2009 Service Year Report

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2009 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
2009	Albania	3,600,000	4,125	873	4,070	3	244	949	71	11,420
2009	American Samoa	70,100	224	313	206	6	1	26	3	798
2009	Andorra	84,484	182	464	170	6	3	15	3	350
2009	Angola	17,000,000	72,680	234	71,949	6	4,356	7,050	1,022	329,741
2009	Anguilla	14,436	64	226	60	9	4	9	2	278
2009	Antigua	89,138	475	188	450	0	16	44	7	1,424
2009	Argentina	36,260,130	140,363	258	136,904	3	5,197	14,099	1,934	313,845
2009	Armenia	3,240,000	10,586	306	10,332	5	612	1,872	109	24,711
2009	Aruba	106,698	790	135	754	0	52	36	10	2,518
2009	Australia	21,991,653	64,185	339	63,454	2	1,331	4,133	794	114,211
2009	Austria	8,359,197	20,884	400	20,662	1	499	1,149	296	33,863
2009	Azerbaijan	8,730,300	871	10,023	838	17	27	178	7	1,839
2009	Azores	244,677	749	327	718	7	45	64	15	1,709
2009	Bahamas	342,400	1,670	205	1,549	2	89	152	32	4,142
2009	Bangladesh	156,050,883	127	1,228,747	123	10	9	22	3	433
2009	Barbados	270,000	2,499	108	2,451	2	68	156	30	6,282
2009	Belarus	9,671,900	4,669	2,072	4,507	4	236	670	56	8,688
2009	Belgium	10,771,539	24,965	431	23,764	1	443	1,080	373	43,691
2009	Belize	307,899	2,072	149	1,927	6	15	285	50	7,952
2009	Benin	6,769,914	9,962	680	9,401	4	562	1,120	156	34,488
2009	Bermuda	67,837	491	138	453	1	11	68	5	945
2009	Bolivia	10,227,299	20,213	506	18,942	6	1,007	2,408	232	64,967
2009	Bonaire	12,877	90	143	85	5	3	9	1	290
2009	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,590,310	1,209	3,797	1,184	2	33	219	16	2,296
2009	Botswana	1,798,372	1,785	1,007	1,733	4	91	129	41	4,397
2009	Brazil	191,480,630	708,224	270	689,577	3	30,028	59,978	10,749	1,650,459
2009	Britain	59,842,108	133,900	447	128,435	1	2,932	9,533	1,521	223,432
2009	Bulgaria	7,262,675	1,707	4,255	1,679	4	69	318	25	3,726
2009	Burkina Faso	15,755,416	1,375	11,458	1,328	6	19	183	35	4,028
2009	Burundi	8,038,618	9,114	882	8,511	10	815	1,146	161	35,645
2009	Cambodia	14,494,293	378	38,345	364	17	19	194	8	1,710
2009	Cameroon	17,500,000	33,834	517	33,365	3	1,635	2,744	335	91,642
2009	Canada	33,592,686	112,705	298	110,467	1	1,947	9,520	1,345	186,581
2009	Cape Verde	429,474	1,882	228	1,805	3	103	297	34	9,208
2009	Cayman Islands	49,035	298	165	233	8	14	24	4	694
2009	Central African Republic	4,430,000	2,515	1,761	2,438	5	120	272	53	15,230
2009	Chad	10,300,000	616	16,721	582	2	18	74	18	4,136
2009	Chile	16,928,873	70,473	240	68,537	2	2,472	7,501	827	171,544
2009	Chuuk	67,556	53	1,275	47	-4	2	15	3	255
2009	Colombia	45,101,266	141,179	319	139,194	4	7,103	15,735	2,079	493,022
2009	Congo, Dem. Republic of	68,692,542	156,035	440	144,697	3	9,177	11,830	3,044	951,867
2009	Congo, Republic of	4,012,809	5,619	714	5,085	3	294	311	72	25,079
2009	Cook Islands	19,569	181	108	158	-1	9	17	3	449
2009	Costa Rica	4,509,290	24,930	181	23,894	6	1,296	1,816	371	64,336
2009	Côte d’Ivoire	21,962,580	8,358	2,628	8,101	5	299	1,053	186	32,854
2009	Croatia	4,491,543	5,603	802	5,510	1	122	427	69	9,926
2009	Cuba	11,236,790	91,651	123	90,738	1	3,293	6,656	1,250	213,993
2009	Curaçao	141,766	1,694	84	1,646	0	53	112	22	4,523
2009	Cyprus	877,600	2,302	381	2,254	4	88	214	30	4,482
