Jehovah's Witnesses by country

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
30 "Other Lands" 29,500 685 47,402 54,524

Total

Countries/Territories Peak Publishers Congregations Average Bible Studies Memorial Attendance
239 7,782,346 111,719 8,759,988 19,013,343

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 2013 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. 2013. pp. 180–187. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Portuguese autonomous region
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 French overseas collectivity
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Overseas department of France
  5. ↑ Dependency of Mauritius
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 British overseas territory
  7. ↑ Located on the North American plate in the Atlantic Ocean.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Danish autonomous region
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
  10. ↑ French dependency
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Constituent country of the Netherlands
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Special municipality of the Netherlands
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  14. ↑ Self-governing US territory
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 US insular area
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Chinese special administrative region
  17. ↑ Disputed territory comprising West Bank and Gaza Strip under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority and the Hamas Government in Gaza
  18. ↑ Disputed territory within Serbia
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Federated States of Micronesia
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Self-governing in free association with New Zealand
  21. ↑ Australian external territory

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