2015 Service Year Report

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2015 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
2015	Albania	3,204,000	5,415	592	5,381	4	228	1,223	86	12,945
2015	American Samoa	57,642	233	247	218	0	0	33	3	835
2015	Andorra	79,330	181	438	170	1	4	18	3	320
2015	Angola	24,383,301	115,948	210	111,123	8	7,462	13,748	1,565	529,827
2015	Anguilla	13,600	71	192	62	-3	2	3	2	252
2015	Antigua	80,200	472	170	462	-3	3	43	7	1,230
2015	Argentina	42,657,055	148,565	287	147,379	1	4,888	19,913	2,014	315,790
2015	Armenia	3,026,900	11,117	272	11,019	0	260	2,221	142	23,318
2015	Aruba	109,028	975	112	953	2	35	65	14	2,922
2015	Australia	23,884,166	67,606	353	66,753	0	1,605	5,639	797	116,022
2015	Austria	8,584,926	21,338	402	21,216	1	403	1,464	300	34,359
2015	Azerbaijan	9,593,000	1,351	7,101	1,303	7	105	327	13	2,674
2015	Azores	246,353	739	333	730	-2	16	90	15	1,680
2015	Bahamas	388,000	1,686	230	1,630	0	50	207	27	4,198
2015	Bangladesh	160,995,642	255	631,355	243	15	13	96	6	993
2015	Barbados	277,800	2,557	109	2,506	-1	61	201	30	6,531
2015	Belarus	9,496,000	5,918	1,605	5,828	4	173	1,290	76	10,212
2015	Belgium	11,209,044	25,497	440	24,661	1	489	1,601	370	43,325
2015	Belize	347,900	2,567	136	2,515	4	120	475	62	8,705
2015	Benin	10,880,000	12,430	875	11,716	3	486	1,591	186	41,706
2015	Bermuda	62,000	526	118	448	-3	18	82	5	909
2015	Bhutan	775,480	3	258,493	3	100	0	0	0	7
2015	Bolivia	10,725,000	25,174	426	24,836	4	1,265	4,676	329	77,110
2015	Bonaire	18,905	122	155	118	2	3	15	2	357
2015	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,791,622	1,189	3,189	1,170	-1	13	188	16	1,972
2015	Botswana	2,262,000	2,153	1,051	2,099	-1	93	271	46	6,323
2015	Brazil	204,873,755	805,044	254	787,470	3	28,349	91,055	11,802	1,743,624
2015	Britain	62,863,330	137,631	457	134,491	0	2,286	13,063	1,605	225,584
2015	Bulgaria	7,284,500	2,368	3,076	2,290	7	120	613	53	5,267
2015	Burkina Faso	18,106,000	1,743	10,388	1,656	4	99	271	44	4,499
2015	Burundi	9,231,000	13,132	703	12,577	6	823	1,861	269	50,743
2015	Cambodia	15,577,899	924	16,859	894	11	43	498	14	2,251
2015	Cameroon	22,637,185	41,376	547	37,869	1	1,455	4,145	339	97,390
2015	Canada	36,162,252	115,234	314	114,123	0	1,688	12,121	1,397	187,322
2015	Cape Verde	545,993	2,143	255	2,098	3	104	411	35	8,033
2015	Cayman Islands	60,000	223	269	217	-5	6	27	3	651
2015	Central African Republic	4,900,000	2,613	1,875	2,544	3	131	314	53	16,350
2015	Chad	14,037,000	710	19,770	687	6	37	69	17	4,582
2015	Chile	18,006,407	76,296	236	75,168	1	2,458	11,583	963	174,761
2015	Chuuk	48,651	42	1,158	37	-23	0	12	1	230
