2005 Service Year Report

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2005 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
2005	Alaska	660,000	2,340	282	2,160	-3	65	167	26	4,702
2005	Albania	3,135,000	3,556	882	3,483	7	337	729	81	10,144
2005	American Samoa	57,881	198	292	187	3	7	15	2	730
2005	Andorra	78,607	177	444	159	3	3	11	2	297
2005	Angola	13,000,000	58,157	224	55,517	6	4,206	4,442	821	259,412
2005	Anguilla	11,430	41	279	34	0	0	4	2	197
2005	Antigua	75,741	434	175	401	4	16	27	5	1,292
2005	Argentina	36,260,130	131,513	276	128,158	0	4,980	10,735	1,782	287,478
2005	Armenia	3,210,000	8,998	357	8,757	5	654	1,192	71	20,662
2005	Aruba	100,517	743	135	717	1	25	36	10	2,356
2005	Australia	20,111,297	61,444	327	60,399	0	1,284	3,148	775	111,269
2005	Austria	8,065,166	20,436	395	20,205	0	366	988	301	33,776
2005	Azerbaijan	8,200,000	528	15,530	485	15	49	79	4	1,227
2005	Azores	241,876	626	386	605	3	12	53	15	1,427
2005	Bahamas	304,913	1,607	190	1,460	2	44	127	29	3,533
2005	Bangladesh	144,319,628	110	1,311,997	106	7	2	14	2	270
2005	Barbados	277,264	2,372	117	2,315	-1	55	112	29	5,608
2005	Belarus	9,970,688	3,872	2,575	3,789	4	361	525	45	8,126
2005	Belgium	10,445,852	24,749	422	23,739	-1	553	920	373	44,261
2005	Belize	270,000	1,560	173	1,600	4	115	222	42	6,296
2005	Benin	6,769,914	8,366	809	7,836	5	515	865	155	33,612
2005	Bermuda	65,365	443	148	433	-5	12	60	5	1,019
2005	Bolivia	8,857,870	17,843	496	16,918	0	739	1,755	208	60,596
2005	Bonaire	13,393	72	186	66	12	5	5	1	224
2005	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,130,000	1,136	3,636	1,114	2	65	177	15	2,151
2005	Botswana	1,727,372	1,486	1,162	1,410	6	131	110	37	3,803
2005	Brazil	184,184,264	637,655	289	608,963	2	28,683	45,170	9,706	1,527,133
2005	Britain	58,355,789	127,206	459	121,166	1	2,435	7,183	1,500	215,101
2005	Bulgaria	7,928,901	1,500	5,286	1,459	5	90	201	23	3,687
2005	Burkina Faso	12,202,704	1,145	10,657	1,111	2	61	120	27	3,617
2005	Burundi	7,703,000	6,026	1,278	5,689	9	517	668	101	18,982
2005	Cambodia	13,607,069	195	69,780	185	8	17	71	7	1,022
2005	Cameroon	17,000,000	30,361	560	29,986	3	1,480	1,967	601	90,245
2005	Canada	32,115,270	109,604	293	107,534	0	2,028	7,436	1,318	181,810
2005	Cape Verde	418,224	1,629	257	1,584	1	84	213	31	7,329
2005	Cayman Islands	42,599	188	227	163	-4	5	7	3	487
2005	Central African Republic	3,900,000	2,646	1,474	2,312	-2	132	288	55	13,807
2005	Chad	8,250,000	635	12,992	594	1	22	71	18	4,696
2005	Chile	16,136,137	70,019	230	64,416	1	2,425	6,393	761	165,447
2005	Chuuk	63,525	61	1,041	60	-2	8	28	3	718
2005	Colombia	46,045,109	126,586	364	122,807	2	5,925	11,233	1,874	426,835
2005	Congo, Dem. Republic of	56,100,000	131,905	425	127,835	4	8,491	9,803	2,893	777,460
2005	Congo, Republic of	3,900,000	4,854	803	4,508	6	277	293	70	23,722
2005	Cook Islands	21,388	191	112	179	7	6	16	2	524
2005	Costa Rica	4,215,569	21,024	201	20,187	3	747	950	272	53,404
2005	Côte d’Ivoire	19,231,757	7,002	2,747	6,811	4	400	673	162	26,995
2005	Croatia	4,437,460	5,434	817	5,393	0	114	393	71	9,606
2005	Cuba	11,217,100	88,947	126	88,451	0	2,760	6,694	1,279	188,076
2005	Curaçao	133,700	1,508	89	1,464	5	45	98	20	4,163
