Jehovah's Witnesses by country

Jehovah's Witnesses have a presence in most countries in the world. 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 active presence in various dependencies and states as separate 'lands', as noted.

Africa

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Memorial Attendance
Angola 26,849,678 143,322 12 187 1,913 617,099
Benin 11,458,611 12,939 3 886 202 43,514
Botswana 2,351,673 2,245 3 1,048 44 6,550
Burkina Faso 19,173,322 1,863 4 10,292 46 5,009
Burundi 9,564,000 13,927 3 687 267 51,909
Cameroon 24,994,885 43,092 2 580 461 100,674
Cape Verde 560,899 2,239 2 251 33 7,374
Central African Republic 4,659,000 2,763 3 1,686 53 17,255
Chad 14,900,000 863 13 17,265 18 4,312
Congo (Democratic Republic) 82,800,771 216,696 -2 382 3,763 1,156,482
Congo (Republic) 4,893,896 7,270 10 673 81 31,230
Côte d'Ivoire 23,865,304 11,948 3 1,997 324 75,233
Equatorial Guinea 778,358 2,147 9 363 17 7,670
Ethiopia 100,000,000 10,355 1 9,657 222 24,910
Gabon 1,772,255 4,499 2 394 50 12,704
Gambia 2,105,164 213 -8 9,883 4 576
Ghana 28,833,629 135,498 3 213 2,019 340,731
Guinea 13,371,995 929 7 14,394 20 3,728
Guinea-Bissau 1,865,108 170 8 10,971 3 745
Kenya 49,699,862 28,222 2 1,761 639 70,011
Lesotho 2,189,902 4,067 1 538 90 9,955
Liberia 4,176,265 6,808 2 613 138 49,606
Madagascar 25,612,972 34,980 5 732 736 139,608
Madeira[note 1] 254,876 1,119 -1 228 18 1,834
Malawi 18,422,948 93,412 0 197 1,540 315,784
Mali 18,578,509 307 1 60,516 7 1,267
Mauritius 1,265,138 1,922 1 658 25 4,359
Mayotte[note 2] 253,045 165 1 1,534 3 367
Mozambique 29,879,087 59,990 5 498 1,254 283,861
Namibia 2,579,051 2,473 3 1,043 45 7,779
Niger 21,563,607 316 5 68,239 7 866
Nigeria 190,886,000 381,398 3 500 6,533 800,874
Réunion[note 3] 876,562 3,270 3 268 38 6,517
Rodrigues[note 4] 42,638 53 14 804 1 154
Rwanda 11,809,295 28,972 4 408 571 80,093
Saint Helena[note 5] 3,973 115 -3 35 3 269
São Tomé and Príncipe 201,025 831 4 242 13 3,384
Senegal 15,887,044 1,353 5 11,742 26 2,795
Seychelles 94,737 341 0 278 4 953
Sierra Leone 6,774,752 2,262 5 2,995 39 8,831
South Africa 55,523,510 104,395 2 532 2,047 267,800
South Sudan 12,575,714 1,334 -1 9,427 35 5,225
Sudan 40,533,330 703 2 57,658 15 2,517
Swaziland 1,323,468 3,212 2 412 81 9,020
Tanzania 57,310,019 17,878 5 3,206 465 56,344
Togo 7,691,915 20,683 3 372 297 66,927
Uganda 37,956,000 7,542 3 5,033 149 24,837
Zambia 16,405,229 191,311 3 86 3,126 883,246
Zimbabwe 16,337,760 46,440 1 352 1,239 120,065

North America

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Memorial Attendance
Azores[note 1][note 6] 245,283 755 1 325 15 1,512
Canada 36,766,975 115,580 0 318 1,406 183,587
Costa Rica 4,909,600 31,423 2 156 447 71,445
El Salvador 6,168,800 41,424 1 149 709 90,332
Greenland[note 7] 55,860 173 3 323 5 348
Mexico 130,355,300 871,207 2 150 13,331 2,257,346
Nicaragua 6,223,400 29,082 2 214 491 88,198
Panama 4,056,300 17,620 4 230 326 53,494
Rota[note 8] 2,477 11 0 225 1 29
Saint Pierre and Miquelon[note 2] 6,320 14 0 451 1 14
Saipan[note 8] 48,200 245 7 197 3 731
Tinian[note 8] 2,500 17 -24 147 1 45
United States 324,459,000 1,232,293 1 263 13,578 2,459,741

