1998 Service Year Report

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1998 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
1998	Alaska	637,228	2,246	284	2,068	-3	84	186	28	4,770
1998	Albania	3,262,000	1,525	2,139	1,294	30	340	414	34	6,952
1998	American Samoa	61,200	193	317	182	0	11	31	3	619
1998	Andorra	65,306	161	406	138	0	4	19	2	244
1998	Angola	12,630,000	38,161	331	35,536	13	4,309	4,586	600	147,429
1998	Anguilla	10,000	30	333	27	13	0	2	1	114
1998	Antigua	65,952	363	182	335	1	11	43	5	955
1998	Argentina	33,180,171	121,829	272	116,584	2	6,632	12,966	1,675	250,445
1998	Armenia	3,465,611	4,569	759	4,061	32	351	518	36	13,410
1998	Aruba	92,260	589	157	567	3	41	29	8	1,804
1998	Australia	18,588,600	63,454	293	60,226	1	1,664	4,626	769	108,636
1998	Austria	8,102,000	21,044	385	20,498	-1	316	1,463	299	32,673
1998	Azores	243,749	546	446	521	-6	18	54	15	1,139
1998	Bahamas	255,055	1,456	175	1,350	1	54	175	23	3,269
1998	Bangladesh	137,366,800	111	1,237,539	82	30	15	12	1	213
1998	Barbados	260,490	2,375	110	2,231	2	77	215	25	5,335
1998	Belarus	10,439,916	2,448	4,265	2,187	21	193	275	19	6,272
1998	Belau	18,110	65	279	61	5	5	14	1	279
1998	Belgium	10,192,264	27,718	368	26,007	-1	632	1,795	377	46,904
1998	Belize	230,000	1,214	189	1,134	3	73	148	26	4,726
1998	Benin	5,532,000	5,709	969	5,453	9	541	749	114	24,212
1998	Bermuda	62,009	431	144	410	0	16	53	5	913
1998	Bolivia	7,855,000	14,747	533	13,996	8	1,413	2,598	223	53,303
1998	Bonaire	15,086	65	232	60	-3	2	2	1	166
1998	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,204,300	937	4,487	841	16	99	220	9	1,943
1998	Botswana	1,571,728	1,153	1,363	1,027	0	64	97	25	3,007
1998	Brazil	161,444,870	487,661	331	462,395	6	25,293	44,402	7,386	1,216,268
1998	Britain	57,549,220	131,981	436	123,191	0	3,375	10,138	1,452	214,351
1998	Bulgaria	8,329,000	996	8,362	946	12	90	106	17	2,178
1998	Burkina Faso	10,352,000	988	10,478	816	6	70	150	22	2,382
1998	Burundi	6,500,000	2,433	2,672	2,078	29	339	235	48	6,529
1998	Cambodia	10,700,000	29	368,966	25	39	3	13	1	193
1998	Cameroon	14,439,000	26,498	545	25,396	2	2,490	1,927	600	77,524
1998	Canada	30,457,701	113,136	269	109,664	0	2,986	10,062	1,383	184,787
1998	Cape Verde	465,530	1,385	336	1,347	8	121	203	24	4,780
1998	Cayman Islands	32,000	129	248	110	9	5	11	1	300
1998	Central African Republic	3,800,000	2,302	1,651	2,235	8	300	376	48	11,536
1998	Chad	6,870,000	550	12,491	533	7	64	100	15	2,877
1998	Chile	14,821,714	59,124	251	53,643	4	3,231	7,145	621	147,112
1998	Chuuk	69,002	55	1,255	51	9	4	20	3	550
1998	Colombia	40,826,816	100,488	406	87,457	8	8,572	10,269	1,064	325,837
1998	Comoros	540,000	7	77,143	6	0	0	0	0	30
1998	Congo, Dem. Republic of	50,000,000	108,710	460	94,475	6	6,971	13,210	2,477	534,318
1998	Congo, Republic of	2,700,000	3,850	701	3,198	5	309	529	106	16,387
1998	Cook Islands	19,103	135	142	121	-5	6	13	3	362
1998	Costa Rica	3,429,423	19,393	177	18,343	2	807	1,972	241	45,610
1998	Côte d’Ivoire	14,401,000	5,829	2,471	5,636	4	366	937	140	19,871
1998	Croatia	4,494,000	5,336	842	5,188	4	310	639	69	9,559
1998	Cuba	11,093,152	82,258	135	79,775	9	8,256	13,934	1,200	170,148
