Jehovah's Witnesses by country

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.[1] The Watch Tower Society provides 'average' and 'peak' figures for the number of active members. The 'peak' figure refers to the highest number of reports for any month, including late reports from the previous month; this results in some members being counted twice for the 'peak' figure.[2][3]

Bible study figures indicate the average number of Bible studies conducted each month by Jehovah's Witness members with non-members. This includes studies conducted by Jehovah's Witness parents with their unbaptized children,[4][5] which can be counted as one Bible study per month, per child.[6]

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    Africa

    Country Population Peak[2] Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio[note 1] Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
    Angola 37,805,000 180,925 174,283 6 9,674 217 2,578 492,430 673,685
    Benin 14,463,000 15,596 14,896 6 815 971 283 29,160 49,214
    Botswana 2,360,000 2,473 2,355 2 142 1,002 43 3,629 6,321
    Burkina Faso 23,840,000 2,123 1,920 5 85 12,417 55 2,459 4,984
    Burundi 13,345,000 20,040 18,729 8 1,663 713 394 39,820 77,037
    Cameroon 28,608,000 44,670 44,144 3 2,128 648 579 57,745 109,064
    Cape Verde 604,000 2,280 2,239 0 89 270 35 3,329 7,595
    Central African Republic 5,916,000 3,352 3,169 11 269 1,867 69 9,044 26,006
    Chad 18,847,000 1,016 928 11 74 20,309 25 1,137 4,647
    Congo (Democratic Republic) 105,625,000 280,107 266,689 9 19,017 396 4,590 709,804 1,403,269
    Congo (Republic) 6,244,000 10,303 9,579 7 598 652 131 25,481 33,768
    Côte d'Ivoire 31,934,000 13,331 12,761 6 532 2,502 231 22,040 57,615
    Equatorial Guinea 1,543,000 2,863 2,646 9 181 583 34 7,321 8,482
    Eswatini 1,222,000 3,420 3,301 4 149 370 74 4,551 8,116
    Ethiopia 129,720,000 12,166 11,812 5 675 10,982 204 8,545 27,357
    Gabon 2,384,000 4,895 4,629 4 251 515 61 8,107 13,343
    Gambia 2,760,000 334 314 7 10 8,790 6 438 774
    Ghana 33,008,000 159,140 155,026 3 8,877 213 2,585 326,967 402,031
    Guinea 14,529,000 1,367 1,252 9 104 11,605 30 2,495 5,018
    Guinea-Bissau 2,197,000 215 206 7 13 10,665 4 492 792
    Kenya 52,428,000 33,107 31,492 6 1,800 1,665 598 43,530 80,371
    Lesotho 2,337,000 4,340 4,104 6 110 569 82 6,023 11,737
    Liberia 5,613,000 8,800 7,954 9 657 706 150 22,732 42,384
    Madagascar 31,965,000 43,217 41,619 8 3,358 768 863 80,802 169,469
    Madeira[note 2] 257,000 1,199 1,186 1 19 217 19 395 1,921
    Malawi 21,655,000 117,602 105,680 7 9,804 205 1,997 141,711 414,897
    Mali 24,479,000 378 361 3 15 67,809 6 467 934
    Mauritius 1,218,000 2,160 2,125 2 59 573 27 1,671 5,036
    Mayotte[note 3] 321,000 181 144 7 6 2,229 3 205 363
    Mozambique 32,420,000 99,705 91,998 13 10,775 352 1,942 163,859 411,440
    Namibia 3,020,000 2,962 2,800 8 229 1,079 50 4,451 9,706
    Niger 26,312,000 378 320 -1 21 82,225 9 427 897
    Nigeria 232,679,000 406,732 390,623 4 18,930 596 6,145 748,645 857,080
    Réunion[note 3] 886,000 3,602 3,531 2 85 251 41 1,593 6,837
    Rodrigues[note 4] 45,000 69 66 2 1 682 1 61 174
    Rwanda 13,800,000 37,013 34,252 8 2,656 403 633 61,953 112,816
    Saint Helena[note 5] 4,000 119 113 0 0 35 3 43 268
    São Tomé and Príncipe 235,000 897 841 -4 62 279 14 2,378 3,459
    Senegal 18,502,000 1,606 1,566 4 51 11,815 28 1,781 3,264
    Seychelles 121,000 373 345 2 4 351 5 309 1,044
    Sierra Leone 8,642,000 2,659 2,442 4 189 3,539 43 4,525 9,081
    South Africa 61,997,000 105,359 100,889 3 4,798 615 1,929 102,414 270,310
    South Sudan 15,254,000 2,319 2,116 22 195 7,209 35 4,252 8,313
    Sudan 49,358,000 367 140 -73 22 352,557 3 233 42
    Tanzania 61,741,000 22,347 21,217 7 1,458 2,910 418 38,968 66,944
    Togo 9,515,000 24,471 23,886 5 1,248 398 392 52,321 70,943
    Uganda 45,900,000 10,261 9,909 5 698 4,632 183 22,678 36,204
    Zambia 21,315,000 258,013 228,281 8 18,073 93 3,654 421,860 1,085,831
    Zimbabwe 15,675,000 52,895 50,000 7 3,208 314 974 90,494 131,488

