2006 Service Year Report

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2006 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
2006	Alaska	663,661	2,257	294	2,141	-1	47	194	27	4,630
2006	Albania	3,149,100	3,651	863	3,566	2	233	748	70	10,499
2006	American Samoa	57,794	210	275	199	6	16	20	2	662
2006	Andorra	80,228	180	446	155	-3	1	10	2	316
2006	Angola	13,500,000	61,034	221	59,310	7	4,402	4,847	862	290,249
2006	Anguilla	11,430	37	309	35	3	0	4	2	235
2006	Antigua	75,741	443	171	426	6	16	28	5	1,410
2006	Argentina	36,260,130	131,540	276	128,672	0	4,576	10,955	1,814	287,289
2006	Armenia	2,976,000	9,242	322	9,067	4	579	1,260	77	21,656
2006	Aruba	102,149	749	136	732	2	27	39	10	2,612
2006	Australia	20,452,334	62,435	328	60,692	0	1,368	3,280	775	113,468
2006	Austria	8,065,186	20,503	393	20,328	1	447	1,001	302	34,028
2006	Azerbaijan	7,962,000	592	13,449	543	12	62	90	5	1,481
2006	Azores	251,309	630	399	618	2	15	56	15	1,497
2006	Bahamas	304,913	1,600	191	1,466	0	43	129	29	3,846
2006	Bangladesh	147,365,352	107	1,377,246	101	-5	7	11	3	294
2006	Barbados	279,000	2,436	115	2,366	2	66	124	30	6,069
2006	Belarus	10,293,000	4,115	2,501	3,897	3	222	495	46	8,202
2006	Belgium	10,446,382	25,287	413	23,524	-1	465	934	367	44,594
2006	Belize	292,000	1,828	160	1,650	3	49	229	45	6,923
2006	Benin	6,769,914	8,948	757	8,229	5	445	942	158	36,219
2006	Bermuda	65,773	452	146	435	0	9	57	5	1,065
2006	Bolivia	9,427,219	17,903	527	17,135	1	730	1,835	211	59,928
2006	Bonaire	13,746	79	174	69	5	0	5	1	248
2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,832,301	1,138	3,368	1,114	0	65	198	16	2,284
2006	Botswana	1,739,556	1,662	1,047	1,497	6	116	117	37	3,936
2006	Brazil	186,697,663	656,627	284	624,140	2	30,572	46,309	9,954	1,582,653
2006	Britain	58,716,581	129,482	453	122,412	1	2,535	7,568	1,512	219,557
2006	Bulgaria	7,928,901	1,612	4,919	1,537	5	138	214	25	3,395
2006	Burkina Faso	13,117,100	1,234	10,630	1,166	5	59	127	27	3,767
2006	Burundi	7,948,000	6,595	1,205	6,207	9	544	758	118	23,496
2006	Cambodia	13,881,427	216	64,266	204	10	22	78	7	1,025
2006	Cameroon	17,090,077	31,063	550	30,481	2	1,633	2,052	559	89,521
2006	Canada	32,470,078	110,298	294	107,618	0	1,982	7,655	1,325	184,401
2006	Cape Verde	420,901	1,654	254	1,620	2	76	193	32	7,611
2006	Cayman Islands	52,466	205	256	186	14	0	9	3	652
2006	Central African Republic	4,000,000	2,769	1,445	2,374	3	105	280	54	14,324
2006	Chad	8,750,000	643	13,608	584	-2	30	73	18	4,041
2006	Chile	16,432,674	70,134	234	64,994	1	2,395	6,407	780	162,603
2006	Chuuk	63,525	61	1,041	58	-3	1	24	3	749
2006	Colombia	41,523,931	128,698	323	124,398	1	6,080	11,593	1,924	397,558
2006	Congo, Dem. Republic of	57,900,000	136,445	424	132,416	4	7,539	10,170	2,922	754,895
2006	Congo, Republic of	3,700,000	5,065	731	4,621	3	276	287	70	22,564
2006	Cook Islands	21,388	181	118	166	-7	8	25	2	514
2006	Costa Rica	4,244,709	21,660	196	20,661	2	925	1,101	284	53,005
2006	Côte d’Ivoire	19,924,269	7,316	2,723	7,034	3	450	716	166	28,556
2006	Croatia	4,437,460	5,523	803	5,386	0	106	386	71	9,970
2006	Cuba	11,217,100	88,498	127	88,096	0	2,735	6,620	1,276	187,217
2006	Curaçao	135,822	1,574	86	1,522	4	64	93	21	4,446
