1983 Service Year Report for Jehovah's Witnesses

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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
1983	Alaska	439,300	1,574	279	1,501	10	99	148	24	4,033
1983	Algeria	19,100,000	26	734,615	20	11	2	0	3	80
1983	American Samoa	32,395	84	386	80	23	5	9	1	266
1983	Andorra	39,940	94	425	78	-7	2	2	1	208
1983	Anguilla	6,524	16	408	14	8	0	1	1	30
1983	Antigua	70,794	199	356	188	-1	7	18	4	552
1983	Argentina	28,000,000	46,245	605	43,815	10	4,149	3,456	638	102,839
1983	Aruba	67,014	295	227	280	-2	12	10	5	927
1983	Australia	15,376,100	37,636	409	35,982	9	2,160	2,426	582	72,457
1983	Austria	7,555,338	15,108	500	14,771	5	765	811	224	25,638
1983	Azores	250,700	299	838	271	-3	18	25	12	834
1983	Bahamas	209,505	602	348	554	8	57	58	11	2,290
1983	Bangladesh	95,000,000	20	4,750,000	15	25	1	5	1	50
1983	Barbados	265,000	1,425	186	1,310	10	92	84	16	3,543
1983	Belau	13,000	30	433	27	-16	0	8	1	146
1983	Belgium	9,788,017	20,230	484	19,342	4	1,118	1,081	289	40,236
1983	Belize	145,000	627	231	594	2	63	55	17	2,906
1983	Benin	3,380,000	1,269	2,664	1,062	-2	0	26	66	4,536
1983	Bermuda	54,050	304	178	281	11	17	30	4	680
1983	Bolivia	5,500,000	3,462	1,589	3,228	14	369	513	76	14,783
1983	Bonaire	9,704	39	249	36	-8	1	2	1	115
1983	Botswana	800,000	373	2,145	342	8	22	28	16	1,217
1983	Brazil	128,783,373	145,904	883	133,765	9	11,649	7,283	2,498	392,844
1983	Britain	54,773,400	92,320	593	87,732	5	5,154	6,518	1,154	178,293
1983	Brunei	190,300	18	10,572	9	-44	1	2	0	62
1983	Burma	31,170,000	1,214	25,675	1,103	2	49	184	70	3,334
1983	Burundi	4,500,000	280	16,071	256	20	11	43	9	729
1983	Canada	24,716,200	77,003	321	73,139	7	3,670	5,395	1,131	148,625
1983	Cape Verde	301,500	155	1,945	145	17	9	17	6	563
1983	Cayman Islands	16,821	51	330	46	18	4	8	1	118
1983	Central African Republic	2,400,000	1,230	1,951	1,118	7	50	106	42	5,738
1983	Chad	4,200,000	155	27,097	114	7	16	26	10	626
1983	Chile	11,682,260	21,344	547	19,323	13	1,842	1,568	288	70,522
1983	Colombia	28,980,000	20,779	1,395	18,827	9	1,533	1,236	289	80,786
1983	Congo, Republic of	1,600,000	917	1,745	845	6	23	28	38	2,924
1983	Cook Islands	17,000	64	266	54	-4	2	7	4	238
1983	Costa Rica	2,403,781	7,511	320	6,946	11	690	415	148	20,351
1983	Curacao	165,011	980	168	930	10	66	83	11	3,152
1983	Cyprus	500,000	1,051	476	1,033	1	72	68	13	2,057
1983	Denmark	5,113,802	14,023	365	13,580	3	408	694	228	23,476
1983	Djibouti	300,000	13	23,077	10	67	1	3	1	44
1983	Dominica	70,302	209	336	198	2	12	19	7	758
1983	Dominican Republic	5,647,977	7,709	733	7,432	6	589	687	131	28,072
