2000 Service Year Report

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2000 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
2000	Alaska	653,000	2,133	306	1,983	-3	55	211	29	4,626
2000	Albania	3,262,000	2,160	1,510	1,969	20	366	620	48	10,864
2000	American Samoa	62,900	185	340	170	-12	0	20	2	570
2000	Andorra	65,971	155	426	138	-2	2	20	2	313
2000	Angola	12,630,000	43,183	292	41,222	7	4,755	5,657	696	181,002
2000	Anguilla	10,000	45	222	41	41	0	8	1	175
2000	Antigua	65,952	372	177	340	-1	13	45	6	1,123
2000	Argentina	36,124,931	121,367	298	118,659	1	4,791	15,212	1,700	260,570
2000	Armenia	3,344,336	6,387	524	5,834	20	690	1,061	39	18,817
2000	Aruba	97,716	655	149	620	2	32	33	8	1,980
2000	Australia	19,080,797	60,947	313	59,392	-1	1,589	5,526	770	111,954
2000	Austria	8,102,000	20,458	396	20,167	-1	380	1,656	299	33,182
2000	Azerbaijan	7,748,163	215	36,038	190	12	0	30	1	510
2000	Azores	246,868	538	459	516	0	17	68	15	1,295
2000	Bahamas	255,055	1,456	175	1,344	-1	23	180	27	3,451
2000	Bangladesh	126,947,000	97	1,308,732	87	2	5	12	2	234
2000	Barbados	260,490	2,390	109	2,297	2	73	212	25	5,707
2000	Belarus	10,267,000	2,852	3,600	2,651	10	252	412	27	6,950
2000	Belau	18,836	86	219	77	12	5	23	1	349
2000	Belgium	10,239,085	25,647	399	24,809	-2	476	1,932	378	46,360
2000	Belize	230,000	1,206	191	1,134	2	52	160	28	5,017
2000	Benin	5,532,000	6,343	872	6,028	5	471	865	123	27,288
2000	Bermuda	63,022	419	150	383	-3	24	62	5	1,028
2000	Bolivia	8,328,700	17,223	484	15,490	6	1,389	3,244	242	57,962
2000	Bonaire	14,663	65	226	58	-8	5	2	1	193
2000	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,204,300	1,052	3,996	1,008	9	90	271	13	2,333
2000	Botswana	1,651,296	1,169	1,413	1,068	2	87	109	27	3,252
2000	Brazil	165,917,964	536,270	309	506,888	5	30,918	57,823	8,099	1,329,194
2000	Britain	59,093,450	126,297	468	120,592	-1	2,731	11,136	1,461	215,620
2000	Bulgaria	8,329,000	1,135	7,338	1,066	9	95	153	17	2,695
2000	Burkina Faso	10,352,000	1,009	10,260	945	7	66	150	22	2,965
2000	Burundi	6,700,000	3,420	1,959	3,034	19	408	465	51	12,211
2000	Cambodia	11,700,000	70	167,143	57	73	13	30	1	327
2000	Cameroon	15,292,000	27,544	555	26,508	1	1,410	2,353	635	84,428
2000	Canada	30,576,316	111,173	275	107,742	-1	2,316	11,594	1,362	185,389
2000	Cape Verde	416,581	1,483	281	1,416	2	98	237	25	5,256
2000	Cayman Islands	32,000	169	189	128	3	5	12	1	382
2000	Central African Republic	3,500,000	2,398	1,460	2,274	0	152	409	56	13,501
2000	Chad	7,000,000	583	12,007	561	2	46	112	17	3,515
2000	Chile	15,211,308	62,171	245	56,952	3	3,136	9,378	678	154,997
2000	Chuuk	71,789	58	1,238	54	4	2	25	3	746
2000	Colombia	41,963,624	107,613	390	101,390	5	7,952	14,953	1,559	372,216
2000	Comoros	630,000	11	57,273	9	50	0	1	0	38
2000	Congo, Dem. Republic of	50,000,000	118,513	422	103,877	9	8,938	13,677	2,748	584,058
2000	Congo, Republic of	2,900,000	4,050	716	3,477	10	351	672	108	20,102
2000	Cook Islands	19,103	157	122	140	3	6	18	2	387
2000	Costa Rica	3,622,171	19,880	182	18,880	2	742	1,642	239	47,534
2000	Côte d’Ivoire	16,397,607	6,272	2,614	6,011	3	451	989	156	23,398
2000	Croatia	4,784,265	5,330	898	5,283	0	172	751	69	9,859
