2019 Service Year Report

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2019 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
2019	Albania	2,881,000	5,642	514	5,605	0	175	1,333	87	12,135
2019	American Samoa	55,000	180	357	154	-8	4	29	3	595
2019	Andorra	77,000	179	445	173	1	3	11	3	332
2019	Angola	31,825,000	165,631	199	159,758	7	13,490	24,685	2,269	696,384
2019	Anguilla	15,000	67	234	64	2		11	1	288
2019	Antigua	97,000	475	214	454	-2	12	42	7	1,392
2019	Argentina	44,781,000	154,673	292	153,203	2	4,917	24,422	1,976	330,166
2019	Armenia	2,958,000	10,924	276	10,702	-2	294	2,102	129	20,968
2019	Aruba	106,000	1,097	98	1,078	3	28	110	14	3,084
2019	Australia	25,203,000	68,646	372	67,816	0	1,367	6,935	762	118,279
2019	Austria	8,955,000	21,614	417	21,483	0	308	1,759	298	34,213
2019	Azerbaijan	9,982,000	1,490	6,937	1,439	2	77	346	14	3,053
2019	Azores	243,000	795	320	759	3	26	118	15	1,622
2019	Bahamas	389,000	1,776	229	1,695	1	61	251	28	4,977
2019	Bangladesh	163,046,000	324	517,606	315	5	14	151	6	980
2019	Barbados	287,000	2,439	119	2,414	-1	26	181	30	6,190
2019	Belarus	9,452,000	6,211	1,541	6,132	3	208	1,312	81	10,140
2019	Belgium	11,431,000	25,173	459	24,923	0	513	2,028	336	42,925
2019	Belize	390,000	2,702	148	2,642	1	133	541	61	8,306
2019	Benin	11,801,000	14,203	884	13,346	4	805	1,804	225	45,475
2019	Bermuda	63,000	483	146	432	3	4	83	5	851
2019	Bolivia	11,513,000	28,732	407	28,255	3	1,129	7,288	427	94,104
2019	Bonaire	20,000	131	165	121	-3	0	17	2	370
2019	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,301,000	1,065	3,159	1,045	-3	9	175	17	1,794
2019	Botswana	2,339,000	2,251	1,052	2,223	0	103	331	47	6,707
2019	Brazil	210,396,000	893,784	240	875,987	2	32,943	116,547	12,408	1,922,286
2019	Britain	64,345,000	137,029	478	134,718	0	2,409	14,706	1,618	222,033
2019	Bulgaria	7,000,000	2,556	2,773	2,524	1	77	677	52	5,444
2019	Burkina Faso	20,321,000	2,042	11,283	1,801	2	100	268	48	4,851
2019	Burundi	11,531,000	15,565	783	14,734	6	927	2,310	271	61,157
2019	Cambodia	16,487,000	1,182	14,188	1,162	2	54	637	17	3,033
2019	Cameroon	25,876,000	45,092	616	41,998	3	2,071	5,502	500	101,818
2019	Canada	37,411,000	115,634	326	114,591	0	1,935	13,449	1,326	186,020
2019	Cape Verde	550,000	2,327	241	2,283	2	79	397	35	8,377
2019	Cayman Islands	65,000	274	247	263	7	1	39	3	730
2019	Central African Republic	4,745,000	2,901	1,727	2,747	2	178	298	58	18,890
2019	Chad	15,947,000	887	18,608	857	4	69	73	19	4,765
2019	Chile	18,952,000	82,305	236	80,475	3	2,461	13,689	955	184,610
2019	Chuuk	49,000	48	1,195	41	-7	2	13	2	207
2019	Colombia	50,339,000	187,229	274	183,945	4	6,754	27,861	2,248	567,889
2019	Congo, Dem. Republic of	86,791,000	243,146	386	225,009	2	17,800	21,347	3,880	1,264,290
2019	Congo, Republic of	5,381,000	8,808	651	8,260	10	732	970	98	34,754
2019	Cook Islands	18,000	206	96	188	2	8	30	3	549
2019	Costa Rica	5,048,000	32,125	159	31,798	2	1,181	3,807	446	71,472
2019	Côte d’Ivoire	25,717,000	12,194	2,159	11,913	4	531	1,645	325	75,755
2019	Croatia	4,130,000	4,965	850	4,858	-2	64	434	58	7,843
2019	Cuba	11,333,000	94,873	120	94,628	0	2,923	9,532	1,457	223,403
2019	Curaçao	163,000	2,060	81	2,024	0	75	226	26	5,605
2019	Cyprus	1,199,000	2,704	448	2,675	2	32	451	43	4,966
