2004 Service Year Report

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2004 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
2004	Alaska	660,000	2,309	286	2,225	-1	69	242	26	4,766
2004	Albania	3,070,000	3,419	898	3,268	12	359	983	75	15,412
2004	American Samoa	57,902	202	287	182	0	9	23	2	791
2004	Andorra	72,320	175	413	154	11	2	20	2	306
2004	Angola	13,000,000	54,652	238	52,218	6	4,470	5,822	779	256,072
2004	Anguilla	11,430	35	327	34	3	0	7	1	261
2004	Antigua	75,741	404	187	385	7	16	39	5	1,330
2004	Argentina	36,223,947	130,156	278	127,579	1	5,384	17,431	1,751	287,887
2004	Armenia	3,312,400	8,690	381	8,343	6	555	1,753	64	20,317
2004	Aruba	96,856	720	135	707	2	30	60	10	2,356
2004	Australia	20,061,774	62,011	324	60,533	0	2,176	5,019	768	114,373
2004	Austria	8,065,166	20,322	397	20,156	0	428	1,587	298	34,700
2004	Azerbaijan	8,265,700	452	18,287	423	19	55	92	2	983
2004	Azores	243,068	611	398	587	4	33	76	15	1,457
2004	Bahamas	304,913	1,511	202	1,435	3	53	183	27	4,043
2004	Bangladesh	141,340,476	106	1,333,401	99	4	3	18	2	258
2004	Barbados	277,264	2,362	117	2,327	-1	42	227	29	6,151
2004	Belarus	9,849,100	3,756	2,622	3,637	5	186	774	38	8,323
2004	Belau	20,164	98	206	93	0	2	30	1	385
2004	Belgium	10,396,421	24,985	416	23,909	0	483	1,626	374	45,991
2004	Belize	270,000	1,628	166	1,538	10	120	256	35	6,986
2004	Benin	6,769,914	7,971	849	7,498	7	463	1,262	153	34,522
2004	Bermuda	64,935	482	135	454	3	8	72	5	1,135
2004	Bolivia	8,879,600	17,459	509	16,905	1	1,011	2,658	206	61,121
2004	Bonaire	12,849	66	195	59	13	1	4	1	196
2004	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,130,000	1,134	3,642	1,093	2	64	258	14	2,268
2004	Botswana	1,680,863	1,451	1,158	1,333	6	42	163	36	4,374
2004	Brazil	181,586,030	621,541	292	596,355	4	33,029	67,957	9,415	1,622,652
2004	Britain	58,081,288	125,546	463	120,514	0	2,573	10,576	1,492	219,231
2004	Bulgaria	7,928,901	1,410	5,623	1,383	5	96	258	21	3,724
2004	Burkina Faso	12,202,704	1,137	10,732	1,085	5	50	155	26	3,506
2004	Burundi	7,457,000	5,459	1,366	5,234	11	476	928	94	19,612
2004	Cambodia	13,542,410	193	70,168	172	19	16	77	3	790
2004	Cameroon	17,211,280	30,059	573	29,249	3	1,380	2,821	632	93,341
2004	Canada	31,793,904	110,221	288	108,012	0	2,210	11,320	1,325	187,649
2004	Cape Verde	467,680	1,590	294	1,569	0	75	313	31	6,680
2004	Cayman Islands	42,599	182	234	170	4	5	16	3	614
2004	Central African Republic	3,800,000	2,426	1,566	2,350	1	132	411	53	16,184
2004	Chad	8,000,000	637	12,559	586	-3	19	90	18	4,787
2004	Chile	15,116,435	70,522	214	64,079	2	3,294	9,444	743	168,917
2004	Chuuk	63,525	66	963	61	5	4	34	3	701
2004	Colombia	45,888,729	125,922	364	120,175	2	6,171	15,748	1,812	414,205
2004	Congo, Dem. Republic of	53,400,000	126,912	421	122,976	5	8,260	13,632	2,943	783,731
2004	Congo, Republic of	3,800,000	4,615	823	4,252	3	290	486	78	24,959
2004	Cook Islands	19,200	186	103	167	5	11	22	2	590
2004	Costa Rica	4,133,001	20,637	200	19,694	1	865	1,581	267	53,919
2004	Côte d’Ivoire	18,671,609	6,776	2,756	6,528	4	447	1,041	157	27,006
2004	Croatia	4,437,460	5,471	811	5,409	0	119	655	71	10,190
2004	Cuba	11,217,100	88,940	126	88,472	1	3,415	11,298	1,288	196,869
