1999 Service Year Report

Service Year Report for Jehovah's Witnesses

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1999 Service Year Report

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YearCountry or TerritoryPopulationPeak PublishersRatio, 1 Publisher toAverage Publishers% IncreaseBaptismsAverage Pioneer PublishersCongregationsMemorial Attendance
1999Alaska653,0002,2482902,037-171189294,586
1999Albania3,262,0001,8051,8071,64127400526388,971
1999American Samoa62,90020331019366273597
1999Andorra65,87716839214121192255
1999Angola13,009,00040,27232338,39584,2935,262678155,031
1999Anguilla10,00038263297341140
1999Antigua65,9523801743422154751,037
1999Argentina36,124,931120,849299117,80915,89514,1581,690252,412
1999Armenia3,774,0005,2547184,874205438893916,027
1999Aruba95,6506431496097253381,914
1999Australia19,000,00061,27331059,768-11,8225,126770109,040
1999Austria8,102,00020,57730420,335-14941,58429933,099
1999Azores244,968538455517-11957151,187
1999Bahamas255,0551,4561751,363140168263,254
1999Bangladesh127,609,000971,315,5578549122190
1999Barbados260,4902,3201122,260160213255,172
1999Belarus10,298,0002,5504,0382,41210283332266,413
1999Belau18,4677325369136181341
1999Belgium10,213,75226,04839225,395-25291,83737746,193
1999Belize230,0001,1531991,110-273158274,552
1999Benin5,532,0005,8259505,758648382611823,768
1999Bermuda62,472429146396-311575949
1999Bolivia8,137,11315,38852914,59641,3982,86423853,312
1999Bonaire14,76369214635921229
1999Bosnia and Herzegovina4,204,3009834,2779251076241112,090
1999Botswana1,611,0211,1271,4291,045248106263,002
1999Brazil163,670,000528,034310483,113443,09848,3397,7301,260,961
1999Britain59,093,450126,535467121,723-12,84410,6861,454215,423
1999Bulgaria8,329,0001,0128,230982486118172,268
1999Burkina Faso10,352,00099810,373884879159222,557
1999Burundi6,194,2202,7782,2302,54122491343498,857
1999Cambodia11,400,00043265,11633325171213
1999Cameroon14,859,00027,02155026,29541,5352,13462181,696
1999Canada30,452,144111,032274108,437-12,46710,6661,384182,327
1999Cape Verde405,7481,4152871,3843146229245,020
1999Cayman Islands32,000139230124135141324
1999Central African Republic3,915,0002,3051,6982,27022283995212,789
1999Chad7,000,00060411,589550351109173,420
1999Chile15,017,76059,51925255,41533,3188,133645142,591
1999Chuuk70,381561,2575220213663
1999Colombia40,826,816102,87339796,452109,78211,8771,480385,645
1999Comoros630,000878,7506011027
1999Congo, Dem. Republic of50,000,000113,24844295,319112,72112,8552,618446,362
1999Congo, Republic of2,900,0004,0017253,155-122460110715,085
1999Cook Islands19,103144133136126192377
1999Costa Rica3,558,69719,25718518,58711,5061,54023946,494
1999Côte d’Ivoire15,903,0786,0782,6165,81836541,00814921,638
1999Croatia4,784,2655,3578935,2571227692709,753
1999Cuba11,157,00085,71413083,94056,11413,0891,252174,142
1999Curaçao139,6501,514921,474-340126203,825
1999Cyprus663,3001,7963691,778164246223,229
1999Czech Republic10,283,24516,30163116,058-14371,05424331,435
1999Denmark5,319,11115,07135314,700-22611,16622122,898
1999Dominica71,794354203334-1134281,102
1999Dominican Republic8,359,55622,90636521,68431,1774,13734272,679
1999Ecuador12,411,23240,03731037,96064,0116,401526155,714
1999El Salvador6,154,31127,99022026,18341,6082,53847476,124
1999Equatorial Guinea462,107645716563105782113,497
1999Estonia1,445,5803,7453863,6001246462458,103
1999Ethiopia60,000,0006,1189,8075,79034709279515,987
1999Falkland Islands2,22182787001112
1999Faroe Islands44,9587659271-10234123
1999Fiji775,0772,0093861,9281137244316,676