2019	Czech Republic	10,669,000	15,471	693	15,396	0	254	1,287	213	26,748
2019	Denmark	5,814,000	14,622	399	14,555	0	247	1,143	173	20,756
2019	Dominica	72,000	442	175	411	4	11	57	10	1,561
2019	Dominican Republic	10,739,000	38,754	283	37,974	1	1,402	7,171	572	116,498
2019	Ecuador	17,374,000	100,038	178	97,454	3	4,175	18,462	1,154	290,701
2019	El Salvador	6,454,000	40,392	161	40,017	-1	1,053	4,898	701	86,133
2019	Equatorial Guinea	1,356,000	2,586	598	2,267	11	205	311	25	8,989
2019	Estonia	1,325,000	4,012	333	3,979	0	63	522	57	6,199
2019	Eswatini	1,148,000	3,354	352	3,261	2	49	334	80	9,248
2019	Ethiopia	112,079,000	10,760	10,652	10,522	2	418	2,336	219	25,543
2019	Falkland Islands	3,000	15	214	14	8	0	1	1	31
2019	Faroe Islands	52,000	131	409	127	9	1	31	4	235
2019	Fiji	890,000	3,151	289	3,082	3	131	518	80	11,186
2019	Finland	5,524,000	18,260	304	18,178	0	281	2,116	285	25,064
2019	France	65,130,000	131,078	502	129,820	1	3,240	15,615	1,610	222,855
2019	French Guiana	291,000	2,842	106	2,754	5	181	429	47	11,318
2019	Gabon	2,173,000	4,869	493	4,410	4	204	602	57	13,288
2019	Gambia	2,348,000	238	10,344	227	5	10	36	5	637
2019	Georgia	3,724,000	18,021	208	17,865	-1	489	3,242	215	31,451
2019	Germany	83,517,000	165,393	508	164,363	0	2,869	14,571	2,091	267,562
2019	Ghana	30,418,000	144,570	218	139,792	3	6,257	15,539	2,167	381,212
2019	Gibraltar	34,000	137	264	129	4	1	17	2	162
2019	Greece	10,722,000	28,171	382	28,089	0	717	4,071	358	45,637
2019	Greenland	56,000	153	389	144	-9	0	31	5	315
2019	Grenada	112,000	550	213	526	-4	7	69	10	1,487
2019	Guadeloupe	400,000	8,376	49	8,143	0	208	716	121	19,385
2019	Guam	167,000	767	223	748	3	19	172	10	1,900
2019	Guatemala	17,581,000	40,525	438	40,154	0	1,406	6,603	873	98,161
2019	Guinea	12,771,000	1,031	12,620	1,012	8	69	125	23	4,243
2019	Guinea-Bissau	1,921,000	191	10,440	184	11	15	51	3	699
2019	Guyana	783,000	3,293	248	3,155	2	139	493	50	13,942
2019	Haiti	11,263,000	20,433	570	19,768	1	981	2,662	276	87,267
2019	Honduras	9,746,000	23,016	428	22,767	0	819	4,091	439	63,652
2019	Hong Kong	7,524,000	5,617	1,348	5,583	2	441	1,180	64	9,349
2019	Hungary	9,773,000	21,256	464	21,060	-1	408	1,832	293	37,992
2019	Iceland	357,000	390	957	373	0	2	56	7	741
2019	India	1,366,418,000	49,743	27,752	49,236	4	2,512	7,797	692	137,439
2019	Indonesia	270,626,000	29,107	9,605	28,177	3	1,046	4,450	514	58,878
2019	Ireland	6,802,000	7,059	994	6,845	2	134	1,114	121	11,818
2019	Israel	9,260,000	1,879	5,044	1,836	4	58	329	32	3,166
2019	Italy	60,550,000	251,303	242	250,538		4,278	37,512	2,892	414,595
2019	Jamaica	2,948,000	11,334	266	11,090	-1	334	1,408	174	34,703
2019	Japan	126,860,000	212,651	597	212,438	0	2,118	66,100	2,991	291,206
2019	Kazakhstan	18,551,000	17,485	1,072	17,307	0	479	3,959	262	30,516
2019	Kenya	52,574,000	29,935	1,833	28,681	3	1,445	3,648	647	78,322
2019	Kiribati	118,000	134	952	124	-7	2	32	3	438
2019	Korea, Republic of	51,709,000	102,456	507	101,970	1	1,800	45,242	1,266	136,891
2019	Kosovo	1,796,000	267	6,803	264	2	6	120	8	594
2019	Kosrae	7,000	20	412	17	6	0	5	1	96
2019	Kyrgyzstan	6,390,000	5,300	1,226	5,214	1	192	1,233	85	10,489
2019	Latvia	1,920,000	2,188	896	2,142	-2	46	324	33	3,367
2019	Lesotho	2,125,000	4,365	506	4,202	3	257	545	93	12,087
2019	Liberia	4,937,000	7,851	715	6,904	4	411	722	145	52,616