    North America

    Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
    Azores[note 2][note 6] 241,000 813 804 1 22 300 15 536 1,627
    Belize 411,000 2,494 2,456 0 98 167 52 2,031 7,598
    Bermuda[note 5] 64,000 425 391 2 0 164 5 153 850
    Canada 41,013,000 124,407 122,291 3 1,867 335 1,159 40,981 196,562
    Costa Rica 5,247,000 32,501 32,175 1 852 163 422 19,495 70,135
    El Salvador 6,339,000 37,271 37,135 -1 772 171 589 20,172 79,753
    Greenland[note 7] 57,000 132 124 9 0 460 5 70 330
    Guatemala 17,843,000 39,191 38,886 0 1,109 459 788 27,129 94,610
    Honduras 9,876,000 21,638 21,546 0 649 458 406 16,403 57,560
    Mexico 130,861,000 878,990 866,247 1 24,946 151 12,310 584,904 2,157,985
    Nicaragua 6,916,000 28,885 28,536 0 873 242 440 23,091 79,346
    Panama 4,065,000 18,867 18,663 2 609 218 302 15,790 53,614
    Saint Pierre and Miquelon[note 8] 6,000 18 16 -6 0 375 1 12 31
    United States 336,751,000 1,259,538 1,236,274 1 23,367 272 11,858 455,800 2,408,873