2004	Curaçao	133,700	1,431	93	1,398	1	42	141	20	4,218
2004	Cyprus	730,400	1,938	377	1,904	2	66	233	25	3,671
2004	Czech Republic	10,210,168	15,779	647	15,649	0	302	1,171	231	29,281
2004	Denmark	5,397,640	14,422	374	14,309	-1	201	1,093	205	22,539
2004	Dominica	71,794	358	201	337	7	19	48	8	1,076
2004	Dominican Republic	8,949,725	25,635	349	25,055	2	1,129	4,690	359	101,819
2004	East Timor	800,000	42	19,048	38	0	5	21	1	253
2004	Ecuador	12,842,576	51,007	252	48,560	6	3,035	8,175	641	199,149
2004	El Salvador	6,757,408	30,215	224	28,946	1	1,182	2,393	525	83,915
2004	Equatorial Guinea	1,085,000	906	1,198	835	6	66	179	14	3,672
2004	Estonia	1,366,723	4,079	335	4,037	2	196	555	49	8,082
2004	Ethiopia	70,000,000	7,307	9,580	7,191	5	493	1,484	141	21,087
2004	Falkland Islands	2,967	5	593	5	0	0	0	1	18
2004	Faroe Islands	47,704	91	524	89	-1	2	30	4	133
2004	Fiji	806,217	2,007	402	1,949	2	97	244	34	8,191
2004	Finland	5,219,732	19,247	271	19,094	0	339	1,912	300	27,896
2004	France	60,434,000	118,228	511	113,038	1	2,483	9,147	1,491	207,828
2004	French Guiana	172,500	1,680	103	1,621	5	99	212	27	7,437
2004	Gabon	1,318,000	2,725	484	2,356	5	149	310	36	9,750
2004	Gambia	1,500,000	165	9,091	159	7	1	34	3	469
2004	Georgia	4,371,535	15,689	279	14,863	1	697	2,261	149	29,475
2004	Germany	82,488,700	165,201	499	163,092	0	3,877	12,008	2,196	284,573
2004	Ghana	20,363,349	75,005	271	72,624	3	4,110	6,607	1,178	272,692
2004	Gibraltar	28,605	104	275	91	2	1	8	2	177
2004	Greece	10,539,771	28,044	376	27,959	0	620	3,349	378	45,426
2004	Greenland	56,854	137	415	127	-7	1	23	7	280
2004	Grenada	89,258	601	149	584	-3	13	74	9	1,581
2004	Guadeloupe	422,496	7,673	55	7,508	0	212	582	112	19,618
2004	Guam	154,805	635	244	617	0	27	154	10	2,071
2004	Guatemala	11,514,755	23,064	499	22,217	2	1,109	2,349	332	71,405
2004	Guinea	9,246,462	873	10,592	729	6	63	130	20	3,554
2004	Guinea-Bissau	1,300,000	103	12,621	94	13	12	33	4	566
2004	Guyana	777,648	2,163	360	2,093	0	100	238	37	11,246
2004	Haiti	8,304,062	13,275	626	12,311	2	845	1,551	213	78,725
2004	Hawaii	1,257,608	7,897	159	7,698	0	344	1,244	98	19,192
2004	Honduras	7,361,931	15,210	484	14,454	5	834	1,877	221	51,534
2004	Hong Kong	6,600,000	4,578	1,442	4,507	0	146	883	48	9,241
2004	Hungary	10,103,000	21,979	460	20,876	0	659	1,665	251	43,298
2004	Iceland	290,570	284	1,023	278	-1	7	30	6	543
2004	India	1,070,471,400	25,353	42,223	23,583	3	1,214	1,735	435	61,538
2004	Indonesia	215,768,324	18,500	11,663	17,564	5	1,056	1,712	407	44,357
2004	Ireland	5,746,428	4,897	1,173	4,757	2	122	629	114	9,196
2004	Israel	10,608,000	1,247	8,507	1,201	-3	59	92	16	2,438
2004	Italy	57,888,245	233,527	248	230,880	0	5,107	32,826	3,049	433,242
2004	Jamaica	2,599,000	11,078	235	10,685	1	401	1,121	196	40,987
2004	Japan	126,824,166	217,555	583	217,097	0	6,055	71,158	3,163	348,397
2004	Kazakhstan	15,000,000	14,181	1,058	13,606	4	1,116	2,189	144	31,699
2004	Kenya	32,000,000	19,314	1,657	18,044	5	1,450	3,224	453	53,779
2004	Kiribati	78,300	76	1,030	64	-9	3	13	1	319
2004	Korea, Republic of	48,199,277	90,936	530	90,282	1	2,973	39,314	1,396	138,323
2004	Kosovo	2,350,000	124	18,952	115	26	22	40	4	534
2004	Kosrae	9,728	30	324	25	4	0	6	1	147