2015	Colombia	49,367,000	166,373	297	165,089	2	5,885	23,732	2,550	510,952
2015	Congo, Dem. Republic of	77,267,000	206,309	375	176,585	-2	10,274	18,387	3,642	1,131,161
2015	Congo, Republic of	4,620,000	7,448	620	6,080	-2	149	466	77	25,444
2015	Cook Islands	13,313	217	61	194	0	0	20	3	469
2015	Costa Rica	4,819,000	30,115	160	29,601	2	863	3,337	433	69,247
2015	Côte d’Ivoire	22,671,331	10,607	2,137	10,302	5	544	1,599	293	64,724
2015	Croatia	4,290,612	5,427	791	5,372	-1	186	485	67	8,472
2015	Cuba	11,258,597	96,487	117	95,825	0	3,624	9,791	1,524	231,958
2015	Curaçao	156,971	2,033	77	1,987	3	100	190	25	5,463
2015	Cyprus	885,600	2,575	344	2,536	3	64	406	40	4,609
2015	Czech Republic	10,541,466	16,269	648	15,471	0	291	1,077	226	26,177
2015	Denmark	5,678,348	14,652	388	14,564	1	140	923	179	21,527
2015	Dominica	72,700	450	162	437	3	9	69	10	1,448
2015	Dominican Republic	10,478,756	37,536	279	36,946	2	1,445	7,337	567	120,103
2015	Ecuador	16,278,844	87,020	187	85,468	4	5,336	14,201	1,002	260,366
2015	El Salvador	6,142,600	40,013	154	39,643	1	835	5,467	685	92,188
2015	Equatorial Guinea	810,613	1,918	423	1,653	5	122	213	15	6,860
2015	Estonia	1,313,271	4,095	321	4,074	0	85	493	54	6,793
2015	Ethiopia	99,391,000	10,083	9,857	10,013	3	496	2,316	217	25,323
2015	Falkland Islands	2,840	11	258	11	10	1	0	1	26
2015	Faroe Islands	50,145	119	421	112	-4	1	31	4	192
2015	Fiji	887,027	3,097	286	2,958	1	231	487	78	11,845
2015	Finland	5,471,753	18,574	295	18,496	0	221	2,001	303	25,924
2015	France	64,200,000	127,444	504	125,519	1	2,365	14,049	1,702	219,748
2015	French Guiana	241,922	2,429	100	2,373	4	78	374	46	9,401
2015	Gabon	1,756,708	4,216	417	3,972	4	169	519	38	11,646
2015	Gambia	1,990,924	252	7,900	230	11	10	42	4	579
2015	Georgia	3,729,500	18,531	201	18,279	1	502	3,197	229	32,569
2015	Germany	81,083,551	165,754	489	163,871	0	2,647	12,308	2,187	270,447
2015	Ghana	27,451,357	129,046	213	124,004	4	5,062	12,890	1,852	353,891
2015	Gibraltar	29,833	129	231	127	2	2	21	2	174
2015	Greece	10,787,690	28,816	374	28,592	0	617	4,133	390	46,822
2015	Greenland	55,984	155	361	145	0	3	24	6	351
2015	Grenada	109,600	602	182	579	0	3	80	10	1,534
2015	Guadeloupe	410,335	8,192	50	8,058	0	183	621	120	19,763
2015	Guam	159,358	790	202	740	1	23	116	9	1,943
2015	Guatemala	14,941,600	38,766	385	38,140	3	1,360	5,646	881	97,106
2015	Guinea	11,750,000	835	14,072	765	4	49	118	19	3,136
2015	Guinea-Bissau	1,844,325	149	12,378	141	6	8	31	3	701
2015	Guyana	782,359	3,013	260	2,941	3	105	433	46	12,837
2015	Haiti	9,993,000	20,516	487	19,552	3	902	2,774	275	86,029
2015	Honduras	8,758,900	23,130	379	22,653	3	1,093	4,262	433	67,573