    Caribbean

    Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
    Anguilla[note 5] 16,000 67 62 13 0 258 1 52 201
    Antigua 104,000 468 449 -3 15 232 7 287 1,264
    Aruba[note 9] 106,000 1,112 1,086 1 24 98 13 606 2,662
    Bahamas 415,000 1,723 1,643 -3 42 253 28 1,284 4,361
    Barbados 282,000 2,356 2,318 1 40 122 30 1,438 5,957
    Bonaire[note 10] 25,000 148 142 8 0 176 2 116 423
    Cayman Islands[note 5] 86,000 304 294 5 0 293 3 174 757
    Cuba 10,056,000 84,508 83,579 -3 1,416 120 1,315 83,462 194,715
    Curaçao[note 9] 149,000 1,946 1,906 -2 44 78 24 1,240 4,963
    Dominica 73,000 397 385 -2 2 190 10 438 1,240
    Dominican Republic 11,434,000 38,466 38,107 0 1,115 300 532 44,933 117,648
    Grenada 127,000 536 514 -2 9 247 9 330 1,408
    Guadeloupe[note 3] 379,000 8,524 8,407 1 233 45 115 5,413 19,236
    Haiti 11,867,000 16,821 16,589 -4 754 715 251 26,370 70,473
    Jamaica 2,825,000 11,088 10,769 0 266 262 153 6,462 33,310
    Martinique[note 3] 350,000 4,847 4,776 -1 98 73 56 3,350 10,581
    Montserrat[note 5] 4,000 33 30 -14 0 133 1 41 101
    Nevis[note 11] 10,000 78 73 -4 0 137 1 55 265
    Puerto Rico[note 12] 3,222,000 23,000 22,697 0 394 142 226 7,090 43,407
    Saba[note 10] 2,000 20 16 0 0 125 1 13 58
    Saint Barthélemy[note 8] 11,000 38 35 -5 0 314 1 22 96
    Saint Kitts[note 11] 40,000 246 238 -1 3 168 3 182 739
    Saint Lucia 184,000 800 775 0 13 237 11 535 2,205
    Saint Martin[note 8] 26,000 324 296 6 3 88 5 302 1,067
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 110,000 321 292 4 6 377 8 266 906
    Sint Eustatius[note 10] 3,000 37 29 7 0 103 1 15 85
    Sint Maarten[note 9] 43,000 308 295 -2 11 146 4 184 956
    Trinidad and Tobago 1,367,000 10,547 10,449 0 296 131 127 7,876 26,029
    Turks and Caicos[note 5] 49,000 352 329 0 3 149 6 341 914
    Virgin Islands (British)[note 5] 39,000 231 217 -2 0 180 4 128 734
    Virgin Islands (US)[note 12] 104,000 517 499 -2 10 208 8 346 1,264

    South America

    Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
    Argentina 46,235,000 156,673 154,970 1 4,612 298 1,928 81,696 307,955
    Bolivia 12,567,000 30,258 29,693 2 1,017 423 452 32,749 79,880
    Brazil 203,081,000 926,480 913,789 2 27,652 222 12,704 524,507 1,810,952
    Chile 20,086,000 88,592 87,419 2 2,333 230 974 41,097 188,741
    Colombia 52,215,000 191,405 188,819 2 5,775 277 2,306 147,916 552,793
    Ecuador 17,893,000 102,793 100,824 2 4,156 177 1,196 94,966 275,229
    Falkland Islands[note 5] 4,000 13 10 -17 1 400 1 10 21
    French Guiana[note 3] 309,000 3,064 2,944 3 108 105 42 4,596 11,545
    Guyana 820,000 3,324 3,238 1 98 253 45 3,219 12,288
    Paraguay 7,656,000 11,532 11,285 3 344 678 183 10,269 24,613
    Peru 34,038,000 138,118 134,261 3 5,453 254 1,672 138,835 380,481
    Suriname 634,000 3,410 3,158 0 130 201 57 3,372 9,816
    Uruguay 3,444,000 11,995 11,871 0 294 290 150 6,855 22,441
    Venezuela 28,405,000 138,146 136,000 3 4,285 209 1,716 118,742 413,102