Caribbean

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Memorial Attendance
Anguilla[note 5] 17,087 81 3 211 2 297
Antigua 91,889 485 1 189 7 1,398
Aruba[note 9] 105,000 1,072 3 98 14 2,879
Bahamas 395,000 1,702 -1 232 27 4,375
Barbados 292,336 2,529 -1 116 30 6,003
Belize 375,200 2,628 1 143 61 8,348
Bermuda[note 5] 61,000 480 -3 127 5 990
Bonaire[note 10] 25,000 131 -9 191 2 333
Cayman Islands[note 5] 62,000 257 3 241 3 631
Cuba 11,475,982 95,385 0 120 1,569 220,661
Curaçao[note 9] 161,000 2,123 0 76 26 5,310
Dominica 73,897 453 -4 163 10 1,365
Dominican Republic 10,800,857 38,286 1 282 585 120,171
Grenada 117,724 569 1 207 10 1,446
Guadeloupe[note 3] 403,544 8,207 0 49 120 19,092
Guatemala 17,033,200 40,222 2 423 902 96,767
Haiti 9,993,000 20,472 0 488 290 79,415
Honduras 8,314,200 23,106 0 360 445 65,718
Jamaica 2,890,000 11,525 -2 251 186 33,029
Martinique[note 3] 384,896 4,809 0 80 65 10,310
Montserrat[note 5] 5,292 27 25 196 1 158
Nevis[note 11] 12,000 62 -9 194 1 239
Puerto Rico[note 12] 3,663,000 25,187 -2 145 306 50,492
Saba[note 10] 1,800 12 22 150 0 74
Saint Barthélemy[note 2] 9,567 34 4 281 1 55
Saint Kitts[note 11] 40,715 217 5 188 4 705
Saint Lucia 164,994 783 1 211 11 2,177
Saint Martin[note 2] 36,457 311 -2 117 5 954
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 102,089 344 0 297 8 1,139
Sint Eustatius[note 10] 4,020 29 8 139 1 95
Sint Maarten[note 9] 42,083 344 -3 122 5 1,101
Trinidad and Tobago 1,368,143 9,892 1 138 126 23,585
Turks and Caicos[note 5] 35,000 384 1 91 6 1,215
Virgin Islands (British)[note 5] 31,000 241 -7 129 4 802
Virgin Islands (US)[note 13] 105,000 607 -2 173 10 1,503

South America

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Memorial Attendance
Argentina 44,044,811 150,823 1 292 1,999 312,070
Bolivia 11,145,770 27,699 4 402 372 80,663
Brazil 208,053,804 858,799 4 242 12,135 1,822,259
Chile 18,373,917 78,603 1 234 991 175,877
Colombia 49,465,000 173,802 2 285 2,359 515,800
Ecuador 16,626,000 92,752 3 179 1,074 267,182
Falkland Islands[note 5] 2,910 11 0 265 1 23
French Guiana[note 3] 282,731 2,614 3 108 49 10,049
Guyana 773,651 3,545 2 218 48 12,315
Paraguay 6,838,788 10,413 3 657 230 24,430
Peru 31,826,018 128,467 2 248 1,482 360,210
Suriname 558,368 3,106 3 180 55 10,237
Uruguay 3,493,205 11,825 1 295 156 23,426
Venezuela 31,570,000 149,355 2 211 1,886 478,266

Asia

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Memorial Attendance
Armenia 2,986,500 10,974 -1 272 134 21,874
Azerbaijan 9,810,000 1,414 2 6,938 14 2,865
Bangladesh 161,200,886 307 9 525,084 6 976
Cambodia 15,517,635 1,120 10 13,855 14 2,791
Cyprus 885,600 2,600 1 341 40 4,709
Georgia 3,718,200 18,150 -1 205 225 30,044
Hong Kong[note 14] 7,389,500 5,452 0 1,355 63 9,101
India 1,348,399,000 46,996 4 28,692 660 126,809
Indonesia 261,000,000 27,475 3 9,500 492 56,795
Israel 8,952,000 1,707 5 5,244 30 3,594
Japan 127,974,958 213,473 0 599 3,047 291,158
Kazakhstan 18,054,014 17,639 -1 1,024 260 30,112
Korea (South) 51,753,820 100,245 0 516 1,300 132,497
Kyrgyzstan 6,140,000 5,235 1 1,173 71 10,067
Macau[note 14] 648,400 305 0 2,126 4 630
Malaysia 31,500,000 5,069 2 6,214 118 12,780
Mongolia 2,976,877 482 1 6,176 10 1,275
Myanmar 54,874,536 4,296 2 12,773 79 8,659
Nepal 28,441,000 2,506 6 11,349 40 7,346
Pakistan 197,015,955 1,109 4 177,652 19 3,956
Palestinian Territory[note 15] 4,816,000 83 4 58,024 2 177
Philippines 103,320,222 210,914 3 490 3,383 575,813
Sri Lanka 20,894,716 6,165 2 3,389 114 14,570
Taiwan 23,556,169 10,498 4 2,244 169 19,545
Thailand 68,414,135 4,868 5 14,054 122 9,535
Turkey 79,815,000 3,030 7 26,342 40 5,431

