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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]

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

Africa

Country Population Peak[2] Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio[note 1] Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
Angola 39,040,000 189,454 184,807 6 12,200 211 2,614 496,114 658,991
Benin 14,192,000 16,233 15,800 6 939 898 298 31,302 47,507
Botswana 2,360,000 2,543 2,457 4 154 961 45 3,570 6,329
Burkina Faso 24,075,000 2,120 1,993 4 81 12,080 57 2,433 4,675
Burundi 13,605,000 21,849 20,666 10 1,699 658 424 43,888 81,345
Cameroon 29,879,000 46,572 45,885 4 1,966 651 649 59,493 105,715
Cape Verde 514,000 2,277 2,257 1 86 228 35 3,176 7,095
Central African Republic 5,513,000 3,705 3,527 11 334 1,563 72 9,875 25,256
Chad 19,341,000 1,082 1,034 11 74 18,705 26 1,201 4,229
Congo (Democratic Republic) 115,685,000 306,303 297,215 11 23,170 389 4,810 788,698 1,411,774
Congo (Republic) 6,565,000 10,811 10,344 8 613 635 135 26,097 33,669
Côte d'Ivoire 32,712,000 14,068 13,545 6 759 2,415 232 22,612 52,597
Equatorial Guinea 1,669,000 3,132 2,936 11 277 568 36 7,542 8,501
Eswatini 1,256,000 3,519 3,431 4 166 366 74 4,969 8,902
Ethiopia 133,271,000 12,853 12,493 6 723 10,668 209 8,872 27,152
Gabon 2,420,000 5,033 4,862 5 198 498 64 7,751 10,917
Gambia 2,822,000 358 346 10 9 8,156 6 474 761
Ghana 33,742,000 163,141 160,365 3 7,639 210 2,634 328,119 387,382
Guinea 15,100,000 1,389 1,339 7 86 11,277 31 2,700 4,917
Guinea-Bissau 2,250,000 216 209 1 17 10,766 4 478 677
Kenya 53,331,000 35,011 33,704 7 1,852 1,582 600 48,056 80,719
Lesotho 2,363,000 4,594 4,404 7 281 537 83 6,086 11,900
Liberia 5,731,000 9,225 8,693 9 661 659 159 24,984 41,561
Madagascar 32,741,000 45,673 44,597 7 3,014 734 865 85,204 176,453
Madeira[note 2] 259,000 1,208 1,199 1 13 216 19 429 1,904
Malawi 22,216,000 127,154 115,535 9 8,439 192 2,058 159,387 370,884
Mali 25,199,000 366 341 -6 7 73,897 6 391 861
Mauritius 1,200,000 2,163 2,131 0 61 563 28 1,522 4,841
Mayotte[note 3] 329,000 131 122 -15 8 2,697 2 164 303
Mozambique 35,632,000 109,531 103,244 12 10,368 345 2,072 177,808 405,172
Namibia 3,093,000 3,083 2,961 6 181 1,045 54 4,490 9,736
Niger 27,918,000 385 340 6 10 82,112 9 442 976
Nigeria 237,528,000 421,375 403,535 3 27,263 589 6,221 766,292 818,848
Réunion[note 3] 896,000 3,639 3,571 1 65 251 41 1,474 6,691
Rodrigues[note 4] 44,000 74 66 0 0 667 1 63 169
Rwanda 14,105,000 39,063 37,098 8 2,563 380 650 65,996 100,654
Saint Helena[note 5] 4,000 133 123 9 1 33 3 53 299
São Tomé and Príncipe 210,000 842 825 -2 53 255 17 2,600 3,121
Senegal 19,391,000 1,642 1,586 1 49 12,226 27 1,707 3,104
Seychelles 122,000 417 368 7 15 332 5 318 1,019
Sierra Leone 8,820,000 2,803 2,662 9 170 3,313 44 5,357 9,205
South Africa 63,101,000 107,746 105,117 4 4,646 600 1,925 105,918 260,378
South Sudan 15,787,000 2,469 2,408 14 221 6,556 37 5,252 7,992
Sudan 51,662,000 71 67 -52 19 771,075 3 96 160
Tanzania 68,153,000 23,789 23,031 9 1,451 2,959 423 43,228 69,184
Togo 8,624,000 25,668 25,075 5 1,337 344 408 52,729 65,935
Uganda 45,905,000 11,004 10,615 7 749 4,325 201 23,657 34,351
Zambia 21,177,000 284,792 253,206 11 20,634 84 3,908 450,940 1,046,891
Zimbabwe 15,923,000 55,516 53,749 7 3,037 296 997 95,867 128,486

