2018 Service Year Report

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2018 Service Year Report

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Year	Country or Territory	Population	Peak Publishers	Ratio, 1 Publisher to	% Increase	Baptisms	Average Pioneer Publishers	Congregations	Memorial Attendance
2018	Albania	2,870,324	5,647	508	0	143	1,332	93	11,866
2018	American Samoa	55,679	194	287	-6	8	36	3	682
2018	Andorra	76,953	178	432	-4	3	16	3	354
2018	Angola	27,794,030	155,991	178	9	12,215	22,994	2,111	635,980
2018	Anguilla	17,087	67	255	0	0	11	2	225
2018	Antigua	91,889	479	192	-1	9	48	7	1,337
2018	Argentina	44,494,502	153,342	290	1	4,229	24,075	1,980	312,994
2018	Armenia	2,986,500	10,977	272	0	262	2,213	134	21,843
2018	Aruba	106,000	1,080	98	0	31	96	14	2,898
2018	Australia	24,772,247	68,247	363	1	1,250	6,578	786	116,581
2018	Austria	8,823,054	21,563	409	0	332	1,690	299	34,118
2018	Azerbaijan	9,898,085	1,430	6,922	2	77	335	14	2,874
2018	Azores	243,862	767	318	0	11	102	15	1,528
2018	Bahamas	399,000	1,762	226	3	46	244	27	4,237
2018	Bangladesh	166,368,149	303	549,070	1	15	137	6	839
2018	Barbados	292,336	2,496	117	-2	55	190	30	5,573
2018	Belarus	9,491,823	6,146	1,544	2	224	1,255	80	10,046
2018	Belgium	11,514,752	25,429	453		425	1,939	339	43,326
2018	Belize	383,040	2,673	143	1	125	534	63	7,987
2018	Benin	11,486,000	13,644	842	4	587	1,725	209	44,661
2018	Bermuda	61,000	521	117	-2	8	88	5	927
2018	Bolivia	11,240,000	27,776	405	3	1,414	6,684	404	86,800
2018	Bonaire	26,000	160	163	2	0	20	2	351
2018	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,507,000	1,108	3,165	-4	10	179	16	1,690
2018	Botswana	2,341,861	2,316	1,011	2	118	306	45	6,225
2018	Brazil	208,888,781	869,537	240	3	32,457	113,750	12,270	1,827,079
2018	Britain	64,310,785	139,783	460	0	2,293	14,424	1,615	221,205
2018	Bulgaria	7,037,000	2,530	2,781	3	52	702	55	5,424
2018	Burkina Faso	19,752,000	1,958	10,088	3	74	277	48	4,309
2018	Burundi	9,732,000	14,508	671	5	921	2,211	266	50,681
2018	Cambodia	16,245,729	1,156	14,053	5	27	648	16	3,023
2018	Cameroon	25,293,116	43,965	575	4	1,764	5,198	486	98,947
2018	Canada	36,953,765	115,959	319	0	1,703	13,125	1,402	183,048
2018	Cape Verde	560,899	2,317	242	3	119	417	34	7,874
2018	Cayman Islands	62,000	265	234	0	3	34	3	620
2018	Central African Republic	5,000,000	2,889	1,731	3	138	306	56	17,622
2018	Chad	15,000,000	847	17,710	3	69	76	19	4,558
2018	Chile	18,552,218	80,451	231	2	2,140	13,280	1,012	177,431
2018	Chuuk	48,651	47	1,035	10	2	17	2	181
2018	Colombia	49,850,000	181,691	274	3	6,482	27,657	2,243	512,386
2018	Congo, Dem. Republic of	84,004,989	229,740	366	4	15,825	20,940	3,772	1,220,046
2018	Congo, Republic of	5,399,895	7,899	684	8	550	737	88	34,550
2018	Cook Islands	17,411	196	89	-3	3	26	3	482
2018	Costa Rica	4,956,898	31,786	156	2	1,023	3,711	451	69,999
2018	Côte d’Ivoire	23,889,455	11,938	2,001	5	525	1,657	324	69,529
2018	Croatia	4,189,000	5,042	831	-3	81	438	59	7,579
2018	Cuba	11,480,000	95,031	121	0	2,537	9,985	1,503	230,936
