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Revision as of 10:09, 21 July 2013
Jehovah's Witnesses have a presence in most countries in the world. These are the most recent statistics by nation and by continent or region, based on active members, or "publishers" as reported by the Watch Tower Society.
Bible study figures include studies conducted by Witness parents with their unbaptized children,[ref 1][ref 2] which can be counted as one hour per week and one Bible study per month, per child.[ref 3]
The Society reports its active presence in various dependencies and states as separate 'lands', as noted.[1]
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Africa
Country | Population | Publishers | Congregations | Av. Bible Studies | Memorial Attendance |
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Angola | 19,082,000 | 91,587 | 1,228 | 355,704 | 441,602 |
Benin | 9,100,000 | 11,005 | 168 | 24,652 | 38,117 |
Botswana | 2,033,000 | 2,121 | 46 | 3,878 | 5,790 |
Burkina Faso | 16,469,000 | 1,581 | 41 | 3,026 | 5,553 |
Burundi | 8,749,000 | 11,136 | 221 | 28,307 | 38,377 |
Cameroon | 20,042,400 | 36,827 | 324 | 65,920 | 92,238 |
Cape Verde | 523,568 | 1,973 | 35 | 4,173 | 7,957 |
Central African Republic | 4,487,000 | 2,578 | 53 | 5,903 | 15,450 |
Chad | 11,525,000 | 668 | 17 | 1,050 | 4,069 |
Congo (Democratic Republic) | 69,921,000 | 177,556 | 3,288 | 456,033 | 1,001,518 |
Congo (Republic) | 4,239,000 | 5,810 | 76 | 17,892 | 26,396 |
Côte d’Ivoire | 20,675,000 | 9,253 | 232 | 24,461 | 42,661 |
Equatorial Guinea | 720,400 | 1,450 | 12 | 4,490 | 5,499 |
Ethiopia | 87,000,000 | 9,502 | 195 | 7,203 | 23,762 |
Gabon | 1,540,000 | 3,713 | 34 | 8,339 | 11,008 |
Gambia | 1,728,000 | 206 | 4 | 412 | 571 |
Ghana | 25,626,845 | 113,896 | 1,594 | 329,388 | 290,127 |
Guinea | 10,504,000 | 749 | 18 | 1,799 | 3,479 |
Guinea-Bissau | 1,515,000 | 137 | 2 | 384 | 574 |
Kenya | 41,800,000 | 25,417 | 566 | 41,684 | 60,162 |
Lesotho | 2,196,000 | 3,844 | 82 | 6,222 | 9,575 |
Liberia | 3,994,122 | 6,340 | 113 | 19,048 | 73,223 |
Madagascar | 21,975,560 | 26,503 | 598 | 67,405 | 115,958 |
Madeira[2] | 272,950 | 1,152 | 17 | 846 | 2,057 |
Malawi | 15,000,000 | 80,439 | 1,310 | 97,941 | 276,484 |
Mali | 15,370,000 | 286 | 7 | 687 | 988 |
Mauritius | 1,257,900 | 1,751 | 26 | 2,025 | 3,976 |
Mayotte[3] | 209,530 | 114 | 1 | 175 | 258 |
Mozambique | 24,500,000 | 52,695 | 1,069 | 68,954 | 256,493 |
Namibia | 2,327,000 | 2,040 | 41 | 3,604 | 6,190 |
Niger | 16,069,000 | 305 | 6 | 448 | 961 |
Nigeria | 163,115,000 | 344,342 | 5,605 | 662,858 | 673,264 |
Réunion[4] | 839,480 | 2,927 | 33 | 2,197 | 6,159 |
Rodrigues[5] | 40,440 | 42 | 1 | 55 | 89 |
Rwanda | 11,689,696 | 22,734 | 487 | 52,123 | 69,582 |
Saint Helena[6] | 4,000 | 121 | 3 | 79 | 288 |
São Tomé and Principe | 183,176 | 659 | 10 | 2,290 | 2,813 |
Senegal | 12,434,000 | 1,155 | 25 | 1,803 | 2,580 |
Seychelles | 88,211 | 337 | 4 | 370 | 871 |
Sierra Leone | 5,696,000 | 2,030 | 35 | 4,265 | 7,854 |
South Africa | 50,520,000 | 92,321 | 1,892 | 121,466 | 217,952 |
South Sudan | 10,314,021 | 1,253 | 321,329 | 4,678 | |