North America

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
Azores[note 2][note 6] 242,000 828 817 2 16 296 15 541 1,609
Belize 418,000 2,532 2,485 1 62 168 51 1,953 7,113
Bermuda[note 5] 65,000 417 399 2 11 163 5 164 822
Canada 41,549,000 125,116 124,359 2 1,975 334 1,161 40,091 198,010
Costa Rica 5,153,000 32,604 32,381 1 755 159 417 17,791 67,637
El Salvador 6,030,000 37,406 37,174 0 799 162 580 19,835 78,208
Greenland[note 7] 57,000 139 135 9 0 422 5 74 252
Guatemala 18,080,000 39,427 39,219 1 1,108 461 780 27,036 92,075
Honduras 11,006,000 22,007 21,665 1 597 508 405 16,302 54,955
Mexico 131,947,000 887,844 879,024 1 24,896 150 12,215 579,848 2,129,826
Nicaragua 7,008,000 29,071 28,880 1 831 243 440 23,237 78,226
Panama 4,571,000 19,323 19,044 2 632 240 298 15,744 54,411
Saint Pierre and Miquelon[note 8] 6,000 30 18 13 0 333 1 12 33
United States 342,270,000 1,256,919 1,249,518 1 23,848 274 11,803 448,305 2,377,763

Caribbean

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
Anguilla[note 5] 16,000 73 67 8 0 239 1 46 237
Antigua 104,000 452 439 -2 20 237 7 257 1,216
Aruba[note 9] 108,000 1,106 1,096 1 26 99 13 609 2,774
Bahamas 403,000 1,696 1,647 0 29 245 28 1,262 4,191
Barbados 283,000 2,372 2,322 0 59 122 30 1,469 5,473
Bonaire[note 10] 27,000 158 153 8 0 176 2 134 461
Cayman Islands[note 5] 91,000 313 301 2 0 302 3 190 789
Cuba 9,748,000 83,406 82,835 -1 2,258 118 1,283 82,483 196,596
Curaçao[note 9] 156,000 1,930 1,917 1 35 81 24 1,149 4,942
Dominica 67,000 404 382 -1 7 175 10 441 1,168
Dominican Republic 11,520,000 39,936 38,497 1 1,192 299 532 46,001 114,291
Grenada 117,000 566 512 0 9 229 9 314 1,414
Guadeloupe[note 3] 380,000 8,625 8,551 2 201 44 112 5,143 18,901
Haiti 11,906,000 16,750 16,511 0 924 721 243 26,964 44,099
Jamaica 2,837,000 10,985 10,809 0 283 262 153 6,562 29,802
Martinique[note 3] 355,000 4,825 4,763 0 86 75 54 3,053 9,981
Montserrat[note 5] 4,000 29 27 -10 0 148 1 39 88
Nevis[note 11] 13,000 94 78 7 0 167 1 63 252
Puerto Rico[note 12] 3,203,000 22,806 22,703 0 322 141 222 6,914 42,157
Saba[note 10] 2,000 19 18 13 0 111 1 17 54
Saint Barthélemy[note 8] 11,000 40 34 -3 0 324 1 21 93
Saint Kitts[note 11] 38,000 252 239 0 12 159 3 165 664
Saint Lucia 184,000 777 750 -3 9 245 10 513 1,947
Saint Martin[note 8] 25,000 322 305 3 9 82 5 273 896
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100,000 305 297 2 8 337 7 234 894
Sint Eustatius[note 10] 3,000 32 30 3 0 100 1 21 95
Sint Maarten[note 9] 44,000 329 312 6 9 141 4 197 937
Trinidad and Tobago 1,368,000 10,576 10,513 1 237 130 127 7,872 24,824
Turks and Caicos[note 5] 51,000 367 345 5 7 148 6 331 1,018
Virgin Islands (British)[note 5] 40,000 223 219 1 0 183 4 135 634
Virgin Islands (US)[note 12] 104,000 535 502 1 9 207 8 309 1,197

South America

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
Argentina 46,235,000 157,140 156,296 1 3,956 296 1,927 80,485 304,069
Bolivia 12,582,000 30,730 30,492 3 1,253 413 462 31,610 75,854
Brazil 213,421,000 938,337 930,836 2 25,032 229 12,669 504,236 1,793,667
Chile 20,207,000 88,664 88,202 1 1,905 229 1,024 37,753 185,618
Colombia 52,696,000 193,778 192,392 2 5,895 274 2,341 142,088 526,568
Ecuador 18,104,000 104,393 102,951 2 3,575 176 1,190 95,393 270,170
Falkland Islands[note 5] 4,000 9 7 -30 0 571 1 8 18
French Guiana[note 3] 292,000 3,045 2,984 1 96 98 43 4,327 10,463
Guyana 836,000 3,322 3,259 1 81 257 43 3,090 11,782
Paraguay 6,417,000 11,699 11,599 3 561 553 179 10,083 23,502
Peru 34,350,000 139,464 138,496 3 5,149 248 1,714 139,315 378,761
Suriname 640,000 3,265 3,180 1 124 201 54 3,049 8,796
Uruguay 3,486,000 12,117 11,966 1 256 291 148 6,353 21,978
Venezuela 28,517,000 139,199 138,492 2 5,310 206 1,726 112,789 398,453