2005	Cyprus	749,200	1,967	381	1,944	2	60	153	25	3,708
2005	Czech Republic	10,223,713	15,617	655	15,534	-1	299	663	232	27,408
2005	Denmark	5,411,405	14,314	378	14,190	-1	167	638	205	21,984
2005	Dominica	71,794	362	198	341	1	9	33	8	1,082
2005	Dominican Republic	8,949,725	25,936	345	25,475	2	1,287	3,404	363	98,355
2005	East Timor	924,642	66	14,010	53	39	11	17	1	290
2005	Ecuador	13,026,890	52,490	248	50,843	5	2,830	6,119	661	208,929
2005	El Salvador	6,874,926	30,687	224	29,482	2	1,188	1,551	531	81,869
2005	Equatorial Guinea	535,881	974	550	866	4	66	136	15	4,126
2005	Estonia	1,366,723	4,141	330	4,077	1	165	388	49	7,383
2005	Ethiopia	70,000,000	7,563	9,256	7,415	3	546	1,077	147	20,058
2005	Falkland Islands	2,900	4	725	3	-40	0	0	1	9
2005	Faroe Islands	48,214	88	548	86	-3	0	21	4	119
2005	Fiji	806,217	2,071	389	1,955	0	96	172	34	7,042
2005	Finland	5,236,611	19,044	275	18,911	-1	319	1,375	301	26,951
2005	France	60,561,200	119,131	508	113,731	1	2,318	4,956	1,495	203,370
2005	French Guiana	182,500	1,764	103	1,693	4	85	124	28	6,920
2005	Gabon	1,389,201	2,818	493	2,582	10	221	180	34	9,356
2005	Gambia	1,593,256	167	9,540	158	-1	4	28	3	406
2005	Georgia	4,560,000	15,748	290	15,182	2	669	1,785	151	31,034
2005	Germany	82,500,849	164,593	501	162,512	0	3,467	7,777	2,209	275,164
2005	Ghana	20,892,796	78,002	268	74,511	3	3,346	4,641	1,217	244,943
2005	Gibraltar	28,759	98	293	91	0	1	6	2	145
2005	Greece	10,539,771	28,055	376	27,900	0	518	2,486	377	44,408
2005	Greenland	56,854	121	470	118	-7	0	22	7	270
2005	Grenada	89,258	568	157	549	-6	16	43	9	1,455
2005	Guadeloupe	438,500	7,713	57	7,579	1	219	286	114	18,691
2005	Guam	154,805	622	249	612	-1	15	101	10	1,987
2005	Guatemala	12,736,752	24,008	531	22,859	3	1,169	1,736	364	68,653
2005	Guinea	9,402,000	883	10,648	686	-6	40	81	21	3,255
2005	Guinea-Bissau	1,416,027	114	12,421	109	16	13	32	4	906
2005	Guyana	777,648	2,192	355	2,143	2	82	146	38	9,930
2005	Haiti	8,304,062	13,849	600	12,720	3	871	1,039	209	59,372
2005	Hawaii	1,262,840	7,864	161	7,708	0	179	916	97	18,579
2005	Honduras	7,619,600	15,716	485	14,915	3	634	1,371	231	49,624
2005	Hong Kong	6,880,000	4,654	1,478	4,527	0	249	628	49	8,755
2005	Hungary	10,085,000	22,085	457	20,869	0	565	1,044	256	41,375
2005	Iceland	293,577	289	1,016	280	1	6	27	5	572
2005	India	1,083,093,040	26,333	41,131	24,333	3	1,543	1,069	422	62,069
2005	Indonesia	219,900,000	18,576	11,838	18,111	3	1,064	1,067	412	44,155
2005	Ireland	5,746,428	5,096	1,128	4,904	3	109	485	114	9,370
2005	Israel	10,669,900	1,223	8,724	1,181	-2	47	58	17	2,401
2005	Italy	58,462,375	234,795	249	232,060	1	4,802	22,380	3,070	416,248
2005	Jamaica	2,650,900	11,174	237	10,663	0	412	640	196	35,803
2005	Japan	126,869,397	218,262	581	217,227	0	3,785	56,411	3,164	338,330
2005	Kazakhstan	14,860,000	14,716	1,010	14,112	4	966	1,484	156	30,662
2005	Kenya	32,480,000	20,286	1,601	18,998	5	1,429	2,529	466	52,157
2005	Kiribati	78,300	75	1,044	62	-3	1	10	1	266
2005	Korea, Republic of	48,460,590	91,996	527	91,379	1	2,694	31,735	1,403	137,738
2005	Kosovo	2,350,000	137	17,153	131	14	10	34	4	636
2005	Kosrae	9,728	30	324	27	8	0	5	1	153
2005	Kyrgyzstan	5,010,000	4,001	1,252	3,750	4	260	506	39	8,343