2009	Czech Republic	10,675,070	15,512	688	15,348	0	284	704	235	27,293
2009	Denmark	5,511,451	14,282	386	14,153	0	198	736	203	21,877
2009	Dominica	72,660	394	184	365	5	16	42	8	1,240
2009	Dominican Republic	11,700,000	31,115	376	29,960	5	1,545	4,826	401	113,853
2009	East Timor	923,198	148	6,238	127	19	22	27	3	426
2009	Ecuador	14,053,674	67,135	209	65,909	7	3,869	9,459	831	232,128
2009	El Salvador	5,789,494	35,831	162	34,305	5	1,894	2,400	645	91,950
2009	Equatorial Guinea	622,505	1,130	551	1,074	8	104	156	9	4,594
2009	Estonia	1,340,415	4,302	312	4,196	1	117	447	52	7,396
2009	Ethiopia	75,000,000	8,672	8,649	8,509	4	558	1,449	164	24,785
2009	Falkland Islands	3,140	5	628	4	-20	0	0	1	11
2009	Faroe Islands	48,778	119	410	112	11	1	26	4	172
2009	Fiji	837,271	2,432	344	2,313	9	69	243	56	9,507
2009	Finland	5,326,314	19,047	280	18,940	0	313	1,710	300	27,091
2009	France	62,596,000	123,272	508	118,085	1	2,464	9,135	1,525	208,350
2009	French Guiana	210,000	1,963	107	1,935	3	103	172	35	7,833
2009	Gabon	1,429,820	3,558	402	3,326	5	204	381	29	10,865
2009	Gambia	1,782,893	208	8,572	194	-1	8	26	3	510
2009	Georgia	4,385,400		246	17,272	5	960	2,543	188	33,704
2009	Germany	82,002,356	165,837	494	162,890	0	3,485	9,263	2,227	269,303
2009	Ghana	23,242,259	98,212	237	92,787	8	5,881	5,760	1,397	280,821
2009	Gibraltar	29,000	111	261	101	11	0	10	2	176
2009	Greece	10,539,771	28,859	365	28,569	1	631	2,953	377	48,181
2009	Greenland	56,462	170	332	157	25	2	31	6	340
2009	Grenada	104,000	576	181	550	0	16	41	9	1,676
2009	Guadeloupe	450,000	8,546	53	8,227	2	248	497	133	20,288
2009	Guam	178,430	681	262	658	5	20	106	8	1,997
2009	Guatemala	14,017,057	29,008	483	27,355	5	1,612	2,669	412	82,786
2009	Guinea	10,057,975	651	15,450	630	3	41	104	18	3,272
2009	Guinea-Bissau	1,533,964	130	11,800	122	0	6	36	2	553
2009	Guyana	777,648	2,546	305	2,471	5	184	243	45	11,818
2009	Haiti	8,373,750	16,019	523	14,910	5	1,147	1,763	221	65,254
2009	Hawaii	1,288,198	8,411	153	8,226	3	103	1,061	94	19,584
2009	Honduras	7,937,634	18,482	429	17,595	6	1,284	2,249	270	55,400
2009	Hong Kong	7,008,300	5,053	1,387	4,925	2	267	717	59	9,239
2009	Hungary	10,020,000	23,706	423	22,331	2	812	1,517	273	43,829
2009	Iceland	319,246	348	917	340	5	6	44	5	625
2009	India	1,145,429,000	30,717	37,290	29,638	6	1,698	2,740	421	78,170
2009	Indonesia	227,000,000	22,023	10,307	21,097	4	963	1,787	381	49,575
2009	Ireland	5,925,109	5,868	1,010	5,713	4	128	638	114	11,210
2009	Israel	11,515,500	1,332	8,645	1,313	1	63	90	20	2,726
2009	Italy	60,114,021	243,432	247	240,262	1	5,026	26,533	3,101	435,712
2009	Jamaica	2,825,928	11,954	236	11,632	2	440	1,195	194	36,447
2009	Japan	127,078,679	217,819	583	217,530	0	3,502	63,269	3,173	326,983
2009	Kazakhstan	15,776,492	17,225	916	16,446	4	986	2,439	195	32,262
2009	Kenya	36,500,000	23,801	1,534	22,321	5	754	2,908	521	61,689
2009	Kiribati	92,424	108	856	99	19	1	14	2	309
2009	Korea, Republic of	48,746,693	97,385	501	96,620	1	2,880	34,564	1,412	141,878
2009	Kosovo	2,350,000	169	13,905	167	6	18	44	4	422
2009	Kosrae	9,922	28	354	24	-11	1	3	1	72
2009	Kyrgyzstan	5,432,000	4,749	1,144	4,514	4	276	835	61	9,835
2009	Latvia	2,255,000	2,483	908	2,360	2	91	354	36	4,140
