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2022 Country and Territory Reports

2022 Country and Territory Reports

Country or Territory

Population

2022 Peak Pubs.

Ratio, 1 Publisher to

2022 Av. Pubs.

% Inc. Over 2021

2022 No. Bptzd.

Av. Pio. Pubs.

No. of Congs.

Av. Bible Studies

Memorial Attendance

Albania

2,866,000

5,577

518

5,531

-1

112

1,363

83

4,156

12,106

American Samoa

55,000

154

420

131

-9

 

32

3

202

647

Andorra

77,000

169

461

167

-1

 

23

3

92

331

Angola

35,027,000

159,384

226

154,953

3

3,273

25,609

2,539

247,508

485,484

Anguilla

15,000

67

259

58

5

 

11

1

52

208

Antigua

100,000

478

215

466

1

 

41

7

332

1,244

Argentina

47,327,000

155,443

308

153,787

-2

2,869

35,977

1,945

100,541

345,669

Armenia

2,964,000

11,191

267

11,093

-1

192

2,259

135

3,903

26,543

Aruba

108,000

1,127

98

1,100

-1

15

139

14

695

2,978

Australia

26,069,000

71,355

369

70,663

1

1,047

9,485

739

20,388

113,915

Austria

8,979,000

21,966

412

21,788

1

231

2,209

287

6,804

34,282

Azerbaijan

10,156,000

1,674

6,118

1,660

2

77

451

18

2,551

3,647

Azores

236,000

802

298

791

-1

14

131

15

465

1,685

Bahamas

401,000

1,868

231

1,737

-1

28

277

28

1,686

4,351

Bangladesh

170,298,000

338

509,874

334

2

7

140

6

481

1,048

Barbados

288,000

2,389

122

2,360

-1

38

191

30

2,016

6,732

Belarus

9,433,000

6,167

1,546

6,100

-1

125

1,475

83

4,516

11,784

Belgium

11,584,000

25,970

448

25,835

 

334

2,441

336

10,646

44,337

Belize

441,000

2,614

174

2,539

-1

49

487

54

2,066

8,317

Benin

12,782,000

14,202

953

13,410

2

380

1,841

246

17,068

38,932

Bermuda

62,000

443

159

389

-3

 

73

5

172

963

Bolivia

11,993,000

29,268

411

29,147

-1

559

8,269

448

25,747

83,177

Bonaire

22,000

138

183

120

3

 

25

2

71

352

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3,249,000

1,011

3,285

989

-4

8

188

16

382

1,574

Botswana

2,346,000

2,345

1,026

2,286

1

73

344

43

3,000

5,913

Brazil

214,886,000

909,879

238

902,121

 

15,338

173,032

12,439

709,982

1,808,720

Britain

65,954,000

139,960

474

139,106

1

1,665

19,696

1,614

42,225

220,438

Bulgaria

6,845,000

2,724

2,558

2,676

1

83

725

58

1,600

5,958

Burkina Faso

22,103,000

1,944

12,813

1,725

1

36

232

48

1,784

4,251

Burundi

12,625,000

17,019

767

16,460

5

575

2,585

281

24,765

53,130

Cambodia

16,681,000

1,125

15,082

1,106

-2

32

554

17

945

2,047

Cameroon

27,912,000

43,217

660

42,315

1

791

5,863

499

32,287

89,171

Canada

38,388,000

118,607

325

118,004

 

1,399

16,980

1,177

44,174

188,701

Cape Verde

568,000

2,296

251

2,265

 

52

397

35

2,222

7,336

Cayman Islands

67,000

280

251

267

-1

 

41

3

147

638

Central African Republic

5,017,000

2,661

2,053

2,444

4

61

265

65

4,021

16,500

Chad

17,414,000

806

22,734

766

-1

30

93

22

866

3,501

Chile

19,829,000

86,746

230

86,316

 

1,301

20,069

955

44,009

218,637

Chuuk

54,000

32

2,000

27

-13

 

8

2

61

180

Colombia

51,513,000

188,219

278

185,586

-2

3,187

31,715

2,267

142,917

568,136

Congo, Dem. Republic of

95,241,000

223,678

437

217,977

8

5,173

20,239

4,037

335,763

1,107,590

Congo, Republic of

5,798,000

8,556

707

8,200

2

194

1,250

116

12,653

25,093

Cook Islands

18,000

211

90

199

1

2

27

3

122

500

Costa Rica

5,213,000

32,504

161

32,290

 