2000	Cuba	11,180,099	86,874	129	85,872	2	5,994	12,797	1,269	188,623
2000	Curaçao	143,373	1,434	100	1,398	-5	39	118	20	4,003
2000	Cyprus	666,800	1,812	368	1,797	1	66	245	22	3,344
2000	Czech Republic	10,267,668	16,418	625	15,757	-2	401	1,151	240	31,069
2000	Denmark	5,337,344	14,885	359	14,522	-1	197	1,327	217	22,967
2000	Dominica	71,794	347	207	329	-1	20	44	8	993
2000	Dominican Republic	8,568,545	23,284	368	22,369	3	1,442	4,393	352	79,602
2000	Ecuador	12,646,095	43,420	241	40,328	6	3,414	7,256	544	161,185
2000	El Salvador	6,276,037	28,462	221	26,982	3	1,603	2,686	485	75,217
2000	Equatorial Guinea	474,509	768	618	662	18	79	126	12	3,514
2000	Estonia	1,376,700	3,871	356	3,669	2	206	498	47	8,191
2000	Ethiopia	62,000,000	6,166	10,055	5,936	3	411	1,018	95	16,201
2000	Falkland Islands	2,221	6	370	6	-14	0	1	1	19
2000	Faroe Islands	44,817	74	606	67	-6	1	25	4	105
2000	Fiji	775,077	2,009	386	1,886	-2	91	241	31	7,408
2000	Finland	5,171,302	20,120	257	19,366	1	393	1,881	304	27,911
2000	France	59,225,683	115,050	515	112,149	-2	2,114	7,731	1,590	204,237
2000	French Guiana	157,274	1,500	105	1,462	-1	65	196	23	5,293
2000	Gabon	1,200,000	2,237	536	2,069	5	158	298	45	8,980
2000	Gambia	1,300,000	144	9,028	137	25	18	34	3	405
2000	Georgia	5,018,502	14,855	338	14,048	6	1,096	2,143	133	33,790
2000	Germany	82,163,475	165,924	495	162,932	-1	3,497	11,285	2,138	276,333
2000	Ghana	18,412,247	65,828	280	62,821	7	4,828	6,380	1,042	230,469
2000	Gibraltar	27,204	126	216	102	1	2	11	2	159
2000	Greece	10,259,900	27,575	372	27,354	1	683	3,141	411	43,390
2000	Greenland	56,087	144	389	140	-4	2	23	7	289
2000	Grenada	96,000	603	159	582	-4	15	70	8	1,445
2000	Guadeloupe	422,000	7,767	54	7,487	0	189	505	104	17,764
2000	Guam	163,517	616	265	605	0	35	155	10	2,048
2000	Guatemala	9,800,000	20,866	470	19,511	5	1,324	2,234	279	57,463
2000	Guinea	7,466,200	707	10,560	657	6	43	146	19	3,261
2000	Guinea-Bissau	1,200,000	76	15,789	64	-2	4	26	1	475
2000	Guyana	777,648	2,185	356	2,030	3	113	277	37	9,831
2000	Haiti	7,300,000	11,860	616	11,290	2	774	1,372	214	51,419
2000	Hawaii	1,185,497	7,564	157	7,325	-1	191	1,188	95	18,371
2000	Honduras	6,447,000	12,525	515	11,872	7	824	1,626	181	39,291
2000	Hong Kong	6,600,000	4,584	1,440	4,464	3	290	903	44	7,625
2000	Hungary	10,021,000	21,253	472	20,203	2	962	1,887	245	41,865
2000	Iceland	278,702	324	860	310	-3	2	33	7	518
2000	India	1,009,907,766	22,217	45,457	20,572	5	1,479	1,943	513	49,120
2000	Ireland	5,436,500	4,611	1,179	4,456	-1	86	599	115	8,195
2000	Israel	9,100,000	1,077	8,449	1,018	7	77	107	13	2,261
2000	Italy	57,679,955	228,778	252	225,748	0	5,668	32,112	3,024	406,676
2000	Jamaica	2,502,030	11,312	221	10,593	1	522	1,175	191	33,488
2000	Japan	126,071,305	221,364	570	220,538	-1	4,388	77,972	3,538	350,618
2000	Kazakhstan	14,952,400	13,280	1,126	12,581	7	1,206	1,696	117	33,396
2000	Kenya	30,000,000	15,018	1,998	14,289	7	1,463	2,915	280	41,861
2000	Kiribati	78,300	91	860	82	3	4	22	1	393
2000	Korea, Republic of	47,275,000	87,511	540	86,921	1	3,095	34,808	1,460	135,257
2000	Kosrae	9,169	18	509	15	-6	3	3	1	161
2000	Kyrgyzstan	4,685,230	3,805	1,231	3,542	2	331	403	35	8,967
2000	Latvia	2,416,100	2,129	1,135	2,007	9	175	390	28	4,276
