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 of Pennsylvania.[1] The Watch Tower Society reports its activity in various dependencies and constituent states as separate 'lands', as noted.

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,[2][3] which can be counted as one hour per week and one Bible study per month, per child.[4]

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Africa
Country Population Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Bible Studies Memorial Attendance
Angola 35,027,000 154,953 3 226 2,539 247,508 485,484
Benin 12,782,000 13,410 2 953 246 17,068 38,932
Botswana 2,346,000 2,286 1 1,026 43 3,000 5,913
Burkina Faso 22,103,000 1,725 1 12,813 48 1,784 4,251
Burundi 12,625,000 16,460 5 767 281 24,765 53,130
Cameroon 27,912,000 42,315 1 660 499 32,287 89,171
Cape Verde 568,000 2,265 0 251 35 2,222 7,336
Central African Republic 5,017,000 2,444 4 2,053 65 4,021 16,500
Chad 17,414,000 766 -1 22,734 22 866 3,501
Congo (Democratic Republic) 95,241,000 217,977 8 437 4,037 335,763 1,107,590
Congo (Republic) 5,798,000 8,200 2 707 116 12,653 25,093
Côte d'Ivoire 29,389,000 11,657 0 2,521 231 19,033 37,361
Equatorial Guinea 1,497,000 2,327 -3 643 31 3,554 6,803
Eswatini 1,185,000 3,186 0 372 76 3,241 7,896
Ethiopia 120,813,000 10,937 1 11,046 183 10,712 24,477
Gabon 2,332,000 4,356 0 535 59 4,784 11,657
Gambia 2,558,000 268 3 9,545 5 339 582
Ghana 32,395,000 147,047 0 220 2,396 245,305 322,892
Guinea 13,866,000 1,095 1 12,663 25 1,844 3,913
Guinea-Bissau 2,063,000 194 -3 10,634 4 443 592
Kenya 56,215,000 28,243 2 1,990 623 27,036 68,579
Lesotho 2,176,000 3,619 -1 601 82 2,991 8,348
Liberia 5,305,000 6,702 0 792 141 14,351 28,935
Madagascar 29,178,000 33,800 2 863 826 51,947 129,313
Madeira[note 1] 251,000 1,185 1 212 19 310 1,829
Malawi 20,181,000 91,694 3 220 1,831 84,846 305,182
Mali 21,474,000 349 1 61,530 6 622 982
Mauritius 1,255,000 2,103 4 597 27 2,215 5,575
Mayotte[note 2] 326,000 146 -3 2,233 3 185 306
Mozambique 31,616,000 73,993 7 427 1,551 87,042 286,696
Namibia 2,634,000 2,496 -2 1,055 46 3,372 7,539
Niger 26,084,000 305 7 85,521 9 293 804
Nigeria 216,747,000 351,732 8 616 6,081 347,454 742,933
Réunion[note 2] 974,000 3,426 0 284 41 1,942 6,686
Rodrigues[note 3] 44,000 66 2 667 1 78 215
Rwanda 13,372,000 29,794 1 449 562 33,913 76,441
Saint Helena[note 4] 4,000 112 5 36 3 32 283
São Tomé and Príncipe 227,000 895 -2 254 14 1,763 3,532
Senegal 17,654,000 1,437 2 12,285 29 1,802 3,051
Seychelles 107,000 356 -1 301 5 480 1,181
Sierra Leone 8,306,000 2,232 -2 3,721 41 3,488 7,252
South Africa 60,605,000 96,385 0 629 1,999 69,207 228,102
South Sudan 11,619,000 1,590 6 7,308 33 2,083 5,289
Sudan 45,992,000 637 -3 72,201 13 839 1,836
Tanzania 63,299,000 18,809 5 3,365 416 22,384 54,088
Togo 8,681,000 21,780 2 399 349 26,650 54,625
Uganda 44,900,000 9,085 1 4,942 167 17,855 28,907
Zambia 18,921,000 191,372 5 99 3,529 245,959 864,131
Zimbabwe 15,179,000 42,810 2 355 1,036 43,528 105,824