2015	Hong Kong	7,298,600	5,590	1,306	5,509	-1	191	1,018	68	9,619
2015	Hungary	9,855,000	22,582	436	22,400	0	555	1,980	296	39,727
2015	Iceland	329,000	382	861	367	0	4	51	7	692
2015	India	1,299,213,900	42,566	30,522	41,866	6	2,902	6,196	587	120,601
2015	Indonesia	256,000,000	26,238	9,757	25,361	4	1,066	3,269	465	55,864
2015	Ireland	6,676,364	6,422	1,040	6,281	1	120	884	119	11,779
2015	Israel	8,548,984	1,567	5,456	1,511	4	42	220	26	3,242
2015	Italy	60,795,612	251,032	242	250,277	1	4,911	33,944	2,997	435,046
2015	Jamaica	2,793,300	11,911	235	11,815	-1	348	1,504	188	37,111
2015	Japan	126,573,481	215,216	588	214,523	0	2,160	65,354	3,059	300,406
2015	Kazakhstan	17,563,000	17,797	987	17,545	0	559	3,449	248	31,435
2015	Kenya	47,233,491	28,005	1,687	26,578	3	1,267	3,544	619	66,820
2015	Kiribati	104,607	150	697	136	-4	0	39	3	418
2015	Korea, Republic of	50,293,000	100,544	500	99,950	0	3,045	39,347	1,358	134,894
2015	Kosovo	2,350,000	241	9,751	236	0	6	85	6	574
2015	Kosrae	6,616	24	276	20	18	1	6	1	118
2015	Kyrgyzstan	5,895,062	5,134	1,148	5,071	3	202	1,058	67	10,838
2015	Latvia	2,000,000	2,303	868	2,275	-1	47	347	36	3,750
2015	Lebanon	5,053,624	3,734	1,353	3,671	0	66	183	57	6,533
2015	Lesotho	2,135,000	4,123	518	3,837	-1	133	430	90	10,266
2015	Liberia	4,190,000	6,475	647	6,112	1	440	738	126	44,716
2015	Liechtenstein	37,370	91	411	85	-3	4	2	1	135
2015	Lithuania	2,898,062	3,140	923	3,101	-1	68	474	50	5,018
2015	Luxembourg	562,958	2,058	274	2,042	1	6	126	32	3,895
2015	Macao	642,900	310	2,074	294	-1	13	69	4	715
2015	Macedonia	2,108,434	1,318	1,600	1,293	-2	37	194	24	2,903
2015	Madagascar	24,967,390	32,426	770	30,941	5	1,780	5,198	696	131,087
2015	Madeira	258,686	1,192	217	1,147	1	23	103	17	1,935
2015	Malawi	16,000,000	89,626	179	80,776	-2	5,958	6,547	1,447	296,711
2015	Malaysia	30,986,035	4,897	6,328	4,804	3	175	1,263	116	12,539
2015	Mali	17,599,694	295	59,660	284	-1	23	55	7	1,163
2015	Malta	419,000	692	605	665	7	18	75	8	1,192
2015	Marshall Islands	53,158	223	238	183	7	9	31	4	914
2015	Martinique	395,027	4,820	82	4,755	0	138	562	64	10,613
2015	Mauritius	1,330,000	1,815	733	1,785	2	54	149	25	4,124
2015	Mayotte	230,338	162	1,422	147	13	3	46	3	338
2015	Mexico	121,856,500	832,981	146	818,481	2	21,764	136,512	13,088	2,242,804
2015	Moldova	4,069,000	19,972	204	19,776	0	531	2,223	240	35,813
2015	Mongolia	2,959,134	445	6,650	435	7	39	181	9	1,280
2015	Montenegro	631,490	278	2,272	270	2	11	57	6	589
2015	Montserrat	4,900	21	233	19	6	0	9	1	108
2015	Mozambique	25,727,911	57,144	450	53,027	3	2,773	4,900	1,154	291,356
2015	Myanmar	54,647,652	4,149	13,171	4,099	4	115	546	74	8,438
