Jehovah's Witnesses by country explained

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 hour per week and 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	Publishers	Increase (%)	Baptized	Ratio^[7]	Congregations	Bible Studies	Memorial Attendance
Angola	36,149,000	169,960	163,705	6	12,182	221	2,567	504,213	643,854
Benin	13,124,000	14,838	14,115	5	901	930	260	26,080	44,735
Botswana	2,346,000	2,391	2,308	1	36	1,016	42	3,658	6,115
Burkina Faso	22,721,000	1,986	1,822	6	82	12,470	50	2,350	4,462
Burundi	12,999,000	18,129	17,351	5	1,032	749	374	38,920	65,540
Cameroon	28,608,000	44,558	43,022	2	2,139	665	500	56,561	103,587
Cape Verde	573,000	2,277	2,242	-1	86	256	35	3,136	7,802
Central African Republic	5,119,000	2,932	2,858	17	224	1,791	64	7,575	20,176
Chad	17,921,000	912	839	10	38	21,360	23	1,246	4,045
Congo (Democratic Republic)	98,152,000	257,672	244,336	12	23,141	402	4,385	640,428	1,243,439
Congo (Republic)	5,941,000	9,517	8,992	10	784	661	123	23,885	30,468
Côte d'Ivoire	29,389,000	12,712	12,062	3	577	2,436	227	21,548	52,398
Equatorial Guinea	1,543,000	2,542	2,417	4	189	638	30	6,627	7,944
Eswatini	1,198,000	3,269	3,174	0	43	377	76	4,148	8,345
Ethiopia	123,771,000	11,512	11,198	2	404	11,053	206	9,226	26,409
Gabon	2,384,000	4,570	4,434	2	225	538	59	7,131	12,446
Gambia	2,631,000	316	294	10	17	8,949	5	418	687
Ghana	33,063,000	153,657	150,307	2	9,500	220	2,484	318,431	368,436
Guinea	14,239,000	1,217	1,148	5	34	12,403	27	2,407	4,616
Guinea-Bissau	2,112,000	205	192	-1	12	11,000	4	474	719
Kenya	55,101,000	31,017	29,572	5	1,454	1,863	605	41,549	70,228
Lesotho	2,192,000	4,222	3,875	7	178	566	81	4,955	10,221
Liberia	5,432,000	7,922	7,296	9	380	745	146	20,920	39,656
Madagascar	29,443,000	40,035	38,580	14	2,858	763	841	75,846	157,128
Madeira^[8]	253,000	1,188	1,177	-1	19	215	19	378	1,846
Malawi	20,728,000	109,108	98,392	7	6,543	211	1,882	135,485	353,572
Mali	22,106,000	367	350	0	12	63,160	6	568	914
Mauritius	1,216,000	2,124	2,088	-1	66	582	27	1,984	5,017
Mayotte^[9]	336,000	144	134	-8	3	2,507	3	237	366
Mozambique	32,420,000	87,668	81,454	10	6,763	398	1,651	139,864	352,094
Namibia	2,680,000	2,711	2,603	4	134	1,030	47	4,391	8,793
Niger	27,066,000	373	323	6	10	83,796	9	415	881
Nigeria	222,182,000	400,375	377,184	7	13,378	589	6,071	666,328	820,920
Réunion	982,000	3,571	3,452	1	73	284	41	1,783	6,839
Rodrigues^[10]	45,000	68	65	-2	0	692	1	76	166
Rwanda	13,246,000	33,664	31,716	6	2,945	418	593	58,265	105,966
Saint Helena^[11]	4,000	125	113	1	0	35	3	47	314
São Tomé and Príncipe	232,000	901	876	-2	36	265	14	2,525	3,412
Senegal	18,117,000	1,564	1,508	5	58	12,014	29	1,784	3,384
Seychelles	108,000	360	339	-5	11	319	5	400	1,047
Sierra Leone	8,472,000	2,564	2,340	5	94	3,621	42	4,395	8,034
South Africa	60,605,000	100,331	98,175	2	1,923	617	1,966	94,890	249,364
South Sudan	11,089,000	1,910	1,732	9	134	6,402	34	3,838	6,857
Sudan	48,109,000	643	528	-17	25	91,116	13	1,094	2,491
Tanzania	67,438,000	20,846	19,881	6	1,415	3,392	417	36,357	61,072
Togo	8,887,000	23,432	22,710	4	1,143	391	363	49,963	65,534
Uganda	45,910,000	9,669	9,400	3	460	4,884	175	21,598	30,841
Zambia	20,018,000	239,427	211,048	10	11,081	95	3,605	396,733	969,298
Zimbabwe	15,179,000	48,748	46,826	9	2,727	324	961	81,159	120,702

