000,000	12,142	2,306	11,445	11	1,641	2,058	220	35,236
1997	Kiribati	79,653	83	960	68	15	19	15	1	239
1997	Korea, Republic of	45,991,257	84,543	544	83,273	2	4,543	29,354	1,512	133,362
1997	Kosrae	8,707	25	348	17	-19	2	2	1	141
1997	Latvia	2,500,000	1,681	1,487	1,463	26	281	195	18	3,956
1997	Lebanon	3,776,317	3,600	1,049	3,494	2	153	291	70	6,846
1997	Lesotho	2,112,500	2,354	897	2,149	5	221	356	53	6,848
1997	Liberia	2,500,000	1,961	1,275	1,648	16	244	359	39	10,376
1997	Libya	4,899,000	17	288,176	6	0	0	0	0	19
1997	Liechtenstein	31,143	60	519	53	-9	0	2	1	115
1997	Lithuania	3,717,700	2,306	1,612	2,022	14	334	218	14	6,808
1997	Luxembourg	487,000	1,893	257	1,853	1	72	147	33	3,648
1997	Macao	470,000	122	3,852	116	12	5	28	2	280
1997	Macedonia	1,936,877	808	2,397	750	19	144	91	13	2,605
1997	Madagascar	13,670,500	8,655	1,579	8,307	13	1,461	1,437	157	45,300
1997	Madeira	258,536	1,039	249	978	5	60	78	14	2,066
1997	Malawi	11,018,944	40,924	269	39,779	11	7,915	5,447	584	125,415
1997	Malaysia	21,665,500	1,895	11,433	1,827	6	153	293	40	4,846
1997	Mali	11,300,000	178	63,483	159	5	9	61	6	710
1997	Malta	360,000	533	675	511	2	13	58	6	823
1997	Marshall Islands	50,345	224	225	189	6	14	43	4	1,130
1997	Martinique	359,570	4,001	90	3,922	2	98	391	46	9,357
1997	Mauritius	1,082,972	1,278	847	1,254	2	121	86	19	3,102
1997	Mayotte	131,320	54	2,432	49	9	5	9	1	144
1997	Mexico	93,873,720	488,264	192	479,247	5	36,913	60,863	11,099	1,601,817
1997	Moldova	4,320,000	14,415	300	13,481	18	1,671	870	128	39,761
1997	Montserrat	4,000	23	174	20	-31	1	2	1	85
1997	Mozambique	18,496,363	25,667	721	23,460	15	3,113	4,487	576	103,423
1997	Myanmar	46,000,000	2,470	18,623	2,352	4	96	296	99	6,325
1997	Namibia	1,683,518	926	1,818	817	-1	43	73	19	2,681
1997	Nauru	6,560	9	729	7	17	0	1	1	83
1997	Nepal	22,901,600	287	79,797	262	20	59	48	3	1,001
1997	Netherlands	15,567,107	32,550	478	30,536	-1	832	1,814	420	53,794
1997	Nevis	10,080	43	234	41	11	0	5	1	157
1997	New Caledonia	200,000	1,688	118	1,532	0	117	150	23	4,398
1997	New Zealand	3,681,546	12,926	285	12,496	0	468	1,304	164	26,196
1997	Nicaragua	4,625,000	14,104	328	12,733	6	1,183	1,518	230	60,432
1997	Niger	7,490,000	241	31,079	225	1	38	46	7	1,187
1997	Nigeria	103,900,000	203,110	512	197,532	3	17,304	28,346	3,944	598,717
1997	Niue	2,076	32	65	29	-3	1	1	1	96
1997	Norfolk Island	1,912	18	106	15	7	0	1	1	28
1997	Norway	4,404,149	9,921	444	9,449	-2	221	535	174	16,597
1997	Pakistan	137,000,000	410	334,146	376	7	49	43	9	1,729
1997	Panama	2,718,686	9,338	291	8,651	4	524	1,220	187	28,185
1997	Papua New Guinea	4,411,060	3,256	1,355	2,944	0	230	347	55	15,020
1997	Paraguay	5,085,325	6,221	817	5,536	10	402	851	84	13,551
1997	Peru	24,371,043	59,291	411	54,019	6	5,335	10,830	679	193,440
1997	Philippines	70,000,000	126,211	555	122,727	3	9,624	21,325	3,491	388,130
1997	Pohnpei	38,522	70	550	65	-4	1	17	1	599
1997	Poland	38,649,914	124,955	309	123,704	1	6,161	7,544	1,714	246,485
1997	Portugal	9,439,180	46,746	202	45,635	2	2,319	3,339	648	94,659
1997	Puerto Rico	3,755,000	26,404	142	25,589	1	1,194	2,541	326	61,451
1997	Réunion	675,700	2,760	245	2,701	4	189	227	33	5,827
1997	Rodrigues	34,678	38	913	35	0	4	3	1	85
1997	Romania	22,700,000	36,405	624	35,588	4	2,387	2,628	459	93,306