North America
Country Population Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Bible Studies Memorial Attendance
Azores[note 1][note 5] 236,000 791 -1 298 15 465 1,685
Belize 441,000 2,539 -1 174 54 2,066 8,317
Bermuda[note 4] 62,000 389 -3 159 5 172 963
Canada 38,388,000 118,004 0 325 1,177 44,174 188,701
Costa Rica 5,213,000 32,290 0 161 435 23,398 72,360
El Salvador 6,550,000 38,016 -2 172 654 19,313 84,039
Greenland[note 6] 57,000 125 -8 456 5 73 297
Guatemala 18,584,000 38,974 -2 477 852 23,370 98,300
Honduras 9,611,000 21,891 -3 439 429 15,131 60,259
Mexico 131,563,000 856,224 -1 154 12,881 479,281 2,208,399
Nicaragua 6,779,000 28,857 -1 235 471 19,752 81,225
Panama 4,447,000 18,291 -1 243 317 12,803 57,464
Saint Pierre and Miquelon[note 7] 6,000 15 7 400 1 4 21
United States 334,805,000 1,230,463 -1 272 12,040 453,281 2,344,212

Caribbean
Country Population Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Bible Studies Memorial Attendance
Anguilla[note 4] 15,000 58 5 259 1 52 208
Antigua 100,000 466 1 215 7 332 1,244
Aruba[note 8] 108,000 1,100 -1 98 14 695 2,978
Bahamas 401,000 1,737 -1 231 28 1,686 4,351
Barbados 288,000 2,360 -1 122 30 2,016 6,732
Bonaire[note 9] 22,000 120 3 183 2 71 352
Cayman Islands[note 4] 67,000 267 -1 251 3 147 638
Cuba 11,113,000 90,315 -3 123 1,399 38,669 166,891
Curaçao[note 8] 166,000 1,991 -1 83 25 1,420 5,629
Dominica 76,000 403 -1 189 10 408 1,215
Dominican Republic 11,056,000 38,131 -1 290 539 41,581 115,138
Grenada 113,000 528 0 214 9 455 1,470
Guadeloupe[note 2] 396,000 8,323 1 48 118 6,211 20,016
Haiti 11,680,000 17,774 -5 657 271 20,714 64,155
Jamaica 2,985,000 10,906 -1 274 152 8,236 35,992
Martinique[note 2] 368,000 4,945 0 74 57 3,881 11,315
Montserrat[note 4] 5,000 35 -3 143 1 46 132
Nevis[note 10] 14,000 71 0 197 1 51 249
Puerto Rico[note 11] 2,830,000 22,980 -1 123 230 8,390 45,579
Saba[note 9] 2,000 13 8 154 3 12 71
Saint Barthélemy[note 7] 11,000 32 -9 344 1 20 61
Saint Kitts[note 10] 40,000 219 -1 183 3 190 721
Saint Lucia 185,000 780 1 237 11 776 2,334
Saint Martin[note 7] 32,000 277 -1 116 5 329 844
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 112,000 284 -2 394 8 297 958
Sint Eustatius[note 9] 3,000 27 0 111 1 31 61
Sint Maarten[note 8] 44,000 328 1 134 4 264 1,007
Trinidad and Tobago 1,407,000 10,557 1 133 130 8,825 27,960
Turks and Caicos[note 4] 40,000 319 -5 125 7 296 976
Virgin Islands (British)[note 4] 31,000 213 -5 146 4 140 765
Virgin Islands (US)[note 11] 104,000 521 -2 200 8 487 1,289

South America
Country Population Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Bible Studies Memorial Attendance
Argentina 47,327,000 153,787 -2 308 1,945 100,541 345,669
Bolivia 11,993,000 29,147 -1 411 448 25,747 83,177
Brazil 214,886,000 902,121 0 238 12,439 709,982 1,808,720
Chile 19,829,000 86,316 0 230 955 44,009 218,637
Colombia 51,513,000 185,586 -2 278 2,267 142,917 568,136
Ecuador 18,113,000 99,399 -1 182 1,204 84,545 294,770
Falkland Islands[note 4] 4,000 16 14 250 1 12 20
French Guiana[note 2] 305,000 2,892 -2 105 45 3,908 10,154
Guyana 794,000 3,284 -1 242 47 3,447 12,471
Paraguay 7,306,000 10,996 -2 664 197 9,226 25,946
Peru 33,397,000 129,198 -1 258 1,551 133,339 420,405
Suriname 592,000 3,194 2 185 56 3,426 10,209
Uruguay 3,496,000 11,878 -2 294 149 10,564 25,010
Venezuela 28,705,000 130,055 -2 221 1,714 69,536 355,695