2019	Liechtenstein	38,000	91	427	89	2	2	4	1	159
2019	Lithuania	2,794,000	2,977	948	2,948	-2	55	446	46	4,682
2019	Luxembourg	616,000	2,156	290	2,123	0	27	197	31	3,802
2019	Macao	672,000	358	1,948	345	8	4	102	4	810
2019	Madagascar	26,969,000	37,730	732	36,847	7	3,591	6,385	832	146,622
2019	Madeira	254,000	1,157	221	1,149	2	32	129	20	1,868
2019	Malawi	18,629,000	102,773	196	95,229	2	6,103	7,374	1,636	342,426
2019	Malaysia	31,950,000	5,521	5,862	5,450	5	204	1,579	120	13,492
2019	Mali	19,658,000	361	59,570	330	7	26	58	7	1,345
2019	Malta	494,000	769	660	748	-2	12	96	10	1,344
2019	Marshall Islands	59,000	158	421	140	-11	3	24	4	771
2019	Martinique	376,000	4,780	80	4,688	-1	118	594	61	10,317
2019	Mauritius	1,270,000	1,910	676	1,879	1	68	208	27	4,322
2019	Mayotte	266,000	188	1,486	179	6	8	54	3	427
2019	Mexico	127,576,000	874,491	148	862,590	1	30,403	138,474	13,074	2,258,524
2019	Moldova	3,157,000	18,808	170	18,584	-2	436	2,199	208	32,872
2019	Mongolia	3,225,000	471	7,026	459	4	13	217	9	1,433
2019	Montenegro	628,000	279	2,309	272	3	7	64	5	536
2019	Montserrat	5,000	39	147	34	10	0	19	1	216
2019	Mozambique	30,366,000	67,758	463	65,593	9	7,162	6,114	1,315	334,110
2019	Myanmar	54,330,000	4,821	11,564	4,698	7	206	831	91	10,437
2019	Namibia	2,495,000	2,647	1,007	2,477	3	133	296	46	8,629
2019	Nauru	11,000	21	647	17		2	2	1	102
2019	Nepal	28,609,000	2,659	10,890	2,627	1	136	890	42	6,995
2019	Netherlands	17,097,000	29,525	583	29,305	0	628	2,116	352	49,159
2019	Nevis	12,000	74	176	68	10	0	3	1	223
2019	New Caledonia	283,000	2,536	115	2,458	3	124	276	33	7,050
2019	New Zealand	4,783,000	14,201	341	14,027	1	294	1,391	183	26,856
2019	Nicaragua	6,546,000	29,567	227	28,896	1	1,598	4,411	468	87,706
2019	Niger	23,311,000	322	76,430	305	-1	3	42	9	924
2019	Nigeria	200,964,000	402,541	546	367,876	2	14,239	41,038	6,566	835,850
2019	Niue	2,000	22	100	20	-5	0	2	1	53
2019	Norfolk Island	2,000	7	333	6	-14	0	1	1	23
2019	North Macedonia	2,083,000	1,287	1,640	1,270	0	27	168	23	2,752
2019	Norway	5,346,000	11,809	456	11,727	1	204	1,189	167	17,536
2019	Pakistan	216,565,000	1,122	210,053	1,031	1	50	82	20	4,259
2019	Palau	18,000	83	234	77	7	2	12	2	239
2019	Palestinian Territories	4,981,000	63	83,017	60	-3	0	9	2	130
2019	Panama	4,246,000	18,068	240	17,662	1	621	2,988	323	54,878
2019	Papua New Guinea	8,776,000	5,281	1,829	4,797	13	160	617	118	43,275
2019	Paraguay	7,045,000	10,988	656	10,738	2	439	1,977	234	25,805
2019	Peru	32,510,000	132,559	252	128,834	2	4,855	28,724	1,562	398,335
2019	Philippines	108,117,000	222,911	489	220,996	3	10,264	48,212	3,472	612,911
2019	Pohnpei	36,000	55	692	52	-9	0	15	1	170
2019	Poland	37,973,000	115,229	332	114,542	-1	1,560	8,435	1,277	177,379
2019	Portugal	9,780,000	49,692	198	49,286	1	1,117	4,864	652	88,099
2019	Puerto Rico	2,933,000	23,656	127	23,147	1	477	3,804	237	45,314
2019	Réunion	889,000	3,340	270	3,296	1	146	453	41	6,557
2019	Rodrigues	38,000	62	667	57	6	4	16	1	202
2019	Romania	19,365,000	39,389	493	39,265	-1	775	4,167	540	74,476
2019	Rota	2,500	9	313	8	-11		3	1	21
2019	Rwanda	12,374,000	30,723	423	29,236	5	2,046	5,298	553	95,239
2019	Saba	2,000	13	167	12	33	0	3	0	74
2019	St. Barthélemy	10,000	35	357	28	17	0	5	1	84
2019	St. Eustatius	3,000	28	111	27	0	0	3	1	124