2018	Curaçao	161,000	2,057	78	-1	60	229	26	5,259
2018	Cyprus	885,600	2,659	333	2	45	454	43	4,674
2018	Czech Republic	10,625,449	15,442	688	0	228	1,274	216	26,370
2018	Denmark	5,789,957	14,644	395	0	227	1,075	173	20,923
2018	Dominica	73,897	428	173	-1	17	60	10	1,046
2018	Dominican Republic	10,882,996	38,606	282	1	1,307	7,234	577	113,928
2018	Ecuador	17,023,408	97,168	175	3	4,449	17,887	1,119	276,542
2018	El Salvador	6,190,216	40,900	151	0	1,006	5,362	738	88,132
2018	Equatorial Guinea	928,778	2,272	409	9	165	279	22	8,342
2018	Estonia	1,319,133	4,036	327	-1	88	510	57	6,265
2018	Ethiopia	104,957,000	10,472	10,023	1	395	2,416	221	23,401
2018	Falkland Islands	2,910	15	194	18	0	1	1	24
2018	Faroe Islands	50,844	123	413	-6	0	28	4	170
2018	Fiji	912,241	3,250	281	1	127	505	82	11,131
2018	Finland	5,513,130	18,324	301		241	2,132	290	24,814
2018	France	65,204,153	129,974	502	1	2,126	15,012	1,687	222,822
2018	French Guiana	290,384	2,694	108	3	109	429	47	10,535
2018	Gabon	1,853,964	4,604	403	4	185	609	53	11,002
2018	Gambia	2,163,765	246	8,796	7	4	32	5	597
2018	Georgia	3,729,600	18,173	205	0	456	3,334	219	31,930
2018	Germany	82,792,351	165,870	499	0	2,791	13,998	2,105	262,628
2018	Ghana	29,463,643	140,274	210	3	6,260	15,639	2,097	387,138
2018	Gibraltar	34,733	128	271	4	4	18	2	156
2018	Greece	10,815,197	28,254	383	-1	524	4,059	359	44,777
2018	Greenland	55,877	165	339	-5	5	35	5	318
2018	Grenada	117,724	595	198	0	5	65	10	1,215
2018	Guadeloupe	403,613	8,332	48	1	207	708	121	19,065
2018	Guam	159,358	745	214	3	11	159	10	1,878
2018	Guatemala	17,368,134	40,490	429	1	1,315	6,688	884	96,570
2018	Guinea	13,740,608	1,015	13,538	8	49	119	20	4,059
2018	Guinea-Bissau	1,907,268	171	11,154	3	8	44	3	642
2018	Guyana	775,864	3,121	249	0	132	472	48	13,330
2018	Haiti	9,993,000	19,951	501	0	995	2,788	282	82,913
2018	Honduras	8,429,901	23,430	360	0	883	4,276	450	63,549
2018	Hong Kong	7,448,900	5,571	1,337	1	498	1,104	63	9,880
2018	Hungary	9,688,847	21,412	452	-2	411	1,861	294	36,677
2018	Iceland	348,450	387	900	2	7	55	7	713
2018	India	1,354,051,854	48,615	27,853	4	1,702	7,958	684	136,916
2018	Indonesia	268,459,957	28,283	9,492	2	1,442	4,283	492	58,658
2018	Ireland	6,632,457	7,061	939	2	131	1,048	120	11,842
2018	Israel	9,055,123	1,808	5,008	7	42	309	31	4,179
2018	Italy	60,457,909	251,502	240	0	4,307	37,435	2,921	417,090
2018	Jamaica	2,899,000	11,425	254	-1	315	1,522	178	31,962
2018	Japan	127,185,332	212,802	598	0	2,050	65,890	3,025	294,296
2018	Kazakhstan	18,533,849	17,507	1,059	-1	517	3,869	261	30,809
2018	Kenya	51,226,537	29,860	1,716	2	1,160	3,643	641	73,103
2018	Kiribati	118,414	150	789	5	9	33	3	557
2018	Korea, Republic of	51,635,256	101,246	510	0	1,770	43,692	1,278	135,489
2018	Kosovo	1,798,506	262	6,865	-1	7	110	8	579
2018	Kosrae	6,616	18	368	-6	0	6	1	82
2018	Kyrgyzstan	6,256,700	5,420	1,154	1	183	1,223	83	10,321
2018	Latvia	1,925,253	2,216	869	-1	42	328	37	3,288
2018	Lesotho	2,269,178	4,248	534	2	169	517	91	10,919
