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Jehovah's Witnesses have an active presence in most countries. These are the most recent statistics by continent, based on active members, or "publishers" as reported by the Watch Tower Society of Pennsylvania . The Watch Tower Society reports its activity in various dependencies and states as separate 'lands', as noted.
Africa
Country
Population
Publishers
Increase (%)
Ratio per Population
Congregations
Memorial Attendance
Angola
31,825,000
159,758
7
199
2,269
696,384
Benin
11,801,000
13,346
4
884
225
45,475
Botswana
2,339,000
2,223
0
1,052
47
6,707
Burkina Faso
20,321,000
1,801
2
11,283
48
4,851
Burundi
11,531,000
14,734
6
783
271
61,157
Cameroon
25,876,000
41,998
3
616
500
101,818
Cape Verde
550,000
2,283
2
241
35
8,377
Central African Republic
4,745,000
2,747
2
1,727
58
18,890
Chad
15,947,000
857
4
18,608
19
4,765
Congo (Democratic Republic)
86,791,000
225,009
2
386
3,880
1,264,290
Congo (Republic)
5,381,000
8,260
10
651
98
34,754
Côte d'Ivoire
25,717,000
11,913
4
2,159
325
75,755
Equatorial Guinea
1,356,000
2,267
11
598
25
8,989
Eswatini
1,148,000
3,261
2
352
80
9,248
Ethiopia
112,079,000
10,522
2
10,652
219
25,543
Gabon
2,173,000
4,410
4
493
57
13,288
Gambia
2,348,000
227
5
10,344
5
637
Ghana
30,418,000
139,792
3
218
2,167
381,212
Guinea
12,771,000
1,012
8
12,620
23
4,243
Guinea-Bissau
1,921,000
184
11
10,440
3
699
Kenya
52,574,000
28,681
3
1,833
647
78,322
Lesotho
2,125,000
4,202
3
506
93
12,087
Liberia
4,937,000
6,904
4
715
145
52,616
Madagascar
26,969,000
36,847
7
732
832
146,622
Madeira [note 1]
254,000
1,149
2
221
20
1,868
Malawi
18,629,000
95,229
2
196
1,636
342,426
Mali
19,658,000
330
7
59,570
7
1,345
Mauritius
1,270,000
1,879
1
676
27
4,322
Mayotte [note 2]
266,000
179
6
1,486
3
427
Mozambique
30,366,000
65,593
9
463
1,315
334,110
Namibia
2,495,000
2,477
3
1,007
46
8,629
Niger
23,311,000
305
-1
76,430
9
924
Nigeria
200,964,000
367,876
2
546
6,566
835,850
Réunion [note 3]
889,000
3,296
1
270
41
6,557
Rodrigues [note 4]
38,000
57
6
667
1
202
Rwanda
12,374,000
29,236
5
423
553
95,239
Saint Helena [note 5]
4,000
110
-3
36
3
253
São Tomé and Príncipe
215,000
893
4
241
14
3,631
Senegal
16,296,000
1,342
2
12,143
29
2,859
Seychelles
98,000
324
2
302
5
979
Sierra Leone
7,813,000
2,280
2
3,427
41
9,272
South Africa
58,780,000
103,430
0
568
2,056
281,511
South Sudan
11,062,000
1,366
10
8,098
32
7,187
Sudan
42,813,000
639
4
67,000
14
2,297
Tanzania
58,005,000
18,547
4
3,127
446
62,398
Togo
8,082,000
21,621
3
374
318
67,573
Uganda
44,270,000
8,348
6
5,303
164
31,284
Zambia
17,861,000
206,397
4
87
3,402
979,338
Zimbabwe
14,645,000
47,980
3
305
1,271
122,790
North America
Country
Population
Publishers
Increase (%)
Ratio per Population
Congregations
Memorial Attendance
Azores [note 1] [note 6]
