2020 Service Year Report

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2020 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
2020	Albania	2,878,000	5,612	517	5,569	-1	160	1,282	87	14,252
2020	American Samoa	55,000	150	420	131	-15	0	27	3	520
2020	Andorra	77,000	173	458	168	-3	0	14	3	383
2020	Angola	32,866,000	167,638	213	154,043	-4	8,291	24,860	2,421	371,823
2020	Anguilla	15,000	65	268	56	-13	0	11	1	156
2020	Antigua	98,000	483	212	463	2	6	39	7	876
2020	Argentina	45,196,000	156,765	292	154,786	1	3,080	25,252	1,976	355,842
2020	Armenia	2,963,243	10,652	280	10,590	-1	189	2,051	130	22,723
2020	Aruba	107,000	1,103	99	1,082	0	34	112	14	3,062
2020	Australia	25,540,000	69,146	376	67,975		1,435	7,038	754	107,233
2020	Austria	9,066,000	21,550	430	21,095	-2	291	1,821	292	31,937
2020	Azerbaijan	10,067,000	1,592	6,614	1,522	6	55	393	14	3,286
2020	Azores	243,000	802	307	792	4	19	112	15	1,654
2020	Bahamas	393,000	1,795	232	1,692	0	24	252	28	3,426
2020	Bangladesh	164,689,000	330	506,735	325	3	24	152	6	750
2020	Barbados	287,000	2,428	122	2,357	-2	35	176	30	4,317
2020	Belarus	9,408,000	6,238	1,524	6,173	1	151	1,307	83	9,635
2020	Belgium	11,493,000	25,396	460	24,984	0	451	2,079	338	43,943
2020	Belize	398,000	2,630	157	2,536	-4	49	514	58	6,454
2020	Benin	12,123,000	14,360	932	13,003	-3	495	1,830	235	29,761
2020	Bermuda	62,000	450	160	387	-10	3	80	5	798
2020	Bolivia	11,673,000	29,397	403	28,968	3	1,497	7,578	459	84,794
2020	Bonaire	21,000	123	175	120	-1	0	17	2	311
2020	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,281,000	1,049	3,201	1,025	-2	12	171	16	1,677
2020	Botswana	2,375,000	2,302	1,094	2,171	-2	105	341	44	4,854
2020	Brazil	211,959,000	897,056	239	888,581	1	29,330	121,295	12,531	1,627,323
2020	Britain	64,919,000	141,412	496	130,904	-3	1,396	15,180	1,615	211,199
2020	Bulgaria	6,951,000	2,605	2,712	2,563	2	73	666	54	5,608
2020	Burkina Faso	20,903,000	2,027	12,413	1,684	-6	57	237	48	3,601
2020	Burundi	11,891,000	15,734	778	15,276	4	874	2,486	271	47,890
2020	Cambodia	16,719,000	1,199	14,388	1,162	0	47	629	18	1,869
2020	Cameroon	26,679,994	43,542	637	41,887	0	1,301	5,778	582	84,320
2020	Canada	37,742,000	115,661	329	114,574	0	1,565	13,674	1,194	167,289
2020	Cape Verde	556,000	2,284	250	2,226	-2	79	370	35	5,419
2020	Cayman Islands	66,000	289	241	274	4	1	40	3	620
2020	Central African Republic	4,830,000	2,962	1,774	2,723	-1	223	285	62	11,920
2020	Chad	16,426,000	904	20,155	815	-5	71	76	20	3,240
2020	Chile	19,458,000	85,273	235	82,967	3	2,702	14,639	959	180,281
2020	Chuuk	50,000	41	1,515	33	-20	0	9	2	87
2020	Colombia	50,883,000	188,368	273	186,369	1	5,410	28,633	2,316	498,494
