Jehovah's Witnesses Service Year Report for 2017

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Year	Country or Territory	Population	Peak Publishers	Ratio, 1 Publisher to	% Increase	Baptisms	Average Pioneer Publishers	Congregations	Memorial Attendance
2017	Albania	3,204,000	5,637	568	2	230	1,351	89	11,927
2017	American Samoa	55,519	189	294	-11		38	3	625
2017	Andorra	72,280	178	406	9	1	18	3	352
2017	Angola	26,849,678	143,322	187	12	11,758	19,631	1,913	617,099
2017	Anguilla	17,087	81	211	3	1	10	2	297
2017	Antigua	91,889	485	189	1	15	49	7	1,398
2017	Argentina	44,044,811	150,823	292	1	3,962	24,676	1,999	312,070
2017	Armenia	2,986,500	10,974	272	-1	295	2,221	134	21,874
2017	Aruba	105,000	1,072	98	3	34	87	14	2,879
2017	Australia	24,658,074	67,748	364	1	1,272	6,348	798	116,274
2017	Austria	8,773,686	21,567	407		411	1,667	301	34,712
2017	Azerbaijan	9,810,000	1,414	6,938	2	72	349	14	2,865
2017	Azores	245,283	755	325	1	25	90	15	1,512
2017	Bahamas	395,000	1,702	232	-1	43	244	27	4,375
2017	Bangladesh	161,200,886	307	525,084	9	6	138	6	976
2017	Barbados	292,336	2,529	116	-1	48	206	30	6,003
2017	Belarus	9,495,500	5,913	1,606		186	1,205	78	9,767
2017	Belgium	11,322,088	25,480	444		404	1,864	348	42,998
2017	Belize	375,200	2,628	143	1	52	516	61	8,348
2017	Benin	11,458,611	12,939	886	3	663	1,663	202	43,514
2017	Bermuda	61,000	480	127	-3	6	89	5	990
2017	Bolivia	11,145,770	27,699	402	4	976	5,947	372	80,663
2017	Bonaire	25,000	131	191	-9		14	2	333
2017	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,531,159	1,144	3,087	-2	4	192	16	1,855
2017	Botswana	2,351,673	2,245	1,048	3	68	295	44	6,550
2017	Brazil	208,053,804	858,799	242	4	31,740	106,202	12,135	1,822,259
2017	Britain	64,311,135	137,468	468		2,216	14,302	1,626	222,201
2017	Bulgaria	7,085,000	2,475	2,863	2	51	690	56	5,327
2017	Burkina Faso	19,173,322.00	1,863	10,292	4	69	279	46	5,009
2017	Burundi	9,564,000	13,927	687	3	768	2,091	267	51,909
2017	Cambodia	15,517,635	1,120	13,855	10	42	617	14	2,791
2017	Cameroon	24,994,885	43,092	580	2	1,517	4,945	461	100,674
2017	Canada	36,766,975	115,580	318		1,902	12,939	1,406	183,587
2017	Cape Verde	560,899	2,239	251	2	103	423	33	7,374
2017	Cayman Islands	62,000	257	241	3	6	31	3	631
2017	Central African Republic	4,659,000	2,763	1,686	3	182	326	53	17,255
2017	Chad	14,900,000	863	17,265	13	59	76	18	4,312
2017	Chile	18,373,917	78,603	234	1	1,872	13,201	991	175,877
2017	Chuuk	48,651	46	1,058	-7		15	2	225
2017	Colombia	49,465,000	173,802	285	2	6,380	27,056	2,359	515,800
2017	Congo, Dem. Republic of	82,800,771	216,696	382	-2	14,276	20,685	3,763	1,156,482
2017	Congo, Republic of	4,893,896	7,270	673	10	416	607	81	31,230
2017	Cook Islands	18,100	213	85	1	1	30	3	547
2017	Costa Rica	4,909,600	31,423	156	2	1,159	3,654	447	71,445
2017	Côte d’Ivoire	23,865,304	11,948	1,997	3	498	1,682	324	75,233
2017	Croatia	4,284,889	5,206	823	-3	85	478	60	7,944
2017	Cuba	11,475,982	95,385	120		2,780	10,307	1,569	220,661