2004	Kyrgyzstan	5,081,429	3,891	1,306	3,622	6	266	639	36	8,669
2004	Latvia	2,311,400	2,345	986	2,281	2	127	461	38	4,643
2004	Lebanon	3,653,000	3,567	1,024	3,535	1	90	241	70	6,635
2004	Lesotho	2,333,846	3,133	745	2,978	2	151	387	63	8,198
2004	Liberia	3,390,635	4,356	778	4,008	12	408	829	79	27,926
2004	Liechtenstein	34,294	57	602	49	2	0	2	1	95
2004	Lithuania	3,500,000	2,854	1,226	2,732	1	142	464	37	5,887
2004	Luxembourg	521,719	1,785	292	1,752	0	28	131	32	3,524
2004	Macao	500,000	109	4,587	107	-2	2	20	2	285
2004	Macedonia	2,000,000	1,087	1,840	1,060	3	35	145	16	3,059
2004	Madagascar	16,681,000	14,716	1,134	14,282	8	1,343	2,741	311	78,210
2004	Madeira	246,334	1,113	221	1,089	0	27	82	18	2,134
2004	Malawi	11,937,934	63,592	188	58,620	6	4,581	7,161	965	193,063
2004	Malaysia	24,698,000	2,490	9,919	2,427	3	136	442	54	6,557
2004	Mali	12,400,000	244	50,820	215	8	8	53	7	963
2004	Malta	386,350	574	673	545	-1	9	52	7	983
2004	Marshall Islands	71,056	212	335	206	1	10	62	5	1,278
2004	Martinique	380,460	4,111	93	4,024	0	105	445	52	9,846
2004	Mauritius	1,169,303	1,514	772	1,477	3	40	134	25	3,641
2004	Mayotte	160,265	62	2,585	50	-2	0	5	1	122
2004	Mexico	105,441,657	585,865	180	581,651	5	22,608	72,392	11,047	1,753,645
2004	Moldova	4,228,900	18,107	234	17,702	-1	801	1,764	224	41,053
2004	Mongolia	2,540,000	91	27,912	84	22	11	31	1	460
2004	Montserrat	3,000	11	273	8	14	0	1	1	43
2004	Mozambique	18,972,396	40,456	469	38,260	1	2,845	5,768	901	179,218
2004	Myanmar	53,490,000	3,086	17,333	2,938	0	81	240	97	7,014
2004	Namibia	1,830,330	1,293	1,416	1,189	4	66	146	27	3,786
2004	Nauru	10,600	3	3,533	2	-33	0	0	1	38
2004	Nepal	25,100,000	663	37,858	630	9	68	113	9	2,518
2004	Netherlands	16,280,801	31,390	519	29,632	0	677	1,853	421	53,830
2004	Nevis	10,080	53	190	49	-6	1	3	1	197
2004	New Caledonia	220,000	1,636	134	1,563	1	65	169	22	5,453
2004	New Zealand	4,061,000	13,632	298	12,943	1	383	1,166	168	26,850
2004	Nicaragua	5,450,000	18,159	300	16,977	5	979	2,264	321	74,275
2004	Niger	11,360,538	243	46,751	227	4	22	48	7	1,348
2004	Nigeria	126,635,626	270,608	468	256,024	2	11,180	33,075	4,676	637,091
2004	Niue	1,400	29	48	27	4	1	4	1	89
2004	Norfolk Island	2,601	13	200	13	0	0	1	1	20
2004	Norway	4,582,600	10,018	457	9,638	0	193	643	174	16,607
2004	Pakistan	159,196,336	826	192,732	692	6	65	68	14	2,823
2004	Panama	3,172,380	11,262	282	10,592	3	519	1,545	230	36,258
2004	Papua New Guinea	5,774,507	3,579	1,613	3,110	1	125	349	54	19,539
2004	Paraguay	6,100,181	8,412	725	7,667	3	451	1,173	110	20,157
2004	Peru	27,545,400	93,145	296	83,755	5	5,687	22,061	954	292,575
2004	Philippines	82,000,000	144,738	567	142,313	1	6,415	27,744	3,419	438,418
2004	Pohnpei	39,721	82	484	75	10	1	18	1	422
2004	Poland	38,632,453	128,616	300	127,377	1	4,261	8,539	1,794	237,134
2004	Portugal	9,922,638	48,555	204	47,896	0	1,266	4,153	653	99,910
2004	Puerto Rico	3,937,316	25,014	157	24,752	0	741	2,790	325	59,818
2004	Réunion	766,214	2,625	292	2,567	-1	73	254	35	5,766
2004	Rodrigues	36,085	38	950	33	10	0	3	1	74
2004	Romania	21,680,974	38,636	561	38,361	-1	1,310	3,529	567	84,201
2004	Rota	2,899	9	322	7	17	0	2	1	37
2004	Russia	143,782,338	138,552	1,038	132,978	5	7,745	23,771	1,342	283,110