2018	Liberia	4,892,190	7,286	671	3	333	707	141	46,011
2018	Liechtenstein	38,110	90	423	-1	0	2	1	132
2018	Lithuania	2,799,127	3,026	925	-1	55	435	46	4,661
2018	Luxembourg	602,005	2,141	281	1	41	182	33	3,861
2018	Macao	658,900	346	1,904	10	7	86	5	765
2018	Macedonia	2,088,091	1,281	1,630	0	54	159	23	2,870
2018	Madagascar	26,431,287	35,823	738	3	2,382	5,826	778	136,847
2018	Madeira	254,368	1,152	221	1	20	118	19	1,836
2018	Malawi	18,990,325	95,203	199	5	6,692	7,331	1,571	339,734
2018	Malaysia	32,000,000	5,350	5,981	4	292	1,440	118	13,584
2018	Mali	19,107,706	322	59,341	4	13	56	7	1,096
2018	Malta	431,000	774	557	6	20	101	10	1,274
2018	Marshall Islands	69,747	226	309	-6	4	31	4	793
2018	Martinique	384,769	4,901	79	0	106	583	62	10,233
2018	Mauritius	1,266,692	1,917	661	0	94	205	26	4,234
2018	Mayotte	260,000	177	1,469	8	4	43	3	358
2018	Mexico	131,918,726	871,339	151	1	29,134	143,820	13,245	2,214,594
2018	Moldova	4,043,000	19,213	210	-2	497	2,224	210	34,199
2018	Mongolia	3,121,772	459	6,801	-2	8	210	9	1,269
2018	Montenegro	620,029	274	2,263	0	10	57	5	571
2018	Montserrat	5,292	34	156	24	0	17	1	162
2018	Mozambique	30,500,000	64,536	473	6	4,065	5,491	1,289	306,876
2018	Myanmar	53,866,417	4,499	11,973	4	123	673	82	9,585
2018	Namibia	2,599,082	2,476	1,050	1	44	272	45	8,202
2018	Nauru	11,302	19	595	6	0	2	1	83
2018	Nepal	28,441,000	2,629	10,818	5	147	910	41	8,097
2018	Netherlands	17,218,328	29,603	582	-1	482	2,034	357	49,622
2018	Nevis	12,000	65	185	5	0	3	1	225
2018	New Caledonia	284,000	2,489	114	5	107	265	32	7,255
2018	New Zealand	4,749,598	14,301	332		287	1,338	186	26,513
2018	Nicaragua	6,290,787	29,243	215	1	809	4,499	502	88,303
2018	Niger	22,311,000	332	67,202	6	18	37	7	860
2018	Nigeria	195,875,000	390,250	502	2	13,256	40,430	6,547	806,256
2018	Niue	1,624	22	74	-9	0	2	1	52
2018	Norfolk Island	1,748	9	194	17	0	1	1	26
2018	Norway	5,312,343	11,745	452	1	234	1,134	167	17,235
2018	Pakistan	197,015,955	1,140	172,821	1	44	87	20	3,622
2018	Palau	21,108	80	264	-9	1	8	2	221
2018	Palestinian Territories	4,780,000	68	70,294	-18	4	12	2	147
2018	Panama	4,116,741	17,780	232	2	574	3,011	321	53,238
2018	Papua New Guinea	8,418,346	5,141	1,637	4	393	546	118	39,086
2018	Paraguay	6,932,449	10,750	645	2	483	1,873	239	22,796
2018	Peru	31,237,385	131,624	237	2	3,913	28,750	1,493	370,882
2018	Philippines	105,097,329	217,220	484	3	9,330	46,757	3,419	601,325
2018	Pohnpei	35,981	67	537	-10	0	19	1	183
2018	Poland	38,433,558	116,299	330	-1	1,508	8,383	1,288	180,603
2018	Portugal	9,792,797	49,299	199	1	1,072	4,638	652	86,182
2018	Puerto Rico	3,659,000	23,632	155	-7	472	3,753	299	46,097
2018	Réunion	883,153	3,380	261	3	87	451	41	6,535
2018	Rodrigues	42,638	57	748	10	0	16	1	183
2018	Romania	19,581,000	39,788	492	-1	738	3,990	538	75,082
2018	Rota	2,477	12	206	0	0	3	1	23
2018	Rwanda	12,089,721	30,076	402	3	1,777	5,272	553	80,601
2018	Saba	1,800	11	164	-18	0	2	0	65
2018	St. Barthélemy	9,604	34	282	-14	0	5	1	66
2018	St. Eustatius	4,020	30	134	0	0	3	1	102