2000	Lebanon	3,562,699	3,589	993	3,486	0	96	261	70	6,733
2000	Lesotho	2,144,146	2,612	821	2,408	2	190	333	63	6,422
2000	Liberia	2,957,760	3,425	864	3,118	13	320	682	52	16,875
2000	Libya	4,992,838	12	416,070	6	200	0	1	0	17
2000	Liechtenstein	32,015	55	582	50	-4	0	2	1	102
2000	Lithuania	3,700,000	2,458	1,505	2,330	7	181	375	28	5,404
2000	Luxembourg	504,700	1,850	273	1,816	-3	30	140	32	3,428
2000	Macao	500,000	116	4,310	108	-15	4	26	2	226
2000	Macedonia	2,000,000	1,024	1,953	977	7	62	154	15	2,740
2000	Madagascar	15,163,250	11,186	1,356	10,717	6	858	1,964	243	53,158
2000	Madeira	266,600	1,062	251	1,044	0	35	87	16	2,050
2000	Malawi	10,207,593	46,507	219	44,172	5	2,532	5,528	689	150,754
2000	Malaysia	23,260,000	2,148	10,829	2,069	3	109	357	48	5,638
2000	Mali	11,500,000	202	56,931	171	-2	10	48	6	740
2000	Malta	376,340	557	676	533	2	17	57	7	947
2000	Marshall Islands	64,583	217	298	204	3	26	54	4	1,251
2000	Martinique	380,460	4,019	95	3,899	0	85	337	46	9,026
2000	Mauritius	1,145,196	1,324	865	1,295	1	55	114	20	3,346
2000	Mayotte	137,320	64	2,146	57	8	0	11	2	140
2000	Mexico	98,713,792	533,665	185	526,913	2	27,683	66,766	11,287	1,655,597
2000	Moldova	4,281,500	17,578	244	16,856	5	1,560	1,667	171	41,601
2000	Mongolia	2,621,000	27	97,074	23	53	5	11	1	196
2000	Montserrat	3,000	7	429	5	-29	0	1	1	36
2000	Mozambique	17,242,240	35,050	492	31,725	10	3,579	5,641	777	133,855
2000	Myanmar	50,000,000	2,884	17,337	2,664	6	131	348	105	6,629
2000	Namibia	1,805,227	1,053	1,714	904	5	72	85	19	2,943
2000	Nauru	10,600	7	1,514	5	-29	0	0	1	85
2000	Nepal	23,385,000	430	54,384	393	9	45	69	6	1,177
2000	Netherlands	15,863,950	31,089	510	29,287	-1	575	1,929	415	52,324
2000	Nevis	10,080	59	171	54	6	0	7	1	190
2000	New Caledonia	212,000	1,657	128	1,501	1	64	131	23	4,952
2000	New Zealand	3,831,000	13,168	291	12,461	-1	382	1,265	166	26,144
2000	Nicaragua	4,950,000	14,862	333	14,062	3	1,155	1,877	238	58,398
2000	Niger	7,490,000	235	31,872	220	4	21	43	7	1,336
2000	Nigeria	113,828,587	236,785	481	224,978	4	17,435	33,292	4,354	575,530
2000	Niue	2,088	28	75	26	-7	0	2	1	75
2000	Norfolk Island	1,887	17	111	16	0	0	1	1	22
2000	Norway	4,493,000	9,940	452	9,396	-1	186	615	173	16,303
2000	Pakistan	136,000,000	554	245,487	509	11	61	77	10	2,016
2000	Panama	2,885,703	9,804	294	9,296	2	247	1,436	195	30,729
2000	Papua New Guinea	4,722,477	3,509	1,346	3,050	0	167	329	51	16,347
2000	Paraguay	5,496,450	7,280	755	6,502	6	541	1,054	93	14,777
2000	Peru	25,661,700	74,623	344	67,498	8	6,097	16,816	774	233,358
2000	Philippines	75,000,000	136,396	550	134,257	5	8,924	26,073	3,476	413,023
2000	Pohnpei	40,880	72	568	68	8	1	15	1	517
2000	Poland	38,654,000	125,287	309	122,575	0	3,741	7,488	1,759	235,219
2000	Portugal	9,509,707	47,555	200	46,586	0	1,390	3,763	649	92,072
2000	Puerto Rico	3,800,000	25,884	147	25,021	0	696	2,823	330	60,572
2000	Réunion	715,900	2,608	275	2,557	-2	78	240	35	5,744
2000	Rodrigues	35,546	41	867	36	0	0	6	1	106
2000	Romania	22,455,500	38,659	581	38,179	1	1,770	3,569	549	82,761
2000	Rota	2,678	11	243	9	0	0	4	1	54
2000	Russia	147,307,000	114,284	1,289	109,223	7	10,256	15,279	1,028	267,617
2000	Rwanda	8,342,000	7,889	1,057	7,027	18	803	1,473	137	30,716
