Jehovah's Witnesses Service Year Report for 2008

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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
2008	Albania	3,150,000	4,007	786	3,957	4	279	902	68	11,107
2008	American Samoa	68,200	198	344	194	-6	3	20	3	699
2008	Andorra	83,970	171	491	161	1	5	9	3	329
2008	Angola	17,000,000	71,804	237	67,830	7	6,362	6,128	966	335,900
2008	Anguilla	13,677	60	228	55	22	3	7	2	245
2008	Antigua	87,506	468	187	449	3	16	39	7	1,327
2008	Argentina	36,260,130	137,311	264	132,927	1	5,611	12,535	1,904	292,595
2008	Armenia	3,222,900	10,082	320	9,823	4	632	1,597	100	20,594
2008	Aruba	104,494	766	136	752	1	26	40	10	2,415
2008	Australia	21,423,039	63,985	335	62,159	0	1,368	3,887	788	114,741
2008	Austria	8,316,000	20,723	401	20,527	0	384	1,121	296	34,281
2008	Azerbaijan	8,629,900	799	10,801	714	17	21	148	6	1,672
2008	Azores	243,759	702	347	668	5	25	54	15	1,671
2008	Bahamas	304,913	1,658	184	1,513	2	52	143	31	4,195
2008	Bangladesh	153,546,901	120	1,279,558	112	5	4	17	3	413
2008	Barbados	270,000	2,430	111	2,410	-1	53	145	30	6,090
2008	Belarus	9,690,000	4,435	2,185	4,329	4	237	618	53	8,684
2008	Belgium	10,594,866	24,945	425	23,603	0	470	1,004	371	43,768
2008	Belize	293,513	2,119	139	1,821	3	94	250	51	7,396
2008	Benin	6,769,914	9,663	701	9,040	5	540	1,087	156	35,752
2008	Bermuda	66,536	467	142	447	2	12	68	5	1,079
2008	Bolivia	10,027,643	19,114	525	17,898	2	971	2,132	222	62,940
2008	Bonaire	14,243	98	145	81	16	3	9	1	284
2008	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,590,310	1,196	3,838	1,163	1	56	215	16	2,183
2008	Botswana	1,776,283	1,749	1,016	1,670	3	74	128	39	5,073
2008	Brazil	189,618,214	699,280	271	667,793	3	33,792	55,659	10,516	1,646,123
2008	Britain	59,079,179	132,751	445	126,580	1	2,918	8,783	1,519	222,819
2008	Bulgaria	7,679,290	1,667	4,607	1,616	1	75	269	25	3,712
2008	Burkina Faso	15,234,400	1,335	11,412	1,257	3	72	153	33	3,935
2008	Burundi	8,439,642	8,233	1,025	7,710	12	838	996	145	29,044
2008	Cambodia	14,241,640	329	43,288	311	25	10	159	7	1,484
2008	Cameroon	17,469,248	33,287	525	32,364	3	1,687	2,466	546	91,457
2008	Canada	33,223,840	112,092	296	109,086	0	2,232	8,791	1,330	184,692
2008	Cape Verde	426,998	1,774	241	1,749	3	92	267	34	9,333
2008	Cayman Islands	47,862	273	175	216	6	14	22	4	634
2008	Central African Republic	4,300,000	2,378	1,808	2,326	-1	140	273	53	16,303
2008	Chad	10,000,000	606	16,502	569	1	24	70	18	4,367
2008	Chile	16,763,470	71,715	234	67,133	1	2,538	7,269	810	175,116
2008	Chuuk	67,000	53	1,264	49	-11	1	18	3	297
2008	Colombia	44,556,480	138,068	323	133,774	3	7,473	13,932	2,016	457,022
2008	Congo, Dem. Republic of	64,500,000	150,705	428	140,202	4	9,399	11,138	2,997	901,362
2008	Congo, Republic of	3,839,000	5,174	742	4,936	2	292	285	70	26,097
2008	Cook Islands	18,027	170	106	160	5	16	22	2	489
2008	Costa Rica	4,399,000	23,847	184	22,474	4	1,225	1,593	341	60,535
2008	Côte d’Ivoire	21,260,968	7,955	2,673	7,712	4	484	927	180	31,744
2008	Croatia	4,491,543	5,498	817	5,451	0	123	408	69	9,728
2008	Cuba	11,236,790	90,783	124	89,737	1	3,261	6,628	1,258	208,655
2008	Curaçao	140,796	1,672	84	1,641	1	61	107	22	4,776
2008	Cyprus	867,600	2,233	389	2,168	5	98	187	27	4,401