North America

Country	Population	Peak	Publishers	Increase (%)	Baptized	Ratio	Congregations	Bible Studies	Memorial Attendance
Azores^[12]	240,000	802	796	1	16	302	15	523	1,651
Belize	441,000	2,492	2,452	-3	54	180	53	2,135	7,698
Bermuda	62,000	425	385	-1	4	161	5	167	870
Canada	38,704,000	120,388	118,942	1	1,797	325	1,164	42,070	189,604
Costa Rica	5,213,000	32,084	31,936	-1	807	163	429	21,398	70,119
El Salvador	6,582,000	37,680	37,431	-2	677	176	607	20,137	81,625
Greenland^[13]	57,000	119	114	-9	2	500	5	74	278
Guatemala	18,918,000	39,022	38,765	-1	1,255	488	825	27,091	93,889
Honduras	9,727,000	21,646	21,533	-2	711	452	418	16,669	58,906
Mexico	132,834,000	864,738	856,289	0	25,897	155	12,706	582,908	2,184,372
Nicaragua	6,855,000	28,843	28,545	-1	933	240	466	24,100	81,770
Panama	4,511,000	18,525	18,288	0	687	247	310	15,123	53,366
Saint Pierre and Miquelon^[14]	6,000	18	17	13	0	353	1	12	19
United States	336,679,000	1,233,609	1,220,070	-1	23,029	276	11,942	466,083	2,355,217

Caribbean

Country	Population	Peak	Publishers	Increase (%)	Baptized	Ratio	Congregations	Bible Studies	Memorial Attendance
Anguilla	15,000	62	55	-5	0	273	1	45	254
Antigua	100,000	481	462	-1	5	216	7	325	1,301
Aruba^[15]	108,000	1,097	1,077	-2	30	100	14	633	2,725
Bahamas	404,000	1,750	1,690	-3	33	239	28	1,595	4,489
Barbados	288,000	2,350	2,290	-3	57	126	30	1,724	6,020
Bonaire^[16]	24,000	139	132	10	0	182	2	100	392
Cayman Islands	68,000	301	281	5	0	242	3	154	728
Cuba	11,090,000	87,907	86,048	-5	1,615	129	1,366	80,336	194,684
Curaçao	166,000	1,967	1,949	-2	36	85	24	1,360	5,219
Dominica	73,000	413	391	-3	6	187	10	473	1,272
Dominican Republic	11,156,000	38,792	38,074	0	1,016	293	536	45,943	117,176
Grenada	114,000	557	523	-1	9	218	9	390	1,388
Guadeloupe	396,000	8,488	8,352	0	159	47	118	6,407	19,549
Haiti	11,818,000	17,870	17,297	-3	581	683	262	25,855	68,862
Jamaica	2,996,000	10,988	10,741	-2	262	279	152	7,233	31,924
Martinique	367,000	4,882	4,814	-3	102	76	57	3,737	10,497
Montserrat	5,000	36	35	0	0	143	1	55	138
Nevis^[17]	11,000	89	76	7	0	145	1	56	234
Puerto Rico^[18]	2,854,000	23,032	22,715	-1	335	126	227	7,551	43,543
Saba	2,000	18	16	23	0	125	0	14	55
Saint Barthélemy	11,000	40	37	16	0	297	1	24	87
Saint Kitts	35,000	341	240	10	7	146	3	208	754
Saint Lucia	186,000	787	772	-1	10	241	11	667	2,129
Saint Martin	32,000	303	278	0	7	115	5	344	952
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	112,000	295	282	-1	2	397	8	314	911
Sint Eustatius	3,000	27	27	0	0	111	1	25	87
Sint Maarten	45,000	324	302	-8	14	149	4	220	848
Trinidad and Tobago	1,409,000	10,529	10,420	-1	226	135	130	8,277	26,040
Turks and Caicos	40,000	340	329	3	4	122	7	336	1,024
Virgin Islands (British)	31,000	222	221	4	0	140	4	146	668
Virgin Islands (US)	104,000	536	508	-2	9	205	8	396	1,355

