2016 Service Year Report

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2016 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
2016	Albania	3,204,000	5,574	575	5,487	2	270	1,268	89	11,562
2016	American Samoa	54,194	210	258	202	-7	11	34	3	708
2016	Andorra	72,040	174	414	164	-4	0	20	3	354
2016	Angola	25,789,024	128,057	201	121,306	9	9,549	15,165	1,725	564,070
2016	Anguilla	14,760	70	211	61	-2	1	6	2	313
2016	Antigua	92,740	489	190	463	0	15	48	7	1,364
2016	Argentina	43,416,755	150,052	289	148,062	0	4,199	20,510	2,012	309,964
2016	Armenia	2,998,600	11,178	268	10,999	0	433	2,176	133	23,512
2016	Aruba	104,263	1,058	99	1,019	7	51	74	14	2,840
2016	Australia	24,224,401	67,418	359	66,689	0	1,235	5,667	793	116,596
2016	Austria	8,699,730	21,561	403	21,353	1	480	1,549	299	35,731
2016	Azerbaijan	9,826,397	1,406	6,989	1,357	4	69	347	13	2,911
2016	Azores	245,766	742	331	727	0	15	86	15	1,663
2016	Bahamas	392,718	1,800	218	1,652	1	56	216	27	4,739
2016	Bangladesh	160,995,642	282	570,907	271	12	10	120	6	969
2016	Barbados	285,000	2,542	112	2,513	0	41	203	30	6,012
2016	Belarus	9,496,000	5,903	1,609	5,854	0	158	1,239	78	10,231
2016	Belgium	11,267,910	25,437	443	24,818	1	485	1,679	354	42,991
2016	Belize	367,500	2,702	136	2,555	2	91	484	62	8,734
2016	Benin	11,241,706	12,759	881	12,012	3	456	1,622	192	42,162
2016	Bermuda	61,662	498	124	444	-1	12	94	5	945
2016	Bolivia	10,725,000	26,081	411	25,457	3	1,140	5,093	332	75,027
2016	Bonaire	18,000	148	122	135	14	0	11	2	358
2016	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,810,000	1,160	3,284	1,146	-2	24	185	16	1,883
2016	Botswana	2,262,000	2,181	1,037	2,109	0	102	266	44	6,438
2016	Brazil	206,482,887	829,743	249	808,710	3	32,978	91,983	11,911	1,799,512
2016	Britain	65,111,143	138,261	471	134,517	0	2,309	13,240	1,613	226,750
2016	Bulgaria	7,186,893	2,408	2,985	2,376	4	60	661	55	5,454
2016	Burkina Faso	18,759,039	1,776	10,563	1,653	0	45	277	44	5,349
2016	Burundi	9,396,000	13,595	691	12,957	3	864	2,016	270	51,587
2016	Cambodia	15,577,899	1,021	15,257	986	10	26	558	14	2,790
2016	Cameroon	24,071,647	41,721	577	38,373	1	1,426	4,442	399	97,036
2016	Canada	36,401,079	115,006	317	113,954	0	1,678	12,166	1,409	184,604
2016	Cape Verde	527,877	2,206	239	2,141	2	92	407	33	7,647
2016	Cayman Islands	60,764	253	240	237	9	10	23	3	645
2016	Central African Republic	4,900,000	2,547	1,924	2,525	-1	139	312	53	17,337
2016	Chad	14,037,000	769	18,254	705	3	38	69	18	4,659
2016	Chile	18,191,884	76,915	237	75,622	1	2,090	11,814	979	174,925
2016	Chuuk	48,651	82	593	43	16	3	12	2	232
2016	Colombia	49,953,000	171,146	292	167,960	2	8,168	24,233	2,572	500,548