2020	Congo, Dem. Republic of	89,561,000	240,982	417	214,940	-4	9,862	20,950	4,161	1,009,808
2020	Congo, Republic of	5,518,000	9,192	667	8,277	0	368	1,096	117	21,820
2020	Cook Islands	18,000	226	88	205	9	7	27	3	398
2020	Costa Rica	5,094,000	32,103	160	31,853		942	3,791	439	70,877
2020	Côte d’Ivoire	26,378,000	12,269	2,277	11,584	-3	281	1,613	323	29,851
2020	Croatia	4,058,000	4,802	859	4,723	-3	42	421	58	6,727
2020	Cuba	11,327,000	94,873	121	93,909	-1	3,310	9,399	1,418	178,495
2020	Curaçao	164,000	2,019	83	1,965	-3	35	222	25	4,510
2020	Cyprus	1,207,000	2,754	445	2,713	1	55	485	41	4,808
2020	Czech Republic	10,694,000	15,439	701	15,245	-1	210	1,328	212	25,075
2020	Denmark	5,825,000	14,573	404	14,407	-1	167	1,173	174	20,384
2020	Dominica	72,000	426	178	404	-2	4	51	10	966
2020	Dominican Republic	10,848,000	41,590	283	38,386	1	1,127	7,230	560	110,445
2020	Ecuador	17,643,000	101,387	178	99,381	2	3,332	19,096	1,214	298,855
2020	El Salvador	6,486,000	39,751	166	39,145	-2	831	4,724	671	81,220
2020	Equatorial Guinea	1,412,450	2,415	608	2,325	3	106	328	35	5,785
2020	Estonia	1,329,000	3,986	339	3,925	-1	53	547	56	5,932
2020	Eswatini	1,160,000	3,362	365	3,180	-2	121	360	80	7,398
2020	Ethiopia	114,964,000	10,823	10,848	10,598	1	455	2,378	215	20,676
2020	Falkland Islands	3,000	15	214	14	0	0	3	1	17
2020	Faroe Islands	53,000	129	421	126	-1	0	25	4	170
2020	Fiji	896,000	3,169	300	2,982	-3	135	529	82	9,476
2020	Finland	5,532,000	18,190	307	18,009	-1	182	2,101	280	24,160
2020	France	65,313,000	131,754	498	131,071	1	2,624	16,143	1,568	226,879
2020	French Guiana	299,000	2,960	105	2,853	4	126	449	47	9,636
2020	Gabon	2,236,384	4,509	514	4,351	-1	120	580	60	9,311
2020	Gambia	2,417,000	271	9,553	253	11	9	37	5	577
2020	Georgia	3,717,000	18,104	208	17,900	0	320	3,243	214	33,204
2020	Germany	83,157,000	164,486	514	161,931	-1	3,102	15,146	2,087	246,904
2020	Ghana	31,073,000	147,481	220	140,996	1	6,131	15,721	2,271	284,637
2020	Gibraltar	34,000	147	262	130	1	0	16	2	171
2020	Greece	10,710,000	28,152	382	28,005	0	569	4,132	355	43,748
2020	Greenland	56,000	144	418	134	-7	0	32	5	297
2020	Grenada	113,000	579	216	523	-1	13	76	10	1,116
2020	Guadeloupe	400,000	8,290	50	8,015	-2	168	734	120	16,992
2020	Guam	169,000	770	224	754	1	26	177	9	1,627
2020	Guatemala	17,916,000	40,334	450	39,784	-1	1,001	6,537	869	95,333
2020	Guinea	13,133,000	1,078	12,604	1,042	3	107	138	27	2,687
2020	Guinea-Bissau	1,968,000	211	9,791	201	9	17	55	4	729
2020	Guyana	787,000	3,351	245	3,211	2	126	500	51	9,263
2020	Haiti	11,403,000	20,254	591	19,295	-2	833	2,698	270	41,559