2017	Curaçao	161,000	2,123	76		49	233	26	5,310
2017	Cyprus	885,600	2,600	341	1	65	454	40	4,709
2017	Czech Republic	10,588,063	15,587	679		226	1,263	219	25,837
2017	Denmark	5,760,694	14,669	393		194	1,026	175	21,301
2017	Dominica	73,897	453	163	-4	6	74	10	1,365
2017	Dominican Republic	10,800,857	38,286	282	1	1,449	7,487	585	120,171
2017	Ecuador	16,626,000	92,752	179	3	3,552	16,824	1,074	267,182
2017	El Salvador	6,168,800	41,424	149	1	1,036	5,625	709	90,332
2017	Equatorial Guinea	778,358	2,147	363	9	142	255	17	7,670
2017	Estonia	1,315,635	4,053	325		61	516	56	6,159
2017	Ethiopia	100,000,000	10,355	9,657	1	392	2,454	222	24,910
2017	Falkland Islands	2,910	11	265			1	1	23
2017	Faroe Islands	50,030	130	385	-3	1	28	4	186
2017	Fiji	902,547	3,278	275	3	152	489	80	11,986
2017	Finland	5,508,714	18,372	300	-1	236	2,105	291	25,447
2017	France	64,979,548	128,980	504	1	2,472	15,219	1,708	220,124
2017	French Guiana	282,731	2,614	108	3	93	428	49	10,049
2017	Gabon	1,772,255	4,499	394	2	166	599	50	12,704
2017	Gambia	2,105,164	213	9,883	-8	8	28	4	576
2017	Georgia	3,718,200	18,150	205	-1	395	3,393	225	30,044
2017	Germany	82,315,658	165,470	497		2,839	13,699	2,118	267,296
2017	Ghana	28,833,629	135,498	213	3	6,743	15,267	2,019	340,731
2017	Gibraltar	32,348	124	261	-4		17	2	171
2017	Greece	10,815,197	28,773	376		510	4,201	370	44,748
2017	Greenland	55,860	173	323	3	1	39	5	348
2017	Grenada	117,724	569	207	1	4	71	10	1,446
2017	Guadeloupe	403,544	8,207	49		198	726	120	19,092
2017	Guam	159,358	726	220		21	142	9	1,852
2017	Guatemala	17,033,200	40,222	423	2	1,783	6,572	902	96,767
2017	Guinea	13,371,995	929	14,394	7	55	119	20	3,728
2017	Guinea-Bissau	1,865,000	170	11	8	5	45	3	745
2017	Guyana	773,651	3,545	218	2	119	500	48	12,315
2017	Haiti	9,993,000	20,472	488		1,057	2,853	290	79,415
2017	Honduras	8,314,200	23,106	360		987	4,435	445	65,718
2017	Hong Kong	7,389,500	5,452	1,355		454	1,041	63	9,101
2017	Hungary	9,784,000	21,853	448	-2	392	1,942	295	37,831
2017	Iceland	335,679	377	890		8	52	7	695
2017	India	1,348,399,000	46,996	28,692	4	2,592	7,821	660	126,809
2017	Indonesia	261,000,000	27,475	9,500	3	675	4,136	492	56,795
2017	Ireland	6,632,107	6,747	983	3	68	1,001	120	12,082
2017	Israel	8,952,000	1,707	5,244	5	46	268	30	3,594
2017	Italy	60,589,445	251,192	241		4,542	36,938	2,955	431,035
2017	Jamaica	2,890,000	11,525	251	-2	327	1,559	186	33,029
2017	Japan	127,974,958	213,473	599		1,970	65,821	3,047	291,158
2017	Kazakhstan	18,054,014	17,639	1,024	-1	411	3,781	260	30,112
2017	Kenya	49,699,862	28,222	1,761	2	1,700	3,605	639	70,011
2017	Kiribati	116,405	179	650	-5	11	34	4	403
2017	Korea, Republic of	51,753,820	100,245	516		1,743	42,554	1,300	132,497
2017	Kosovo	2,350,000	269	8,736	6	2	110	8	625
2017	Kosrae	6,616	19	348	-15		5	1	106
2017	Kyrgyzstan	6,140,000	5,235	1,173	1	225	1,184	71	10,067
2017	Latvia	1,935,800	2,278	850	-1	42	336	36	3,366
2017	Lesotho	2,189,902	4,067	538	1	230	470	90	9,955
2017	Liberia	4,176,265	6,808	613	2	379	709	138	49,606
