2008 Service Year Report

Service Year Report for Jehovah's Witnesses

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Jehovah's Witnesses publicly reveal their number of publishers, pioneers, annual memorial attendees, and number of baptisms. However, they keep secret the number of members those who leave or are expelled from the religious group, despite keeping records of these ones too.
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2008 Service Year Report

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YearCountry or TerritoryPopulationPeak PublishersRatio, 1 Publisher toAverage Publishers% IncreaseBaptismsAverage Pioneer PublishersCongregationsMemorial Attendance
2008Albania3,150,0004,0077863,95742799026811,107
2008American Samoa68,200198344194-63203699
2008Andorra83,9701714911611593329
2008Angola17,000,00071,80423767,83076,3626,128966335,900
2008Anguilla13,677602285522372245
2008Antigua87,5064681874493163971,327
2008Argentina36,260,130137,311264132,92715,61112,5351,904292,595
2008Armenia3,222,90010,0823209,82346321,59710020,594
2008Aruba104,49476613675212640102,415
2008Australia21,423,03963,98533562,15901,3683,887788114,741
2008Austria8,316,00020,72340120,52703841,12129634,281
2008Azerbaijan8,629,90079910,801714172114861,672
2008Azores243,75970234766852554151,671
2008Bahamas304,9131,6581841,513252143314,195
2008Bangladesh153,546,9011201,279,55811254173413
2008Barbados270,0002,4301112,410-153145306,090
2008Belarus9,690,0004,4352,1854,3294237618538,684
2008Belgium10,594,86624,94542523,60304701,00437143,768
2008Belize293,5132,1191391,821394250517,396
2008Benin6,769,9149,6637019,04055401,08715635,752
2008Bermuda66,5364671424472126851,079
2008Bolivia10,027,64319,11452517,89829712,13222262,940
2008Bonaire14,243981458116391284
2008Bosnia and Herzegovina4,590,3101,1963,8381,163156215162,183
2008Botswana1,776,2831,7491,0161,670374128395,073
2008Brazil189,618,214699,280271667,793333,79255,65910,5161,646,123
2008Britain59,079,179132,751445126,58012,9188,7831,519222,819
2008Bulgaria7,679,2901,6674,6071,616175269253,712
2008Burkina Faso15,234,4001,33511,4121,257372153333,935
2008Burundi8,439,6428,2331,0257,7101283899614529,044
2008Cambodia14,241,64032943,288311251015971,484
2008Cameroon17,469,24833,28752532,36431,6872,46654691,457
2008Canada33,223,840112,092296109,08602,2328,7911,330184,692
2008Cape Verde426,9981,7742411,749392267349,333
2008Cayman Islands47,862273175216614224634
2008Central African Republic4,300,0002,3781,8082,326-11402735316,303
2008Chad10,000,00060616,50256912470184,367
2008Chile16,763,47071,71523467,13312,5387,269810175,116
2008Chuuk67,000531,26449-111183297
2008Colombia44,556,480138,068323133,77437,47313,9322,016457,022
2008Congo, Dem. Republic of64,500,000150,705428140,20249,39911,1382,997901,362
2008Congo, Republic of3,839,0005,1747424,93622922857026,097
2008Cook Islands18,027170106160516222489
2008Costa Rica4,399,00023,84718422,47441,2251,59334160,535
2008Côte d’Ivoire21,260,9687,9552,6737,712448492718031,744
2008Croatia4,491,5435,4988175,4510123408699,728
2008Cuba11,236,79090,78312489,73713,2616,6281,258208,655
2008Curaçao140,7961,672841,641161107224,776
2008Cyprus867,6002,2333892,168598187274,401
2008Czech Republic10,424,92615,49267315,339-133170423427,547
2008Denmark5,475,79114,31838214,114024070120421,740
2008Dominica71,794383187349-173681,288
2008Dominican Republic9,512,80029,15832628,47941,5904,238382108,023
2008East Timor1,080,7421238,7871072916242374
2008Ecuador13,845,24764,79221461,60774,7918,227764224,213
2008El Salvador5,744,11334,04916932,56041,9792,06059987,214
2008Equatorial Guinea622,5051,138547997859148164,515
2008Estonia1,342,0004,2103194,1670121422517,580