    Asia

    Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
    Armenia 3,040,000 11,575 11,388 5 396 267 128 4,626 25,606
    Azerbaijan 10,303,000 2,072 1,846 -9 60 5,581 29 1,737 3,866
    Bangladesh 174,701,000 388 371 10 33 470,892 11 492 1,116
    Cambodia 17,091,000 1,213 1,161 5 56 14,721 21 1,454 2,956
    Cyprus 1,268,000 3,171 3,126 3 72 406 42 1,485 5,723
    East Timor 1,401,000 396 378 -1 25 3,706 5 472 1,048
    Georgia 3,695,000 19,372 19,130 2 685 193 217 4,830 33,706
    Hong Kong[note 13] 7,497,000 5,530 5,485 1 259 1,367 72 3,935 9,661
    India 1,441,720,000 59,122 58,332 2 3,102 24,716 1,017 57,418 158,775
    Indonesia 281,604,000 32,345 31,435 3 1,205 8,958 488 25,288 61,140
    Israel 9,907,000 2,127 2,093 0 38 4,733 33 978 3,762
    Japan 124,143,000 214,020 213,719 0 1,936 581 2,866 87,769 290,165
    Kazakhstan 20,140,000 17,188 17,093 0 410 1,178 224 6,402 29,488
    Korea (Republic) 51,285,000 106,036 105,873 0 1,868 484 1,245 35,731 137,662
    Kyrgyzstan 7,162,000 5,268 5,138 1 167 1,394 78 2,597 10,211
    Macau[note 13] 686,000 413 390 6 2 1,759 6 407 914
    Malaysia 33,380,000 5,697 5,650 1 190 5,908 118 5,528 12,315
    Mongolia 3,505,000 449 441 9 15 7,948 8 556 1,216
    Myanmar 56,624,000 5,296 5,221 2 359 10,845 98 5,747 11,948
      Nepal 29,651,000 2,913 2,872 3 179 10,324 58 3,827 7,477
    Pakistan 241,499,000 1,265 1,166 4 59 207,117 16 973 4,389
    Palestinian territories[note 14] 5,613,000 80 78 3 1 71,962 2 57 201
    Philippines 113,000,000 266,410 257,621 5 12,201 439 3,662 252,392 680,399
    Sri Lanka 22,037,000 7,013 6,907 -1 251 3,191 95 6,918 15,745
    Taiwan[note 15] 23,407,000 11,761 11,615 2 310 2,015 178 8,887 20,475
    Thailand 71,668,000 5,526 5,449 3 164 13,153 149 5,136 11,118
    Türkiye 85,372,000 5,318 4,954 -11 196 17,233 65 2,276 8,239

    Europe

    Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
    Albania 2,402,000 5,380 5,352 -1 137 449 78 3,229 10,447
    Andorra 86,000 165 161 -2 0 534 3 95 340
    Austria 9,105,000 22,630 22,449 1 306 406 283 6,919 35,446
    Belarus 9,156,000 6,100 6,070 0 111 1,508 81 2,722 10,711
    Belgium 11,764,000 26,568 26,359 1 541 446 330 9,628 45,170
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,194,000 955 934 -1 12 3,420 16 190 1,400
    Britain[note 16] 69,196,000 144,579 143,033 2 2,395 484 1,579 43,452 229,344
    Bulgaria 6,448,000 2,953 2,897 4 94 2,226 57 1,817 6,475
    Croatia 3,851,000 4,671 4,612 -1 47 835 56 853 7,179
    Czech Republic 10,859,000 17,296 17,066 3 310 636 219 4,827 30,629
    Denmark 5,970,000 14,667 14,579 1 213 409 173 3,780 20,690
    Estonia 1,375,000 4,122 4,114 1 64 334 53 1,383 6,630
    Faroe Islands[note 7] 55,000 146 133 1 1 414 4 64 197
    Finland 5,604,000 18,384 18,224 1 284 308 270 6,801 25,989
    France 68,128,000 139,932 138,624 1 2,890 491 1,461 42,784 233,207
    Germany 83,445,000 177,240 175,678 2 2,800 475 1,979 48,001 277,109
    Gibraltar[note 5] 34,000 168 164 6 0 207 2 27 225
    Greece 10,482,000 27,760 27,661 0 413 379 340 6,763 43,584
    Hungary 9,600,000 21,559 21,401 1 487 449 279 6,278 38,516
    Iceland 394,000 452 440 10 5 895 7 170 724
    Ireland[note 17] 7,192,000 8,269 8,063 4 125 892 122 2,712 13,860
    Italy 58,990,000 251,493 250,754 0 4,261 235 2,723 76,648 420,423
    Kosovo[note 18] 1,587,000 251 239 3 1 6,640 7 233 478
    Latvia 1,872,000 2,115 2,082 -1 23 899 29 769 3,301
    Liechtenstein 40,000 105 102 9 0 392 1 23 181
    Lithuania 2,893,000 2,925 2,899 -1 42 998 39 905 4,601
    Luxembourg 672,000 2,240 2,209 2 0 304 32 800 4,116
    Malta 542,000 958 841 0 23 644 10 270 1,503
    Moldova 2,888,000 20,538 19,673 10 461 147 191 7,284 36,328
    Monaco 38,000 46 44 — 0 864 1 17 96
    Montenegro 638,000 432 414 12 1 1,541 7 119 769
    Netherlands 17,951,000 29,618 29,425 1 456 610 340 8,494 48,810
    North Macedonia 1,830,000 1,276 1,242 2 24 1,473 23 508 2,529
    Norway 5,562,000 12,047 11,977 1 166 464 161 3,181 17,986
    Poland 37,582,000 114,894 114,437 -1 1,465 328 1,268 24,114 181,252
    Portugal 10,142,000 54,601 53,651 3 1,046 189 649 20,219 97,193
    Romania 19,064,000 40,216 39,965 1 959 477 527 16,291 83,695
    San Marino 34,000 212 204 5 0 167 2 69 329
    Serbia 6,605,000 3,759 3,705 0 104 1,783 60 1,342 7,134
    Slovakia 5,427,000 11,333 11,191 0 145 485 135 2,662 21,419
    Slovenia 2,124,000 1,735 1,722 0 22 1,233 24 522 2,700
    Spain 48,693,000 125,359 124,427 3 2,299 391 1,369 38,040 208,794
    Sweden 10,549,000 22,465 22,383 0 311 471 274 6,098 34,215
     Switzerland 8,961,000 20,367 20,180 2 356 444 251 6,542 33,366
    Ukraine 37,860,000 102,972 100,478 -5 1,698 377 1,164 25,530 173,551