546

4,275

435

23,398

72,360

Côte d’Ivoire

29,389,000

11,877

2,521

11,657

 

255

1,577

231

19,033

37,361

Croatia

4,069,000

4,736

867

4,693

-2

40

462

57

1,123

7,218

Cuba

11,113,000

91,710

123

90,315

-3

1,216

8,932

1,399

38,669

166,891

Curaçao

166,000

2,040

83

1,991

-1

40

254

25

1,420

5,629

Cyprus

1,224,000

2,960

421

2,908

3

28

571

40

1,355

5,178

Czech Republic

10,520,000

15,957

678

15,518

1

143

1,567

212

5,541

29,183

Denmark

5,884,000

14,534

407

14,470

 

129

1,316

174

3,906

20,688

Dominica

76,000

439

189

403

-1

 

56

10

408

1,215

Dominican Republic

11,056,000

40,149

290

38,131

-1

578

7,580

539

41,581

115,138

Ecuador

18,113,000

100,090

182

99,399

-1

1,908

21,404

1,204

84,545

294,770

El Salvador

6,550,000

38,717

172

38,016

-2

407

5,043

654

19,313

84,039

Equatorial Guinea

1,497,000

2,411

643

2,327

-3

68

312

31

3,554

6,803

Estonia

1,331,000

4,018

335

3,976

 

48

643

55

1,732

6,853

Eswatini

1,185,000

3,305

372

3,186

 

64

371

76

3,241

7,896

Ethiopia

120,813,000

11,074

11,046

10,937

1

218

2,391

183

10,712

24,477

Falkland Islands

4,000

16

250

16

14

 

5

1

12

20

Faroe Islands

54,000

135

412

131

2

1

27

4

57

184

Fiji

909,000

3,186

301

3,023

-2

95

513

62

3,205

12,452

Finland

5,548,000

18,108

307

18,068

 

155

2,429

275

9,689

26,435

France

64,663,000

136,419

476

135,723

1

2,026

20,092

1,477

47,209

228,072

French Guiana

305,000

2,933

105

2,892

-2

66

563

45

3,908

10,154

Gabon

2,332,000

4,460

535

4,356

 

108

592

59

4,784

11,657

Gambia

2,558,000

280

9,545

268

3

7

44

5

339

582

Georgia

3,689,000

18,782

198

18,653

1

278

3,695

224

4,677

34,969

Germany

83,237,000

170,491

498

167,230

1

2,209

18,808

2,020

47,374

267,452

Ghana

32,395,000

149,275

220

147,047

 

4,221

16,131

2,396

245,305

322,892

Gibraltar

34,000

159

248

137

12

 

23

2

25

179

Greece

10,432,000

27,995

374

27,887

-1

420

4,658

354

8,041

43,608

Greenland

57,000

129

456

125

-8

2

32

5

73

297

Grenada

113,000

553

214

528

 

10

80

9

455

1,470

Guadeloupe

396,000

8,534

48

8,323

1

118

951

118

6,211

20,016

Guam

172,000

742

236

730

-3

14

181

9

571

1,892

Guatemala

18,584,000

39,452

477

38,974

-2

512

6,614

852

23,370

98,300

Guinea

13,866,000

1,150

12,663

1,095

1

36

156

25

1,844

3,913

Guinea-Bissau

2,063,000

207

10,634

194

-3

8

49

4

443

592

Guyana

794,000

3,337

242

3,284

-1

53

532

47

3,447

12,471

Haiti

11,680,000

18,234

657

17,774

-5

281

2,556

271

20,714

64,155

Honduras

9,611,000

22,324

439

21,891

-3

253

4,234

429

15,131

60,259

Hong Kong

7,292,000

5,510

1,331

5,477

-2

147

1,361

66

4,405

13,484

Hungary

9,689,000

21,180

462

20,959

1

314

2,070

288

6,863

39,452

Iceland

377,000

399

964

391

2

9

63

7

185

686

India

1,406,632,000

56,747

25,038

56,181

3

2,817

9,634

947

52,177

152,011

Indonesia

279,135,000

30,306

9,345

29,869

1

716

5,721

476

19,773

60,144

Ireland

8,859,000

7,533

1,207

7,341

2

126

1,465

121

2,519

12,561

Israel

9,676,000

2,067

4,797

2,017

1

28

395

33

1,214

3,670

Italy

60,263,000

250,624

241

250,116

 