1998	Curaçao	146,870	1,552	95	1,517	-1	49	109	20	4,003
1998	Cyprus	657,900	1,797	366	1,759	2	70	227	20	3,170
1998	Czech Republic	10,295,401	17,061	603	16,188	-1	468	925	241	30,698
1998	Denmark	5,301,304	15,234	348	14,987	-1	274	959	222	22,986
1998	Dominica	71,794	359	200	338	2	18	46	8	1,023
1998	Dominican Republic	8,124,000	22,701	358	21,075	5	1,543	3,952	333	75,459
1998	Ecuador	12,115,185	38,608	314	35,866	7	2,476	5,714	500	136,126
1998	El Salvador	6,026,629	26,991	223	25,222	3	1,737	2,501	443	71,159
1998	Equatorial Guinea	406,151	608	668	510	21	96	70	10	2,437
1998	Estonia	1,453,800	3,846	378	3,569	7	303	431	43	8,276
1998	Ethiopia	58,000,000	6,021	9,633	5,623	6	519	833	91	15,293
1998	Falkland Islands	2,221	9	247	7	-13	0	1	1	15
1998	Faroe Islands	44,801	77	582	72	-4	0	19	4	118
1998	Fiji	775,077	2,021	384	1,900	11	171	243	30	6,446
1998	Finland	5,147,349	20,103	256	19,254	0	500	1,792	304	28,201
1998	France	58,700,000	121,498	483	118,572	-2	3,021	7,267	1,672	207,749
1998	French Guiana	163,000	1,485	110	1,465	2	84	177	21	4,965
1998	Gabon	1,014,976	1,905	533	1,740	1	305	206	46	6,921
1998	Gambia	1,180,000	105	11,238	88	22	11	15	1	265
1998	Georgia	5,174,642	13,011	398	12,177	10	1,724	1,446	130	32,409
1998	Germany	82,057,379	171,704	478	166,136	0	4,979	9,805	2,083	271,606
1998	Ghana	19,274,090	60,112	321	55,257	8	4,761	5,662	919	201,800
1998	Gibraltar	27,192	125	218	105	2	1	10	2	152
1998	Greece	10,259,900	27,300	376	27,007	1	49	2,899	437	43,417
1998	Greenland	56,076	163	344	153	0	6	30	7	334
1998	Grenada	110,000	604	182	592	2	29	72	7	1,486
1998	Guadeloupe	410,000	7,953	52	7,630	1	294	438	98	17,020
1998	Guam	150,000	622	241	607	4	45	132	9	2,037
1998	Guatemala	9,285,000	19,359	480	17,981	7	1,549	1,881	264	54,669
1998	Guinea	6,756,800	847	7,977	709	-12	73	150	21	2,992
1998	Guinea-Bissau	1,200,000	81	14,815	68	21	12	31	1	303
1998	Guyana	777,648	2,068	376	1,925	1	136	261	36	7,948
1998	Haiti	7,300,000	11,503	635	10,745	5	968	1,327	211	50,597
1998	Hawaii	1,186,602	7,709	154	7,464	1	238	1,126	95	17,600
1998	Honduras	6,077,000	11,460	530	10,546	9	998	1,288	158	35,518
1998	Hong Kong	6,600,000	4,313	1,530	4,235	5	312	830	42	7,301
1998	Hungary	10,135,000	20,690	490	19,268	5	1,644	1,682	233	40,003
1998	Iceland	272,069	326	835	314	0	10	30	8	570
1998	India	985,481,400	20,390	48,332	18,510	8	1,619	1,700	486	44,324
1998	Ireland	5,335,559	4,594	1,161	4,493	1	126	586	113	7,770
1998	Israel	8,877,000	918	9,670	863	11	88	89	11	1,907
1998	Italy	57,495,656	232,145	248	224,504	2	7,809	30,208	3,032	385,387
1998	Jamaica	2,502,030	11,003	227	10,292	3	618	1,026	183	28,063
1998	Japan	125,568,035	222,912	563	222,347	2	7,779	85,930	3,802	366,637
1998	Kazakhstan	16,898,572	11,877	1,423	11,229	14	1,262	1,124	97	31,072
1998	Kenya	28,840,000	13,214	2,183	12,381	8	1,495	2,264	228	34,590
1998	Kiribati	78,300	88	890	67	-1	5	12	1	240
1998	Korea, Republic of	46,429,817	85,983	540	84,946	2	2,480	29,591	1,508	135,519
1998	Kosrae	8,848	19	466	16	-6	0	5	1	99
1998	Kyrgyzstan	4,540,185	3,490	1,301	3,287	7	454	333	31	8,095
1998	Latvia	2,449,000	1,882	1,301	1,698	16	263	270	21	4,189