2008	Czech Republic	10,424,926	15,492	673	15,339	-1	331	704	234	27,547
2008	Denmark	5,475,791	14,318	382	14,114	0	240	701	204	21,740
2008	Dominica	71,794	383	187	349	-1	7	36	8	1,288
2008	Dominican Republic	9,512,800	29,158	326	28,479	4	1,590	4,238	382	108,023
2008	East Timor	1,080,742	123	8,787	107	29	16	24	2	374
2008	Ecuador	13,845,247	64,792	214	61,607	7	4,791	8,227	764	224,213
2008	El Salvador	5,744,113	34,049	169	32,560	4	1,979	2,060	599	87,214
2008	Equatorial Guinea	622,505	1,138	547	997	8	59	148	16	4,515
2008	Estonia	1,342,000	4,210	319	4,167	0	121	422	51	7,580
2008	Ethiopia	75,000,000	8,342	8,991	8,147	3	595	1,323	159	23,870
2008	Falkland Islands	3,125	5	625	5	25	0	0	1	12
2008	Faroe Islands	48,433	105	461	101	5	2	23	4	159
2008	Fiji	827,900	2,291	361	2,122	6	168	228	45	8,975
2008	Finland	5,300,484	19,099	278	18,962	0	311	1,598	301	27,214
2008	France	61,900,000	128,899	480	116,978	1	2,496	8,037	1,513	207,901
2008	French Guiana	210,000	1,950	108	1,879	4	107	148	34	7,314
2008	Gabon	1,429,820	3,331	429	3,160	6	243	323	35	10,754
2008	Gambia	1,735,464	214	8,110	196	7	8	26	3	571
2008	Georgia	4,394,700	16,983	259	16,465	2	815	2,379	181	35,037
2008	Germany	82,217,837	166,182	495	162,544	0	3,648	8,730	2,228	273,104
2008	Ghana	22,631,216	90,234	251	85,752	5	5,173	4,826	1,339	293,315
2008	Gibraltar	29,257	98	299	91	2	1	11	2	146
2008	Greece	10,539,771	28,524	370	28,189	0	643	2,719	374	48,083
2008	Greenland	56,462	147	384	126	2	0	26	6	315
2008	Grenada	102,000	586	174	551	-1	9	46	9	1,613
2008	Guadeloupe	450,000	8,462	53	8,057	0	246	437	127	19,900
2008	Guam	173,456	641	271	626	-1	19	83	7	1,957
2008	Guatemala	13,677,815	26,872	509	25,946	4	1,464	2,266	395	75,415
2008	Guinea	10,000,000	681	14,684	613	-2	31	85	18	3,314
2008	Guinea-Bissau	1,503,182	128	11,744	122	13	15	34	3	586
2008	Guyana	777,648	2,426	321	2,347	3	95	191	40	11,036
2008	Haiti	8,373,750	15,214	550	14,264	4	1,077	1,558	220	69,346
2008	Hawaii	1,283,388	8,220	156	7,968	1	207	1,018	93	19,040
2008	Honduras	7,706,441	17,549	439	16,626	3	915	1,913	258	54,288
2008	Hong Kong	6,952,800	4,879	1,425	4,835	3	263	669	53	9,661
2008	Hungary	10,035,000	23,336	430	21,839	1	861	1,350	268	43,383
2008	Iceland	319,355	334	956	325	6	6	40	5	610
2008	India	1,129,681,220	29,700	38,036	27,861	5	2,112	2,193	410	74,326
2008	Indonesia	225,000,000	21,699	10,369	20,309	4	1,016	1,573	394	50,496
2008	Ireland	5,981,848	5,701	1,049	5,485	3	131	552	113	10,680
2008	Israel	11,020,242	1,328	8,298	1,300	3	52	81	19	2,814
2008	Italy	59,619,290	240,604	248	237,738	1	5,119	24,882	3,120	430,890
2008	Jamaica	2,804,332	11,941	235	11,410	2	425	1,008	194	37,839
2008	Japan	127,767,994	218,091	586	217,339	0	3,806	61,081	3,177	332,986
2008	Kazakhstan	15,571,506	16,203	961	15,747	3	932	2,209	180	31,112
2008	Kenya	34,500,000	21,811	1,582	21,196	2	1,327	2,751	505	56,167
2008	Kiribati	92,424	90	1,027	83	15	13	11	1	322
2008	Korea, Republic of	48,443,517	96,017	505	95,242	1	2,902	34,954	1,412	143,074
2008	Kosovo	2,350,000	164	14,329	158	4	16	41	4	436
2008	Kosrae	9,922	30	331	27	-7	0	3	1	105
2008	Kyrgyzstan	5,357,000	4,544	1,179	4,323	3	490	792	59	9,424
2008	Latvia	2,266,059	2,374	955	2,318	-1	74	345	37	4,146