2000	Saba	1,000	5	200	3	200	0	2	0	22
2000	St. Eustatius	1,500	16	94	14	-7	0	1	1	32
2000	St. Helena	4,913	146	34	139	-4	1	1	3	362
2000	St. Kitts	31,800	144	221	136	-4	5	21	3	455
2000	St. Lucia	138,150	708	195	675	2	20	111	9	1,967
2000	St. Maarten	24,000	283	85	262	-5	11	44	3	902
2000	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,600	19	347	17	6	0	2	1	30
2000	Saint Vincent	111,380	318	350	295	3	5	50	7	993
2000	Saipan	70,818	185	383	178	9	16	28	2	559
2000	Samoa	170,727	381	448	372	-1	44	84	7	1,309
2000	San Marino	25,061	187	134	182	1	4	16	2	289
2000	São Tomé and Príncipe	154,777	796	523	280	12	46	69	6	1,149
2000	Senegal	9,500,000	911	10,428	861	4	43	169	21	2,293
2000	Seychelles	80,410	225	357	213	10	27	21	4	569
2000	Sierra Leone	5,232,624	880	5,946	811	10	96	142	15	3,299
2000	Slovakia	5,400,637	12,596	429	12,261	0	346	599	178	24,383
2000	Slovenia	1,988,230	1,866	1,066	1,836	0	59	243	30	3,103
2000	Solomon Islands	409,042	1,697	241	1,577	6	178	257	39	6,133
2000	South Africa	43,054,306	70,198	613	65,658	2	4,164	8,199	1,343	168,085
2000	Spain	39,887,240	101,158	394	95,773	-1	2,278	11,378	1,318	159,257
2000	Sri Lanka	18,800,000	3,402	5,526	3,070	5	269	404	72	9,113
2000	Suriname	438,026	2,022	217	1,944	1	118	286	38	6,051
2000	Swaziland	980,722	2,096	468	1,918	0	121	267	57	6,524
2000	Sweden	8,869,255	23,296	381	22,533	-1	425	2,124	336	36,752
2000	Switzerland	7,123,537	17,971	396	17,307	-2	357	1,077	296	29,748
2000	Tahiti	219,521	1,814	121	1,773	-3	40	143	27	5,430
2000	Taiwan	22,000,000	4,127	5,331	4,018	6	247	1,041	58	10,077
2000	Tajikistan	6,440,732	290	22,209	267	11	31	30	3	998
2000	Tanzania	31,861,643	9,318	3,419	8,380	12	894	1,590	211	29,010
2000	Thailand	61,661,701	1,860	33,151	1,814	2	77	311	55	4,305
2000	Tinian	5,100	20	255	14	0	0	6	1	40
2000	Togo	4,629,000	11,617	398	10,981	5	752	1,320	171	45,524
2000	Tokelau	1,700	5	340	4	-20	0	0	1	28
2000	Tonga	100,283	128	783	118	6	10	23	3	385
2000	Trinidad & Tobago	1,293,794	8,142	159	8,007	2	313	1,311	92	22,430
2000	Turkey	68,000,000	1,594	42,660	1,562	2	126	216	24	2,864
2000	Turks and Caicos	17,502	142	123	124	6	9	11	3	439
2000	Tuvalu	9,403	58	162	44	26	2	4	3	136
2000	Uganda	21,894,000	2,582	8,479	2,445	11	223	332	40	8,015
2000	Ukraine	49,456,100	112,720	439	108,184	8	10,306	13,355	1,043	251,953
2000	United States	273,757,676	988,469	277	945,000	0	30,290	127,040	11,426	2,153,268
2000	Uruguay	3,030,000	10,564	287	10,335	0	386	892	139	21,331
2000	Vanuatu	189,000	277	682	262	-1	32	27	5	1,566
2000	Venezuela	24,169,744	87,211	277	82,076	3	4,682	14,283	1,238	285,835
2000	Virgin Islands, British	17,000	166	102	160	4	7	26	2	530
2000	Virgin Islands, U.S.	104,000	651	160	623	1	33	89	9	1,798
2000	Wallis & Futuna Islands	15,000	54	278	47	18	5	8	1	259
2000	Yap	11,397	29	393	25	-7	1	10	1	160
2000	Yugoslavia, F. R.	10,731,000	4,031	2,662	3,919	1	254	607	54	8,878
2000	Zambia	10,657,529	117,654	91	103,569	7	10,455	12,417	2,098	474,933
2000	Zimbabwe	12,652,972	30,270	418	27,164	4	1,919	3,475	874	70,982
2000	28 Other Lands		25,456		23,550	3	1,172	2,470	505	59,850
2000	Grand Total		6,035,564		5,783,003	2.3	288,907	805,205	91,487	14,872,086