Asia

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
Armenia 3,076,000 11,779 11,530 1 513 267 125 4,389 25,005
Azerbaijan 10,225,000 1,824 1,786 -3 65 5,725 24 1,446 3,783
Bangladesh 175,687,000 449 422 14 30 416,320 11 564 1,290
Cambodia 17,578,000 1,300 1,267 9 99 13,874 21 1,633 2,660
Cyprus 1,371,000 3,156 3,128 0 66 438 39 1,357 5,712
East Timor 1,415,000 449 399 6 23 3,546 6 481 963
Georgia 3,705,000 19,523 19,439 2 533 191 213 4,441 32,044
Hong Kong[note 13] 7,534,000 5,588 5,541 1 280 1,360 72 4,022 9,217
India 1,463,866,000 60,977 60,304 3 2,702 24,275 1,010 60,162 156,509
Indonesia 284,439,000 32,914 32,371 3 622 8,787 491 26,308 61,754
Israel 10,106,000 2,104 2,080 -1 37 4,859 34 859 3,451
Japan 123,300,000 214,118 213,745 0 2,041 577 2,835 87,071 287,497
Kazakhstan 20,388,000 17,343 17,199 1 436 1,185 217 5,865 28,893
Korea (Republic) 51,169,000 105,726 105,552 0 1,505 485 1,239 33,841 134,522
Kyrgyzstan 7,282,000 5,242 5,190 1 131 1,403 71 2,417 9,569
Macau[note 13] 688,000 435 425 9 1 1,619 6 477 859
Malaysia 34,200,000 5,740 5,677 0 278 6,024 117 5,181 11,991
Mongolia 3,545,000 469 443 0 42 8,002 8 492 1,120
Myanmar 51,317,000 5,382 5,303 2 253 9,677 115 5,947 10,543
  Nepal 29,876,000 3,001 2,957 3 167 10,103 62 4,189 7,756
Pakistan 255,220,000 1,290 1,221 5 63 209,025 16 1,051 4,811
Palestinian territories[note 14] 5,745,000 81 80 3 2 71,813 2 54 204
Philippines 113,863,000 273,412 268,287 4 11,098 424 3,832 253,335 646,549
Sri Lanka 21,763,000 7,169 7,059 2 135 3,083 86 6,886 14,806
Taiwan[note 15] 23,396,000 11,924 11,807 2 343 1,982 179 9,099 20,549
Thailand 70,366,000 5,710 5,606 3 186 12,552 148 5,205 10,352
Türkiye 85,665,000 4,615 4,345 -12 197 19,716 59 1,918 7,447