2006	Cyprus	766,400	1,987	386	1,965	1	84	140	25	4,072
2006	Czech Republic	10,259,017	15,488	662	15,384	-1	268	661	232	27,759
2006	Denmark	5,427,459	14,568	373	14,178	0	202	643	204	22,253
2006	Dominica	71,794	350	205	336	-1	10	33	8	1,109
2006	Dominican Republic	9,229,855	26,943	343	26,122	3	1,368	3,540	369	97,975
2006	East Timor	978,590	81	12,081	73	38	21	25	1	349
2006	Ecuador	13,215,089	55,669	237	53,350	5	3,110	6,436	699	212,441
2006	El Salvador	6,990,700	31,455	222	29,950	2	1,206	1,623	552	83,225
2006	Equatorial Guinea	607,815	1,017	598	921	6	62	143	16	3,737
2006	Estonia	1,344,684	4,207	320	4,125	1	144	400	49	7,878
2006	Ethiopia	73,000,000	7,611	9,591	7,509	1	455	1,127	154	21,624
2006	Falkland Islands	2,900	5	580	4	33	0	0	1	15
2006	Faroe Islands	48,223	95	508	89	3	0	21	4	130
2006	Fiji	825,478	1,992	414	1,946	0	63	175	34	8,315
2006	Finland	5,255,580	19,094	275	18,858	0	293	1,426	300	27,356
2006	France	61,045,000	119,656	510	114,439	1	2,507	5,456	1,500	207,479
2006	French Guiana	192,500	1,795	107	1,737	3	73	123	30	7,409
2006	Gabon	1,398,584	2,874	487	2,739	6	191	198	34	9,343
2006	Gambia	1,641,564	188	8,732	175	11	13	31	3	560
2006	Georgia	4,661,000	15,974	292	15,373	1	450	1,955	156	33,153
2006	Germany	82,437,995	163,904	503	161,861	0	3,705	7,917	2,217	277,102
2006	Ghana	21,456,901	80,084	268	77,168	4	3,375	4,501	1,254	258,679
2006	Gibraltar	28,779	100	288	93	2	0	7	2	162
2006	Greece	10,539,771	28,047	376	27,914	0	566	2,533	376	45,332
2006	Greenland	56,969	121	471	113	-4	0	21	7	258
2006	Grenada	92,808	566	164	548	0	14	43	9	1,664
2006	Guadeloupe	438,500	7,861	56	7,772	3	214	303	119	19,712
2006	Guam	154,805	628	247	616	1	20	97	10	2,011
2006	Guatemala	13,051,977	24,033	543	23,537	3	1,141	1,831	374	70,405
2006	Guinea	9,467,866	722	13,113	651	-5	26	89	21	3,317
2006	Guinea-Bissau	1,442,029	109	13,230	100	-8	4	32	4	711
2006	Guyana	777,648	2,219	350	2,177	2	90	148	39	10,850
2006	Haiti	8,373,750	14,006	598	13,172	4	1,030	1,176	214	64,565
2006	Hawaii	1,275,194	7,948	160	7,706	0	178	899	97	18,649
2006	Honduras	7,848,180	16,264	483	15,385	3	942	1,434	235	53,246
2006	Hong Kong	6,880,000	4,629	1,486	4,602	2	186	637	51	9,248
2006	Hungary	10,070,000	22,677	444	21,075	1	723	1,058	259	41,921
2006	Iceland	304,334	300	1,014	289	3	6	31	5	601
2006	India	1,098,577,839	26,594	41,309	25,256	4	1,308	1,286	406	64,834
2006	Indonesia	221,000,000	19,195	11,513	18,725	3	998	1,202	402	46,550
2006	Ireland	5,920,192	5,281	1,121	5,056	3	107	495	113	9,929
2006	Israel	10,936,350	1,255	8,714	1,202	2	42	67	18	2,451
2006	Italy	58,751,711	235,685	249	233,231	1	4,714	22,736	3,076	427,854
2006	Jamaica	2,650,900	11,240	236	10,761	1	368	689	193	37,184
2006	Japan	127,655,345	217,519	587	217,181	0	3,781	57,476	3,171	336,240
2006	Kazakhstan	15,233,000	14,998	1,016	14,595	3	911	1,667	165	30,967
2006	Kenya	33,130,000	21,006	1,577	19,908	5	1,534	2,599	486	54,138
2006	Kiribati	92,533	68	1,361	63	2	4	11	1	306
2006	Korea, Republic of	48,539,493	93,230	521	92,541	1	2,667	32,142	1,404	141,660
2006	Kosovo	2,350,000	148	15,878	144	10	13	36	4	489
2006	Kosrae	9,728	33	295	30	11	0	6	1	169
2006	Kyrgyzstan	5,214,000	4,128	1,263	3,923	5	300	595	45	9,341