1998	Lebanon	3,858,736	3,736	1,033	3,516	1	103	281	72	6,773
1998	Lesotho	1,811,752	2,544	712	2,203	3	208	309	54	6,654
1998	Liberia	2,781,000	2,624	1,060	2,308	40	338	467	42	11,164
1998	Libya	5,431,610	10	543,161	6	0	0	0	0	20
1998	Liechtenstein	31,320	54	580	50	-6	0	2	1	109
1998	Lithuania	3,704,800	2,275	1,628	1,988	18	213	233	20	4,529
1998	Luxembourg	511,345	1,956	261	1,865	1	54	133	33	3,624
1998	Macao	470,000	136	3,456	127	9	5	29	2	242
1998	Macedonia	1,965,018	923	2,129	840	12	98	95	15	2,621
1998	Madagascar	14,053,274	9,761	1,440	9,362	13	1,027	1,640	203	41,559
1998	Madeira	259,131	1,075	241	1,036	6	56	79	15	2,034
1998	Malawi	11,349,512	42,770	265	41,205	4	4,867	5,430	609	120,412
1998	Malaysia	22,179,500	2,021	10,975	1,920	5	164	293	43	5,187
1998	Mali	11,300,000	208	54,327	167	5	7	58	6	667
1998	Malta	376,340	552	682	532	4	22	66	6	878
1998	Marshall Islands	51,162	206	248	196	4	16	46	4	1,076
1998	Martinique	359,570	4,054	89	3,988	2	226	349	47	8,945
1998	Mauritius	1,107,325	1,286	861	1,269	1	87	93	19	2,937
1998	Mayotte	131,320	54	2,432	50	2	4	8	1	126
1998	Mexico	95,646,354	518,307	185	503,406	5	32,834	59,860	11,299	1,569,363
1998	Moldova	4,304,700	15,880	271	14,865	10	1,509	1,094	142	39,138
1998	Montserrat	4,000	14	286	6	-70	0	2	1	0
1998	Mozambique	15,740,000	28,005	562	27,444	17	3,218	5,091	652	111,256
1998	Myanmar	46,000,000	2,573	17,878	2,451	4	53	286	96	5,416
1998	Namibia	1,749,953	995	1,759	851	4	56	68	19	2,499
1998	Nauru	10,600	11	964	9	29	1	1	1	67
1998	Nepal	23,242,800	377	61,652	331	26	56	50	3	1,126
1998	Netherlands	15,638,305	31,915	490	30,200	-1	742	1,702	422	52,584
1998	Nevis	10,080	49	206	46	12	0	5	1	138
1998	New Caledonia	200,000	1,676	119	1,541	1	81	141	23	3,994
1998	New Zealand	3,618,202	13,487	268	12,582	1	454	1,184	164	24,738
1998	Nicaragua	4,765,000	14,345	332	13,536	6	1,028	1,554	239	57,597
1998	Niger	7,490,000	238	31,471	216	-4	17	41	7	904
1998	Nigeria	107,129,469	222,306	482	207,546	5	17,779	28,842	4,073	539,978
1998	Niue	2,088	35	60	32	10	2	2	1	103
1998	Norfolk Island	1,887	16	118	13	-13	1	1	1	30
1998	Norway	4,431,399	10,201	434	9,523	1	192	522	175	15,905
1998	Pakistan	130,580,000	450	290,178	409	9	39	54	9	1,660
1998	Panama	2,763,612	9,661	286	8,957	4	561	1,222	188	28,904
1998	Papua New Guinea	4,512,514	3,575	1,262	2,999	2	204	319	55	14,363
1998	Paraguay	5,218,835	6,525	800	5,872	6	612	876	83	14,628
1998	Peru	24,795,286	63,972	388	58,122	8	5,842	11,984	716	202,671
1998	Philippines	71,000,000	128,134	554	125,720	2	8,435	21,414	3,534	403,643
1998	Pohnpei	39,292	69	569	66	2	1	17	1	540
1998	Poland	38,661,700	126,635	305	123,952	0	4,516	6,601	1,744	233,060
1998	Portugal	9,477,292	47,540	199	46,428	2	1,935	3,272	651	89,061
1998	Puerto Rico	3,800,000	26,727	142	25,964	1	816	2,486	328	61,248
1998	Réunion	687,200	2,758	249	2,703	0	125	216	34	5,640
1998	Rodrigues	35,018	35	1,001	32	-9	2	4	1	62
1998	Romania	22,607,620	37,452	604	36,680	3	1,809	2,647	483	82,198
1998	Rota	2,574	10	257	9	0	1	3	1	54
1998	Russia	147,987,101	100,012	1,480	92,722	17	13,861	10,190	760	254,612
1998	Rwanda	7,883,000	5,633	1,399	5,163	10	813	945	80	17,779