2018	St. Helena	4,074	117	35	1	0	0	3	246
2018	St. Kitts	40,715	216	188	-1	8	27	4	684
2018	St. Lucia	164,994	819	201	5	23	114	11	1,760
2018	St. Maarten	42,083	361	117	4	14	40	5	876
2018	St. Martin	36,629	300	122	-9	3	27	5	1,047
2018	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,372	12	531	-23	0	6	1	19
2018	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	102,089	344	297	-2	2	41	8	982
2018	Saipan	48,200	217	222	-1	14	37	3	498
2018	Samoa	197,695	538	367	6	38	99	12	2,300
2018	San Marino	34,589	198	175	3		35	2	313
2018	São Tomé and Príncipe	201,025	875	230	6	54	142	13	3,231
2018	Senegal	16,294,270	1,369	11,902	3	38	169	29	2,725
2018	Serbia	7,040,272	3,933	1,790	0	90	637	66	8,149
2018	Seychelles	94,988	338	281	-2	6	41	4	906
2018	Sierra Leone	6,926,767	2,349	2,949	3	130	297	40	7,179
2018	Slovakia	5,445,087	11,293	482	-1	188	929	134	20,639
2018	Slovenia	2,075,000	1,841	1,127	-2	17	232	30	2,842
2018	Solomon Islands	626,227	2,077	302	-1	120	228	52	9,953
2018	South Africa	57,539,935	105,232	547	2	4,581	13,209	2,034	262,126
2018	South Sudan	13,172,963	1,697	7,763	6	96	177	32	5,435
2018	Spain	46,397,452	114,544	405	1	2,230	16,423	1,486	189,369
2018	Sri Lanka	20,967,913	6,482	3,235	5	395	797	115	15,656
2018	Sudan	41,727,690	633	65,921	-3	22	95	14	2,319
2018	Suriname	569,874	3,133	182	2	126	336	56	10,061
2018	Swaziland	1,396,414	3,316	421	1	133	322	80	8,272
2018	Sweden	10,182,291	22,330	456	0	321	2,400	306	34,035
2018	Switzerland	8,482,152	19,354	438	0	240	1,313	272	31,329
2018	Tahiti	275,918	3,250	85	1	116	508	48	9,196
2018	Taiwan	23,570,000	10,839	2,175	3	344	3,603	181	20,626
2018	Tanzania	59,477,688	18,705	3,180	4	1,066	1,950	455	58,620
2018	Thailand	68,414,135	5,170	13,233	6	154	1,923	125	10,347
2018	Timor-Leste	1,324,094	366	3,618	4	28	82	5	845
2018	Tinian	2,500	14	179	8	0	1	1	41
2018	Togo	7,991,000	21,755	367	3	794	2,290	307	64,898
2018	Tonga	109,008	209	522	-5	6	30	2	511
2018	Trinidad & Tobago	1,371,824	10,030	137	1	274	1,322	127	24,401
2018	Turkey	80,810,525	3,506	23,049	13	121	841	47	6,275
2018	Turks and Caicos	36,000	338	107	2	10	49	6	985
2018	Tuvalu	11,308	88	129	-6	9	7	1	224
2018	Uganda	39,049,142	8,179	4,774	7	486	1,116	152	28,147
2018	Ukraine	42,309,269	138,513	305	-6	2,897	18,457	1,522	217,417
2018	United States	326,767,000	1,234,877	265	0	26,618	181,822	13,016	2,441,125
2018	Uruguay	3,505,985	11,915	294	1	323	1,283	152	23,579
2018	Vanuatu	283,432	753	376	3	64	84	16	3,797
2018	Venezuela	32,560,997	148,042	220	-3	7,259	32,152	1,801	452,717
2018	Virgin Islands, British	32,000	260	123	3	0	34	4	699
2018	Virgin Islands, U.S.	105,000	607	173	1	8	118	10	1,549
2018	Wallis & Futuna Islands	11,000	52	212	15	1	3	1	275
2018	Yap	11,376	30	379	4	3	10	1	124
2018	Zambia	16,897,386	204,176	83	6	16,218	16,362	3,249	931,426
2018	Zimbabwe	16,913,261	48,278	350	4	2,079	6,678	1,353	122,058
2018	33 Other Lands		223,747		1.3	4,672	45,348	3,371	334,215
2018	Grand Total (240 Lands)		8,579,909		1.4	281,744	1,267,808	119,954	20,329,317