2017	Liechtenstein	38,076	89	428	4	1	1	1	148
2017	Lithuania	2,817,537	3,056	922		66	445	46	4,747
2017	Luxembourg	590,667	2,172	272	1	59	165	33	3,889
2017	Macao	648,400	305	2,126		5	74	4	630
2017	Macedonia	2,072,490	1,320	1,570	-1	58	175	24	2,821
2017	Madagascar	25,612,972	34,980	732	5	1,224	5,978	736	139,608
2017	Madeira	254,876	1,119	228	-1	24	105	18	1,834
2017	Malawi	18,422,948	93,412	197		10,854	7,127	1,540	315,784
2017	Malaysia	31,500,000	5,069	6,214	2	151	1,387	118	12,780
2017	Mali	18,578,509	307	60,516	1	7	51	7	1,267
2017	Malta	428,000	757	565	3	15	96	9	1,204
2017	Marshall Islands	69,747	188	371	-5	6	30	4	888
2017	Martinique	384,896	4,809	80		118	618	65	10,310
2017	Mauritius	1,265,138	1,922	658	1	34	212	25	4,359
2017	Mayotte	253,045	165	1,534	1	11	41	3	367
2017	Mexico	130,355,300	871,207	150	2	32,408	145,041	13,331	2,257,346
2017	Moldova	4,052,000	19,553	207	-1	490	2,365	233	34,657
2017	Mongolia	2,976,877	482	6,176	1	15	205	10	1,275
2017	Montenegro	631,490	271	2,330	3	2	65	5	566
2017	Montserrat	5,292	27	196	25		12	1	158
2017	Mozambique	29,879,087	59,990	498	5	3,236	5,206	1,254	283,861
2017	Myanmar	54,874,536	4,296	12,773	2	158	639	79	8,659
2017	Namibia	2,579,051	2,473	1,043	3	168	263	45	7,779
2017	Nauru	10,301	21	491	7	1	2	1	123
2017	Nepal	28,441,000	2,506	11,349	6	132	861	40	7,346
2017	Netherlands	17,153,292	29,756	576		494	2,001	360	50,429
2017	Nevis	12,000	62	194	-9		3	1	239
2017	New Caledonia	280,000	2,383	117	2	81	244	34	5,964
2017	New Zealand	4,817,903	14,150	340		363	1,334	187	26,735
2017	Nicaragua	6,223,400	29,082	214	2	1,054	4,487	491	88,198
2017	Niger	21,563,607	316	68,239	5	6	38	7	866
2017	Nigeria	190,886,000	381,398	500	3	13,531	39,389	6,533	800,874
2017	Niue	1,614	24	67			3	1	67
2017	Norfolk Island	1,748	7	250				1	18
2017	Norway	5,258,317	11,652	451		214	1,064	167	18,100
2017	Pakistan	197,015,955	1,109	177,652	4	27	99	19	3,956
2017	Palau	21,108	85	248	5	3	13	2	231
2017	Palestinian Territory	4,816,000	83	58,024	4	3	11	2	177
2017	Panama	4,056,300	17,620	230	4	571	3,030	326	53,494
2017	Papua New Guinea	7,933,841	4,291	1,849		277	518	116	34,395
2017	Paraguay	6,838,788	10,413	657	3	372	1,825	230	24,430
2017	Peru	31,826,018	128,467	248	2	4,461	28,889	1,482	360,210
2017	Philippines	103,320,222	210,914	490	3	10,781	44,860	3,383	575,813
2017	Pohnpei	35,981	68	529	-10		23	1	209
2017	Poland	38,432,992	118,036	326	-1	1,571	8,244	1,294	185,246
2017	Portugal	9,809,414	49,466	198		994	4,638	652	87,239
2017	Puerto Rico	3,663,000	25,187	145	-2	560	3,865	306	50,492
2017	Reunion	876,562	3,270	268	3	83	426	38	6,517
2017	Rodrigues	42,638	53	804	14	2	8	1	154
2017	Romania	21,136,000	40,101	527	-1	886	3,956	551	75,587
2017	Rota	2,477	11	225			3	1	29
2017	Rwanda	11,809,295	28,972	408	4	1,680	5,146	571	80,093
2017	Saba	1,800	12	150	22		3		74
2017	St. Barthelemy	9,567	34	281	4		6	1	55
2017	St. Eustatius	4,020	29	139	8		3	1	95
2017	St. Helena	3,973	115	35	-3	1		3	269