2005	Latvia	2,299,000	2,403	957	2,327	2	82	328	39	4,035
2005	Lebanon	3,777,218	3,585	1,054	3,527	0	104	123	70	6,547
2005	Lesotho	2,389,339	3,133	763	3,049	2	310	260	64	8,039
2005	Liberia	3,390,635	4,581	740	4,352	9	357	597	84	26,777
2005	Liechtenstein	34,604	59	587	49	0	0	1	1	80
2005	Lithuania	3,500,000	2,916	1,200	2,773	2	104	322	39	5,613
2005	Luxembourg	525,119	1,835	286	1,777	1	37	86	33	3,634
2005	Macao	476,000	129	3,690	120	12	4	20	2	286
2005	Macedonia	2,032,017	1,129	1,800	1,072	1	35	80	16	3,160
2005	Madagascar	17,105,000	15,701	1,089	15,254	7	1,476	2,218	334	80,184
2005	Madeira	244,906	1,132	216	1,093	0	32	52	18	2,097
2005	Malawi	12,296,072	65,702	187	63,576	8	4,802	4,920	1,007	192,814
2005	Malaysia	26,127,000	2,615	9,991	2,519	4	122	350	57	6,880
2005	Mali	12,291,529	234	52,528	214	0	10	41	7	859
2005	Malta	417,000	544	767	527	-3	11	26	7	1,038
2005	Marshall Islands	71,056	218	326	213	3	6	38	5	1,300
2005	Martinique	381,427	4,215	90	4,083	1	137	222	52	9,392
2005	Mauritius	1,145,196	1,536	746	1,498	1	52	96	26	2,794
2005	Mayotte	160,265	60	2,671	57	14	3	4	1	104
2005	Mexico	106,451,679	593,802	179	586,501	1	21,879	59,183	11,192	1,784,042
2005	Moldova	3,941,500	18,414	214	17,915	1	678	1,256	234	40,198
2005	Mongolia	2,791,272	109	25,608	99	18	17	23	1	571
2005	Montserrat	3,000	8	375	8	0	0	0	1	44
2005	Mozambique	19,420,036	41,563	467	40,517	6	2,912	4,576	935	174,126
2005	Myanmar	54,300,000	3,111	17,454	3,044	4	125	203	96	7,120
2005	Namibia	1,830,330	1,308	1,399	1,226	3	116	98	26	3,675
2005	Nauru	10,600	4	2,650	2	0	0	0	1	45
2005	Nepal	27,676,547	739	37,451	695	10	64	86	10	2,644
2005	Netherlands	16,316,058	30,728	531	29,438	-1	635	1,078	419	52,000
2005	Nevis	10,080	53	190	47	-4	0	2	1	136
2005	New Caledonia	230,789	1,675	138	1,592	2	61	68	22	5,271
2005	New Zealand	4,104,351	13,427	306	12,821	-1	413	716	170	25,639
2005	Nicaragua	5,650,000	19,003	297	17,596	4	942	1,767	322	74,315
2005	Niger	11,665,937	243	48,008	230	1	11	32	7	1,248
2005	Nigeria	128,771,988	276,756	465	260,489	2	12,460	26,184	4,751	600,692
2005	Niue	1,761	30	59	28	4	0	4	1	71
2005	Norfolk Island	1,828	19	96	15	15	0	0	1	18
2005	Norway	4,621,299	9,953	464	9,659	0	164	468	172	16,283
2005	Pakistan	162,419,946	1,032	157,384	743	7	58	43	16	2,897
2005	Palau	20,164	96	210	91	-2	6	18	1	405
2005	Panama	3,228,186	11,704	276	11,101	5	546	1,126	235	36,501
2005	Papua New Guinea	5,930,419	3,506	1,692	3,086	-1	104	224	54	19,333
2005	Paraguay	6,240,485	7,943	786	7,687	0	490	847	131	19,622
2005	Peru	27,947,000	95,108	294	87,529	5	4,940	18,308	991	312,011
2005	Philippines	85,000,000	146,613	580	143,811	1	6,719	19,916	3,393	453,898
2005	Pohnpei	39,721	80	497	78	4	10	11	1	400
2005	Poland	38,175,000	128,519	297	127,729	0	3,681	5,218	1,799	224,400
2005	Portugal	10,055,952	48,165	209	47,622	-1	1,129	2,276	651	94,588
2005	Puerto Rico	3,937,316	24,600	160	24,351	-2	628	2,045	323	59,094
2005	Réunion	766,214	2,625	292	2,551	-1	77	133	34	5,591
2005	Rodrigues	35,546	39	911	35	6	2	3	1	67
2005	Romania	21,733,556	38,423	566	38,045	-1	1,064	2,464	562	79,370
2005	Rota	2,899	9	322	8	14	0	2	1	43
2005	Russia	145,200,000	142,439	1,019	136,726	3	8,466	16,363	1,438	267,434