2015	Namibia	2,459,000	2,306	1,066	2,247	2	31	271	44	7,726
2015	Nauru	10,436	14	745	11	-27	0	1	1	92
2015	Nepal	27,153,225	2,251	12,063	2,204	10	141	753	36	7,268
2015	Netherlands	16,956,486	30,042	564	29,508	0	529	1,696	360	51,743
2015	Nevis	12,100	64	189	56	6	0	2	1	213
2015	New Caledonia	270,710	2,277	119	2,164	6	100	185	30	6,473
2015	New Zealand	4,618,522	14,224	325	13,929	0	397	1,251	185	26,008
2015	Nicaragua	5,912,800	27,707	213	27,054	3	821	4,132	484	88,843
2015	Niger	19,899,000	282	70,564	272	-4	14	40	7	805
2015	Nigeria	182,201,962	367,103	496	338,955	3	12,573	36,968	6,145	739,234
2015	Niue	1,190	26	46	24	-4	0	3	1	54
2015	Norfolk Island	1,329	6	222	5	-38	0	0	1	19
2015	Norway	5,189,400	11,598	447	11,472	1	111	940	166	17,889
2015	Pakistan	188,925,000	1,021	185,039	960	3	73	99	18	4,035
2015	Palau	21,108	89	237	80	3	5	19	2	233
2015	Palestinian Territories	4,680,000	74	63,243	71	1	3	12	2	167
2015	Panama	3,661,000	16,572	221	16,224	4	584	2,773	313	54,213
2015	Papua New Guinea	7,708,577	4,228	1,823	3,916	1	230	415	106	34,707
2015	Paraguay	6,917,579	10,023	690	9,719	4	469	1,592	216	24,298
2015	Peru	31,151,643	124,897	249	120,260	3	4,866	27,755	1,419	383,251
2015	Philippines	100,621,100	201,761	499	199,551	5	10,146	38,813	3,246	576,542
2015	Pohnpei	35,981	73	493	69	-7	2	20	1	212
2015	Poland	38,478,602	122,021	315	121,018	-1	1,885	7,958	1,327	191,524
2015	Portugal	9,869,783	48,840	202	48,633	0	1,076	4,288	644	91,472
2015	Puerto Rico	3,683,200	25,832	143	25,585	0	600	3,535	324	56,404
2015	Réunion	843,617	3,010	280	2,980	1	72	330	37	6,297
2015	Rodrigues	41,669	52	801	48	12	0	5	1	122
2015	Romania	21,240,000	40,575	523	40,370	0	890	3,831	548	78,300
2015	Rota	2,477	10	248	9	-10	0	3	1	26
2015	Russia	146,042,093	175,615	832	172,977	5	4,526	30,963	2,547	294,180
2015	Rwanda	11,262,564	26,680	422	25,061	7	1,722	4,496	589	83,107
2015	Saba	2,000	13	154	12	71	0	2	0	54
2015	St. Barthélemy	9,269	28	331	26	8	0	5	1	97
2015	St. Eustatius	3,100	24	129	22	0	0	3	1	84
2015	St. Helena	4,000	122	33	118	3	1	0	3	272
2015	St. Kitts	46,000	218	211	203	0	12	34	4	773
2015	St. Lucia	173,800	773	225	727	-2	34	104	11	2,296
2015	St. Maarten	37,400	391	96	340	1	3	38	5	1,147
2015	St. Martin	36,522	323	113	313	1	4	28	5	1,037
2015	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,299	14	450	14	-7	0	5	1	22
2015	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	109,344	346	316	336	1	11	44	8	1,139
2015	Saipan	48,220	215	224	194	-2	1	35	2	557
2015	Samoa	193,483	547	354	519	-1	29	79	12	2,065
2015	San Marino	32,890	208	158	202	-1	0	32	2	351
