2012 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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2012 Service Year Report

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YearCountry or TerritoryPopulationPeak PublishersRatio, 1 Publisher toAverage Publishers% IncreaseBaptismsAverage Pioneer PublishersCongregationsMemorial Attendance
2012Albania3,204,0004,7916694,63552591,0327212,084
2012American Samoa69,54322231320413253727
2012Andorra85,00017947516402133337
2012Angola19,082,00091,58720886,80296,2469,5091,228441,602
2012Anguilla15,000732056512642290
2012Antigua89,000487183475-2104371,329
2012Argentina40,542,337144,134281142,43514,68216,3591,961309,212
2012Armenia3,274,30011,07329611,01904282,20513323,201
2012Aruba103,50489911587763453112,600
2012Australia22,736,80466,02334464,88411,4244,627801115,533
2012Austria8,394,00020,92340120,79503811,24529534,076
2012Azerbaijan9,235,1001,1188,2601,0641053230112,659
2012Azores239,77376131574902579151,780
2012Bahamas351,4041,6512131,602-143188273,948
2012Bangladesh148,692,000168885,071161158394535
2012Barbados274,0002,5271082,484055189306,101
2012Belarus9,595,0005,1451,8654,9654215854678,985
2012Belgium11,108,87125,31143924,13113961,38537344,136
2012Belize325,0002,2521442,1982117386567,808
2012Benin9,100,00011,00582710,54535131,30516838,117
2012Bermuda65,194523125462119685962
2012Bolivia10,320,73022,70345521,95769643,44426673,688
2012Bonaire15,666109144103102102346
2012Bosnia and Herzegovina3,760,0001,2083,1131,191-137198162,111
2012Botswana2,033,0002,1219592,0456100216465,790
2012Brazil193,946,886756,455256737,951230,98967,43011,1271,663,221
2012Britain60,704,600135,654447131,62912,55610,7121,544225,351
2012Bulgaria7,364,5701,9933,6951,925562459435,056
2012Burkina Faso16,469,0001,58110,4171,518775227415,553
2012Burundi8,749,00011,13678610,51177801,44022138,377
2012Cambodia14,138,00059823,6425461837276101,736
2012Cameroon20,042,40036,82754435,60411,5863,05032492,238
2012Canada33,476,688114,792292112,71011,94010,6771,373187,704
2012Cape Verde523,5681,9732651,936480342357,957
2012Cayman Islands55,45623823322105273549
2012Central African Republic4,487,0002,5781,7402,4740952585315,450
2012Chad11,525,00066817,25360942263174,069
2012Chile16,572,47569,79523772,42022,6589,260881172,849
2012Chuuk48,651539184670113266
2012Colombia47,551,000156,143305152,28027,40419,7962,431490,538
2012Congo, Dem. Republic of69,921,000177,556394163,349110,66815,1223,2881,001,518
2012Congo, Republic of4,239,0005,8107305,52643123687626,396
2012Cook Islands14,95918680176-19173542
2012Costa Rica4,799,00027,82117227,17237582,43843668,409
2012Côte d’Ivoire20,675,0009,2532,2348,78645151,25823242,661
2012Croatia4,403,0005,5897885,5520110481669,367
2012Cuba11,240,84195,44111894,81023,4708,2031,403225,545
2012Curaçao150,5631,859811,811368142244,751
2012Cyprus885,6002,4813572,439191260344,795
2012Czech Republic10,512,20815,45668015,352027080123326,287
2012Denmark5,550,00014,41138514,281122775219021,807
2012Dominica67,000463145422-1359101,306
2012Dominican Republic10,088,59835,50528434,13241,8496,129473113,299
2012Ecuador15,069,00077,32319576,58744,79912,158925246,958
2012El Salvador6,267,00038,35916337,72121,0733,06967393,642
2012Equatorial Guinea720,4001,4504971,359683173125,499
2012Estonia1,294,2364,2353064,152-1102451537,083
2012Ethiopia87,000,0009,5029,1569,30025311,93919523,762
2012Falkland Islands2,841132191220020129
2012Faroe Islands49,000118415108-11004168
2012Fiji860,8062,8772992,7343249351699,765
2012Finland5,401,26718,79528718,710-12471,85430426,459
2012France63,128,000124,029509121,33112,30012,4581,578213,245