243,000
759
3
320
15
1,622
Canada
37,411,000
114,591
0
326
1,326
186,020
Costa Rica
5,048,000
31,798
2
159
446
71,472
El Salvador
6,454,000
40,017
-1
161
701
86,133
Greenland [note 7]
56,000
144
-9
389
5
315
Mexico
127,576,000
862,590
1
148
13,074
2,258,524
Nicaragua
6,546,000
28,896
1
227
468
87,706
Panama
4,246,000
17,662
1
240
323
54,878
Rota [note 8]
2,500
8
-11
313
1
21
Saint Pierre and Miquelon [note 2]
6,000
10
0
600
1
14
Saipan [note 8]
48,000
216
2
222
3
509
Tinian [note 8]
3,100
12
-14
258
1
41
United States
329,065,000
1,207,438
0
273
12,594
2,416,752
Caribbean
Country
Population
Publishers
Increase (%)
Ratio per Population
Congregations
Memorial Attendance
Anguilla [note 5]
15,000
64
2
234
1
288
Antigua
97,000
454
-2
214
7
1,392
Aruba [note 9]
106,000
1,078
3
98
14
3,084
Bahamas
389,000
1,695
1
229
28
4,977
Barbados
287,000
2,414
-1
119
30
6,190
Belize
390,000
2,642
1
148
61
8,306
Bermuda [note 5]
63,000
432
3
146
5
851
Bonaire [note 10]
20,000
121
-3
165
2
370
Cayman Islands [note 5]
65,000
263
7
247
3
730
Cuba
11,333,000
94,628
0
120
1,457
223,403
Curaçao [note 9]
163,000
2,024
0
81
26
5,605
Dominica
72,000
411
4
175
10
1,561
Dominican Republic
10,739,000
37,974
1
283
572
116,498
Grenada
112,000
526
-4
213
10
1,487
Guadeloupe [note 3]
400,000
8,143
0
49
121
19,385
Guatemala
17,581,000
40,154
0
438
873
98,161
Haiti
11,263,000
19,768
1
570
276
87,267
Honduras
9,746,000
22,767
0
428
439
63,652
Jamaica
2,948,000
11,090
-1
266
174
34,703
Martinique [note 3]
376,000
4,688
-1
80
61
10,317
Montserrat [note 5]
5,000
34
10
147
1
216
Nevis [note 11]
12,000
68
10
176
1
223
Puerto Rico [note 12]
2,933,000
23,147
1
127
237
45,314
Saba [note 10]
2,000
12
33
167
0
74
Saint Barthélemy [note 2]
10,000
28
17
357
1
84
Saint Kitts [note 11]
35,000
214
4
164
3
695
Saint Lucia
183,000
786
0
233
11
2,091
Saint Martin [note 2]
38,000
259
-2
147
5
1,072
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
111,000
312
-3
356
8
1,080
Sint Eustatius [note 10]
3,000
27
0
111
1
124
Sint Maarten [note 9]
42,000
321
-2
131
6
1,158
Trinidad and Tobago
1,395,000
10,037
1
139
131
25,478
Turks and Caicos [note 5]
38,000
333
2
114
6
1,141
Virgin Islands (British) [note 5]
30,000
228
-3
132
4
733
Virgin Islands (US) [note 13]
105,000
554
-2
190
9
2,012
South America
Country
Population
Publishers
Increase (%)
Ratio per Population
Congregations
Memorial Attendance
Argentina
44,781,000
153,203
2
292
1,976
330,166
Bolivia
11,513,000
28,255
3
407
427
94,104
Brazil
210,396,000
875,987
2
240
12,408
1,922,286
Chile
18,952,000
80,475
3
236
955
184,610
Colombia
50,339,000
183,945
4
274
2,248
567,889
Ecuador
17,374,000
97,454
3
178
1,154
290,701
Falkland Islands [note 5]
3,000
14
8
214
1
31
French Guiana [note 3]
291,000
2,754
5
106
47
11,318
Guyana
783,000
3,155