2006	Latvia	2,287,200	2,434	940	2,338	0	81	336	39	4,187
2006	Lebanon	3,826,018	3,584	1,068	3,514	0	81	118	68	6,627
2006	Lesotho	2,437,125	3,275	744	3,101	2	224	264	67	8,515
2006	Liberia	3,390,685	4,936	687	4,527	4	273	577	87	29,634
2006	Liechtenstein	34,734	49	709	46	-6	0	1	1	91
2006	Lithuania	3,425,300	2,976	1,151	2,810	1	122	328	40	5,714
2006	Luxembourg	530,500	1,856	286	1,816	2	42	88	33	3,685
2006	Macao	476,000	156	3,051	150	25	1	23	2	362
2006	Macedonia	2,032,017	1,162	1,749	1,134	6	77	98	18	3,197
2006	Madagascar	17,532,625	17,251	1,016	16,448	8	1,418	2,352	342	90,235
2006	Madeira	254,457	1,152	221	1,109	1	46	78	18	2,183
2006	Malawi	12,529,697	66,279	189	64,183	1	4,031	5,108	1,055	188,297
2006	Malaysia	27,000,000	2,750	9,818	2,646	5	125	403	64	7,399
2006	Mali	11,716,829	241	48,618	222	4	18	46	7	921
2006	Malta	404,039	556	727	543	3	24	25	7	1,161
2006	Marshall Islands	71,056	221	322	197	-8	2	27	5	1,440
2006	Martinique	381,427	4,339	88	4,189	3	134	229	52	9,809
2006	Mauritius	1,211,308	1,589	762	1,532	2	85	95	26	3,618
2006	Mayotte	160,265	89	1,801	77	35	1	8	1	134
2006	Mexico	107,127,013	605,767	177	600,348	2	22,761	62,719	11,399	1,808,321
2006	Moldova	3,941,600	19,154	206	18,273	2	805	1,251	232	38,521
2006	Mongolia	2,832,224	139	20,376	122	23	17	30	2	681
2006	Montserrat	3,000	11	273	9	13	0	0	1	69
2006	Mozambique	19,886,116	42,619	467	40,934	1	2,574	4,505	955	187,760
2006	Myanmar	51,000,000	3,164	16,119	3,108	2	261	234	93	7,290
2006	Namibia	1,830,330	1,442	1,269	1,264	3	66	102	28	4,095
2006	Nauru	10,600	6	1,767	4	100	1	0	1	118
2006	Nepal	28,287,147	782	36,173	752	8	76	97	11	2,915
2006	Netherlands	16,336,346	31,913	512	29,357	0	583	1,055	417	52,630
2006	Nevis	10,080	52	194	48	2	0	2	1	165
2006	New Caledonia	237,765	1,654	144	1,602	1	57	80	23	5,506
2006	New Zealand	4,149,670	13,626	305	12,740	-1	281	713	171	26,466
2006	Nicaragua	5,235,000	19,332	271	18,184	3	979	1,813	321	73,200
2006	Niger	11,665,937	253	46,110	236	3	18	30	7	1,273
2006	Nigeria	128,765,768	286,455	450	264,487	2	11,096	26,298	4,855	614,298
2006	Niue	2,166	27	80	26	-7	0	4	1	63
2006	Norfolk Island	1,828	13	141	11	-27	0	2	1	26
2006	Norway	4,660,387	10,179	458	9,769	1	184	470	170	16,566
2006	Pakistan	165,803,560	965	171,817	803	8	41	48	17	3,113
2006	Palau	20,164	98	206	93	2	2	16	1	387
2006	Panama	3,283,959	12,022	273	11,406	3	545	1,158	239	39,746
2006	Papua New Guinea	6,097,376	3,466	1,759	3,187	3	111	240	53	19,176
2006	Paraguay	6,365,294	8,310	766	7,803	2	344	886	134	19,242
2006	Peru	27,219,264	96,373	282	90,212	3	5,406	19,095	1,038	292,674
2006	Philippines	86,000,000	149,523	575	147,122	2	6,599	19,907	3,338	466,375
2006	Pohnpei	39,721	77	516	74	-5	2	8	1	364
2006	Poland	38,157,055	127,481	299	126,827	-1	3,728	5,419	1,800	221,004
2006	Portugal	10,095,170	48,258	209	47,551	0	1,182	2,370	649	98,090
2006	Puerto Rico	3,937,316	25,069	157	24,385	0	585	2,074	321	58,256
2006	Réunion	785,200	2,683	293	2,596	2	88	115	33	5,703
2006	Rodrigues	36,995	33	1,121	30	-14	0	2	1	68
2006	Romania	21,603,900	38,397	563	37,956	0	1,146	2,477	551	76,296
2006	Rota	2,899	12	242	10	25	0	3	1	56
2006	Russia	142,894,000	146,472	976	140,244	3	7,502	17,595	1,549	279,611