Sudan | 33,419,625 | 658 | 17 | 855 | 1,569 |
Swaziland | 1,205,000 | 3,134 | 90 | 4,140 | 7,496 |
Tanzania | 46,229,000 | 16,476 | 454 | 25,638 | 50,125 |
Togo | 6,155,000 | 17,429 | 259 | 49,620 | 58,880 |
Uganda | 34,509,000 | 5,924 | 122 | 15,135 | 19,798 |
Zambia | 13,883,577 | 162,370 | 2,488 | 315,951 | 738,978 |
Zimbabwe | 12,759,565 | 39,238 | 1,031 | 85,088 | 97,688 |
North America
Country | Population | Publishers | Congregations | Av. Bible Studies | Memorial Attendance |
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Azores[2][7] | 239,773 | 761 | 15 | 900 | 1,780 |
Canada | 33,476,688 | 114,792 | 1,373 | 50,538 | 187,704 |
Costa Rica | 4,799,000 | 27,821 | 436 | 34,437 | 68,409 |
El Salvador | 6,267,000 | 38,359 | 673 | 43,691 | 93,642 |
Greenland[8] | 57,000 | 157 | 6 | 132 | 303 |
Mexico | 116,260,000 | 772,628 | 13,040 | 1,052,854 | 2,224,500 |
Nicaragua | 5,962,000 | 24,480 | 371 | 41,798 | 84,605 |
Panama | 3,629,000 | 15,160 | 297 | 21,767 | 46,187 |
Rota[9] | 2,527 | 16 | 5,206 | 43 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon[10] | 6,314 | 15 | 4,763 | 23 | |
Saipan[9] | 48,220 | 222 | 2 | 384 | 512 |
Tinian[9] | 3,136 | 15 | 4,261 | 25 | |
United States | 315,800,438 | 1,203,642 | 13,546 | 722,179 | 2,502,055 |
Caribbean
Country | Population | Publishers | Congregations | Av. Bible Studies | Memorial Attendance |
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Anguilla[6] | 15,000 | 73 | 2 | 97 | 290 |
Antigua | 89,000 | 487 | 7 | 554 | 1,329 |
Aruba[11] | 103,504 | 899 | 11 | 998 | 2,600 |
Bahamas | 351,404 | 1,651 | 27 | 2,026 | 3,948 |
Barbados | 274,000 | 2,527 | 30 | 2,304 | 6,101 |
Belize | 325,000 | 2,252 | 56 | 3,805 | 7,808 |
Bermuda[6] | 65,194 | 523 | 5 | 351 | 962 |
Bonaire[12] | 15,666 | 109 | 2 | 153 | 346 |
Cayman Islands[6] | 55,456 | 238 | 3 | 183 | 549 |
Cuba | 11,240,841 | 95,441 | 1,403 | 171,184 | 225,545 |
Curaçao[11] | 150,563 | 1,859 | 24 | 2,107 | 4,751 |
Dominica | 67,000 | 463 | 10 | 740 | 1,306 |
Dominican Republic | 10,088,598 | 35,505 | 473 | 69,012 | 113,299 |
Grenada | 104,000 | 598 | 9 | 679 | 1,542 |
Guadeloupe[4] | 408,090 | 8,350 | 131 | 8,830 | 19,292 |
Guatemala | 15,169,000 | 34,144 | 670 | 43,634 | 89,231 |
Haiti | 9,993,000 | 18,338 | 242 | 37,573 | 72,246 |
Honduras | 7,925,000 | 21,412 | 352 | 32,166 | 63,096 |
Jamaica | 2,706,500 | 12,088 | 196 | 14,094 | 35,350 |
Martinique[4] | 402,499 | 4,787 | 58 | 5,378 | 10,822 |
Montserrat[6] | 5,000 | 21 | 6,670 | 72 | |
Nevis[13] | 12,355 | 57 | 1 | 54 | 176 |
Puerto Rico[14] | 3,749,000 | 26,274 | 330 | 17,126 | 59,480 |
Saba[12] | 1,500 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 35 |
Saint Barthélemy[3] | 9,057 | 25 | 22 | ||
Saint Kitts[13] | 40,000 | 210 | 4 | 318 | 792 |
Saint Lucia | 174,000 | 728 | 10 | 1,261 | 2,196 |
Saint Martin[3] | 37,461 | 345 | 440 | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110,000 | 371 | 8 | 526 | 1,124 |
Sint Eustatius[12] | 3,500 | 24 | 1 | 32 | 84 |
Sint Maarten[11] | 41,000 | 343 | 5 | 419 | 1,126 |
Trinidad & Tobago | 1,351,000 | 9,373 | 117 | 11,234 | 22,742 |
Turks and Caicos[6] | 39,832 | 332 | 5 | 703 | 1,018 |