    Oceania

    Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
    American Samoa[note 12] 44,000 152 136 10 5 324 3 126 545
    Australia 27,317,000 71,726 71,140 1 1,696 384 717 20,683 115,566
    Chuuk[note 19] 54,000 32 28 22 6 1,929 2 56 143
    Cook Islands[note 20] 20,000 204 194 5 6 103 3 91 572
    Fiji 901,000 3,001 2,907 -1 171 310 59 3,561 12,047
    Guam[note 12] 174,000 761 726 5 11 240 9 555 1,650
    Kiribati 134,000 155 137 41 29 978 2 260 430
    Kosrae[note 19] 8,000 10 9 0 0 889 1 24 45
    Marshall Islands 55,000 136 131 7 5 420 4 242 651
    Nauru 12,000 17 14 -7 1 857 1 15 154
    New Caledonia[note 21] 269,000 2,745 2,660 1 108 101 34 2,516 7,833
    New Zealand 5,339,000 14,732 14,576 1 411 366 168 5,673 27,088
    Niue[note 20] 2,000 20 19 0 0 105 1 9 68
    Palau 18,000 77 70 -3 1 257 2 124 182
    Papua New Guinea 11,782,000 5,130 4,921 4 176 2,394 170 7,854 42,591
    Pohnpei[note 19] 34,000 57 53 6 1 642 1 97 226
    Rota[note 22] 2,000 4 2 -50 0 1,000 1 2 2
    Saipan[note 22] 43,000 236 229 7 17 188 3 187 546
    Samoa 206,000 600 558 6 41 369 12 615 2,587
    Solomon Islands 757,000 1,904 1,681 -2 104 450 46 1,719 10,678
    Tahiti[note 8] 282,000 3,305 3,202 1 90 88 46 2,654 10,242
    Tinian[note 22] 2,000 10 10 0 0 200 1 12 26
    Tonga 104,000 256 210 4 11 495 3 196 594
    Tuvalu 10,000 103 57 14 0 175 1 34 222
    Vanuatu 328,000 858 642 8 43 511 13 1,034 4,046
    Wallis and Futuna[note 8] 11,000 84 77 24 0 143 2 76 277
    Yap[note 19] 11,000 32 31 0 0 355 1 124 161

    Other

    See also: Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses

    In addition to the published figures for individual countries, statistics are also published collectively for countries where Jehovah's Witnesses operate covertly under ban,[7][8] including several Islamic and communist states.