2009	Lebanon	3,971,941	3,630	1,094	3,562	0	82	141	66	6,459
2009	Lesotho	1,880,661	3,551	530	3,387	1	266	313	77	8,438
2009	Liberia	3,476,608	5,689	611	5,255	5	340	634	95	73,881
2009	Liechtenstein	35,593	53	672	49	7	2	1	1	82
2009	Lithuania	3,338,700	3,130	1,067	2,997	2	101	353	43	5,591
2009	Luxembourg	580,947	1,994	291	1,955	3	45	112	32	3,784
2009	Macao	544,200	180	3,023	173	3	6	30	2	452
2009	Macedonia	2,032,017	1,325	1,534	1,304	2	68	198	20	3,400
2009	Madagascar	19,920,224	21,855	911	20,894	8	1,639	2,973	433	103,198
2009	Madeira	247,367	1,148	215	1,115	0	33	90	17	2,171
2009	Malawi	13,066,320	75,877	172	71,386	3	4,541	5,762	1,196	230,810
2009	Malaysia	28,300,000	3,474	8,146	3,376	8	146	662	105	9,441
2009	Mali	12,666,987	251	50,466	230	-4	12	44	7	915
2009	Malta	404,139	591	684	576	3	17	48	7	998
2009	Marshall Islands	64,522	198	526	175	-3	1	19	3	1,018
2009	Martinique	401,000	4,606	87	4,503	2	130	348	56	10,257
2009	Mauritius	1,275,323	1,730	737	1,685	2	60	114	26	3,903
2009	Mayotte	186,452	82	2,274	73	-3	0	3	1	210
2009	Mexico	107,550,697	689,705	156	668,876	4	23,191	79,214	12,119	2,050,912
2009	Moldova	4,095,000	20,231	202	19,672	2	900	1,694	240	39,849
2009	Mongolia	3,041,142	233	13,052	221	25	20	84	3	796
2009	Montenegro	620,145	214	2,898	205	2	1	25	4	637
2009	Montserrat	5,097	10	510	9	0	0	2	1	87
2009	Mozambique	21,284,701	46,378	459	43,324	2	2,499	4,184	995	216,403
2009	Myanmar	50,020,000	3,629	13,783	3,508	4	211	451	72	7,803
2009	Namibia	2,103,761	1,701	1,237	1,621	6	98	138	33	4,962
2009	Nauru	10,800	15	720	11	120	0	2	1	144
2009	Nepal	28,563,377	1,160	24,624	1,086	15	134	196	13	4,818
2009	Netherlands	16,538,360	30,469	543	29,452	0	484	1,190	397	51,578
2009	Nevis	12,355	61	203	57	8	0	4	1	240
2009	New Caledonia	248,625	1,842	135	1,768	4	54	120	25	5,768
2009	New Zealand	4,328,823	14,091	307	13,462	2	449	907	174	26,045
2009	Nicaragua	5,590,000	22,190	252	20,898	5	1,297	2,416	332	80,474
2009	Niger	11,453,651	291	39,360	276	5	16	44	6	916
2009	Nigeria	140,003,542	312,315	448	291,179	3	13,999	29,585	5,168	632,646
2009	Niue	1,398	30	47	28	12	0	5	1	81
2009	Norfolk Island	1,860	9	207	9	13	0	0	1	20
2009	Norway	4,838,192	10,659	454	10,384	2	208	582	167	17,073
2009	Pakistan	176,242,949	1,000	176,243	842	-1	52	51	19	3,526
2009	Palau	20,461	88	233	83	-9	1	14	1	253
2009	Panama	3,450,349	13,168	262	12,653	4	552	1,388	263	44,853
2009	Papua New Guinea	6,716,662	3,907	1,719	3,619	3	200	354	59	25,191
2009	Paraguay	6,853,578	8,398	816	8,196	1	371	1,081	155	20,001
2009	Peru	29,152,987	106,939	273	100,910	4	3,362	22,399	1,209	343,621
2009	Philippines	90,000,000	166,130	542	162,647	5	9,816	26,325	3,087	523,200
2009	Pohnpei	34,680	90	385	84	0	0	7	1	288
2009	Poland	38,135,876	126,518	301	125,679	0	2,853	6,816	1,813	210,947
2009	Portugal	10,154,729	49,454	205	48,610	1	1,233	2,820	646	96,576
2009	Puerto Rico	3,954,037	25,776	153	25,155	2	652	2,523	323	60,241
2009	Réunion	802,000	2,807	286	2,760	3	88	150	33	5,840
2009	Rodrigues	37,748	38	993	35	0	1	4	1	115
2009	Romania	21,498,616	39,232	548	38,653	1	1,218	2,863	532	79,654
2009	Rota	2,899	12	242	7	40	0	3	1	41
2009	Russia	141,904,000	157,175	903	154,387	3	7,354	24,205	2,235	283,571