1983	Ecuador	8,829,000	7,504	1,177	6,892	17	579	708	119	36,827
1983	El Salvador	5,147,275	12,008	429	11,085	15	1,457	1,105	200	44,967
1983	Equatorial Guinea	300,060	77	3,897	60	43	1	17	1	325
1983	Falkland Islands	1,830	3	610	3	-40	0	1	1	11
1983	Faroe Islands	44,408	83	535	69	15	1	14	4	135
1983	Fiji	658,000	819	803	761	3	61	119	24	3,061
1983	Finland	4,841,481	14,365	337	14,000	3	616	1,133	255	23,602
1983	France	54,257,000	77,867	697	75,209	6	4,412	3,635	1,221	154,103
1983	French Guiana	73,022	283	258	268	9	21	19	4	949
1983	Gabon	850,000	413	2,058	378	11	19	12	13	1,067
1983	Gambia	695,886	13	53,530	12	9	1	4	1	70
1983	Germany, F. R.	59,676,500	106,834	559	104,931	3	4,781	4,269	1,494	182,416
1983	Ghana	11,649,476	23,298	500	22,082	4	1,373	2,136	482	84,476
1983	Gibraltar	31,183	103	303	96	16	10	3	1	155
1983	Greece	9,740,417	21,143	461	20,533	7	819	1,320	439	36,698
1983	Greenland	51,903	72	721	68	-4	0	5	7	128
1983	Grenada	112,000	331	338	314	0	8	30	7	1,038
1983	Guadeloupe	324,000	3,185	102	3,064	8	213	100	42	8,873
1983	Guam	105,979	212	500	201	13	21	40	1	687
1983	Guatemala	7,000,000	6,630	1,056	6,325	7	522	372	104	24,189
1983	Guinea	5,143,284	199	25,846	152	-1	4	41	12	813
1983	Guinea-Bissau	530,000	8	66,250	6	0	0	1	1	20
1983	Guyana	842,000	1,181	713	1,147	5	71	158	29	3,874
1983	Haiti	6,000,000	3,530	1,700	3,248	6	216	233	76	18,713
1983	Hawaii	993,700	4,953	201	4,812	6	228	671	60	14,151
1983	Honduras	3,955,116	3,318	1,192	3,162	7	218	271	68	16,542
1983	Hong Kong	5,300,000	1,120	4,732	1,077	11	119	239	14	2,361
1983	Iceland	231,958	146	1,589	133	16	11	15	2	349
1983	India	710,000,000	5,842	121,534	5,574	9	384	579	254	16,834
1983	Ireland	4,907,217	2,215	2,215	2,124	5	127	313	77	4,328
1983	Israel	5,466,000	297	18,404	281	8	15	21	5	600
1983	Italy	56,243,935	105,709	532	102,714	9	8,338	9,920	1,489	233,042
1983	Ivory Coast	9,273,167	1,710	5,423	1,640	11	91	173	47	6,284
1983	Jamaica	2,300,000	7,176	321	6,842	4	468	421	166	19,256
1983	Japan	118,601,534	82,160	1,444	77,577	15	8,932	27,399	1,504	198,052
1983	Jordan	3,500,000	61	57,377	54	29	3	2	2	153
1983	Kenya	18,000,000	3,005	5,990	2,840	10	282	518	98	8,567
1983	Kiribati	60,000	12	5,000	11	57	0	3	1	55
1983	Korea, Republic of	40,000,000	33,171	1,206	31,044	7	2,403	5,491	562	71,535
1983	Kosrae	6,005	33	182	27	13	3	4	1	111
1983	Lebanon	3,000,000	2,014	1,490	1,865	3	104	83	48	4,211
1983	Lesotho	1,365,910	746	1,831	657	3	52	67	42	3,212
1983	Liberia	1,800,000	1,137	1,583	1,082	5	57	115	30	5,120
1983	Libya	2,856,000	18	158,667	7	133	0	0	0	6
1983	Liechtenstein	26,380	40	660	37	16	0	3	1	78