1998	Saba	1,000	1	1,000	1	0	0	1	0	6
1998	St. Eustatius	1,500	19	79	18	6	2	3	1	34
1998	St. Helena	5,010	160	31	151	6	5	2	2	342
1998	St. Kitts	31,800	168	189	157	4	14	18	3	492
1998	St. Lucia	128,910	715	180	665	2	34	102	9	1,787
1998	St. Maarten	24,000	285	84	269	11	20	42	3	850
1998	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,300	17	371	16	23	0	2	1	25
1998	Saint Vincent	107,600	321	335	299	-2	12	43	7	811
1998	Saipan	55,305	185	299	174	3	17	29	3	554
1998	Samoa	165,195	388	426	370	5	39	62	7	1,127
1998	San Marino	25,515	178	143	177	5	6	18	2	273
1998	São Tomé and Príncipe	133,379	266	501	242	12	15	50	3	808
1998	Senegal	9,000,000	842	10,689	817	3	46	143	20	2,000
1998	Seychelles	78,064	193	404	174	13	11	23	3	429
1998	Sierra Leone	4,510,000	912	4,945	696	-7	55	136	19	2,486
1998	Slovakia	5,390,657	12,880	419	12,411	0	449	499	193	24,334
1998	Slovenia	1,983,351	1,873	1,059	1,833	3	70	217	31	3,095
1998	Solomon Islands	415,000	1,504	276	1,400	7	115	216	41	5,414
1998	South Africa	37,900,000	66,732	568	62,408	3	4,152	6,911	1,308	154,040
1998	Spain	39,669,394	103,784	382	97,384	-1	2,350	10,133	1,300	155,723
1998	Sri Lanka	18,600,000	3,111	5,979	2,735	11	395	322	52	7,568
1998	Suriname	430,230	1,936	222	1,875	5	83	238	32	5,867
1998	Swaziland	912,876	2,024	451	1,871	2	145	259	67	5,267
1998	Sweden	8,852,287	24,292	364	23,366	-1	525	1,999	353	36,739
1998	Switzerland	7,096,800	18,528	385	18,023	-1	414	1,038	308	28,930
1998	Tahiti	219,521	1,933	114	1,897	1	78	138	38	5,294
1998	Taiwan	21,300,000	3,691	5,771	3,576	8	281	902	53	9,013
1998	Tajikistan	6,013,855	250	24,055	220	25	54	15	1	673
1998	Tanzania	29,000,000	7,377	3,931	6,914	7	703	1,174	167	21,126
1998	Thailand	60,816,227	1,840	33,052	1,744	5	144	285	52	3,742
1998	Togo	4,406,000	10,748	410	10,233	4	818	1,268	156	39,363
1998	Tokelau	1,487	6	248	5	25	0	0	1	17
1998	Tonga	97,466	108	902	98	21	12	22	3	320
1998	Trinidad & Tobago	1,269,155	7,802	163	7,576	3	415	1,122	85	20,843
1998	Turkey	66,000,000	1,529	43,165	1,498	6	101	185	23	2,569
1998	Turks and Caicos	16,249	117	139	104	-7	2	8	3	454
1998	Tuvalu	9,403	49	192	40	-11	1	4	3	189
1998	Uganda	20,810,000	2,191	9,498	2,081	10	220	280	33	6,822
1998	Ukraine	50,499,900	101,755	496	90,076	15	11,768	8,633	823	229,328
1998	United States	269,295,000	1,040,283	259	944,218	2	37,351	105,151	11,064	2,066,919
1998	Uruguay	3,030,000	10,422	291	10,310	1	574	865	136	22,434
1998	Vanuatu	185,000	276	670	248	17	14	21	3	1,568
1998	Venezuela	24,200,000	82,779	292	77,323	3	5,219	11,958	1,104	253,084
1998	Virgin Islands, British	17,000	159	107	148	6	7	23	2	601
1998	Virgin Islands, U.S.	101,800	657	155	630	5	24	80	9	1,852
1998	Wallis & Futuna Islands	15,000	44	341	36	80	6	6	1	105
1998	Yap	10,974	32	343	29	4	3	7	1	193
1998	Yugoslavia, F. R.	10,546,983	3,986	2,646	3,883	5	288	578	51	8,560
1998	Zambia	10,073,537	104,096	97	92,298	5	4,678	10,736	2,060	411,017
1998	Zimbabwe	12,684,679	28,063	452	25,848	3	2,301	3,065	817	66,360
1998	30 Other Lands		24,422		21,661	6	1,662	2,036	476	56,164
1998	Grand Total		5,888,650		5,544,059	3.6	316,092	698,781	87,644	13,896,312