Europe

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
Albania 2,363,000 5,349 5,320 -1 113 444 77 2,873 9,756
Andorra 88,000 177 168 4 0 524 3 82 359
Austria 9,197,000 22,487 22,421 0 290 410 278 6,640 34,421
Belgium 11,826,000 26,746 26,511 1 541 446 335 9,028 43,203
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,140,000 951 918 -2 6 3,420 15 177 1,335
Britain[note 16] 67,698,000 144,116 143,320 0 2,372 472 1,565 42,112 223,423
Bulgaria 6,437,000 3,040 2,991 3 143 2,152 58 1,673 6,371
Croatia 3,874,000 4,595 4,560 -1 114 850 56 785 7,014
Czech Republic 10,877,000 17,496 17,367 2 264 626 218 4,462 30,574
Denmark 6,001,000 14,759 14,675 1 244 409 170 3,672 20,473
Estonia 1,370,000 4,118 4,097 0 45 334 54 1,187 6,468
Faroe Islands[note 7] 55,000 126 122 -8 2 451 4 54 181
Finland 5,636,000 18,366 18,264 0 184 309 261 6,123 25,716
France 68,668,000 140,797 139,548 1 2,431 492 1,445 40,539 228,785
Germany 83,600,000 176,478 175,685 0 2,860 476 1,954 45,600 270,177
Gibraltar[note 5] 40,000 169 166 1 0 241 2 31 224
Greece 10,410,000 27,682 27,542 0 433 378 340 6,300 42,145
Hungary 9,540,000 21,586 21,308 0 365 448 278 5,502 37,115
Iceland 391,000 458 445 1 2 879 7 160 749
Ireland[note 17] 7,329,000 8,381 8,280 3 138 885 123 2,743 13,823
Italy 58,934,000 252,521 252,003 0 3,812 234 2,696 71,978 405,476
Kosovo[note 18] 1,586,000 277 263 10 5 6,030 7 275 489
Latvia 1,857,000 2,104 2,077 0 28 894 29 714 3,188
Liechtenstein 40,000 108 105 3 0 381 1 23 166
Lithuania 2,891,000 2,918 2,887 0 27 1,001 39 796 4,541
Luxembourg 682,000 2,264 2,227 1 9 306 32 803 4,029
Malta 545,000 883 867 3 10 629 10 287 1,508
Moldova 2,381,000 15,513 15,422 -10 407 154 158 5,105 27,432
Monaco 38,000 46 44 0 0 864 1 16 111
Montenegro 624,000 448 434 5 2 1,438 8 114 759
Netherlands 18,069,000 29,552 29,341 0 412 616 333 8,218 48,179
North Macedonia 1,826,000 1,275 1,258 1 40 1,452 22 473 2,310
Norway 5,601,000 12,096 12,020 0 156 466 161 3,058 17,583
Poland 37,412,000 113,987 113,584 -1 1,279 329 1,263 21,471 175,523
Portugal 10,248,000 56,222 55,619 4 1,085 184 652 21,188 99,164
Romania 19,036,000 40,545 40,397 1 774 471 538 15,601 80,592
San Marino 34,000 218 213 4 0 160 2 68 331
Serbia 6,586,000 3,850 3,774 2 73 1,745 59 1,232 6,817
Slovakia 5,422,000 11,267 11,194 0 178 484 139 2,278 20,620
Slovenia 2,131,000 1,735 1,713 -1 13 1,244 22 487 2,624
Spain 49,316,000 127,840 126,954 2 2,146 388 1,377 37,939 211,887
Sweden 10,591,000 22,450 22,284 0 263 475 274 5,855 33,003
 Switzerland 9,049,000 20,352 20,261 0 292 447 244 6,249 32,153
Ukraine 38,980,000 99,155 97,928 -3 1,582 398 1,132 22,934 165,739

Oceania

Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
American Samoa[note 12] 46,000 160 146 7 4 315 3 129 610
Australia 27,640,000 72,095 71,484 0 1,368 387 711 19,614 114,317
Chuuk[note 19] 50,000 32 28 0 3 1,786 2 59 144
Cook Islands[note 20] 17,000 209 190 -2 9 89 3 91 522
Fiji 901,000 3,107 2,946 1 138 306 58 3,653 11,744
Guam[note 12] 169,000 772 755 4 26 224 9 579 1,760
Kiribati 136,000 186 145 6 6 938 2 290 390
Kosrae[note 19] 7,000 12 11 22 1 636 1 23 36
Marshall Islands 37,000 154 140 7 8 264 4 258 659
Nauru 12,000 21 15 7 0 800 1 35 150
New Caledonia[note 21] 265,000 2,726 2,688 1 115 99 32 2,468 7,606
New Zealand 5,331,000 14,809 14,652 1 239 364 169 5,375 27,066
Niue[note 20] 2,000 21 19 0 0 105 1 6 47
Palau 18,000 76 70 0 4 257 2 116 194
Papua New Guinea 10,763,000 5,843 5,196 6 483 2,071 164 8,112 40,043
Pohnpei[note 19] 37,000 60 56 6 0 661 1 69 143
Northern Mariana Islands Rota[note 22] 2,000 2 2 0 0 1,000 1 0 18
Northern Mariana Islands Saipan[note 22] 43,000 236 228 0 10 189 3 189 520
Samoa 216,000 669 617 11 13 350 12 699 2,483
Solomon Islands 798,000 1,814 1,704 1 76 468 38 1,581 11,406
Tahiti[note 8] 280,000 3,268 3,211 0 85 87 46 2,478 9,726
Northern Mariana Islands Tinian[note 22] 2,000 11 10 0 0 200 1 9 32
Tonga 104,000 243 225 7 11 462 3 205 575
Tuvalu 10,000 83 64 12 1 156 1 58 215
Vanuatu 345,000 859 714 11 40 483 13 1,125 4,648
Wallis and Futuna[note 8] 11,000 86 83 8 3 133 2 88 282
Yap[note 19] 12,000 37 34 10 5 353 1 131 145

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,[7][8] including several Islamic and communist states.

"Other Lands" Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance
35 225,159 222,582 1.6 4,175 2,965 85,580 340,230

There are 37 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
243 9,205,326 9,047,083 2.5 304,643 119,652 7,603,182 20,635,015 24,576

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. ^ "2025 Country and Territory Reports". Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania. 2025.
  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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