2020	Honduras	9,905,000	22,891	436	22,697	0	624	4,069	437	61,078
2020	Hong Kong	7,509,000	5,594	1,350	5,563	0	178	1,233	66	9,219
2020	Hungary	9,770,000	21,060	474	20,626	-2	361	1,836	291	36,666
2020	Iceland	367,000	392	989	371	-1	6	55	7	658
2020	India	1,380,004,000	53,105	26,805	51,484	5	1,567	7,813	978	151,288
2020	Indonesia	273,524,000	29,865	9,462	28,909	3	931	4,719	524	50,876
2020	Ireland	6,860,000	7,104	996	6,887	1	52	1,189	120	11,709
2020	Israel	9,444,000	1,957	4,919	1,920	5	49	341	31	3,653
2020	Italy	60,245,000	250,868	241	249,821	0	3,928	38,630	2,874	503,363
2020	Jamaica	2,961,000	11,361	276	10,712	-3	224	1,368	151	23,145
2020	Japan	126,476,000	212,683	598	211,494		1,910	66,206	2,964	273,856
2020	Kazakhstan	18,777,000	17,330	1,092	17,189	-1	207	4,091	262	29,324
2020	Kenya	53,771,000	29,545	1,935	27,785	-3	988	3,587	651	62,736
2020	Kiribati	119,000	137	1,017	117	-6	2	30	3	426
2020	Korea, Republic of	51,840,000	103,366	505	102,631	1	2,031	46,337	1,268	125,510
2020	Kosovo	1,810,000	263	7,098	255	-3	7	110	8	708
2020	Kosrae	7,000	14	583	12	-29	0	3	1	40
2020	Kyrgyzstan	6,524,000	5,266	1,259	5,182	-1	105	1,289	86	10,161
2020	Latvia	1,908,000	2,200	900	2,120	-1	33	332	31	3,227
2020	Lesotho	2,142,000	4,312	572	3,748	-11	197	539	94	8,471
2020	Liberia	5,058,000	7,272	749	6,752	-2	479	737	150	19,341
2020	Liechtenstein	38,000	92	432	88	-1	0	4	1	137
2020	Lithuania	2,794,000	2,907	973	2,871	-3	41	436	44	4,340
2020	Luxembourg	626,000	2,153	295	2,123	0	0	223	31	3,853
2020	Macao	685,000	394	1,793	382	11	9	123	5	845
2020	Madagascar	27,691,000	38,430	802	34,517	-6	1,971	6,720	871	104,470
2020	Madeira	254,000	1,167	220	1,153	0	15	130	19	1,868
2020	Malawi	19,130,000	102,060	208	92,170	-3	6,136	8,485	1,718	285,054
2020	Malaysia	32,657,000	5,637	5,886	5,548	2	179	1,650	123	11,611
2020	Mali	20,251,000	362	60,997	332	1	16	61	7	710
2020	Malta	515,000	783	678	760	2	13	106	10	1,245
2020	Marshall Islands	59,000	134	527	112	-20	8	21	4	462
2020	Martinique	375,000	4,793	79	4,726	1	97	596	57	9,903
2020	Mauritius	1,229,000	1,960	637	1,929	3	55	228	27	4,707
2020	Mayotte	273,000	198	1,508	181	1	7	51	4	349
2020	Mexico	128,933,000	874,144	149	863,625	0	22,627	137,818	13,032	1,954,849
2020	Moldova	3,032,000	18,467	166	18,270	-2	332	2,168	203	33,955
2020	Mongolia	3,278,000	459	7,383	444	-3	15	202	8	773
2020	Montenegro	628,000	319	2,046	307	13	2	79	6	635
2020	Montserrat	5,000	40	139	36	6	0	16	1	76
2020	Mozambique	30,067,000	68,996	454	66,171	1	2,763	6,688	1,297	238,288
2020	Myanmar	54,761,000	4,921	11,303	4,845	3	220	928	99	8,240
2020	Namibia	2,541,000	2,663	1,010	2,515	2	165	316	47	6,782