1983	Luxembourg	435,500	1,082	402	1,048	4	72	82	20	2,431
1983	Macao	375,000	12	31,250	11	22	0	6	1	38
1983	Madagascar	9,483,000	1,530	6,198	1,408	21	164	102	31	6,170
1983	Madeira	258,240	421	613	396	8	35	23	11	1,050
1983	Malaysia	14,400,312	634	22,713	618	7	55	77	18	1,573
1983	Mali	7,000,000	42	166,667	40	5	2	15	1	103
1983	Malta	360,222	232	1,553	201	42	39	25	2	415
1983	Marshall Islands	31,042	200	155	136	7	4	28	2	898
1983	Martinique	1,700,000	2	850,000	2	0	0	0	0	2
1983	Mauritania	328,566	1,429	230	1,370	10	110	58	22	3,634
1983	Mauritius	956,914	600	1,595	549	13	60	55	10	1,464
1983	Mayotte	53,000	9	5,889	6	500	0	2	1	24
1983	Mexico	75,029,693	133,852	561	122,327	15	13,070	10,068	4,474	619,564
1983	Montserrat	12,335	30	411	22	0	2	2	1	111
1983	Morocco	20,419,555	91	224,391	82	-4	1	7	2	186
1983	Nauru	6,000	4	1,500	2	0	0	0	0	20
1983	Nepal	14,000,000	28	500,000	26	37	0	3	1	81
1983	Netherlands	14,362,428	27,590	521	26,995	1	1,057	1,585	290	47,097
1983	Nevis	11,230	42	267	29	7	0	6	1	91
1983	New Caledonia	147,500	580	254	495	16	80	35	8	1,426
1983	New Zealand	3,203,300	8,556	374	7,580	6	386	582	119	17,523
1983	Niger	4,990,000	77	64,805	67	-3	6	17	5	152
1983	Nigeria	83,728,000	108,189	774	102,356	6	3,587	5,849	2,212	303,994
1983	Niue	3,232	9	359	8	0	0	0	1	49
1983	Norway	4,129,610	7,358	561	7,140	5	311	226	177	14,135
1983	Pakistan	92,000,000	221	416,290	207	7	18	46	6	658
1983	Panama	2,088,585	3,652	572	3,462	4	265	267	76	12,678
1983	Papua New Guinea	3,006,799	1,626	1,849	1,557	7	114	144	83	6,529
1983	Paraguay	3,150,893	1,891	1,666	1,734	7	77	154	44	4,391
1983	Peru	18,900,000	17,183	1,100	15,788	9	1,574	2,019	321	67,192
1983	Philippines	50,000,000	71,912	695	64,601	7	4,381	7,116	2,236	203,991
1983	Pohnpei	23,140	76	304	67	14	1	17	1	314
1983	Portugal	9,345,000	25,118	372	23,341	9	1,861	1,283	395	61,479
1983	Puerto Rico	3,300,000	18,460	179	17,991	7	1,100	1,014	244	53,177
1983	Reunion	515,814	760	679	744	10	56	43	12	2,107
1983	Rodrigues	34,834	19	1,833	17	13	3	1	1	47
1983	Rota	1,274	9	142	6	100	1	3	0	18
1983	Rwanda	5,600,000	350	16,000	324	14	60	46	15	1,020
1983	Saint Eustatius	1,335	3	445	3	200	0	1	0	30
1983	Saint Helena	6,000	93	65	79	-6	0	1	2	196
1983	Saint Kitts	35,135	114	308	104	5	0	11	2	277
1983	Saint Lucia	115,000	318	362	275	10	28	34	5	1,066
1983	Saint Maarten	15,926	89	179	77	8	10	6	1	281
1983	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,000	13	462	10	43	0	1	1	30
1983	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	108,000	138	783	125	7	2	13	4	397
1983	Saipan	15,519	26	597	21	-9	1	8	1	67