2012French Guiana236,2502,2001072,1383117250357,518
2012Gabon1,540,0003,7134153,56021374673411,008
2012Gambia1,728,0002068,38819753354571
2012Georgia4,497,60018,24824617,57728672,62220332,576
2012 Germany82,302,000164,871499162,70502,67610,5652,237265,407
2012Ghana25,626,845113,896225109,08545,3709,9421,594290,127
2012Gibraltar29,00011824611325142191
2012Greece10,787,69029,09837129,00306733,60138149,308
2012Greenland57,000157363154-13346303
2012Grenada104,000598174547-1116091,542
2012Guadeloupe408,0908,350498,089-323257613119,292
2012Guam159,91476520974811512182,021
2012Guatemala15,169,00034,14444433,01781,3883,81767089,2 SI
2012Guinea10,504,00074914,024692330112183,479
2012Guinea-Bissau1,515,0001371 1,05812333332574
2012Guyana758,0002,7562752,6805973304410,241
2012Haiti9,993,00018,33854517,40361,4452,24224272,246
2012Honduras7,925,00021,41237020,12234793,15435263,096
2012Hong Kong7,136,3005,4071,3205,2623727882679,638
2012Hungary9,939,00023,16142922,593-16831,80228943,271
2012Iceland320,00037784935647507691
2012India1,224,239,00036,31933,70834,99551,9923,59946296,181
2012Indonesia237,600,00023,55910,09422,86231,1702,19639254,056
2012Ireland6,397,7526,0851,0515,930213768911411,282
2012Israel7,763,0001,3795,6291,348344131212,558
2012Italy61,100,000247,251247245,32615,25029,7003,045452,062
2012Jamaica2,706,50012,08822411,83803781,46519635,350
2012Japan126,536,000217,154583216,69202,78765,2453,055314,111
2012Kazakhstan16,793,60017,70494917,17508152,91722831,186
2012Kenya41,800,00025,4171,64524,22331,3033,24056660,162
2012Kiribati102,697129796120511212380
2012Korea, Republic of48,184,000100,20348199,97012,28736,3611,390140,976
2012Kosovo2,350,00021610,880207510745713
2012Kosrae6,6162230117626192
2012Kyrgyzstan5,571,2004,9271,1314,80412318956810,346
2012Latvia2,050,0002,3768632,327064326363,869
2012Lebanon4,143,1015,6701,1293,581188141646,587
2012Lesotho2,196,0003,8445713,648-1165395829,575
2012Liberia3,994,1226, 5406505,728228967511373,223
2012Liechtenstein36,00088409855041148
2012Lithuania3,053,8003,1729633,0952125425535,469
2012Luxembourg507,0002,0972422,013-138122313,877
2012Macao557,4002552,186239120534605
2012Macedonia2,061,0001,3461,5311,329057197243,284
2012Madagascar21,975,56026,50382925,77961,7874,087598115,958
2012Madeira272,9501,1522371,14003394172,057
2012Malawi15,000,00080,43918678,22533,2186,0391,310276,484
2012Malaysia29,322,0004,2956,8274,124621293211611,250
2012Mali15,370,00028653,741274213507988
2012Malta417,0005807195701124671,042
2012Marshall Islands53,158192277178-29203881
2012Martinique402,4994,787844,71121585295810,822
2012Mauritius1,257,9001,7517181,733250121263,976
2012Mayotte209,5301141,838101402221258
2012Mexico116,260,000772,628150749,585323,288109,53913,0402,224,500
2012Moldova3,573,00020,29417620,02006522,00524938,831
2012Mongolia2,756,0003398,13031782613561,107
2012Montenegro631,4902432,599233-24344616
2012Montserrat5,00021238163305172
2012Mozambique24,500,00052,69546547,90653,1814,2871,069256,493
2012Myanmar60,380,0003,79015,9313,7052140516698,005
2012Namibia2,327,0002,0401,1411,8916133193416,190
2012Nauru9,378185211515221125
2012Nepal26,620,8091,73815,3171,66512121437234,912
2012Netherlands16,743,66230,22655429,29204951,41036851,474
2012Nevis12,35557217530241176
2012New Caledonia256,7981,9781301,936163157266,204
2012New Zealand4,440,9391 3,96931813,742-12691,07418626,423
2012Nicaragua5,962,00024,48024423,45347383,06037184,605
2012Niger16,069,00030552,685290015456961
2012Nigeria163,115,000344,342474312,251312,33832,9695,605673,264
2012Niue1,398255623-406168
2012Norfolk Island2,16982717-2200114
2012Norway4,883,00011,14143810,959223371916417,548