1999Finland5,159,64619,55726419,26904151,80330427,935
1999France58,416,500118,079495114,918-32,2457,4941,626204,312
1999French Guiana157,2741,5111041,477184185225,077
1999Gabon1,014,9762,2264561,9771478275457,978
1999Gambia1,200,0001329,0911102514213296
1999Georgia5,441,00014,08538613,20981,3041,81113236,669
1999Germany82,037,011167,497490164,263-13,75110,5342,114270,956
1999Ghana19,755,94261,17632358,86074,8165,953988202,167
1999Gibraltar27,025113239101-40102179
1999Greece10,259,90027,32737527,21415662,98642542,879
1999Greenland56,087158355146-53327309
1999Grenada110,0006311746073216981,277
1999Guadeloupe422,0007,675557,483-224344210316,595
1999Guam163,517619264602-138134111,984
1999Guatemala9,526,00020,32346918,61341,3802,04027155,330
1999Guinea6,960,00069210,058619-1355136192,182
1999Guinea-Bissau1,300,00011111,71265-41271316
1999Guyana777,6482,0733751,980399262368,462
1999Haiti7,300,00012,07060511,05337401,26121447,214
1999Hawaii1,193,0017,6731557,409-12151,1609517,865
1999Honduras6,260,00012,00252211,07458281,39916338,933
1999Hong Kong6,600,0004,4501,4834,3352257886437,307
1999Hungary10,135,00020,76248819,81831,2221,83524041,064
1999Iceland275,26432883932123318552
1999India989,227,23621,21246,63519,61461,6081,87649447,081
1999Ireland5,379,9004,5821,1744,4830826071137,996
1999Israel9,095,0009929,168950108596122,162
1999Italy57,563,000228,566252225,10405,84730,6743,031395,497
1999Jamaica2,502,03011,03022710,50925451,11418831,443
1999Japan125,860,006222,857565222,07805,34381,1253,732357,053
1999Kazakhstan16,471,00012,5851,30911,79451,4151,38010931,941
1999Kenya29,500,00014,2382,07213,40381,9272,55025134,539
1999Kiribati78,3008988080195161246
1999Korea, Republic of46,858,45387,17953786,25624,99732,0841,502136,671
1999Kosrae8,98919473160031140
1999Kyrgyzstan4,576,0003,6371,2583,4826355380328,400
1999Latvia2,432,2001,9651,2381,8368205321264,193
1999Lebanon3,505,7943,5299933,474-1100281706,459
1999Lesotho2,109,0802,5738202,3698156330586,806
1999Liberia2,880,0002,8999932,754193736154614,079
1999Libya5,648,00031,882,6672-6700019
1999Liechtenstein31,3205953152403189
1999Lithuania3,704,0002,3471,5782,1759224319245,091
1999Luxembourg498,2001,9172601,869048141333,451
1999Macao500,0001393,59712705292256
1999Macedonia1,965,0189602,047916983119162,606
1999Madagascar14,750,24410,4111,41710,11781,1831,88122546,392
1999Madeira260,4271,0802411,04816179162,072
1999Malawi11,500,00043,76726342,02024,3545,459658115,475
1999Malaysia22,711,9002,04611,1012,0105146339465,245
1999Mali11,500,00020855,288174412577763
1999Malta376,340532707523-220566901
1999Marshall Islands63,3192053091981175141,239
1999Martinique380,4604,031943,912-2113338478,648
1999Mauritius1,131,9431,3178591,284173103193,146
1999Mayotte137,320592,3275362122116
1999Mexico97,637,919526,478185515,785230,62262,35911,3291,589,906
1999Moldova4,293,70016,73925716,01381,6081,37716338,924
1999Mongolia2,579,00018143,278158804183
1999Montserrat3,000837571702136
1999Mozambique17,299,18430,69656428,92352,0635,121691104,922
1999Myanmar47,500,0002,57118,4752,51631483141016,076
1999Namibia1,749,9539631,81785816576192,345
1999Nauru10,60091,1787-2201187
1999Nepal23,698,00038561,5533629405841,208
1999Netherlands15,760,22531,42050229,596-25541,84841952,078
1999Nevis10,080541875111171143
1999New Caledonia200,0001,5781271,489-357128234,326
1999New Zealand3,781,30013,02229012,54804551,27116425,489
1999Nicaragua4,900,00014,41034013,63219631,74523961,205
1999Niger7,490,00023232,284212-2144471,179
1999Nigeria107,129,469226,353473216,173417,44930,9364,229558,595