2008Ethiopia75,000,0008,3428,9918,14735951,32315923,870
2008Falkland Islands3,125562552500112
2008Faroe Islands48,43310546110152234159
2008Fiji827,9002,2913612,1226168228458,975
2008Finland5,300,48419,09927818,96203111,59830127,214
2008France61,900,000128,899480116,97812,4968,0371,513207,901
2008French Guiana210,0001,9501081,8794107148347,314
2008Gabon1,429,8203,3314293,16062433233510,754
2008Gambia1,735,4642148,11019678263571
2008Georgia4,394,70016,98325916,46528152,37918135,037
2008Germany82,217,837166,182495162,54403,6488,7302,228273,104
2008Ghana22,631,21690,23425185,75255,1734,8261,339293,315
2008Gibraltar29,257982999121112146
2008Greece10,539,77128,52437028,18906432,71937448,083
2008Greenland56,46214738412620266315
2008Grenada102,000586174551-194691,613
2008Guadeloupe450,0008,462538,057024643712719,900
2008Guam173,456641271626-1198371,957
2008Guatemala13,677,81526,87250925,94641,4642,26639575,415
2008Guinea10,000,00068114,684613-23185183,314
2008Guinea-Bissau1,503,18212811,7441221315343586
2008Guyana777,6482,4263212,3473951914011,036
2008Haiti8,373,75015,21455014,26441,0771,55822069,346
2008Hawaii1,283,3888,2201567,96812071,0189319,040
2008Honduras7,706,44117,54943916,62639151,91325854,288
2008Hong Kong6,952,8004,8791,4254,8353263669539,661
2008Hungary10,035,00023,33643021,83918611,35026843,383
2008Iceland319,35533495632566405610
2008India1,129,681,22029,70038,03627,86152,1122,19341074,326
2008Indonesia225,000,00021,69910,36920,30941,0161,57339450,496
2008Ireland5,981,8485,7011,0495,485313155211310,680
2008Israel11,020,2421,3288,2981,30035281192,814
2008Italy59,619,290240,604248237,73815,11924,8823,120430,890
2008Jamaica2,804,33211,94123511,41024251,00819437,839
2008Japan127,767,994218,091586217,33903,80661,0813,177332,986
2008Kazakhstan15,571,50616,20396115,74739322,20918031,112
2008Kenya34,500,00021,8111,58221,19621,3272,75150556,167
2008Kiribati92,424901,027831513111322
2008Korea, Republic of48,443,51796,01750595,24212,90234,9541,412143,074
2008Kosovo2,350,00016414,329158416414436
2008Kosrae9,9223033127-7031105
2008Kyrgyzstan5,357,0004,5441,1794,3233490792599,424
2008Latvia2,266,0592,3749552,318-174345374,146
2008Lebanon3,925,5023,6901,0643,552091140666,593
2008Lesotho1,880,6613,5555293,3414226278759,153
2008Liberia3,390,6855,5486115,01852795859465,703
2008Liechtenstein35,3654873746202167
2008Lithuania3,425,0003,0971,1062,9342129343425,525
2008Luxembourg571,8651,9392951,89725193333,717
2008Macao551,9001693,266168-15272475
2008Macedonia2,032,0171,3391,5181,277692180213,677
2008Madagascar19,377,65020,08396519,41771,7942,75941494,780
2008Madeira246,5561,1462151,11903687172,122
2008Malawi13,010,34870,38218569,17834,2185,7501,158238,843
2008Malaysia28,000,0003,2528,6103,1239187575988,756
2008Mali12,324,02925548,330239120457933
2008Malta404,1395786995602163871,120
2008Marshall Islands73,434189389180-952031,144
2008Martinique399,0004,496894,40421613065610,162
2008Mauritius1,227,0781,6837291,651268116263,759
2008Mayotte186,452832,24675-3031163
2008Mexico106,392,372660,903161641,834325,19371,29511,9541,931,041
2008Moldova3,957,90020,05519719,27218801,58023640,648
2008Mongolia2,996,08119515,365177239563725
2008Montenegro620,1452092,96720113294647
2008Montserrat3,0001030091301166
2008Mozambique20,852,10444,68346742,44712,4654,242977223,152
2008Myanmar57,000,0003,49016,3323,3835155329747,854
2008Namibia2,065,2261,6401,2591,5356113124294,973
2008Nauru11,84591,316525020100
2008Nepal29,519,1141,01828,9979451591150124,290
2008Netherlands16,447,09530,94653129,318-1579.1,16140651,836
2008Nevis12,35559209532031183
2008New Caledonia244,9511,7991361,698392113235,446
2008New Zealand4,115,77114,10929213,142143683617425,923
2008Nicaragua5,410,00021,25325519,81641,2552,10032477,833