2012Pakistan180,874,975880205,540842-642100184,075
2012Palau21,032842508033151270
2012 Palestinian Territories4,268,0007755,429648232147
2012Panama3,629,00015,16023914,24264761,87829746,187
2012Papua New Guinea7,013,8294,0141,7473,770-11473676728,909
2012Paraguay7,136,6109,0167928,78133801,17717118,492
2012Peru29,734,000117,245254110,65125,02224,4661,274357,158
2012Philippines95,880,024181,236529178,46738,50531,5603,121547,408
2012Pohnpei35,9819239181-143141251
2012Poland38,081,740125,485303124,29202,4207,5081,487206,964
2012Portugal9,769,07149,45019849,04901,1413,45964394,980
2012Puerto Rico3,749,00026,27414325,82706062,93233059,480
2012Réunion839,4802,9272872,887182296336,159
2012Rodrigues40,4404296338344189
2012Romania21,388,00040,14753339,80301,1193,41054081,592
2012Rota2,5271615813803143
2012Russia142,958,000168,618848162,74815,85728,0212,445287,341
2012Rwanda11,689,69622,73451420,60481,8093,55848769,582
2012Saba1,500101509-1011135
2012St. Barthélemy9,057255622310002175
2012St. Eustatius3,5002414622522184
2012St. Helena4,000121331176313288
2012St. Kitts40,00021019020253324792
2012St. Lucia174,000728239711729106102,196
2012St. Maarten41,0003431203111173251,126
2012St. Martin37,461345109299100075905
2012St. Pierre and Miquelon6,3141542114003123
2012St. Vincent & the Grenadines110,0003712963552135181,124
2012Saipan48,220222217212-210392512
2012Samoa187,820497578450133687111,707
2012San Marino32,00020016019930252334
2012São Tomé and Príncipe183,176659278634837127102,813
2012Senegal12,434,0001,15510,7651,116136129252,580
2012Serbia8,118,1463,8432,1123,8160112522598,271
2012Seychelles88,211337262327212214871
2012Sierra Leone5,696,0002,0302,8061,840397228357,854
2012Slovakia5,445,32411,18448711,094-117339615920,709
2012Slovenia2,030,0002,0041,0131,983041228293,121
2012Solomon Islands584,5781,7903271,717-183224488,409
2012South Africa50,520,00092,32154789,92923,8869,0221,892217,952
2012South Sudan10,314,0211,2538,231010066173344,678
2012Spain46,077,000110,651416107,98612,43212,2931,521196,960
2012Sri Lanka20,860,0005,2483,9755,13242955749113,581
2012Sudan33,419,62565850,790495-691967171,569
2012Suriname539,9122,6202062,5363214239518,121
2012Swaziland1,205,0003,1345842,9382189264907,496
2012Sweden9,522,99822,38042622,04303441,85531835,524
2012Switzerland7,664,00018,25142017,696132683326831,194
2012Taiwan23,276,0008,5772,7148,36665412,53612518,477
2012Tanzania46,229,00016,4762,80614,47838621,62345450,125
2012Thailand67,092,0003,63118,4783,50851321,005898,066
2012Timor-Leste1,175,8802145,495194920393563
2012Tinian3,1361520912-2002125
2012Togo6,155,00017,42935316,61238061,50425958,880
2012Tonga106,14623345622509305612
2012Trinidad & Tobago1,351,0009,3731449,21612341,13811722,742
2012Turkey74,000,0002,20433,5752,171377224284,102
2012Turks and Caicos39,8323321203028385051,018
2012Tuvalu9,8477513162-2921224
2012Uganda34,509,0005,9245,8255,691739284512219,798
2012Ukraine45,561,000150,840302149,19904,86119,0081,723265,985
2012United States315,800,4381,203,6422621,156,150132,039143,07213,5462,502,055
2012Uruguay3,286,31411,69028111,386-132965515724,314
2012Vanuatu246,1625644364929795252,743
2012Venezuela28,946,101129,310224124,67036,49621,7591,549404,516
2012Virgin Islands, British13,0002724826440314806
2012Virgin Islands, U.S.109,00064017061502787101,824
2012Wallis & Futuna Islands13,93688158612161177
2012Yap11,37627421254251124
2012Zambia13,883,577162,37086156,898310,09011,8942,488738,978
2012Zimbabwe12,759,56539,23832538,63722,3694,5401,03197,688
201230 Other Lands29,50027,388121,6178,93768554,524
2012Grand Total7,782,3467,538,9942268,777950,022111,71919,013,343