2016	Congo, Dem. Republic of	79,722,624	215,449	370	214,736	22	15,295	21,616	3,746	1,199,216
2016	Congo, Republic of	4,740,992	6,576	721	6,314	4	400	494	78	22,598
2016	Cook Islands	14,974	195	77	188	-3	2	22	3	450
2016	Costa Rica	4,861,300	30,593	159	29,973	1	754	3,405	437	70,324
2016	Côte d’Ivoire	23,842,311	11,133	2,142	10,620	3	511	1,624	317	76,526
2016	Croatia	4,240,000	5,335	795	5,264	-2	55	473	64	8,434
2016	Cuba	11,412,918	95,843	119	95,443	0	2,948	9,675	1,555	223,336
2016	Curaçao	158,635	2,063	77	2,025	2	65	194	26	5,488
2016	Cyprus	885,600	2,584	343	2,563	1	76	424	41	4,873
2016	Czech Republic	10,564,866	15,594	677	15,490	0	261	1,140	222	26,656
2016	Denmark	5,669,000	14,719	385	14,622	0	226	953	179	21,779
2016	Dominica	73,000	437	167	421	-4	3	72	10	1,646
2016	Dominican Republic	10,606,865	37,704	281	36,949	0	1,397	7,239	583	120,779
2016	Ecuador	16,528,730	90,110	183	88,636	4	3,708	14,745	1,036	274,593
2016	El Salvador	6,148,000	41,084	150	39,851	1	791	5,415	684	92,606
2016	Equatorial Guinea	875,609	1,850	473	1,714	4	115	212	16	7,353
2016	Estonia	1,315,944	4,065	324	4,031	-1	58	504	55	6,464
2016	Ethiopia	99,391,000	10,277	9,671	10,116	1	452	2,352	220	25,150
2016	Falkland Islands	2,912	12	243	11	0	0	0	1	19
2016	Faroe Islands	48,000	134	358	129	15	0	35	4	203
2016	Fiji	897,537	3,098	290	2,881	-3	20	493	79	11,821
2016	Finland	5,487,308	18,477	297	18,397	-1	253	2,033	300	26,061
2016	France	64,500,000	128,759	501	127,087	1	2,669	14,482	1,714	223,556
2016	French Guiana	244,118	2,515	97	2,472	4	124	386	49	9,975
2016	Gabon	1,772,682	4,090	433	3,996	1	177	543	42	12,478
2016	Gambia	2,056,352	262	7,849	220	-4	13	36	4	639
2016	Georgia	3,720,400	18,619	200	18,216	0	501	3,216	231	32,216
2016	Germany	82,175,684	165,624	496	164,243	0	3,224	12,721	2,159	274,379
2016	Ghana	28,188,439	133,607	211	128,258	3	6,069	14,009	1,941	354,966
2016	Gibraltar	32,259	134	241	124	-2	2	21	2	185
2016	Greece	10,787,690	28,715	376	28,537	0	651	4,086	389	47,027
2016	Greenland	56,000	169	331	161	11	8	31	5	317
2016	Grenada	107,327	565	190	542	-6	12	69	10	1,524
2016	Guadeloupe	409,055	8,208	50	8,046	0	268	664	120	19,475
2016	Guam	159,358	736	217	705	-5	25	122	9	1,858
2016	Guatemala	16,700,400	39,976	418	38,822	2	517	5,857	893	98,074
2016	Guinea	12,947,122	857	15,107	810	6	44	120	20	3,554
2016	Guinea-Bissau	1,890,111	163	11,596	149	6	9	37	3	702
2016	Guyana	767,085	3,100	247	3,016	3	105	442	48	12,456
2016	Haiti	9,993,000	20,554	486	19,754	1	1,055	2,833	280	86,256
2016	Honduras	8,199,000	23,565	348	22,908	1	474	4,244	442	67,271
2016	Hong Kong	7,346,700	5,563	1,321	5,429	-1	171	1,027	59	9,508