Europe

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Memorial Attendance
Albania 3,204,000 5,637 2 568 89 11,927
Andorra 72,280 178 9 406 3 352
Austria 8,773,686 21,567 0 407 301 34,712
Belarus 9,495,500 5,913 0 1,606 78 9,767
Belgium 11,322,088 25,480 0 444 348 42,998
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,531,159 1,144 -2 3,087 16 1,855
Bulgaria 7,085,000 2,475 2 2,863 56 5,327
Croatia 4,284,889 5,206 -3 823 60 7,944
Czech Republic 10,588,063 15,587 0 679 219 25,837
Denmark 5,760,694 14,669 0 393 175 21,301
Estonia 1,315,635 4,053 0 325 56 6,159
Faroe Islands[note 7] 50,030 130 -3 385 4 186
Finland 5,508,714 18,372 -1 300 291 25,447
France 64,979,548 128,980 1 504 1,708 220,124
Germany 82,315,658 165,470 0 497 2,118 267,296
Gibraltar[note 5] 32,348 124 -4 261 2 171
Greece 10,815,197 28,773 0 376 370 44,748
Hungary 9,784,000 21,853 -2 448 295 37,831
Iceland 335,679 377 0 890 7 695
Ireland 6,632,107 6,747 3 983 120 12,082
Italy 60,589,445 251,192 0 241 2,955 431,035
Kosovo[note 16] 2,350,000 269 6 8,736 8 625
Latvia 1,935,800 2,278 -1 850 36 3,366
Liechtenstein 38,076 89 4 428 1 148
Lithuania 2,817,537 3,056 0 922 46 4,747
Luxembourg 590,667 2,172 1 272 33 3,889
Macedonia 2,072,490 1,320 -1 1,570 24 2,821
Malta 428,000 757 3 565 9 1,204
Moldova 4,052,000 19,553 -1 207 233 34,657
Montenegro 631,490 271 3 2,330 5 566
Netherlands 17,153,292 29,756 0 576 360 50,429
Norway 5,258,317 11,652 0 451 167 18,100
Poland 38,432,992 118,036 -1 326 1,294 185,246
Portugal 9,809,414 49,466 0 198 652 87,239
Romania 21,136,000 40,101 -1 527 551 75,587
San Marino 33,196 191 -3 174 2 306
Serbia 8,118,146 3,922 0 2,070 67 8,144
Slovakia 5,437,752 11,395 0 477 139 20,847
Slovenia 2,074,788 1,881 -2 1,103 30 2,934
Spain 45,929,057 112,916 1 407 1,499 188,092
Sweden 9,967,637 22,418 0 445 309 34,966
Switzerland 8,420,000 19,251 0 437 273 31,952
Ukraine 41,882,079 140,300 -1 299 1,610 229,126
United Kingdom 64,311,135 137,468 0 468 1,626 222,201

Oceania

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Memorial Attendance
American Samoa[note 13] 55,519 189 -11 294 3 625
Australia 24,658,074 67,748 1 364 798 116,274
Chuuk[note 17] 48,651 46 -7 1,058 2 225
Cook Islands[note 18] 18,100 213 1 85 3 547
East Timor 1,242,616 349 5 3,561 5 1,002
Fiji 902,547 3,278 3 275 80 11,986
Guam[note 13] 159,358 726 0 220 9 1,852
Kiribati 116,405 179 -5 650 4 403
Kosrae[note 17] 6,616 19 -15 348 1 106
Marshall Islands 69,747 188 -5 371 4 888
Nauru 10,301 21 7 491 1 123
New Caledonia[note 2] 280,000 2,383 2 117 34 5,964
New Zealand 4,817,903 14,150 0 340 187 26,735
Niue[note 18] 1,614 24 0 67 1 67
Norfolk Island[note 19] 1,748 7 0 250 1 18
Palau 21,108 85 5 248 2 231
Papua New Guinea 7,933,841 4,291 0 1,849 116 34,395
Pohnpei[note 17] 35,981 68 -10 529 1 209
Samoa 196,006 510 -3 384 13 2,385
Solomon Islands 611,343 2,066 0 296 53 10,405
Tahiti[note 2] 268,207 3,219 1 83 48 9,136
Tonga 107,986 221 -5 489 3 582
Tuvalu 9,975 125 60 80 1 178
Vanuatu 284,486 770 8 369 15 2,925
Wallis and Futuna[note 2] 11,200 46 8 243 1 198
Yap[note 17] 11,376 27 -7 421 1 112

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 Peak Publishers Increase (%) Congregations Memorial Attendance
33 "Other Lands" 218,096 -0.8 3,242 354,497

There are 35 sovereign states not specifically listed in the Watch Tower Society's reported statistics:

Total

Countries/Territories Peak Publishers Increase (%) Congregations Memorial Attendance Memorial Partakers
240 8,457,107 1.4 120,053 20,175,477 18,564

See also

Notes

Sources

References

  1. ↑ "Keep Conquering the Evil With the Good". The Watchtower: 29&ndash, 30. July 1, 2007.
  2. ↑ "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
  3. ↑ "2017 Country and Territory Reports". Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania. 2018.
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