2008	Lebanon	3,925,502	3,690	1,064	3,552	0	91	140	66	6,593
2008	Lesotho	1,880,661	3,555	529	3,341	4	226	278	75	9,153
2008	Liberia	3,390,685	5,548	611	5,018	5	279	585	94	65,703
2008	Liechtenstein	35,365	48	737	46	2	0	2	1	67
2008	Lithuania	3,425,000	3,097	1,106	2,934	2	129	343	42	5,525
2008	Luxembourg	571,865	1,939	295	1,897	2	51	93	33	3,717
2008	Macao	551,900	169	3,266	168	-1	5	27	2	475
2008	Macedonia	2,032,017	1,339	1,518	1,277	6	92	180	21	3,677
2008	Madagascar	19,377,650	20,083	965	19,417	7	1,794	2,759	414	94,780
2008	Madeira	246,556	1,146	215	1,119	0	36	87	17	2,122
2008	Malawi	13,010,348	70,382	185	69,178	3	4,218	5,750	1,158	238,843
2008	Malaysia	28,000,000	3,252	8,610	3,123	9	187	575	98	8,756
2008	Mali	12,324,029	255	48,330	239	1	20	45	7	933
2008	Malta	404,139	578	699	560	2	16	38	7	1,120
2008	Marshall Islands	73,434	189	389	180	-9	5	20	3	1,144
2008	Martinique	399,000	4,496	89	4,404	2	161	306	56	10,162
2008	Mauritius	1,227,078	1,683	729	1,651	2	68	116	26	3,759
2008	Mayotte	186,452	83	2,246	75	-3	0	3	1	163
2008	Mexico	106,392,372	660,903	161	641,834	3	25,193	71,295	11,954	1,931,041
2008	Moldova	3,957,900	20,055	197	19,272	1	880	1,580	236	40,648
2008	Mongolia	2,996,081	195	15,365	177	23	9	56	3	725
2008	Montenegro	620,145	209	2,967	201	1	3	29	4	647
2008	Montserrat	3,000	10	300	9	13	0	1	1	66
2008	Mozambique	20,852,104	44,683	467	42,447	1	2,465	4,242	977	223,152
2008	Myanmar	57,000,000	3,490	16,332	3,383	5	155	329	74	7,854
2008	Namibia	2,065,226	1,640	1,259	1,535	6	113	124	29	4,973
2008	Nauru	11,845	9	1,316	5	25	0	2	0	100
2008	Nepal	29,519,114	1,018	28,997	945	15	91	150	12	4,290
2008	Netherlands	16,447,095	30,946	531	29,318	-1	579	.1,161	406	51,836
2008	Nevis	12,355	59	209	53	2	0	3	1	183
2008	New Caledonia	244,951	1,799	136	1,698	3	92	113	23	5,446
2008	New Zealand	4,115,771	14,109	292	13,142	1	436	836	174	25,923
2008	Nicaragua	5,410,000	21,253	255	19,816	4	1,255	2,100	324	77,833
2008	Niger	11,453,651	275	41,650	263	6	15	40	6	972
2008	Nigeria	140,003,542	313,559	446	281,953	3	14,523	27,510	5,045	645,836
2008	Niue	1,679	29	58	25	-4	1	5	1	92
2008	Norfolk Island	1,822	8	228	8	-20	0	0	1	12
2008	Norway	4,769,100	10,560	452	10,173	1	211	538	168	16,676
2008	Pakistan	167,767,040	1,000	167,767	851	2	51	55	19	2,946
2008	Palau	20,461	97	211	91	1	3	15	1	347
2008	Panama	3,395,346	12,820	265	12,137	3	695	1,252	257	43,517
2008	Papua New Guinea	6,602,897	3,647	1,811	3,500	1	160	308	58	24,626
2008	Paraguay	6,785,721	8,350	813	8,118	0	363	1,049	144	18,013
2008	Peru	27,419,294	105,422	260	96,701	4	6,087	21,312	1,136	314,735
2008	Philippines	88,500,000	158,837	557	155,412	2	9,391	22,042	3,106	503,073
2008	Pohnpei	34,886	89	392	84	1	3	8	1	274
2008	Poland	38,115,641	127,154	300	125,681	-1	3,242	6,274	1,812	213,105
2008	Portugal	10,141,107	49,281	206	48,118	0	1,239	2,608	647	94,927
2008	Puerto Rico	3,944,259	25,238	156	24,746	0	702	2,366	320	59,705
2008	Réunion	785,000	2,839	277	2,685	1	108	125	33	5,723
2008	Rodrigues	37,499	37	1,013	35	6	1	4	1	106
2008	Romania	21,520,000	38,517	559	38,103	0	1,157	2,762	533	80,763
2008	Rota	2,899	5	580	5	-38	0	2	1	42
2008	Russia	142,009,000	153,358	926	149,251	2	7,092	22,142	1,754	282,446