2016	Hungary	9,821,000	22,231	442	22,035	-2	490	1,917	297	39,543
2016	Iceland	329,000	398	827	368	0	4	52	6	675
2016	India	330,713,000	44,861	29,663	43,910	5	2,618	6,869	624	124,547
2016	Indonesia	258,316,051	26,741	9,660	25,967	2	1,038	3,662	477	56,404
2016	Ireland	4,713,993	6,585	716	6,407	2	65	935	119	12,077
2016	Israel	8,751,200	1,604	5,456	1,564	4	55	241	27	3,430
2016	Italy	60,665,551	251,092	242	250,249	0	4,915	33,733	2,976	438,412
2016	Jamaica	2,803,362	11,714	239	11,539	-2	301	1,480	187	33,968
2016	Japan	126,573,481	214,173	591	213,818	0	2,156	64,864	3,059	300,963
2016	Kazakhstan	17,670,579	17,725	997	17,521	0	526	3,617	256	32,067
2016	Kenya	47,528,480	26,886	1,768	26,582	0	659	3,524	632	67,173
2016	Kiribati	114,405	146	784	134	-1	8	33	4	349
2016	Korea, Republic of	50,504,000	99,962	505	99,724	0	1,893	40,069	1,331	135,398
2016	Kosovo	2,350,000	257	9,144	247	5	7	98	7	548
2016	Kosrae	6,616	28	236	20	0	0	5	1	107
2016	Kyrgyzstan	6,019,500	5,178	1,163	5,124	1	209	1,096	69	10,833
2016	Latvia	1,939,050	2,290	847	2,249	-1	46	349	36	3,519
2016	Lebanon	6,023,372	3,684	1,635	3,641	-1	68	192	57	6,458
2016	Lesotho	2,135,000	4,019	531	3,958	3	254	451	89	11,062
2016	Liberia	4,615,222	7,137	647	6,332	4	341	712	133	45,809
2016	Liechtenstein	37,623	89	423	85	0	2	2	1	141
2016	Lithuania	2,862,786	3,079	930	3,042	-2	61	458	46	4,991
2016	Luxembourg	583,189	2,108	277	2,082	2	15	144	32	3,996
2016	Macao	652,500	329	1,983	289	-2	16	78	5	717
2016	Macedonia	2,078,453	1,310	1,587	1,289	0	38	190	24	2,856
2016	Madagascar	24,915,822	33,529	743	31,845	3	1,966	5,490	718	138,470
2016	Madeira	256,424	1,138	225	1,116	-3	21	101	17	1,812
2016	Malawi	17,885,806	89,299	200	88,810	10	7,072	7,138	1,520	291,106
2016	Malaysia	30,700,000	5,055	6,073	4,936	3	231	1,298	113	13,330
2016	Mali	18,145,967	322	56,354	293	3	12	52	7	1,118
2016	Malta	419,000	747	561	694	4	20	86	8	1,210
2016	Marshall Islands	69,747	211	331	176	-4	6	31	4	870
2016	Martinique	396,909	4,794	83	4,744	0	152	577	66	10,662
2016	Mauritius	1,277,459	1,869	683	1,832	3	62	197	25	4,414
2016	Mayotte	236,507	162	1,460	156	6	2	43	3	388
2016	Mexico	128,766,500	859,541	150	829,793	1	17,190	134,370	13,237	2,262,646
2016	Moldova	4,069,000	19,800	206	19,653	-1	562	2,232	242	37,091
2016	Mongolia	2,959,134	473	6,256	448	3	21	189	9	1,297
2016	Montenegro	631,490	264	2,392	258	-4	3	55	6	541
2016	Montserrat	5,154	21	245	20	5	0	10	1	124
2016	Mozambique	28,947,073	56,192	515	54,455	3	1,390	5,019	1,175	223,543
2016	Myanmar	54,479,161	4,211	12,937	4,139	1	97	612	76	8,847
2016	Namibia	2,459,000	2,448	1,004	2,310	3	128	261	44	8,239