2008Niger11,453,65127541,650263615406972
2008Nigeria140,003,542313,559446281,953314,52327,5105,045645,836
2008Niue1,679295825-415192
2008Norfolk Island1,82282288-2000112
2008Norway4,769,10010,56045210,173121153816816,676
2008Pakistan167,767,0401,000167,76785125155192,946
2008Palau20,461972119113151347
2008Panama3,395,34612,82026512,13736951,25225743,517
2008Papua New Guinea6,602,8973,6471,8113,50011603085824,626
2008Paraguay6,785,7218,3508138,11803631,04914418,013
2008Peru27,419,294105,42226096,70146,08721,3121,136314,735
2008Philippines88,500,000158,837557155,41229,39122,0423,106503,073
2008Pohnpei34,88689392841381274
2008Poland38,115,641127,154300125,681-13,2426,2741,812213,105
2008Portugal10,141,10749,28120648,11801,2392,60864794,927
2008Puerto Rico3,944,25925,23815624,74607022,36632059,705
2008Réunion785,0002,8392772,6851108125335,723
2008Rodrigues37,499371,013356141106
2008Romania21,520,00038,51755938,10301,1572,76253380,763
2008Rota2,89955805-3802142
2008Russia142,009,000153,358926149,25127,09222,1421,754282,446
2008Rwanda9,539,07715,70560714,92671,5362,52137566,484
2008Saba1,6001312392903134
2008St. Eustatius3,0001717616003174
2008St. Helena4,00011535113-3103261
2008St. Kitts50,67520025318636213616
2008St. Lucia156,000688227639-12581102,108
2008St. Maarten41,0003611143372183551,112
2008St. Pierre and Miquelon6,1251155710-900117
2008Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 103,000331311318384571,001
2008Saipan71,400180397168-214252555
2008Samoa180,741422428403-3736191,624
2008San Marino31,00619016318212152299
2008São Tomé and Príncipe206,17849241946954494102,360
2008Senegal12,853,2591,09411,7491,043331153262,815
2008Serbia8,118,1463,9182,0723,7850104416558,683
2008Seychelles81,755287285266314234705
2008Sierra Leone6,294,7741,7863,5251,5444114152338,203
2008Slovakia5,400,99811,21748211,133-223725416020,526
2008Slovenia2,028,6301,9351,0481,915038168283,065
2008Solomon Islands523,7521,9102741,737-184233437,735
2008South Africa43,786,11583,84252280,49644,6527,0991,679205,498
2008Spain45,283,259109,063415103,51712,1809,2091,413190,408
2008Sri Lanka19,900,0004,4634,4594,32142463778012,038
2008Sudan32,500,0001,72018,8951,574785230626,561
2008Suriname470,7002,3172032,2365131163458,144
2008Swaziland1,018,4492,6705812,5475179225737,257
2008Sweden9,223,76622,73940622,06804021,56332535,854
2008Switzerland7,593,60018,21241717,068034765727730,176
2008Tahiti245,4052,1291152,0516117128116,763
2008Taiwan23,000,0006,6703,4486,45474221,5709115,407
2008Tanzania40,267,91414,6302,75213,067-29301,54242042,437
2008Thailand65,500,0002,82623,1782,7427148555746,607
2008Tinian2,94023128201802174
2008Togo5,410,08015,17335714,47938441,14124652,072
2008Tonga101,991224455214-421325567
2008Trinidad & Tobago1,297,9448,6211518,445128685010923,390
2008Turkey70,586,0001,92736,6301,877191145273,557
2008Turks and Caicos22,352195115180159203904
2008Tuvalu11,636502334510211213
2008Uganda29,503,0004,7016,2764,525643561410716,644
2008Ukraine46,221,981143,243323139,47926,60614,6461,552275,908
2008United States300,337,7691,105,7892721,059,253235,597110,16312,6352,418,903
2008Uruguay3,163,70011,04028711,027137648815825,171
2008Vanuatu225,1834065553705214052,531
2008Venezuela27,874,747110,085253103,46935,80014,2401,359355,322
2008Virgin Islands, British23,00021410721082333776
2008Virgin Islands, U.S.109,400617177598-5128491,835
2008Wallis & Futuna Islands15,6297720364-44111237
2008Yap11,695274332400101129
2008Zambia12,525,791144,64987131,03429,0409,7522,212657,519
2008Zimbabwe12,347,23733,51636831,791-32,4733,28392785,065
200830 Other Lands18,04116,649141,0454,10340131,254
2008Grand Total7,124,4436,829,4552289,678732,912103,26717,790,631