South America

Country	Population	Peak	Publishers	Increase (%)	Baptized	Ratio	Congregations	Bible Studies	Memorial Attendance
Argentina	46,045,000	153,751	152,782	-1	3,120	301	1,938	87,893	306,400
Bolivia	12,152,000	29,440	29,034	0	1,073	419	452	30,288	79,933
Brazil	203,063,000	907,121	898,785	0	22,660	226	12,637	543,098	1,819,948
Chile	19,961,000	87,175	85,938	0	1,442	232	964	44,353	192,704
Colombia	51,673,000	186,712	185,002	0	6,305	279	2,271	148,657	544,651
Ecuador	16,939,000	100,195	98,869	-1	3,153	171	1,212	93,088	282,370
Falkland Islands	4,000	17	12	-25	0	333	1	8	16
French Guiana	312,000	2,937	2,869	-1	90	109	46	4,597	10,469
Guyana	798,000	3,280	3,201	-3	111	249	46	3,455	12,125
Paraguay	7,391,000	11,042	10,932	-1	319	676	186	10,261	22,816
Peru	33,966,000	133,366	130,156	1	4,177	261	1,551	134,295	372,007
Suriname	567,000	3,397	3,171	-1	81	179	55	3,587	9,970
Uruguay	3,506,000	12,000	11,825	0	165	296	149	8,326	22,407
Venezuela	28,302,000	134,096	131,934	1	5,644	215	1,700	115,824	419,189

Asia

Country	Population	Peak	Publishers	Increase (%)	Baptized	Ratio	Congregations	Bible Studies	Memorial Attendance
Armenia	3,103,000	11,313	11,194	1	374	277	134	4,650	25,977
Azerbaijan	10,127,000	1,736	1,713	3	79	5,912	23	2,179	3,642
Bangladesh	172,075,000	346	338	1	12	509,098	6	484	1,189
Cambodia	16,855,000	1,116	1,102	0	35	15,295	17	1,314	2,545
Cyprus	1,231,000	3,116	3,047	5	62	404	41	1,644	5,673
East Timor	1,395,000	391	381	1	12	3,661	5	541	1,185
Georgia	3,736,000	18,841	18,752	1	704	199	224	5,081	34,169
Hong Kong^[19]	7,498,000	5,464	5,432	-1	173	1,380	70	4,274	9,349
India	1,419,656,000	57,795	57,386	2	2,811	24,739	999	55,195	166,521
Indonesia	281,844,000	31,023	30,389	2	1,190	9,275	491	23,517	61,059
Israel	9,888,000	2,129	2,090	4	63	4,731	32	1,106	3,835
Japan	124,752,000	214,457	214,144	0	2,106	583	2,888	89,612	296,139
Kazakhstan	19,899,000	17,287	17,100	0	382	1,164	229	7,485	31,006
Korea (Republic)	51,408,000	106,161	106,073	0	1,695	485	1,252	36,482	138,920
Kyrgyzstan	7,038,000	5,167	5,073	0	180	1,387	86	2,801	10,146
Macau	679,000	379	367	-7	6	1,850	6	397	824
Malaysia	33,200,000	5,645	5,571	0	221	5,959	119	5,025	11,982
Mongolia	3,423,000	432	406	-4	9	8,431	8	648	1,337
Myanmar	56,145,000	5,171	5,122	1	145	10,962	96	5,527	11,975
Nepal	29,165,000	2,823	2,787	-1	136	10,465	43	3,591	8,064
Pakistan	233,757,000	1,259	1,125	3	53	207,784	16	911	4,378
Palestinian territories^[20]	5,490,000	78	76	25	2	72,237	2	61	213
Philippines	113,964,000	253,876	245,475	5	12,954	464	3,552	227,611	665,087
Sri Lanka	22,181,000	7,003	6,942	-2	206	3,195	98	7,451	15,721
Taiwan^[21]	23,375,000	11,460	11,346	0	368	2,060	177	8,868	20,436
Thailand	70,183,000	5,350	5,287	1	203	13,275	144	4,813	10,214
Türkiye	85,957,000	5,692	5,545	5	182	15,502	71	2,619	8,873