2020	Nauru	11,000	16	846	13	-24	0	2	1	76
2020	Nepal	29,137,000	2,699	10,966	2,657	1	221	838	43	6,524
2020	Netherlands	17,135,000	29,279	607	28,234	-4	476	2,182	351	41,716
2020	Nevis	13,000	71	191	68	0	0	5	1	160
2020	New Caledonia	285,000	2,634	113	2,532	3	124	289	35	6,459
2020	New Zealand	4,828,000	14,152	347	13,902	-1	341	1,410	171	23,847
2020	Nicaragua	6,625,000	29,594	230	28,859		1,038	4,604	470	70,713
2020	Niger	24,207,000	347	80,690	300	-2	19	48	9	616
2020	Nigeria	206,140,000	374,228	603	341,873	-7	12,649	40,654	6,571	674,754
2020	Niue	2,000	22	95	21	5	0	2	1	83
2020	Norfolk Island	2,000	6	333	6	0	0	0	1	11
2020	North Macedonia	2,083,000	1,279	1,665	1,251	-1	15	175	24	3,044
2020	Norway	5,375,000	11,789	460	11,684	0	157	1,220	166	17,471
2020	Pakistan	220,892,000	1,033	221,557	997	-3	21	63	16	3,825
2020	Palau	18,000	95	231	78	1	4	15	2	209
2020	Palestinian Territories	5,101,000	60	89,491	57	-5	0	7	2	173
2020	Panama	4,315,000	18,413	241	17,911	1	494	3,091	326	48,448
2020	Papua New Guinea	8,947,000	5,479	1,751	5,111	7	367	688	115	38,787
2020	Paraguay	7,152,703	11,051	653	10,958	2	348	2,039	226	25,792
2020	Peru	32,626,000	133,170	252	129,692	1	3,441	29,041	1,598	355,914
2020	Philippines	109,581,000	232,587	486	225,339	2	8,268	49,859	3,529	562,828
2020	Pohnpei	37,000	60	673	55	6	2	19	1	120
2020	Poland	38,383,000	113,980	345	111,178	-3	999	8,481	1,274	170,188
2020	Portugal	9,799,000	50,022	198	49,561	1	887	5,073	653	81,797
2020	Puerto Rico	2,861,000	23,605	125	22,888	-1	454	3,675	237	42,544
2020	Réunion	895,000	3,413	268	3,338	1	84	475	42	6,265
2020	Rodrigues	43,000	76	662	65	14	2	12	1	156
2020	Romania	19,238,000	39,328	491	39,174	0	568	4,207	535	74,363
2020	Rota	3,000	6	600	5	-38	0	1	1	10
2020	Rwanda	12,663,000	31,397	425	29,790	2	780	5,367	570	69,208
2020	Saba	2,000	16	154	13	8	0	4	0	24
2020	St. Barthélemy	10,000	38	294	34	21	0	6	1	72
2020	St. Eustatius	3,000	27	115	26	-4	0	3	1	65
2020	St. Helena	5,000	113	48	104	-5	2		3	178
2020	St. Kitts	36,000	220	168	214	0	2	30	3	565
2020	St. Lucia	184,000	811	237	776	-1	11	113	11	1,709
2020	St. Maarten	43,000	332	136	316	-2	12	39	4	860
2020	St. Martin	39,000	288	143	273	5	4	28	5	716
2020	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,000	14	462	13	30	0	7	1	19
2020	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	111,000	318	380	292	-6	8	42	8	665
2020	Saipan	48,000	235	216	222	3	7	43	3	443
2020	Samoa	199,000	542	413	482	-9	19	100	12	1,975
2020	San Marino	34,000	194	177	192	-3	0	47	2	483
2020	São Tomé and Príncipe	210,000	929	236	888	-1	55	141	14	2,255