2
248
50
13,942
Paraguay
7,045,000
10,738
2
656
234
25,805
Peru
32,510,000
128,834
2
252
1,562
398,335
Suriname
581,000
3,102
1
187
58
10,980
Uruguay
3,462,000
11,887
1
291
151
23,581
Venezuela
28,516,000
136,245
-4
209
1,743
470,857
Asia
Country
Population
Publishers
Increase (%)
Ratio per Population
Congregations
Memorial Attendance
Armenia
2,958,000
10,702
-2
276
129
20,968
Azerbaijan
9,982,000
1,439
2
6,937
14
3,053
Bangladesh
163,046,000
315
5
517,606
6
980
Cambodia
16,487,000
1,162
2
14,188
17
3,033
Cyprus
1,199,000
2,675
2
448
43
4,966
Georgia
3,724,000
17,865
-1
208
215
31,451
Hong Kong [note 14]
7,524,000
5,583
2
1,348
64
9,349
India
1,366,418,000
49,236
4
27,752
692
137,439
Indonesia
270,626,000
28,177
3
9,605
514
58,878
Israel
9,260,000
1,836
4
5,044
32
3,166
Japan
126,860,000
212,438
0
597
2,991
291,206
Kazakhstan
18,551,000
17,307
0
1,072
262
30,516
Korea (South)
51,709,000
101,970
1
507
1,266
136,891
Kyrgyzstan
6,390,000
5,214
1
1,226
85
10,489
Macau [note 14]
672,000
345
8
1,948
4
810
Malaysia
31,950,000
5,450
5
5,862
120
13,492
Mongolia
3,225,000
459
4
7,026
9
1,433
Myanmar
54,330,000
4,698
7
11,564
91
10,437
Nepal
28,609,000
2,627
1
10,890
42
6,995
Pakistan
216,565,000
1,031
1
210,053
20
4,259
Palestinian territories [note 15]
4,981,000
60
-3
83,017
2
130
Philippines
108,117,000
220,996
3
489
3,472
612,911
Sri Lanka
21,324,000
6,518
3
3,272
116
15,409
Taiwan
23,774,000
11,126
5
2,137
188
20,794
Thailand
69,626,000
5,304
6
13,127
136
10,700
Turkey
83,430,000
3,933
19
21,213
52
7,786
Europe
Country
Population
Publishers
Increase (%)
Ratio per population
Congregations
Memorial attendance
Albania
2,881,000
5,605
0
514
87
12,135
Andorra
77,000
173
1
445
3
332
Austria
8,955,000
21,483
0
417
298
34,213
Belarus
9,452,000
6,132
3
1,541
81
10,140
Belgium
11,431,000
24,923
0
459
336
42,925
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3,301,000
1,045
-3
3,159
17
1,794
Bulgaria
7,000,000
2,524
1
2,773
52
5,444
Croatia
4,130,000
4,858
-2
850
58
7,843
Czech Republic
10,669,000
15,396
0
693
213
26,748
Denmark
5,814,000
14,555
0
399
173
20,756
Estonia
1,325,000
3,979
0
333
57
6,199
Faroe Islands [note 7]
52,000
127
9
409
4
235
Finland
5,524,000
18,178
0
304
285
25,064
France
65,130,000
129,820
1
502
1,610
222,855
Germany
83,517,000
164,363
0
508
2,091
267,562
Gibraltar [note 5]
34,000
129
4
264
2
162
Greece
10,722,000
28,089
0
382
358
45,637
Hungary
9,773,000
21,060
-1
464
293
37,992
Iceland
357,000
373
0
957
7
741
Ireland
6,802,000
6,845
2
994
121
11,818
Italy
60,550,000
250,538
0
242
2,892
414,595
Kosovo [note 16]
1,796,000
264
2
6,803
8
594
Latvia
1,920,000
2,142
-2
896
33
3,367
Liechtenstein
38,000
89
2
427
1
159
Lithuania
2,794,000
2,948
-2
948
46
4,682
Luxembourg
616,000
2,123
0
290
31
3,802
Malta
494,000
748
-2
660
10