    "Other Lands" Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
    33 214,313 210,515 1.4 3,901 2,859 85,992 329,181

    There are 36 sovereign states not specifically listed in the Watch Tower Society's reported statistics:

    Total

    "Lands" Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance Memorial partakers
    240 9,043,460 8,828,124 2.4 296,267 118,767 7,480,146 21,119,442 22,312

    See also

    Notes

    1. ^ The number of people in the general population per publisher.
    2. ^ a b Portuguese autonomous region
    3. ^ a b c d e Overseas department of France
    4. ^ Constituency of Mauritius
    5. ^ a b c d e f g h i British overseas territory
    6. ^ The western islands of the Azores are located on the North American Plate in the Atlantic Ocean; the remaining islands are located on the Azores microplate independent of Europe and Africa. F.O. Marques, J.C. Catalão, C.DeMets, A.C.G. Costa, A. Hildenbrand (2013). "GPS and tectonic evidence for a diffuse plate boundary at the Azores Triple Junction" (PDF). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 381: 177–187. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.051. A comparison of the GPS velocities of Pico, Faial, S. Jorge and Terceira islands with the Nubia–Eurasia velocity in the Azores region (ca. 4.5 mm/yr, DeMets et al., 2010) shows that the islands belong to neither the Eurasia nor Nubia plates.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
    7. ^ a b Danish autonomous territory
    8. ^ a b c d e French overseas collectivity
    9. ^ a b c Constituent country of the Netherlands
    10. ^ a b c Special municipality of the Netherlands
    11. ^ a b Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
    12. ^ a b c d US insular area
    13. ^ a b Chinese special administrative region
    14. ^ Disputed territory comprising West Bank and Gaza Strip under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority and the Hamas Government in Gaza
    15. ^ Disputed territory administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and claimed by the People's Republic of China.
    16. ^ Island incorporating England, Scotland and Wales
    17. ^ Island incorporating the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
    18. ^ Disputed territory within Serbia
    19. ^ a b c d Federated States of Micronesia
    20. ^ a b Self-governing in free association with New Zealand
    21. ^ Sui generis collectivity of France
    22. ^ a b c Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US insular area)

    Sources

    References

    1. ^ "2024 Country and Territory Reports". Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania. 2024.
    2. ^ a b "Questions From Readers". The Watchtower. Watch Tower Society. August 15, 2011. p. 22. "Peak publishers" is the highest number reporting for any one month of the service year and may include late reports that were not added to the preceding month's report. In this way some publishers may be counted twice.
    3. ^ Shepherd the Flock of God. Watch Tower Society. 2023. p. 199. If a publisher turns in his report late, it should be added to the congregation's report for the following month and the "Number Reporting" figure should be adjusted accordingly.
    4. ^ "Question Box–Should a family Bible study be reported to the congregation?". Our Kingdom Ministry. Watch Tower Society. November 2003. p. 3.
    5. ^ "Question Box—May both parents report the time used for the regular family study?". Our Kingdom Ministry. September 2008. p. 3.
    6. ^ Organized To Do Jehovah's Will. 2017. pp. 76, 98–99, 85–87, 87.
    7. ^ "Keep Conquering the Evil With the Good". The Watchtower. Watch Tower Society. July 1, 2007. pp. 29–30.
    8. ^ "Global Support for the Kingdom Issue". The Watchtower. Watch Tower Society. January 1, 1983. p. 23. 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
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