2009	Rwanda	9,790,071	17,564	557	16,177	8	1,630	2,846	388	67,843
2009	Saba	1,500	14	107	10	11	2	1	1	46
2009	St. Eustatius	3,500	23	152	19	19	1	3	1	90
2009	St. Helena	3,900	113	35	109	-4	1	0	3	257
2009	St. Kitts	50,675	201	252	188	1	4	22	3	739
2009	St. Lucia	172,000	739	233	662	4	15	79	9	2,030
2009	St. Maarten	41,000	338	121	324	-4	14	33	5	1,118
2009	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,125	12	510	12	20	0	3	1	17
2009	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	109,000	343	318	329	3	15	44	7	970
2009	Saipan	71,400	188	380	178	6	9	28	2	553
2009	Samoa	180,741	391	462	388	-4	10	68	9	1,674
2009	San Marino	31,434	209	150	202	11	1	32	2	382
2009	São Tomé and Príncipe	212,679	541	393	515	10	41	94	10	2,136
2009	Senegal	13,711,597	1,086	13,626	1,063	2	42	153	26	2,495
2009	Serbia	8,118,146	3,871	2,097	3,776	0	97	447	55	8,365
2009	Seychelles	87,298	302	289	290	9	18	23	4	781
2009	Sierra Leone	6,440,053	1,952	3,299	1,679	9	136	177	34	8,536
2009	Slovakia	5,412,254	11,211	483	11,114	0	192	273	161	20,253
2009	Slovenia	2,038,733	1,971	1,034	1,950	2	39	183	29	3,082
2009	Solomon Islands	539,464	1,830	295	1,735	0	67	247	43	8,157
2009	South Africa	49,052,489	87,512	561	81,419	1	4,812	7,405	1,716	208,085
2009	Spain	46,157,822	108,739	424	105,558	2	2,152	10,060	1,437	197,097
2009	Sri Lanka	20,300,000	4,706	4,314	4,532	5	147	425	84	11,523
2009	Sudan	39,154,490	1,749	22,387	1,676	6	107	239	42	6,313
2009	Suriname	501,145	2,379	111	2,336	4	76	191	47	8,563
2009	Swaziland	1,018,449	2,699	377	2,576	1	198	230	79	7,658
2009	Sweden	9,302,133	22,418	415	22,054	0	312	1,672	325	35,963
2009	Switzerland	7,701,900	18,093	426	17,301	1	282	703	276	30,429
2009	Tahiti	245,405	2,248	109	2,204	7	129	161	27	7,418
2009	Taiwan	23,100,000	7,061	3,271	6,866	6	511	1,824	103	16,325
2009	Tanzania	41,475,951	14,171	2,927	13,275	2	850	1,528	428	47,549
2009	Thailand	65,905,000	2,997	21,990	2,933	7	129	666	81	6,771
2009	Tinian	2,940	16	184	15	-25	0	2	1	49
2009	Togo	5,518,300	15,640	353	15,116	4	857	1,269	247	56,015
2009	Tonga	120,898	232	521	219	2	23	32	5	562
2009	Trinidad & Tobago	1,297,944	8,776	148	8,640	2	253	959	110	23,251
2009	Turkey	71,517,100	1,975	36,211	1,935	3	86	159	27	3,631
2009	Turks and Caicos	22,942	247	93	214	19	8	24	4	862
2009	Tuvalu	11,636	51	228	46	2	2	2	1	194
2009	Uganda	30,388,000	4,945	6,145	4,790	6	379	693	111	17,085
2009	Ukraine	46,022,306	147,607	312	143,609	3	6,329	16,101	1,595	270,505
2009	United States	302,771,526	1,154,275	262	1,096,502	4	34,739	118,678	12,800	2,469,036
2009	Uruguay	3,241,000	11,265	288	11,193	2	405	568	161	24,727
2009	Vanuatu	229,011	439	522	391	6	29	45	4	2,580
2009	Venezuela	28,384,132	113,002	251	109,521	6	5,293	16,124	1,399	364,193
2009	Virgin Islands, British	24,500	236	104	224	7	1	33	3	817
2009	Virgin Islands, U.S.	110,000	665	165	613	3	17	86	9	1,827
2009	Wallis & Futuna Islands	15,769	65	243	60	-6	5	7	1	225
2009	Yap	12,167	23	529	22	-8	0	6	1	126
2009	Zambia	12,896,830	159,529	81	140,250	7	10,527	10,389	2,241	650,611
2009	Zimbabwe	12,230,607	35,807	342	33,506	5	2,917	3,590	936	85,233
2009	30 Other Lands		20,768		19,004	14	1,359	5,128	488	35,142
2009	Grand Total		7,313,173		7,046,419	3	276,233	794,317	105,298	18,168,323