2006	Rwanda	9,058,392	13,855	654	12,935	5	1,094	2,161	285	61,930
2006	Saba	1,600	7	229	6	0	0	3	0	16
2006	St. Eustatius	2,900	15	193	14	8	0	2	1	60
2006	St. Helena	3,926	129	30	125	-2	2	0	3	239
2006	St. Kitts	31,800	189	168	170	2	7	17	3	569
2006	St. Lucia	165,169	705	234	657	-2	20	68	10	2,039
2006	St. Maarten	40,000	350	114	308	7	14	42	4	1,098
2006	St. Pierre and Miquelon	7,012	12	584	11	-8	0	1	1	17
2006	Saint Vincent	118,434	328	361	306	1	7	39	7	959
2006	Saipan	71,400	182	392	177	8	8	31	2	608
2006	Samoa	176,908	440	402	397	3	47	51	8	1,441
2006	San Marino	29,251	180	163	178	-2	1	11	2	325
2006	São Tomé and Príncipe	193,313	433	446	414	-1	40	80	10	2,116
2006	Senegal	11,987,121	1,042	11,504	1,014	3	21	133	26	2,655
2006	Serbia & Montenegro	8,118,146	3,961	2,050	3,917	0	99	415	57	8,436
2006	Seychelles	81,755	254	322	238	-1	18	27	4	714
2006	Sierra Leone	6,017,643	1,592	3,780	1,400	4	101	123	35	6,928
2006	Slovakia	5,389,180	11,489	469	11,370	-2	288	244	160	21,118
2006	Slovenia	2,004,394	1,897	1,057	1,887	0	49	146	28	3,114
2006	Solomon Islands	483,083	1,890	256	1,743	-3	61	247	43	7,634
2006	South Africa	44,187,637	78,877	560	75,304	1	3,428	6,625	1,561	189,108
2006	Spain	44,395,286	104,617	424	100,029	0	1,806	8,056	1,388	177,262
2006	Sri Lanka	19,700,000	4,284	4,599	3,962	5	241	309	79	10,430
2006	Sudan	31,700,000	1,502	21,105	1,366	8	111	225	60	5,894
2006	Suriname	438,026	2,110	208	2,001	1	86	149	45	7,389
2006	Swaziland	1,146,050	2,438	470	2,292	4	135	195	64	6,299
2006	Sweden	9,082,995	22,432	405	21,898	0	333	1,389	321	36,008
2006	Switzerland	7,479,700	17,956	417	16,981	0	306	589	280	30,073
2006	Tahiti	245,405	1,853	132	1,824	4	59	96	26	6,411
2006	Taiwan	22,832,173	5,781	3,950	5,664	4	303	1,218	79	13,767
2006	Tajikistan	7,321,000	544	13,458	487	4	39	109	7	1,317
2006	Tanzania	37,956,371	13,700	2,771	12,857	1	954	1,646	400	52,541
2006	Thailand	64,700,000	2,511	25,767	2,363	7	128	356	66	5,236
2006	Tinian	2,740	16	171	16	0	0	5	1	73
2006	Togo	5,200,000	13,906	374	13,363	2	639	934	233	56,225
2006	Tonga	114,689	234	490	204	4	13	29	5	608
2006	Trinidad & Tobago	1,300,000	8,253	158	8,149	1	268	771	105	22,753
2006	Turkey	68,000,000	1,826	37,240	1,775	3	71	126	28	3,495
2006	Turks and Caicos	21,152	176	120	145	15	9	11	3	462
2006	Tuvalu	11,500	57	202	39	-13	1	1	1	141
2006	Uganda	27,810,000	4,141	6,716	4,005	6	329	487	98	13,703
2006	Ukraine	46,835,305	135,013	347	131,709	2	6,115	12,514	1,463	262,008
2006	United States	294,471,549	1,059,325	278	1,008,281	1	28,915	96,113	12,390	2,308,035
2006	Uruguay	3,163,700	10,990	288	10,806	0	343	465	157	24,860
2006	Vanuatu	217,718	358	608	338	6	33	37	5	2,534
2006	Venezuela	27,121,800	99,393	273	96,476	1	4,298	11,949	1,315	323,759
2006	Virgin Islands, British	20,647	190	109	180	2	1	27	3	722
2006	Virgin Islands, U.S.	109,343	638	171	600	1	20	80	9	1,862
2006	Wallis & Futuna Islands	15,351	76	202	68	-20	4	5	1	339
2006	Yap	11,241	25	450	24	4	1	11	1	174
2006	Zambia	11,635,204	140,203	83	123,841	3	8,911	9,533	2,165	581,690
2006	Zimbabwe	12,103,949	32,905	368	30,582	2	2,122	2,906	893	78,686
2006	29 Other Lands		13,184		12,208	10	835	2,087	266	25,013
2006	Grand Total		6,741,444		6,491,775	1.6	248,327	642,182	99,770	16,675,113