Europe

Country	Population	Peak	Publishers	Increase (%)	Baptized	Ratio	Congregations	Bible Studies	Memorial Attendance
Albania	2,762,000	5,461	5,406	-2	90	511	83	3,581	10,644
Andorra	84,000	174	165	-1	0	509	3	86	351
Austria	9,105,000	22,443	22,162	2	371	411	283	7,322	35,177
Belarus	9,419,000	6,082	6,061	-1	130	1,554	82	3,556	11,235
Belgium	11,698,000	26,424	26,048	1	497	449	338	10,340	44,558
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,237,000	969	947	-4	5	3,418	16	263	1,507
Britain^[22]	66,357,000	142,073	140,109	1	2,361	474	1,599	44,362	224,661
Bulgaria	6,792,000	2,832	2,780	4	79	2,443	57	1,841	6,181
Croatia	4,038,000	4,687	4,642	-1	50	870	57	1,039	7,256
Czech Republic	10,851,000	16,764	16,515	6	238	657	217	5,472	30,590
Denmark	5,941,000	14,639	14,491	0	216	410	172	4,013	20,460
Estonia	1,366,000	4,110	4,075	2	65	335	54	1,636	6,719
Faroe Islands	55,000	137	132	1	3	417	4	67	187
Finland	5,564,000	18,186	18,112	0	239	307	272	8,201	26,038
France	64,793,000	138,133	136,770	1	2,739	474	1,461	46,500	230,018
Germany	84,359,000	174,907	172,974	3	3,020	488	2,002	50,612	273,222
Gibraltar	34,000	161	154	12	0	221	2	27	213
Greece	10,482,000	27,759	27,644	-1	490	379	345	7,669	43,572
Hungary	9,597,000	21,332	21,177	1	465	453	283	7,113	38,999
Iceland	388,000	418	400	2	3	970	7	169	728
Ireland^[23]	7,052,000	7,974	7,775	6	107	907	121	2,738	13,498
Italy	58,851,000	250,193	249,588	0	3,879	236	2,804	85,997	424,115
Kosovo^[24]	1,800,000	240	231	-4	6	7,792	8	233	440
Latvia	1,883,000	2,135	2,098	1	37	898	29	931	3,279
Liechtenstein	39,000	98	94	3	0	415	1	27	146
Lithuania	2,811,000	2,945	2,919	2	39	963	41	1,073	4,761
Luxembourg	649,000	2,183	2,165	0	0	300	31	861	3,954
Malta	542,000	877	843	1	7	643	11	279	1,416
Moldova	2,978,000	17,979	17,816	-2	460	167	195	8,372	33,198
Montenegro	628,000	397	371	13	5	1,693	7	140	823
Netherlands	17,878,000	29,584	29,234	1	448	612	346	8,982	49,084
North Macedonia	1,830,000	1,233	1,216	-2	14	1,505	23	548	2,540
Norway	5,504,000	12,034	11,869	1	184	464	162	3,483	17,728
Poland	37,749,000	116,307	115,149	2	1,530	328	1,267	27,666	185,930
Portugal	9,974,000	52,498	51,998	2	929	192	653	19,182	93,441
Romania	18,944,000	39,723	39,498	0	784	480	528	18,182	81,896
San Marino	34,000	203	195	3	0	174	2	76	342
Serbia	6,641,000	3,733	3,690	-1	82	1,800	60	1,667	6,906
Slovakia	5,432,000	11,276	11,200	1	192	485	134	3,249	21,751
Slovenia	2,117,000	1,726	1,719	0	29	1,232	27	652	2,727
Spain	48,197,000	122,061	121,384	1	2,245	397	1,397	38,467	201,792
Sweden	10,541,000	22,454	22,319	0	303	472	280	6,736	33,899
Switzerland	8,813,000	20,024	19,803	2	282	445	258	6,715	32,786
Ukraine	41,130,000	109,375	105,235	-14	1,819	391	1,234	28,342	185,910