2008	Rwanda	9,539,077	15,705	607	14,926	7	1,536	2,521	375	66,484
2008	Saba	1,600	13	123	9	29	0	3	1	34
2008	St. Eustatius	3,000	17	176	16	0	0	3	1	74
2008	St. Helena	4,000	115	35	113	-3	1	0	3	261
2008	St. Kitts	50,675	200	253	186	3	6	21	3	616
2008	St. Lucia	156,000	688	227	639	-1	25	81	10	2,108
2008	St. Maarten	41,000	361	114	337	2	18	35	5	1,112
2008	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,125	11	557	10	-9	0	0	1	17
2008	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	103,000	331	311	318	3	8	45	7	1,001
2008	Saipan	71,400	180	397	168	-2	14	25	2	555
2008	Samoa	180,741	422	428	403	-3	73	61	9	1,624
2008	San Marino	31,006	190	163	182	1	2	15	2	299
2008	São Tomé and Príncipe	206,178	492	419	469	5	44	94	10	2,360
2008	Senegal	12,853,259	1,094	11,749	1,043	3	31	153	26	2,815
2008	Serbia	8,118,146	3,918	2,072	3,785	0	104	416	55	8,683
2008	Seychelles	81,755	287	285	266	3	14	23	4	705
2008	Sierra Leone	6,294,774	1,786	3,525	1,544	4	114	152	33	8,203
2008	Slovakia	5,400,998	11,217	482	11,133	-2	237	254	160	20,526
2008	Slovenia	2,028,630	1,935	1,048	1,915	0	38	168	28	3,065
2008	Solomon Islands	523,752	1,910	274	1,737	-1	84	233	43	7,735
2008	South Africa	43,786,115	83,842	522	80,496	4	4,652	7,099	1,679	205,498
2008	Spain	45,283,259	109,063	415	103,517	1	2,180	9,209	1,413	190,408
2008	Sri Lanka	19,900,000	4,463	4,459	4,321	4	246	377	80	12,038
2008	Sudan	32,500,000	1,720	18,895	1,574	7	85	230	62	6,561
2008	Suriname	470,700	2,317	203	2,236	5	131	163	45	8,144
2008	Swaziland	1,018,449	2,670	581	2,547	5	179	225	73	7,257
2008	Sweden	9,223,766	22,739	406	22,068	0	402	1,563	325	35,854
2008	Switzerland	7,593,600	18,212	417	17,068	0	347	657	277	30,176
2008	Tahiti	245,405	2,129	115	2,051	6	117	128	11	6,763
2008	Taiwan	23,000,000	6,670	3,448	6,454	7	422	1,570	91	15,407
2008	Tanzania	40,267,914	14,630	2,752	13,067	-2	930	1,542	420	42,437
2008	Thailand	65,500,000	2,826	23,178	2,742	7	148	555	74	6,607
2008	Tinian	2,940	23	128	20	18	0	2	1	74
2008	Togo	5,410,080	15,173	357	14,479	3	844	1,141	246	52,072
2008	Tonga	101,991	224	455	214	-4	21	32	5	567
2008	Trinidad & Tobago	1,297,944	8,621	151	8,445	1	286	850	109	23,390
2008	Turkey	70,586,000	1,927	36,630	1,877	1	91	145	27	3,557
2008	Turks and Caicos	22,352	195	115	180	15	9	20	3	904
2008	Tuvalu	11,636	50	233	45	10	2	1	1	213
2008	Uganda	29,503,000	4,701	6,276	4,525	6	435	614	107	16,644
2008	Ukraine	46,221,981	143,243	323	139,479	2	6,606	14,646	1,552	275,908
2008	United States	300,337,769	1,105,789	272	1,059,253	2	35,597	110,163	12,635	2,418,903
2008	Uruguay	3,163,700	11,040	287	11,027	1	376	488	158	25,171
2008	Vanuatu	225,183	406	555	370	5	21	40	5	2,531
2008	Venezuela	27,874,747	110,085	253	103,469	3	5,800	14,240	1,359	355,322
2008	Virgin Islands, British	23,000	214	107	210	8	2	33	3	776
2008	Virgin Islands, U.S.	109,400	617	177	598	-5	12	84	9	1,835
2008	Wallis & Futuna Islands	15,629	77	203	64	-4	4	11	1	237
2008	Yap	11,695	27	433	24	0	0	10	1	129
2008	Zambia	12,525,791	144,649	87	131,034	2	9,040	9,752	2,212	657,519
2008	Zimbabwe	12,347,237	33,516	368	31,791	-3	2,473	3,283	927	85,065
2008	30 Other Lands		18,041		16,649	14	1,045	4,103	401	31,254
2008	Grand Total		7,124,443		6,829,455	2	289,678	732,912	103,267	17,790,631