1,344
Moldova
3,157,000
18,584
-2
170
208
32,872
Montenegro
628,000
272
3
2,309
5
536
Netherlands
17,097,000
29,305
0
583
352
49,159
North Macedonia
2,083,000
1,270
0
1,640
23
2,752
Norway
5,346,000
11,727
1
456
167
17,536
Poland
37,973,000
114,542
-1
332
1,277
177,379
Portugal
9,780,000
49,286
1
198
652
88,099
Romania
19,365,000
39,265
-1
493
540
74,476
San Marino
34,000
198
3
172
2
323
Serbia
6,964,000
3,845
0
1,811
64
7,750
Slovakia
5,452,000
11,054
-1
493
132
20,910
Slovenia
2,084,000
1,804
-1
1,155
30
2,857
Spain
46,737,000
115,099
2
406
1,485
192,303
Sweden
10,281,000
22,166
0
464
295
34,897
Switzerland
8,591,000
19,058
1
451
270
31,108
Ukraine
43,994,000
128,070
-2
344
1,520
208,844
United Kingdom
64,345,000
134,718
0
478
1,618
222,033
Oceania
Country
Population
Publishers
Increase (%)
Ratio per Population
Congregations
Memorial Attendance
American Samoa [note 13]
55,000
154
-8
357
3
595
Australia
25,203,000
67,816
0
372
762
118,279
Chuuk [note 17]
49,000
41
-7
1,195
2
207
Cook Islands [note 18]
18,000
188
2
96
3
549
East Timor
1,293,000
373
8
3,466
5
981
Fiji
890,000
3,082
3
289
80
11,186
Guam [note 13]
167,000
748
3
223
10
1,900
Kiribati
118,000
124
-7
952
3
438
Kosrae [note 17]
7,000
17
6
412
1
96
Marshall Islands
59,000
140
-11
421
4
771
Nauru
11,000
17
0
647
1
102
New Caledonia [note 2]
283,000
2,458
3
115
33
7,050
New Zealand
4,783,000
14,027
1
341
183
26,856
Niue [note 18]
2,000
20
-5
100
1
53
Norfolk Island [note 19]
2,000
6
-14
333
1
23
Palau
18,000
77
7
234
2
239
Papua New Guinea
8,776,000
4,797
13
1,829
118
43,275
Pohnpei [note 17]
36,000
52
-9
692
1
170
Samoa
197,000
528
1
373
12
2,492
Solomon Islands
670,000
1,896
-1
353
51
10,203
Tahiti [note 2]
282,000
3,243
1
87
46
9,571
Tonga
104,000
178
-1
584
2
624
Tuvalu
12,000
79
1
152
1
221
Vanuatu
300,000
696
1
431
17
3,065
Wallis and Futuna [note 2]
11,000
53
15
208
1
221
Yap [note 17]
11,000
34
31
324
1
142
Other
Countries where Jehovah's Witnesses' activities are banned
In addition to the published figures for individual countries, statistics are also published collectively for countries where Jehovah's Witnesses operate covertly under ban,[1] [2] including several Islamic and communist states .
Country
Publishers
Increase (%)
Congregations
Memorial Attendance
33 "Other Lands"
210,920
-2.1
3,323
320,885
There are 36 sovereign states not specifically listed in the Watch Tower Society's reported statistics:
Total
Publishers
Increase (%)
Congregations
Memorial Attendance
Memorial Partakers
8,471,008
1.3
119,712
20,919,041
20,526
See also
Notes
Sources
References
^ "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
^ "2019 Country and Territory Reports" . Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania. 2020.
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