2005	Rwanda	8,162,715	13,341	612	12,318	8	1,020	2,036	274	44,655
2005	Saba	1,600	6	267	6	50	0	1	0	22
2005	St. Eustatius	2,900	18	161	13	-13	0	1	1	47
2005	St. Helena	4,047	134	30	127	-2	3	1	3	270
2005	St. Kitts	31,800	183	174	167	4	3	15	3	487
2005	St. Lucia	162,157	697	233	672	2	12	70	10	1,766
2005	St. Maarten	40,000	317	126	287	4	16	39	4	958
2005	St. Pierre and Miquelon	7,012	13	539	12	-25	0	1	1	15
2005	Saint Vincent	102,253	313	327	302	0	6	31	7	898
2005	Saipan	71,400	174	410	164	4	7	26	2	697
2005	Samoa	177,287	427	415	384	4	18	49	8	1,431
2005	San Marino	28,880	184	157	181	1	1	14	2	297
2005	São Tomé and Príncipe	187,410	432	434	420	8	34	69	9	1,687
2005	Senegal	11,126,832	1,001	11,116	983	2	37	131	25	2,538
2005	Serbia & Montenegro	8,129,395	3,998	2,033	3,930	0	110	385	57	8,359
2005	Seychelles	81,755	253	323	240	4	9	24	4	700
2005	Sierra Leone	6,017,643	1,450	4,150	1,348	7	60	109	35	7,107
2005	Slovakia	5,386,699	11,785	457	11,645	-2	238	238	161	20,727
2005	Slovenia	1,998,079	1,901	1,051	1,884	2	41	148	29	3,031
2005	Solomon Islands	471,266	1,890	249	1,792	-3	107	249	42	7,411
2005	South Africa	44,344,136	77,954	569	74,427	2	4,474	6,625	1,521	178,976
2005	Spain	43,975,400	104,170	422	99,634	1	1,697	7,745	1,377	176,669
2005	Sri Lanka	19,300,000	4,019	4,802	3,787	5	234	285	79	10,310
2005	Sudan	30,765,000	1,353	22,738	1,267	5	70	210	50	5,927
2005	Suriname	438,026	2,045	214	1,988	0	110	146	40	6,871
2005	Swaziland	1,126,350	2,335	482	2,204	4	123	195	64	6,456
2005	Sweden	9,024,186	22,561	400	21,980	-1	337	1,412	322	35,567
2005	Switzerland	7,415,102	17,958	413	17,036	0	319	569	283	29,989
2005	Tahiti	245,516	1,782	158	1,760	2	64	83	25	5,614
2005	Taiwan	22,562,663	5,566	4,054	5,429	7	315	1,115	78	13,080
2005	Tajikistan	6,540,000	522	12,529	469	11	45	106	5	1,255
2005	Tanzania	37,267,550	13,697	2,721	12,710	5	951	1,589	386	53,437
2005	Thailand	65,450,000	2,318	28,236	2,207	4	95	309	65	5,490
2005	Tinian	2,740	18	152	16	14	0	5	1	54
2005	Togo	5,126,000	13,664	375	13,106	2	780	923	221	51,360
2005	Tonga	112,422	229	491	197	9	31	24	5	556
2005	Trinidad & Tobago	1,300,000	8,202	158	8,073	0	251	769	104	21,286
2005	Turkey	67,803,927	1,765	38,416	1,730	2	71	131	28	3,287
2005	Turks and Caicos	20,556	137	150	126	1	18	13	3	366
2005	Tuvalu	9,403	62	152	45	5	1	1	1	109
2005	Uganda	26,800,000	4,051	6,616	3,781	8	398	453	91	13,281
2005	Ukraine	47,026,773	137,210	343	129,687	2	5,624	12,005	1,434	264,514
2005	United States	291,737,129	1,035,802	282	995,071	0	28,384	94,049	12,261	2,257,453
2005	Uruguay	3,163,700	10,950	289	10,825	0	377	476	156	24,508
2005	Vanuatu	217,000	351	618	319	10	15	31	5	1,943
2005	Venezuela	25,375,281	98,785	257	95,107	1	4,864	11,688	1,297	330,340
2005	Virgin Islands, British	20,647	184	112	176	-2	15	24	3	634
2005	Virgin Islands, U.S.	109,343	619	177	595	-2	22	84	9	1,972
2005	Wallis & Futuna Islands	15,301	94	163	85	23	13	4	1	366
2005	Yap	11,241	25	450	23	-8	0	9	1	158
2005	Zambia	11,441,461	127,151	90	119,810	1	7,242	9,410	2,152	569,891
2005	Zimbabwe	11,984,108	32,038	374	30,119	1	2,239	2,847	888	76,512
2005	29 Other Lands		11,916		11,100	9.2	559	1,709	216	23,209
2005	Grand Total		6,613,829		6,390,016	1.3	247,631	623,308	98,269	16,383,333