Asia
Country Population Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Bible Studies Memorial Attendance
Armenia 2,964,000 11,093 -1 267 135 3,903 26,543
Azerbaijan 10,156,000 1,660 2 6,118 18 2,551 3,647
Bangladesh 170,298,000 334 2 509,874 6 481 1,048
Cambodia 16,681,000 1,106 -2 15,082 17 945 2,047
Cyprus 1,224,000 2,908 3 421 40 1,355 5,178
East Timor 1,369,000 378 2 3,622 5 442 1,152
Georgia 3,689,000 18,653 1 198 224 4,677 34,969
Hong Kong[note 12] 7,292,000 5,477 -2 1,331 66 4,405 13,484
India 1,406,632,000 56,181 3 25,038 947 52,177 152,011
Indonesia 279,135,000 29,869 1 9,345 476 19,773 60,144
Israel 9,676,000 2,017 1 4,797 33 1,214 3,670
Japan 125,194,000 213,828 0 585 2,893 74,891 310,692
Kazakhstan 19,205,000 17,124 -1 1,122 232 8,070 30,324
Korea (South) 51,574,000 105,629 1 488 1,261 36,678 138,655
Kyrgyzstan 6,747,000 5,050 -3 1,336 89 2,480 10,054
Macau[note 12] 677,000 394 -2 1,718 6 529 1,122
Malaysia 32,700,000 5,591 0 5,849 121 4,252 12,301
Mongolia 3,373,000 422 -3 7,993 8 855 1,365
Myanmar 55,680,000 5,084 1 10,952 91 4,339 11,670
Nepal 29,192,000 2,803 1 10,415 43 2,735 7,529
Pakistan 229,489,000 1,095 3 209,579 16 633 3,615
Palestinian territories[note 13] 5,599,000 61 3 91,787 2 58 131
Philippines 112,509,000 233,488 2 482 3,511 159,420 664,989
Sri Lanka 22,156,000 7,078 1 3,130 100 7,631 16,020
Taiwan[note 14] 23,186,000 11,325 0 2,047 179 8,620 20,804
Thailand 70,078,000 5,209 0 13,453 142 3,592 9,548
Turkey 85,562,000 5,304 6 16,132 70 2,546 9,244

Europe
Country Population Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Bible Studies Memorial Attendance
Albania 2,866,000 5,531 -1 518 83 4,156 12,106
Andorra 77,000 167 -1 461 3 92 331
Austria 8,979,000 21,788 1 412 287 6,804 34,282
Belarus 9,433,000 6,100 -1 1,546 83 4,516 11,784
Belgium 11,584,000 25,835 0 448 336 10,646 44,337
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,249,000 989 -4 3,285 16 382 1,574
Bulgaria 6,845,000 2,676 1 2,558 58 1,600 5,958
Croatia 4,069,000 4,693 -2 867 57 1,123 7,218
Czech Republic 10,520,000 15,518 1 678 212 5,541 29,183
Denmark 5,884,000 14,470 0 407 174 3,906 20,688
Estonia 1,331,000 3,976 0 335 55 1,732 6,853
Faroe Islands[note 6] 54,000 131 2 412 4 57 184
Finland 5,548,000 18,068 0 307 275 9,689 26,435
France 64,663,000 135,723 1 476 1,477 47,209 228,072
Germany 83,237,000 167,230 1 498 2,020 47,374 267,452
Gibraltar[note 4] 34,000 137 12 248 2 25 179
Greece 10,432,000 27,887 -1 374 354 8,041 43,608
Hungary 9,689,000 20,959 1 462 288 6,863 39,452
Iceland 377,000 391 2 964 7 185 686
Ireland 8,859,000 7,341 2 1,207 121 2,519 12,561
Italy 60,263,000 250,116 0 241 2,843 90,566 426,019
Kosovo[note 15] 1,795,000 240 -2 7,479 8 257 491
Latvia 1,893,000 2,067 -1 916 30 1,140 3,537
Liechtenstein 39,000 91 5 429 1 26 157
Lithuania 2,806,000 2,857 0 982 40 1,194 4,895
Luxembourg 645,000 2,170 -1 297 30 945 4,054
Malta 521,000 831 4 627 11 277 1,368
Moldova 3,161,000 18,154 -1 174 201 10,650 34,957
Montenegro 629,000 328 2 1,918 7 139 884
Netherlands 17,714,000 29,078 1 609 353 9,175 49,218
North Macedonia 1,837,000 1,243 -1 1,478 24 635 2,859
Norway 5,436,000 11,794 0 461 163 3,606 17,681
Poland 38,180,000 113,276 1 337 1,272 27,664 191,572
Portugal 9,858,000 51,116 1 193 656 17,137 86,422
Romania 19,202,000 39,350 0 488 533 19,731 79,758
San Marino 34,000 189 -1 180 2 83 312
Serbia 6,797,000 3,716 -2 1,829 61 2,152 7,254
Slovakia 5,439,000 11,137 0 488 133 3,602 23,373
Slovenia 2,106,000 1,721 -1 1,224 28 769 2,847
Spain 46,719,000 119,965 1 389 1,416 37,022 198,162
Sweden 10,482,000 22,346 0 469 281 7,242 34,365
Switzerland 8,737,000 19,380 0 451 258 6,605 31,115
Ukraine 41,130,000 122,694 -4 335 1,429 32,037 211,528
United Kingdom 65,954,000 139,106 1 474 1,614 42,225 220,438