Virgin Islands (British)[6] | 13,000 | 272 | 64,743 | 806 | |
Virgin Islands (US)[15] | 109,000 | 640 | 10 | 609 | 1,824 |
South America
Country | Population | Publishers | Congregations | Av. Bible Studies | Memorial Attendance |
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Argentina | 40,542,337 | 144,134 | 1,961 | 128,705 | 309,212 |
Bolivia | 10,320,730 | 22,703 | 266 | 36,586 | 73,688 |
Brazil | 193,946,886 | 756,455 | 11,127 | 803,959 | 1,663,221 |
Chile | 16,572,475 | 69,795 | 881 | 66,888 | 172,849 |
Colombia | 47,551,000 | 156,143 | 2,431 | 223,610 | 490,538 |
Ecuador | 15,069,000 | 77,323 | 925 | 134,494 | 246,958 |
Falkland Islands[6] | 2,841 | 13 | 11 | ||
French Guiana[4] | 236,250 | 2,200 | 35 | 4,548 | 7,518 |
Guyana | 758,000 | 2,756 | 44 | 4,177 | 10,241 |
Paraguay | 7,136,610 | 9,016 | 171 | 12,358 | 18,492 |
Peru | 29,734,000 | 117,245 | 1,274 | 185,085 | 357,158 |
Suriname | 539,912 | 2,620 | 51 | 4,527 | 8,121 |
Uruguay | 3,286,314 | 11,690 | 157 | 9,104 | 24,314 |
Venezuela | 28,946,101 | 129,310 | 1,549 | 186,600 | 404,516 |
Asia
Country | Population | Publishers | Congregations | Av. Bible Studies | Memorial Attendance |
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Armenia | 3,274,300 | 11,073 | 133 | 7,660 | 23,201 |
Azerbaijan | 9,235,100 | 1,118 | 11 | 1,741 | 2,659 |
Bangladesh | 148,692,000 | 168 | 4 | 337 | 535 |
Cambodia | 14,138,000 | 598 | 10 | 1,569 | 1,736 |
Cyprus | 885,600 | 2,481 | 34 | 1,652 | 4,795 |
Georgia | 4,497,600 | 18,248 | 203 | 9,226 | 32,576 |
Hong Kong[16] | 7,136,300 | 5,407 | 67 | 6,718 | 9,638 |
India | 1,224,239,000 | 36,319 | 462 | 40,085 | 96,181 |
Indonesia | 237,600,000 | 23,539 | 392 | 27,740 | 54,056 |
Israel | 7,763,000 | 1,379 | 21 | 982 | 2,558 |
Japan | 126,536,000 | 217,154 | 3,055 | 168,138 | 314,111 |
Kazakhstan | 16,793,600 | 17,704 | 228 | 13,509 | 31,186 |
Korea (South) | 48,184,000 | 100,203 | 1,390 | 78,689 | 140,976 |
Kyrgyzstan | 5,571,200 | 4,927 | 68 | 5,086 | 10,346 |
Lebanon | 4,143,101 | 3,670 | 64 | 1,821 | 6,587 |
Macau[16] | 557,400 | 255 | 86,842 | 605 | |
Malaysia | 29,322,000 | 4,295 | 116 | 7,207 | 11,250 |
Mongolia | 2,756,000 | 339 | 6 | 754 | 1,107 |
Myanmar | 60,380,000 | 3,790 | 69 | 3,937 | 8,005 |
Nepal | 26,620,809 | 1,738 | 23 | 3,346 | 4,912 |
Pakistan | 180,874,975 | 880 | 18 | 1,149 | 4,075 |
Palestinian Territory[17] | 4,268,000 | 77 | 2 | 49 | 147 |
Philippines | 95,880,024 | 181,236 | 3,121 | 206,540 | 547,408 |
Russia | 142,958,000 | 168,618 | 2,445 | 122,936 | 287,341 |
Sri Lanka | 20,860,000 | 5,248 | 91 | 7,194 | 13,581 |
Taiwan (ROC) | 23,276,000 | 8,577 | 125 | 14,051 | 18,477 |
Thailand | 67,092,000 | 3,631 | 89 | 5,298 | 8,066 |
Turkey | 74,000,000 | 2,204 | 28 | 1,394 | 4,102 |
Europe
Country | Population | Publishers | Congregations | Av. Bible Studies | Memorial Attendance |
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Albania | 3,204,000 | 4,791 | 72 | 6,218 | 12,084 |
Andorra | 85,000 | 179 | 3 | 112 | 337 |
Austria | 8,394,000 | 20,923 | 293 | 10,987 | 34,076 |
Belarus | 9,595,000 | 5,145 | 67 | 4,105 | 8,985 |