2020	Senegal	16,744,000	1,400	12,412	1,349	1	35	184	33	2,489
2020	Serbia	6,964,000	3,837	1,849	3,766	-2	79	650	63	7,288
2020	Seychelles	98,000	363	287	341	5	10	37	5	976
2020	Sierra Leone	7,977,000	2,520	3,464	2,303	1	182	325	43	5,379
2020	Slovakia	5,460,000	11,061	499	10,938	-1	222	900	133	21,216
2020	Slovenia	2,097,000	1,775	1,200	1,748	-3	13	243	30	2,610
2020	Solomon Islands	687,000	2,039	376	1,825	-4	111	217	50	10,704
2020	South Africa	59,620,000	105,133	609	97,892	-5	3,441	13,093	2,070	215,285
2020	South Sudan	11,213,000	1,515	7,975	1,406	3	87	202	33	4,112
2020	Spain	46,755,000	117,236	401	116,590	1	2,047	18,233	1,470	206,434
2020	Sri Lanka	21,413,000	6,781	3,210	6,670	2	260	828	112	16,122
2020	Sudan	43,849,000	672	71,766	611	-4	50	131	14	1,602
2020	Suriname	587,914	3,144	193	3,043	-2	127	346	57	8,124
2020	Sweden	10,352,000	22,333	467	22,146	0	301	2,510	285	32,068
2020	Switzerland	8,665,000	19,082	459	18,888	-1	301	1,488	268	30,068
2020	Tahiti	282,000	3,255	89	3,186	-2	87	476	46	8,917
2020	Taiwan	23,579,000	11,379	2,084	11,314	2	384	3,984	190	16,678
2020	Tanzania	59,734,000	19,029	3,326	17,961	-3	797	2,159	444	51,771
2020	Thailand	69,800,000	5,538	12,921	5,402	2	176	2,106	142	8,322
2020	Timor-Leste	1,318,000	399	3,487	378	1	41	107	5	995
2020	Tinian	3,000	12	273	11	-8	0	1	1	38
2020	Togo	8,279,000	22,120	396	20,888	-3	741	2,489	327	44,358
2020	Tonga	106,000	265	573	185	4	14	41	2	474
2020	Trinidad & Tobago	1,399,000	10,221	138	10,112	1	291	1,318	132	23,364
2020	Turkey	84,339,000	4,875	18,071	4,667	19	149	1,633	63	8,658
2020	Turks and Caicos	39,000	345	115	338	2	10	49	6	782
2020	Tuvalu	12,000	89	174	69	-13	3	3	3	194
2020	Uganda	41,892,000	9,011	4,826	8,681	4	504	1,183	163	21,525
2020	Ukraine	40,498,000	128,614	317	127,598	0	2,344	17,561	1,502	230,656
2020	United States of America	331,003,000	1,242,976	273	1,210,950	0	24,462	185,616	12,355	2,068,674
2020	Uruguay	3,474,000	12,081	291	11,929	0	211	1,408	150	24,153
2020	Vanuatu	307,000	1,001	432	710	2	26	116	17	2,234
2020	Venezuela	28,436,000	136,542	214	132,812	-3	6,489	30,340	1,734	319,962
2020	Virgin Islands, British	30,000	225	142	212	-7	0	31	4	589
2020	Virgin Islands, U.S.	104,000	561	197	527	-5	5	108	8	1,034
2020	Wallis & Futuna Islands	11,000	67	186	59	11	0	3	1	231
2020	Yap	12,000	33	400	30	-12	2	10	1	93
2020	Zambia	17,861,000	225,139	89	200,287	-3	13,539	18,396	3,528	711,397
2020	Zimbabwe	14,911,000	49,648	332	44,854	-7	1,840	7,452	1,395	118,029
2020	33 Other Lands		212,924		207,891	-1.4	5,732	42,137	2,967	306,281
2020	Grand Total (240 Lands)		8,695,808		8,424,185	-0.6	241,994	1,299,619	120,387	17,844,773