1997	Rota	2,524	10	252	9	19	0	3	1	39
1997	Russia	148,366,000	89,043	1,666	78,868	28	15,669	8,546	626	231,176
1997	Rwanda	7,828,000	5,073	1,543	4,679	12	1,160	1,095	69	20,121
1997	Saba	1,000	1	1,000	1	0	0	1	0	10
1997	St. Eustatius	1,500	18	83	17	6	0	4	1	55
1997	St. Helena	5,131	154	33	142	0	1	1	2	354
1997	St. Kitts	31,800	157	203	151	6	16	18	2	449
1997	St. Lucia	151,300	677	223	649	1	37	123	9	1,775
1997	St. Maarten	24,000	261	92	242	12	26	36	3	932
1997	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,300	15	420	13	0	0	1	1	19
1997	Saint Vincent	107,600	325	331	304	2	28	53	6	1,049
1997	Saipan	53,681	179	300	169	-8	8	32	3	489
1997	Samoa	165,195	369	448	352	5	34	67	7	1,406
1997	San Marino	25,058	179	140	169	6	0	18	2	289
1997	São Tomé and Príncipe	124,206	229	542	217	19	29	45	3	837
1997	Senegal	8,700,000	826	10,533	794	6	79	150	19	2,272
1997	Seychelles	76,417	178	429	154	22	18	19	2	393
1997	Sierra Leone	4,510,000	863	5,226	750	-2	91	141	21	3,616
1997	Slovakia	5,383,469	12,587	428	12,361	1	613	573	195	25,577
1997	Slovenia	1,986,448	1,839	1,080	1,786	3	82	191	33	3,201
1997	Solomon Islands	384,057	1,363	282	1,306	12	175	191	41	5,442
1997	South Africa	37,859,000	64,258	589	60,736	3	4,400	7,129	1,292	168,903
1997	Spain	39,652,742	106,071	374	98,724	-1	3,240	11,184	1,287	166,842
1997	Sri Lanka	18,500,000	2,687	6,885	2,468	12	470	334	52	7,054
1997	Suriname	404,800	1,828	221	1,789	3	85	217	28	5,707
1997	Swaziland	937,747	1,987	472	1,843	4	205	280	69	5,976
1997	Sweden	8,847,578	24,246	365	23,692	-1	651	2,196	362	39,431
1997	Switzerland	7,081,346	18,634	580	18,186	-1	617	1,140	313	31,986
1997	Tahiti	219,521	1,918	114	1,867	3	134	135	33	5,376
1997	Taiwan	21,300,000	3,475	6,129	3,325	11	319	913	52	8,911
1997	Tanzania	29,000,000	7,130	4,067	6,469	11	750	1,186	154	22,448
1997	Thailand	60,116,182	1,696	35,446	1,666	4	129	273	48	3,816
1997	Togo	4,269,500	10,221	418	9,861	7	1,070	1,404	153	45,936
1997	Tokelau	1,487	5	297	4	-20	0	0	1	17
1997	Tonga	97,466	89	1,095	81	19	10	20	3	313
1997	Trinidad & Tobago	1,269,155	7,489	169	7,350	3	420	1,208	82	22,056
1997	Turkey	65,000,000	1,468	44,278	1,408	9	117	186	21	2,666
1997	Turks and Caicos	14,631	121	121	112	2	1	13	3	470
1997	Tuvalu	9,043	49	185	45	5	2	7	3	144
1997	Uganda	20,400,000	2,083	9,794	1,887	17	287	294	32	7,603
1997	Ukraine	50,893,500	85,242	597	78,264	20	13,612	7,217	710	224,988
1997	United States	266,776,000	974,719	274	929,471	1	45,220	107,792	10,883	2,135,167
1997	Uruguay	3,030,000	10,395	291	10,242	2	714	953	132	23,681
1997	Vanuatu	190,000	257	739	212	16	16	22	3	1,583
1997	Venezuela	23,700,000	80,172	296	75,261	6	6,887	13,246	1,079	282,448
1997	Virgin Islands, British	17,000	147	116	139	0	22	18	2	590
1997	Virgin Islands, U.S.	101,800	643	158	600	2	18	84	9	2,005
1997	Wallis & Futuna Islands	1 5,000	26	577	20	5	4	1	1	100
1997	Yap	10,759	30	359	28	0	0	9	1	204
1997	Yugoslavia, F. R.	10,566,745	3,883	2,721	3,699	11	481	589	48	9,012
1997	Zambia	9,780,133	96,686	101	87,747	4	5,281	10,953	2,058	428,697
1997	Zimbabwe	12,293,953	25,878	475	25,063	4	2,576	3,122	803	70,038
1997	33 Other Lands		42,185		37,846	14	4,785	3,883	632	103,821
1997	Grand Total		5,599,931		5,353,078	3.6	375,923	706,270	85,256	14,322,226