Belgium | 11,108,871 | 25,311 | 373 | 9,832 | 44,136 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,760,000 | 1,208 | 16 | 637 | 2,111 |
Bulgaria | 7,364,570 | 1,993 | 43 | 2,610 | 5,056 |
Croatia | 4,403,000 | 5,589 | 66 | 2,488 | 9,367 |
Czech Republic | 10,512,208 | 15,456 | 233 | 6,716 | 26,287 |
Denmark | 5,550,000 | 14,411 | 190 | 5,164 | 21,807 |
Estonia | 1,294,236 | 4,235 | 53 | 2,713 | 7,083 |
Faeroe Islands[8] | 49,000 | 9,502 | 195 | 7,203 | 23,762 |
Finland | 5,401,267 | 18,795 | 304 | 10,575 | 26,459 |
France | 63,128,000 | 124,029 | 1,578 | 54,558 | 213,245 |
Germany | 82,302,000 | 164,871 | 2,237 | 74,466 | 265,407 |
Gibraltar[6] | 29,000 | 118 | 2 | 36 | 191 |
Greece | 10,787,690 | 29,098 | 381 | 13,333 | 49,308 |
Hungary | 9,939,000 | 23,161 | 289 | 13,513 | 43,271 |
Iceland | 320,000 | 377 | 7 | 276 | 691 |
Ireland (incl. Northern Ireland) |
6,397,752 | 6,085 | 114 | 3,254 | 11,282 |
Italy | 61,100,000 | 247,251 | 3,045 | 119,785 | 452,062 |
Kosovo[18] | 2,350,000 | 216 | 5 | 433 | 713 |
Latvia | 2,050,000 | 2,376 | 36 | 2,351 | 3,869 |
Liechtenstein | 36,000 | 88 | 10,998 | 148 | |
Lithuania | 3,053,800 | 3,172 | 53 | 2,733 | 5,469 |
Luxembourg | 507,000 | 2,097 | 31 | 1,116 | 3,877 |
Macedonia | 2,061,000 | 1,346 | 24 | 1,203 | 3,284 |
Malta | 417,000 | 580 | 7 | 214 | 1,042 |
Moldova | 3,573,000 | 20,294 | 249 | 14,395 | 38,831 |
Montenegro | 631,490 | 243 | 4 | 158 | 616 |
Netherlands | 16,743,662 | 30,226 | 368 | 11,266 | 51,474 |
Norway | 4,883,000 | 11,141 | 164 | 5,018 | 17,548 |
Poland | 38,081,740 | 125,485 | 1,487 | 50,800 | 206,964 |
Portugal | 9,769,071 | 49,450 | 643 | 28,829 | 94,980 |
Romania | 21,388,000 | 40,147 | 540 | 24,602 | 81,592 |
San Marino | 32,000 | 200 | 52,425 | 334 | |
Serbia | 8,118,146 | 3,843 | 59 | 2,207 | 8,271 |
Slovakia | 5,445,324 | 11,184 | 159 | 3,453 | 20,709 |
Slovenia | 2,030,000 | 2,004 | 29 | 1,041 | 3,121 |
Spain | 46,077,000 | 110,651 | 1,521 | 60,107 | 196,960 |
Sweden | 9,522,998 | 22,380 | 318 | 9,716 | 35,524 |
Switzerland | 7,664,000 | 18,251 | 268 | 8,466 | 31,194 |
Ukraine | 45,561,000 | 150,840 | 1,723 | 90,260 | 265,985 |
United Kingdom (excl. Northern Ireland) |
60,704,600 | 135,654 | 1,544 | 57,322 | 225,351 |
Oceania
Country | Population | Publishers | Congregations | Av. Bible Studies | Memorial Attendance |
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American Samoa[15] | 69,543 | 222 | 3 | 357 | 727 |
Australia | 22,736,804 | 66,023 | 801 | 27,495 | 115,533 |
Chuuk[19] | 48,651 | 53 | 17,580 | 266 | |
Cook Islands[20] | 14,959 | 186 | 3 | 187 | 542 |
East Timor | 1,175,880 | 214 | 3 | 345 | 563 |
Fiji | 860,806 | 2,877 | 69 | 4,476 | 9,765 |
Guam[15] | 159,914 | 765 | 8 | 908 | 2,021 |
Kiribati | 102,697 | 129 | 2 | 339 | 380 |
Kosrae[19] | 6,616 | 22 | 1 | 55 | 92 |
Marshall Islands | 53,158 | 192 | 3 | 433 | 881 |
Nauru | 9,378 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 125 |
New Caledonia[3] | 256,798 | 1,978 | 26 | 2,406 | 6,204 |
New Zealand | 4,440,939 | 13,969 | 186 | 8,119 | 26,423 |
Niue[20] | 1,398 | 25 | 7,526 | 68 | |
Norfolk Island[21] | 2,169 | 8 | 3 | ||
Palau | 21,032 | 84 | 1 | 135 | 270 |