1999Niue2,088316728-1303149
1999Norfolk Island1,8872190162301129
1999Norway4,459,5659,8004559,458-116458217516,173
1999Pakistan133,191,600501265,851460125871101,869
1999Panama2,809,2809,6952909,08514771,34619528,835
1999Papua New Guinea4,616,3023,4341,3443,06522853155215,973
1999Paraguay5,335,8426,8837756,14555409539013,864
1999Peru24,800,76869,96535462,69085,90814,515750235,770
1999Philippines73,000,000132,496551128,10628,83622,7063,486407,094
1999Pohnpei40,0786759863-50131600
1999Poland38,665,000124,074312123,052-14,0706,6591,756232,374
1999Portugal9,473,29947,20620146,59101,5893,51665088,715
1999Puerto Rico3,800,00025,57814925,142-31,1522,52932861,293
1999Réunion705,0722,7012612,604-475219375,515
1999Rodrigues35,3324088333305176
1999Romania22,488,59537,91559337,33221,6913,01652783,095
1999Rota2,62592929001158
1999Russia147,739,000107,1111,379102,5131112,34112,843904259,093
1999Rwanda7,883,0006,8281,1555,969167601,1569220,875
1999Saba1,00011,000100107
1999St. Eustatius1,500169415-1701133
1999St. Helena4,97115332145-4123340
1999St. Kitts31,800156204141-1013153402
1999St. Lucia138,15072119266504610991,758
1999St. Maarten24,00028285276321413876
1999St. Pierre and Miquelon6,3001737116002126
1999Saint Vincent 107,600307350286-47427760
1999Saipan69,421176394163-68242559
1999Samoa169,3713994243772447171,294
1999San Marino25,60018413918028202284
1999São Tomé and Príncipe150,1232755462505505461,014
1999Senegal9,100,00086310,545827144145212,132
1999Seychelles76,1812133581941132203517
1999Sierra Leone4,510,0008065,596734579123152,359
1999Slovakia5,395,10012,41643512,263-138556418324,016
1999Slovenia1,979,6801,8661,0611,836056226303,089
1999Solomon Islands442,4041,5622831,4876141232395,895
1999South Africa40,583,57367,06960564,38834,5417,7341,331157,131
1999Spain39,852,651102,85338796,259-11,89710,5421,313156,532
1999Sri Lanka18,600,0003,1715,8662,9317299383698,196
1999Suriname438,0261,9782211,9323141251355,923
1999Swaziland980,7222,0294831,9243134277635,604
1999Sweden8,857,36123,55937622,869-24612,09734436,599
1999Switzerland7,114,60018,07739417,638-24071,07430029,882
1999Tahiti219,5211,8741171,837-348146345,106
1999Taiwan21,500,0003,9645,4243,7756223970569,142
1999Tajikistan5,927,00030919,1812411029211653
1999Tanzania30,000,0008,4083,5687,45788591,30818822,667
1999Thailand61,466,1781,82733,6431,7752130293544,032
1999Tinian5,0002025014015140
1999Togo4,406,00011,01140010,50237411,31915744,322
1999Tokelau1,50053005000120
1999Tonga97,7841287641111310233332
1999Trinidad & Tobago1,274,7998,0101597,86044171,3169120,112
1999Turkey68,000,0001,55943,6181,536352209232,619
1999Turks and Caicos16,86313112911713693411
1999Tuvalu9,4034520935-13053192
1999Uganda21,345,0002,3709,0062,2106185274346,702
1999Ukraine50,105,600107,04546899,9981112,32011,259937247,193
1999United States271,724,159980,419277940,650032,585112,18211,2572,073,368
1999Uruguay3,030,00010,55028710,385138584113723,096
1999Vanuatu185,0002806612646142361,401
1999Venezuela24,500,00084,95828879,39034,97312,7451,185261,878
1999Virgin Islands, British17,00016910115444242516
1999Virgin Islands, U.S.104,000628166614-3368091,859
1999Wallis & Futuna Islands15,000463264011171197
1999Yap11,1743037227-7091217
1999Yugoslavia, F. R.10,546,9834,0262,6203,8880198541526,296
1999Zambia10,347,116107,2339696,54457,65411,0462,089399,302
1999Zimbabwe12,684,67926,97647026,12611,7413,16085665,521
199929 Other Lands25,22123,1126.71,5442,26149356,527
1999Grand Total5,912,4925,653,9872323,439738,34389,98514,088,751