2016	Nauru	10,263	19	540	15	36	0	1	1	130
2016	Nepal	28,441,000	2,367	12,016	2,322	5	112	802	36	7,261
2016	Netherlands	17,054,563	29,839	572	29,490	0	562	1,784	362	51,404
2016	Nevis	12,000	74	162	65	16	0	3	1	243
2016	New Caledonia	275,202	2,333	118	2,252	4	100	199	33	7,198
2016	New Zealand	4,718,126	14,242	331	13,895	0	311	1,249	186	26,527
2016	Nicaragua	6,155,700	28,642	215	27,651	2	789	4,139	485	88,308
2016	Niger	20,860,548	292	71,440	274	1	9	40	7	957
2016	Nigeria	182,202,000	370,336	492	342,122	1	12,204	37,746	6,430	774,874
2016	Niue	1,190	24	50	23	-4	0	3	1	70
2016	Norfolk Island	1,796	6	299	6	20	0	0	1	16
2016	Norway	5,211,000	11,664	447	11,535	1	233	980	168	18,165
2016	Pakistan	192,826,502	1,034	186,486	975	2	45	105	19	4,392
2016	Palau	21,108	79	267	75	-6	0	15	2	220
2016	Palestinian Territories	4,810,000	78	61,667	73	3	0	10	2	190
2016	Panama	3,995,500	17,193	232	16,529	2	401	2,781	317	50,177
2016	Papua New Guinea	7,708,577	4,586	1,681	4,112	5	186	485	109	35,593
2016	Paraguay	6,750,721	10,207	661	9,982	3	389	1,683	227	23,452
2016	Peru	31,826,018	127,855	249	121,991	1	4,838	27,771	1,448	358,596
2016	Philippines	100,981,437	209,131	483	202,431	1	8,900	41,182	3,315	584,685
2016	Pohnpei	35,981	75	480	70	1	4	21	1	235
2016	Poland	38,437,239	119,932	320	118,947	-2	1,740	7,720	1,305	190,613
2016	Portugal	9,839,140	48,999	201	48,484	0	1,016	4,394	647	88,538
2016	Puerto Rico	3,680,772	25,579	144	25,269	-1	651	3,628	323	53,241
2016	Réunion	861,984	3,160	273	3,087	4	85	371	38	6,565
2016	Rodrigues	41,669	50	833	43	-10	2	5	1	105
2016	Romania	21,136,000	40,398	523	40,151	-1	798	3,809	547	79,150
2016	Rota	2,477	11	225	9	0	1	4	1	25
2016	Russia	146,074,524	171,828	850	170,415	-1	4,002	29,665	2,315	293,933
2016	Rwanda	11,533,446	27,759	415	26,229	5	1,870	4,856	598	85,493
2016	Saba	1,800	12	150	9	-25	0	3	0	43
2016	St. Barthélemy	9,503	30	317	27	4	0	6	1	91
2016	St. Eustatius	4,020	29	139	25	14	0	3	1	93
2016	St. Helena	4,000	121	33	116	-2	3	0	3	269
2016	St. Kitts	44,183	211	209	200	-1	2	29	4	685
2016	St. Lucia	186,383	778	240	739	2	17	105	11	2,208
2016	St. Maarten	39,540	339	117	325	-4	11	31	5	1,247
2016	St. Martin	36,457	322	113	297	-5	5	26	5	1,078
2016	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,286	14	449	13	-7	0	5	1	19
2016	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	109,645	345	318	328	-2	2	45	8	1,105
2016	Saipan	48,200	211	228	200	3	8	37	3	511
2016	Samoa	194,899	548	356	510	-2	27	84	12	2,272
2016	San Marino	33,121	195	170	193	-4	0	27	2	313
2016	São Tomé and Príncipe	195,364	810	241	778	3	29	143	11	3,277