Papua New Guinea | 7,013,829 | 4,014 | 67 | 5,091 | 28,909 |
Pohnpei[19] | 35,981 | 92 | 1 | 173 | 251 |
Samoa | 187,820 | 497 | 11 | 676 | 1,707 |
Solomon Islands | 584,578 | 1,790 | 48 | 1,850 | 8,409 |
Tahiti[3] | 271,000 | 2,789 | 35 | 4,154 | 9,057 |
Tonga | 106,146 | 233 | 5 | 260 | 612 |
Tuvalu | 9,847 | 75 | 1 | 74 | 224 |
Vanuatu | 246,162 | 564 | 5 | 1,119 | 2,743 |
Wallis and Futuna[3] | 13,936 | 88 | 1 | 81 | 177 |
Yap[19] | 11,376 | 27 | 1 | 65 | 124 |
Other
In addition to the published figures for individual countries, statistics are also published collectively for countries where Jehovah's Witnesses operate covertly under ban,[ref 4] [ref 5] including several Islamic and communist states.[ref 6]
Country | Peak Publishers | Congregations | Average Bible Studies | Memorial Attendance |
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30 "Other Lands" | 29,500 | 685 | 47,402 | 54,524 |
Total
Countries/Territories | Peak Publishers | Congregations | Average Bible Studies | Memorial Attendance |
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239 | 7,782,346 | 111,719 | 8,759,988 | 19,013,343 |
See also
Notes
- ^ 2013 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. 2013. pp. 180–187.
- ^ a b Portuguese autonomous region
- ^ a b c d e f French overseas collectivity
- ^ a b c d Overseas department of France
- ^ Dependency of Mauritius
- ^ a b c d e f g h i British overseas territory
- ^ Located on the North American plate in the Atlantic Ocean.
- ^ a b Danish autonomous region
- ^ a b c United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- ^ French dependency
- ^ a b c Constituent country of the Netherlands
- ^ a b c Special municipality of the Netherlands
- ^ a b Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- ^ Self-governing US territory
- ^ a b c US insular area
- ^ a b Chinese special administrative region
- ^ Disputed territory comprising West Bank and Gaza Strip under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority and the Hamas Government in Gaza
- ^ Disputed territory within Serbia
- ^ a b c d Federated States of Micronesia
- ^ a b Self-governing in free association with New Zealand
- ^ Australian external territory
References
- ^ "Question Box–Should a family Bible study be reported to the congregation?". Our Kingdom Ministry. Watch Tower Society: 3. November 2003.
- ^ "Question Box—May both parents report the time used for the regular family study?". Our Kingdom Ministry: 3. September 2008.
- ^ Organized To Do Jehovah´s Will. 2005–2011. pp. 98–99, 85–87, 87.
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: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ "Keep Conquering the Evil With the Good". The Watchtower: 29–30. July 1, 2007.
- ^ "Global Support for the Kingdom Issue". The Watchtower: 23. January 1, 1983.
Due to the viciousness of the enemy, and to protect our brothers, some of these places are not listed individually in the tabulated report, but the totals of their service appear in the line above the grand total, headed ... Other Countries
- ^ Map indicating countries in which JW activities are banned