2019	St. Helena	4,000	114	36	110	-3	2		3	253
2019	St. Kitts	35,000	222	164	214	4	5	30	3	695
2019	St. Lucia	183,000	819	233	786	0	19	117	11	2,091
2019	St. Maarten	42,000	333	131	321	-2	17	40	6	1,158
2019	St. Martin	38,000	299	147	259	-2	5	23	5	1,072
2019	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,000	10	600	10	0	0	6	1	14
2019	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	111,000	322	356	312	-3	4	41	8	1,080
2019	Saipan	48,000	230	222	216	2	14	40	3	509
2019	Samoa	197,000	557	373	528	1	26	109	12	2,492
2019	San Marino	34,000	201	172	198	3	0	47	2	323
2019	São Tomé and Príncipe	215,000	924	241	893	4	69	141	14	3,631
2019	Senegal	16,296,000	1,376	12,143	1,342	2	48	180	29	2,859
2019	Serbia	6,964,000	3,943	1,811	3,845	0	95	659	64	7,750
2019	Seychelles	98,000	340	302	324	2	8	37	5	979
2019	Sierra Leone	7,813,000	2,465	3,427	2,280	2	123	316	41	9,272
2019	Slovakia	5,452,000	11,147	493	11,054	-1	188	899	132	20,910
2019	Slovenia	2,084,000	1,825	1,155	1,804	-1	26	250	30	2,857
2019	Solomon Islands	670,000	2,053	353	1,896	-1	115	219	51	10,203
2019	South Africa	58,780,000	104,451	568	103,430	0	4,473	13,299	2,056	281,511
2019	South Sudan	11,062,000	1,595	8,098	1,366	10	128	192	32	7,187
2019	Spain	46,737,000	116,118	406	115,099	2	2,441	17,464	1,485	192,303
2019	Sri Lanka	21,324,000	6,669	3,272	6,518	3	150	813	116	15,409
2019	Sudan	42,813,000	662	67,000	639	4	45	115	14	2,297
2019	Suriname	581,000	3,149	187	3,102	1	151	356	58	10,980
2019	Sweden	10,281,000	22,311	464	22,166	0	295	2,480	295	34,897
2019	Switzerland	8,591,000	19,281	451	19,058	1	251	1,421	270	31,108
2019	Tahiti	282,000	3,273	87	3,243	1	124	496	46	9,571
2019	Taiwan	23,774,000	11,284	2,137	11,126	5	430	3,862	188	20,794
2019	Tanzania	58,005,000	19,459	3,127	18,547	4	1,146	2,075	446	62,398
2019	Thailand	69,626,000	5,392	13,127	5,304	6	270	2,096	136	10,700
2019	Timor-Leste	1,293,000	392	3,466	373	8	45	91	5	981
2019	Tinian	3,100	13	258	12	-14	0	1	1	41
2019	Togo	8,082,000	22,691	374	21,621	3	1,470	2,353	318	67,573
2019	Tonga	104,000	211	584	178	-1	4	35	2	624
2019	Trinidad & Tobago	1,395,000	10,146	139	10,037	1	346	1,328	131	25,478
2019	Turkey	83,430,000	4,221	21,213	3,933	19	141	1,205	52	7,786
2019	Turks and Caicos	38,000	346	114	333	2	10	48	6	1,141
2019	Tuvalu	12,000	93	152	79	1	3	5	1	221
2019	Uganda	44,270,000	8,652	5,303	8,348	6	603	1,164	164	31,284
2019	Ukraine	43,994,000	129,310	344	128,070	-2	2,804	17,777	1,520	208,844
2019	United States	329,065,000	1,237,054	273	1,207,438	0	28,611	182,882	12,594	2,416,752
2019	Uruguay	3,462,000	12,109	291	11,887	1	367	1,306	151	23,581
2019	Vanuatu	300,000	788	431	696	1	42	97	17	3,065
2019	Venezuela	28,516,000	137,052	209	136,245	-4	7,445	30,110	1,743	470,857
2019	Virgin Islands, British	30,000	241	132	228	-3	0	35	4	733
2019	Virgin Islands, U.S.	105,000	588	190	554	-2	13	114	9	2,012
2019	Wallis & Futuna Islands	11,000	63	208	53	15	2	3	1	221
2019	Yap	11,000	54	324	34	31	4	10	1	142
2019	Zambia	17,861,000	223,720	87	206,397	4	16,167	17,531	3,402	979,338
2019	Zimbabwe	14,645,000	50,403	305	47,980	3	3,258	7,341	1,271	122,790
2019	33 Other Lands		213,205		210,920	-2.1	4,477	42,896	3,323	320,885
2019	Grand Total (240 Lands)		8,683,117		8,471,008	1.3	303,866	1,277,738	119,712	20,919,041