1983	San Marino	21,622	75	288	73	-3	0	3	1	133
1983	Sao Tome and Principe	80,000	17	4,706	14	75	4	3	1	115
1983	Senegal	6,000,000	389	15,424	375	3	25	64	9	963
1983	Seychelles	69,000	53	1,302	50	11	5	2	1	154
1983	Sierra Leone	3,354,000	709	4,731	614	4	21	110	32	2,942
1983	Solomon Islands	249,500	615	407	567	13	38	67	32	2,405
1983	South Africa	30,981,999	31,744	976	30,345	10	1,822	2,393	918	92,350
1983	South-West Africa	1,031,927	337	3,062	302	5	24	27	13	870
1983	Spain	38,118,000	53,496	713	51,485	5	3,547	3,816	832	115,667
1983	Sri Lanka	15,300,000	764	20,026	715	7	42	115	24	2,559
1983	Sudan	22,000,000	147	149,660	133	19	14	12	3	367
1983	Suriname	350,000	946	370	887	7	57	92	15	2,773
1983	Swaziland	554,589	742	747	652	-1	26	43	38	2,426
1983	Sweden	8,330,700	19,101	436	18,439	4	865	1,506	315	32,556
1983	Switzerland	6,467,200	11,905	543	11,582	5	600	415	238	22,719
1983	Syria	9,100,000	129	70,543	63	-50	1	2	7	305
1983	Tahiti	157,000	538	292	492	6	33	41	11	1,289
1983	Taiwan	18,500,000	960	19,271	932	3	61	168	23	2,926
1983	Tanzania	20,400,000	1,910	10,681	1,837	8	124	197	83	5,372
1983	Thailand	50,731,000	821	61,792	793	3	49	121	27	1,886
1983	Togo	2,732,875	2,232	1,224	1,907	17	0	68	67	5,717
1983	Tonga	90,128	41	2,198	35	17	4	8	1	164
1983	Trinidad & Tobago	1,106,638	3,627	305	3,367	4	266	386	44	9,750
1983	Truk	38,650	43	899	35	9	0	10	2	366
1983	Tunisia	6,535,000	49	133,367	42	-2	0	2	1	86
1983	Turkey	45,000,000	800	56,250	771	2	22	45	12	1,415
1983	Turks and Caicos	7,436	33	225	31	7	1	6	1	122
1983	Tuvalu	8,000	23	348	18	6	4	3	1	155
1983	Uganda	14,500,000	279	51,971	240	13	42	41	11	848
1983	United States of America	231,932,000	643,170	361	616,058	6	35,303	52,808	7,837	1,574,212
1983	Upper Volta	7,318,695	201	36,411	186	11	22	40	8	786
1983	Uruguay	2,850,000	4,799	594	4,458	6	297	432	90	14,516
1983	Vanuatu	130	55	2,364	48	45	8	4	2	211
1983	Venezuela	17,000,000	22,194	766	20,392	13	1,752	1,930	212	81,098
1983	Virgin Islands, British	12,000	84	143	80	5	4	2	3	339
1983	Virgin Islands, U.S.	96,000	474	203	448	0	27	34	8	1,640
1983	West Berlin	1,869,600	4,968	376	4,893	2	143	208	61	7,891
1983	Western Samoa	160,000	161	994	136	10	19	18	2	594
1983	Yap	9,320	51	183	46	15	4	12	1	106
1983	Zaire	30,000,000	28,126	1,067	26,234	6	2,593	4,591	905	123,718
1983	Zambia	6,242,000	57,034	109	52,994	1	2,707	3,825	1,393	282,984
1983	Zimbabwe	7,542,300	12,753	591	11,552	8	634	750	480	33,914
1983	28 Other Countries	0	253,124	0	229,092	4.0	10,234	5,627	4,527	424,400
1983	Grand Total (205 countries)	0	2,652,323	0	2,501,722	6.8	161,896	206,098	46,235	6,767,707