2004	Rwanda	8,162,715	12,704	643	11,431	8	1,117	2,611	261	54,866
2004	Saba	1,600	6	267	4	33	0	1	0	20
2004	St. Eustatius	2,900	18	161	15	25	0	3	1	68
2004	St. Helena	3,863	136	28	129	4	0	2	3	326
2004	St. Kitts	31,800	171	186	161	5	6	21	3	589
2004	St. Lucia	162,157	709	229	662	-3	31	102	10	2,066
2004	St. Maarten	40,000	298	134	276	3	15	56	3	1,067
2004	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,316	16	395	16	-6	0	2	1	28
2004	Saint Vincent	109,022	311	351	301	4	22	44	9	1,035
2004	Saipan	71,400	161	443	157	1	7	35	2	562
2004	Samoa	177,714	403	441	570	6	13	63	8	1,815
2004	San Marino	26,266	181	145	179	-1	6	24	2	334
2004	São Tomé and Príncipe	180,888	404	448	589	6	24	3	8	1,651
2004	Senegal	10,260,000	1,000	10,260	966	3	44	192	25	2,787
2004	Serbia & Montenegro	8,129,395	3,999	2,033	3,936	2	109	584	57	8,820
2004	Seychelles	79,879	254	314	230	6	17	34	4	758
2004	Sierra Leone	5,883,889	1,422	4,138	1,257	9	69	163	32	7,594
2004	Slovakia	5,380,053	12,100	445	11,933	-1	261	478	160	23,146
2004	Slovenia	1,996,370	1,876	1,064	1,853	1	42	225	29	3,114
2004	Solomon Islands	460,110	1,890	243	1,844	3	89	332	42	7,349
2004	South Africa	46,586,607	76,406	610	73,047	1	3,088	9,155	1,492	193,661
2004	Spain	42,717,064	105,255	406	98,922	1	1,735	11,680	1,362	178,818
2004	Sri Lanka	19,300,000	3,708	5,205	3,613	1	222	401	73	9,071
2004	Suriname	438,026	2,004	219	1,990	0	66	272	39	7,218
2004	Swaziland	929,718	2,269	410	2,122	3	96	280	62	7,001
2004	Sweden	8,997,335	22,458	401	22,178	-1	414	2,077	327	36,609
2004	Switzerland	7,379,200	17,815	414	17,079	0	348	996	286	30,564
2004	Tahiti	245,516	1,746	141	1,722	1	86	154	25	5,788
2004	Taiwan	22,653,642	5,281	4,290	5,091	7	288	1,413	75	12,548
2004	Tajikistan	6,127,000	468	13,092	422	17	105	122	4	1,149
2004	Tanzania	36,510,219	13,416	2,721	12,049	7	1,143	2,099	366	51,323
2004	Thailand	64,870,000	2,166	29,949	2,122	3	76	385	62	5,246
2004	Tinian	2,740	15	183	14	-7	0	5	1	50
2004	Togo	5,025,540	13,375	376	12,796	4	798	1,624	213	53,884
2004	Tonga	102,371	196	522	181	3	14	29	5	621
2004	Trinidad & Tobago	1,289,141	8,185	158	8,069	0	256	1,273	101	23,199
2004	Turkey	67,803,927	1,740	38,968	1,697	3	79	215	32	3,298
2004	Turks and Caicos	19,956	139	144	125	6	5	17	3	486
2004	Tuvalu	9,403	54	174	43	13	0	2	3	117
2004	Uganda	25,000,000	3,743	6,679	3,513	10	358	604	90	13,248
2004	Ukraine	47,441,000	133,152	356	127,761	3	6,652	17,562	1,401	279,353
2004	United States	288,903,351	1,019,696	283	992,809	0	30,576	125,982	12,078	2,303,015
2004	Uruguay	3,030,000	11,008	275	10,877	2	497	846	153	25,699
2004	Vanuatu	211,000	311	678	289	0	6	32	7	1,980
2004	Venezuela	26,011,853	97,022	268	93,979	3	4,003	15,989	1,294	341,806
2004	Virgin Islands, British	20,647	191	108	180	-2	4	31	3	708
2004	Virgin Islands, U.S.	109,343	640	171	607	0	18	106	9	1,834
2004	Wallis & Futuna Islands	15,880	77	206	69	19	6	8	1	472
2004	Yap	11,241	27	416	25	-11	1	10	1	134
2004	Zambia	12,476,082	123,579	101	118,068	3	7,758	12,942	2,136	570,381
2004	Zimbabwe	11,374,540	31,134	365	29,745	2	2,160	3,969	888	78,449
2004	29 Other Lands		12,325		11,376	7	1,376	2,195	262	28,129
2004	Grand Total (235 Lands)		6,513,132		6,308,341	2	262,416	858,461	96,894	16,760,607