2015	São Tomé and Príncipe	194,006	773	251	754	6	73	150	11	3,226
2015	Senegal	15,129,273	1,194	12,671	1,168	2	42	148	26	2,606
2015	Serbia	8,118,146	3,895	2,084	3,861	0	73	609	61	7,939
2015	Seychelles	91,650	347	264	333	1	10	33	4	935
2015	Sierra Leone	6,092,000	2,166	2,813	2,037	5	147	242	37	9,553
2015	Slovakia	5,421,433	11,386	476	11,276	2	291	819	142	21,623
2015	Slovenia	2,068,000	1,985	1,042	1,911	-1	50	232	30	2,942
2015	Solomon Islands	584,020	1,962	298	1,915	7	127	265	51	9,807
2015	South Africa	54,490,000	100,082	544	96,631	1	3,779	11,164	2,108	250,754
2015	South Sudan	11,864,683	1,308	9,071	1,218	1	139	164	33	4,682
2015	Spain	46,439,864	111,411	417	109,457	1	2,197	14,414	1,533	190,233
2015	Sri Lanka	21,416,445	5,902	3,629	5,775	3	211	794	108	15,415
2015	Sudan	40,720,640	608	66,975	595	16	54	87	16	2,308
2015	Suriname	540,000	2,896	186	2,849	3	132	287	55	9,889
2015	Swaziland	1,287,000	3,124	412	3,063	3	58	265	92	8,841
2015	Sweden	9,804,082	22,446	437	22,236	0	594	2,203	315	35,366
2015	Switzerland	8,237,666	19,219	429	18,611	2	347	1,046	270	31,755
2015	Taiwan	23,465,003	9,703	2,418	9,582	4	387	3,123	142	19,261
2015	Tanzania	51,420,567	16,255	3,163	16,129	2	856	1,900	475	55,355
2015	Thailand	67,959,000	4,405	15,428	4,258	6	137	1,410	106	8,715
2015	Timor-Leste	1,250,000	301	4,153	284	17	16	67	4	750
2015	Tinian	3,136	23	136	15	0	0	3	1	43
2015	Togo	7,305,000	23,112	316	19,067	5	905	1,858	282	67,069
2015	Tonga	105,894	233	454	208	-4	8	31	3	628
2015	Trinidad & Tobago	1,333,100	9,679	138	9,543	0	260	1,216	122	24,103
2015	Turkey	77,700,000	2,611	29,759	2,514	4	79	399	31	4,546
2015	Turks and Caicos	34,300	340	101	332	3	12	59	6	1,060
2015	Tuvalu	9,894	86	115	64	7	0	1	1	247
2015	Uganda	36,076,000	7,112	5,073	6,832	6	363	1,046	142	23,157
2015	Ukraine	42,529,112	142,736	298	141,364	-6	3,922	19,672	1,566	236,261
2015	United States	321,773,600	1,231,867	261	1,195,081	1	28,358	167,404	14,063	2,475,339
2015	Uruguay	3,424,567	12,031	285	11,614	1	302	960	158	23,583
2015	Vanuatu	269,442	743	363	557	6	34	82	12	3,720
2015	Venezuela	30,851,300	142,117	217	138,860	3	6,721	27,532	1,807	433,763
2015	Virgin Islands, British	30,100	263	114	256	-2	0	32	4	825
2015	Virgin Islands, U.S.	106,300	626	170	586	-3	22	85	10	1,743
2015	Wallis & Futuna Islands	14,315	50	286	44	-4	3	5	1
2015	Yap	11,376	30	379	28	0	1	8	1	136
2015	Zambia	15,077,660	177,695	85	171,167	1	9,855	13,612	2,806	809,840
2015	Zimbabwe	15,576,901	45,072	346	43,361	4	2,302	5,462	1,185	114,500
2015	31 Other Lands		38,833		35,795	7.3	2,194	13,150	844	74,469
2015	Grand Total		8,220,105		7,987,279	1.5	260,273	1,135,210	118,016	19,862,783