Oceania
Country Population Publishers Increase (%) Ratio per Population Congregations Bible Studies Memorial Attendance
American Samoa[note 11] 55,000 131 -9 420 3 202 647
Australia 26,069,000 70,663 1 369 739 20,388 113,915
Chuuk[note 16] 54,000 27 -13 2,000 2 61 180
Cook Islands[note 17] 18,000 199 1 90 3 122 500
Fiji 909,000 3,023 -2 301 62 3,205 12,452
Guam[note 11] 172,000 730 -3 236 9 571 1,892
Kiribati 123,000 83 -17 1,482 2 87 441
Kosrae[note 16] 8,000 8 -33 1,000 1 12 56
Marshall Islands 60,000 119 2 504 4 168 708
Nauru 11,000 16 7 688 1 9 100
New Caledonia[note 18] 271,000 2,573 -1 105 36 2,436 7,265
New Zealand 4,898,000 14,542 1 337 170 5,399 26,131
Niue[note 17] 2,000 20 0 100 1 9 74
Palau 18,000 67 -8 269 2 113 164
Papua New Guinea 9,292,000 4,677 -8 1,987 91 5,367 35,414
Pohnpei[note 16] 37,000 53 -4 698 1 63 138
Rota[note 19] 3,000 4 0 750 2 2 8
Saipan[note 19] 48,000 219 0 219 3 227 564
Samoa 203,000 517 -3 393 12 542 2,748
Solomon Islands 721,000 1,510 -1 477 49 1,027 9,317
Tahiti[note 7] 280,000 3,171 0 88 45 2,756 10,300
Tinian[note 19] 3,000 10 0 300 1 12 30
Tonga 108,000 197 9 548 3 216 647
Tuvalu 12,000 49 -22 245 1 42 210
Vanuatu 322,000 607 -15 530 13 734 3,584
Wallis and Futuna[note 7] 11,000 63 0 175 1 41 212
Yap[note 16] 12,000 31 0 387 1 68 132

Other
See also: Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
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,[5][6] including several Islamic and communist states.

"Other Lands" Publishers Increase (%) Congregations Bible Studies Memorial Attendance
33 208,099 -0.5 2,810 89,457 327,548

There are 37 sovereign states not specifically listed in the Watch Tower Society's reported statistics:

Total
"Lands" Publishers Increase (%) Congregations Bible Studies Memorial Attendance Memorial Partakers
239 8,514,983 0.4 117,960 5,666,996 19,721,672 21,150

See also

Notes
  1. Portuguese autonomous region
  2. Overseas department of France
  3. Constituency of Mauritius
  4. British overseas territory
  5. 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. Bibcode:2013E&PSL.381..177M. 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)
  6. Danish autonomous territory
  7. French overseas collectivity
  8. Constituent country of the Netherlands
  9. Special municipality of the Netherlands
  10. Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  11. US insular area
  12. Chinese special administrative region
  13. Disputed territory comprising West Bank and Gaza Strip under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority and the Hamas Government in Gaza
  14. Disputed territory administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and claimed by the People's Republic of China.
  15. Disputed territory within Serbia
  16. Federated States of Micronesia
  17. Self-governing in free association with New Zealand
  18. Sui generis collectivity of France
  19. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US insular area)

Sources

References
  1. "2022 Country and Territory Reports". Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania. 2022.
  2. "Question Box–Should a family Bible study be reported to the congregation?". Our Kingdom Ministry. Watch Tower Society. November 2003. p. 3.
  3. "Question Box—May both parents report the time used for the regular family study?". Our Kingdom Ministry. September 2008. p. 3.
  4. Organized To Do Jehovah's Will. 2017. pp. 76, 98–99, 85–87, 87.
  5. "Keep Conquering the Evil With the Good". The Watchtower: 29–30. July 1, 2007.
  6. "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
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