2016	Senegal	15,604,407	1,263	12,355	1,205	3	45	156	25	2,859
2016	Serbia	8,118,146	3,894	2,085	3,855	0	80	618	63	8,381
2016	Seychelles	92,430	337	274	324	-3	6	47	4	893
2016	Sierra Leone	6,592,102	2,214	2,977	2,071	2	125	249	39	10,079
2016	Slovakia	5,427,917	11,441	474	11,321	0	223	915	140	21,547
2016	Slovenia	2,068,000	1,905	1,086	1,889	-1	34	233	30	2,977
2016	Solomon Islands	596,109	2,039	292	1,935	1	78	267	52	10,044
2016	South Africa	54,490,000	102,606	531	99,249	3	6,000	12,160	2,105	273,686
2016	South Sudan	12,822,840	1,232	10,408	1,179	-3	5	173	35	5,042
2016	Spain	46,025,318	112,455	409	110,393	1	2,199	14,710	1,502	190,976
2016	Sri Lanka	20,810,816	5,969	3,486	5,915	2	251	809	108	15,790
2016	Sudan	41,394,024	624	66,337	624	5	27	80	16	2,485
2016	Suriname	540,000	2,982	181	2,919	2	107	307	55	10,040
2016	Swaziland	1,287,000	3,217	400	3,106	1	164	277	87	8,953
2016	Sweden	9,779,000	22,430	436	22,238	0	286	2,200	310	35,476
2016	Switzerland	8,327,126	19,327	431	18,838	1	352	1,105	275	32,819
2016	Tahiti	268,207	3,206	84	3,162	3	155	482	46	9,721
2016	Taiwan	23,510,000	10,126	2,322	9,941	4	240	3,323	147	19,558
2016	Tanzania	55,538,635	16,989	3,269	16,335	1	345	1,861	477	55,136
2016	Thailand	68,200,800	4,574	14,911	4,493	6	221	1,553	109	9,986
2016	Timor-Leste	1,167,242	340	3,433	318	12	22	69	4	919
2016	Tinian	2,500	23	109	17	13	0	3	1	47
2016	Togo	7,544,879	20,157	374	19,558	3	929	1,990	293	66,727
2016	Tonga	106,326	235	452	197	-5	7	27	3	593
2016	Trinidad & Tobago	1,360,088	9,675	141	9,635	1	258	1,196	126	24,459
2016	Turkey	79,000,000	2,829	27,925	2,727	8	108	494	38	4,960
2016	Turks and Caicos	34,904	330	106	316	-5	8	56	6	1,020
2016	Tuvalu	9,943	73	136	52	-19	0	3	1	214
2016	Uganda	36,893,477	7,266	5,078	7,095	4	420	1,063	147	23,920
2016	Ukraine	42,480,549	141,846	299	140,356	-1	3,440	19,444	1,578	242,086
2016	United States	324,118,787	1,231,609	263	1,198,026	0	28,588	168,318	14,040	2,495,181
2016	Uruguay	3,423,787	11,786	290	11,634	0	332	1,057	157	24,403
2016	Vanuatu	270,470	717	377	624	12	33	78	14	3,327
2016	Venezuela	31,028,637	147,680	210	144,003	4	7,247	28,953	1,849	467,611
2016	Virgin Islands, British	30,659	256	120	245	-4	0	30	4	846
2016	Virgin Islands, U.S.	106,415	619	172	571	-3	17	90	10	1,706
2016	Wallis & Futuna Islands	11,504	43	268	37	-16	0	3	1	185
2016	Yap	11,376	29	392	27	-4	1	10	1	145
2016	Zambia	15,933,883	183,586	87	181,568	6	10,471	14,469	2,972	782,527
2016	Zimbabwe	15,764,255	45,640	345	44,574	3	3,339	5,874	1,242	116,011
2016	31 Other Lands		41,775		40,167	12.2	1,963	15,297	907	82,546
2016	Grand Total		8,340,847		8,132,358	1.8	264,535	1,157,017	119,485	20,085,142