2017	St. Kitts	40,715	217	188	5	3	27	4	705
2017	St. Lucia	164,994	783	211	1	17	106	11	2,177
2017	St. Maarten	42,083	344	122	-3	15	38	5	1,101
2017	St. Martin	36,457	311	117	-2	2	25	5	954
2017	St. Pierre and Miquelon	6,320	14	451			7	1	14
2017	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	102,089	344	297		8	43	8	1,139
2017	Saipan	48,200	245	197	7	11	40	3	731
2017	Samoa	196,006	510	384	-3	37	95	13	2,385
2017	San Marino	33,196	191	174	-3		30	2	306
2017	Sao Tome and Principe	201,025	831	242	4	49	133	13	3,384
2017	Senegal	15,887,044	1,353	11,742	5	37	170	26	2,795
2017	Serbia	8,118,146	3,922	2,070		93	626	67	8,144
2017	Seychelles	94,737	341	278		13	44	4	953
2017	Sierra Leone	6,774,752	2,262	2,995	5	101	261	39	8,831
2017	Slovakia	5,437,752	11,395	477		208	966	139	20,847
2017	Slovenia	2,074,788	1,881	1,103	-2	29	241	30	2,934
2017	Solomon Islands	611,343	2,066	296		62	250	53	10,405
2017	South Africa	55,523,510	104,395	532	2	3,525	12,957	2,047	267,800
2017	South Sudan	12,575,714	1,334	9,427	-1	111	172	35	5,225
2017	Spain	45,929,057	112,916	407	1	2,037	16,131	1,499	188,092
2017	Sri Lanka	20,894,716	6,165	3,389	2	194	817	114	14,570
2017	Sudan	40,533,330	703	57,658	2	16	83	15	2,517
2017	Suriname	558,368	3,106	180	3	120	338	55	10,237
2017	Swaziland	1,323,468	3,212	412	2	144	302	81	9,020
2017	Sweden	9,967,637	22,418	445		293	2,391	309	34,966
2017	Switzerland	8,420,000	19,251	437		340	1,243	273	31,952
2017	Tahiti	268,207	3,219	83	1	108	515	48	9,136
2017	Taiwan	23,556,169	10,498	2,244	4	611	3,536	169	19,545
2017	Tanzania	57,310,019	17,878	3,206	5	1,302	1,923	465	56,344
2017	Thailand	68,414,135	4,868	14,054	5	114	1,758	122	9,535
2017	Timor-Leste	1,242,616	349	3,561	5	34	73	5	1,002
2017	Tinian	2,500	17	147	-24		2	1	45
2017	Togo	7,691,915	20,683	372	3	846	2,145	297	66,927
2017	Tonga	107,986	221	489	-5	15	26	3	582
2017	Trinidad & Tobago	1,368,143	9,892	138	1	221	1,329	126	23,585
2017	Turkey	79,815,000	3,030	26,342	7	118	629	40	5,431
2017	Turks and Caicos	35,000	384	91	1	10	49	6	1,215
2017	Tuvalu	9,975	125	80	60	6	5	1	178
2017	Uganda	37,956,000	7,542	5,033	3	517	1,092	149	24,837
2017	Ukraine	41,882,079	140,300	299	-1	3,125	19,888	1,610	229,126
2017	United States of America	324,459,000	1,232,293	263	1	27,674	181,879	13,578	2,459,741
2017	Uruguay	3,493,205	11,825	295	1	297	1,233	156	23,426
2017	Vanuatu	284,486	770	369	8	87	81	15	2,925
2017	Venezuela	31,570,000	149,355	211	2	6,765	33,353	1,886	478,266
2017	Virgin Islands, British	31,000	241	129	-7		34	4	802
2017	Virgin Islands, U.S.	105,000	607	173	-2	14	112	10	1,503
2017	Wallis & Futuna Islands	11,200	46	243	8		1	1	198
2017	Yap	11,376	27	421	-7	1	10	1	112
2017	Zambia	16,405,229	191,311	86	3	11,884	15,232	3,126	883,246
2017	Zimbabwe	16,337,760	46,440	352	1	2,417	6,365	1,239	120,065
2017	33 Other Lands	2,500,000,000	218,096	347.35885	-0.8	5,835	45,749	3,242	354,497
2017	Grand Total (240 Lands)	5,307,847,049	8,457,107	6,207	1.4	284,212	1,249,946	120,053	20,175,477