Oceania

Country	Population	Peak	Publishers	Increase (%)	Baptized	Ratio	Congregations	Bible Studies	Memorial Attendance
American Samoa	49,000	140	124	-5	3	395	3	152	568
Australia	26,636,000	71,188	70,244	-1	925	379	726	21,347	114,089
Chuuk^[25]	54,000	30	23	-15	0	2,348	2	47	103
Cook Islands^[26]	17,000	193	184	-8	0	92	3	105	538
Fiji	916,000	3,005	2,932	-3	107	312	60	3,611	12,901
Guam	173,000	709	692	-5	19	250	9	513	1,622
Kiribati	123,000	118	97	17	0	1,268	2	159	433
Kosrae	8,000	10	9	13	0	889	1	15	56
Marshall Islands	61,000	138	123	3	2	496	4	225	742
Nauru	11,000	18	15	-6	0	733	1	12	85
New Caledonia^[27]	271,000	2,693	2,631	2	97	103	34	2,810	7,604
New Zealand	5,199,000	14,607	14,430	-1	238	360	170	5,669	26,669
Niue	2,000	20	19	-5	0	105	1	6	78
Palau	18,000	81	72	7	2	250	2	112	205
Papua New Guinea	9,466,000	5,692	4,735	1	280	1,999	89	7,263	41,613
Pohnpei	34,000	54	50	-6	2	680	1	66	145
Rota^[28]	3,000	7	4	0	0	750	0	4	16
Saipan	48,000	220	214	-2	9	224	3	213	529
Samoa	206,000	552	525	2	40	392	12	587	2,311
Solomon Islands	738,000	1,907	1,715	14	108	430	50	1,703	11,887
Tahiti	280,000	3,194	3,166	0	111	88	45	2,874	10,450
Tinian	3,000	10	10	0	0	300	1	13	33
Tonga	109,000	212	201	2	2	542	3	180	666
Tuvalu	12,000	93	50	2	0	240	1	35	202
Vanuatu	334,000	694	596	-2	34	560	13	887	4,308
Wallis and Futuna	11,000	70	62	-2	2	177	2	86	272
Yap	11,000	36	31	0	2	355	1	109	134

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,^[29] ^[30] including several Islamic and communist states.

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

Afghanistan
Algeria
Bahrain
Bhutan
Brunei
China
Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Libya
Maldives
Mauritania
Monaco
Morocco
North Korea
Oman
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Somalia
Syria
Tajikistan
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
Vietnam
Yemen

Sources

2023 Country and Territory Reports, Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania.

External links

Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide

Notes and References

Web site: 2023 Country and Territory Reports. 2023. Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania.
The Watchtower. Questions From Readers. August 15, 2011. 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.. Watch Tower Society.
Book: Shepherd the Flock of God. 199. Watch Tower Society. 2023. 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..
Our Kingdom Ministry. November 2003. Question Box - Should a family Bible study be reported to the congregation?. Watch Tower Society. 3.
Our Kingdom Ministry. September 2008. Question Box - May both parents report the time used for the regular family study?. 3.
Book: Organized To Do Jehovah's Will. 2017. 76, 98 - 99, 85 - 87, 87.
The number of people in the general population per publisher.
[Autonomous regions of Portugal|Portuguese autonomous region]
[Overseas departments and regions of France|Overseas department of France]
[Constituencies of Mauritius|Constituency of Mauritius]
[British overseas territories|British overseas territory]
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. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. GPS and tectonic evidence for a diffuse plate boundary at the Azores Triple Junction. F.O. Marques, J.C. Catalão, C.DeMets, A.C.G. Costa, A. Hildenbrand. 2013. 381. 177–187. 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..
Danish autonomous territory
French overseas collectivity
[Kingdom of the Netherlands#Constituent countries|Constituent country of the Netherlands]
[Caribbean Netherlands|Special municipality of the Netherlands]
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
US insular area
[Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China|Chinese special administrative region]
Disputed territory comprising West Bank and Gaza Strip under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority and the Hamas Government in Gaza
Disputed territory administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and claimed by the People's Republic of China.
Island incorporating England, Scotland and Wales
Island incorporating the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Disputed territory within Serbia
[Federated States of Micronesia]
Self-governing in free association with New Zealand
[Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity|''Sui generis'' collectivity]
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US insular area)
The Watchtower. July 1, 2007. 29 - 30. Keep Conquering the Evil With the Good. Watch Tower Society.
The Watchtower. January 1, 1983. 23. Global Support for the Kingdom Issue. Watch Tower Society. 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.