3,181

47,826

2,843

90,566

426,019

Jamaica

2,985,000

11,124

274

10,906

-1

169

1,527

152

8,236

35,992

Japan

125,194,000

214,359

585

213,828

 

1,858

69,606

2,893

74,891

310,692

Kazakhstan

19,205,000

17,259

1,122

17,124

-1

283

4,500

232

8,070

30,324

Kenya

56,215,000

29,534

1,990

28,243

2

536

3,578

623

27,036

68,579

Kiribati

123,000

91

1,482

83

-17

6

24

2

87

441

Korea, Republic of

51,574,000

105,977

488

105,629

1

1,169

50,279

1,261

36,678

138,655

Kosovo

1,795,000

244

7,479

240

-2

4

107

8

257

491

Kosrae

8,000

13

1,000

8

-33

 

4

1

12

56

Kyrgyzstan

6,747,000

5,097

1,336

5,050

-3

87

1,372

89

2,480

10,054

Latvia

1,893,000

2,101

916

2,067

-1

27

367

30

1,140

3,537

Lesotho

2,176,000

3,729

601

3,619

-1

103

545

82

2,991

8,348

Liberia

5,305,000

7,391

792

6,702

 

235

771

141

14,351

28,935

Liechtenstein

39,000

94

429

91

5

 

7

1

26

157

Lithuania

2,806,000

2,924

982

2,857

 

40

443

40

1,194

4,895

Luxembourg

645,000

2,188

297

2,170

-1

 

254

30

945

4,054

Macao

677,000

404

1,718

394

-2

18

128

6

529

1,122

Madagascar

29,178,000

35,748

863

33,800

2

975

6,548

826

51,947

129,313

Madeira

251,000

1,203

212

1,185

1

20

141

19

310

1,829

Malawi

20,181,000

108,044

220

91,694

3

2,823

7,827

1,831

84,846

305,182

Malaysia

32,700,000

5,637

5,849

5,591

 

178

1,569

121

4,252

12,301

Mali

21,474,000

365

61,530

349

1

6

63

6

622

982

Malta

521,000

874

627

831

4

11

140

11

277

1,368

Marshall Islands

60,000

147

504

119

2

 

30

4

168

708

Martinique

368,000

5,050

74

4,945

 

87

700

57

3,881

11,315

Mauritius

1,255,000

2,158

597

2,103

4

52

308

27

2,215

5,575

Mayotte

326,000

171

2,233

146

-3

3

55

3

185

306

Mexico

131,563,000

864,689

154

856,224

-1

10,832

144,181

12,881

479,281

2,208,399

Moldova

3,161,000

18,301

174

18,154

-1

424

2,551

201

10,650

34,957

Mongolia

3,373,000

437

7,993

422

-3

11

190

8

855

1,365

Montenegro

629,000

341

1,918

328

2

5

97

7

139

884

Montserrat

5,000

36

143

35

-3

 

14

1

46

132

Mozambique

31,616,000

81,719

427

73,993

7

2,728

6,854

1,551

87,042

286,696

Myanmar

55,680,000

5,115

10,952

5,084

1

211

902

91

4,339

11,670

Namibia

2,634,000

2,558

1,055

2,496

-2

102

320

46

3,372

7,539

Nauru

11,000

18

688

16

7

 

2

1

9

100

Nepal

29,192,000

2,823

10,415

2,803

1

96

869

43

2,735

7,529

Netherlands

17,714,000

29,240

609

29,078

1

340

2,688

353

9,175

49,218

Nevis

14,000

74

197

71

   

5

1

51

249

New Caledonia

271,000

2,636

105

2,573

-1

96

317

36

2,436

7,265

New Zealand

4,898,000

14,669

337

14,542

1

231

1,924

170

5,399

26,131

Nicaragua

6,779,000

29,326

235

28,857

-1

450

4,853

471

19,752

81,225

Niger

26,084,000

346

85,521

305

7

5

44

9

293

804

Nigeria

216,747,000

389,961

616

351,732

8

4,521

40,227

6,081

347,454

742,933

Niue

2,000

22

100

20

   

3

1

9

74

North Macedonia

1,837,000

1,259

1,478

1,243

-1

15

201

24

635

2,859

Norway

5,436,000

11,877

461

11,794

 

109

1,419

163

3,606

17,681

Pakistan

229,489,000

1,154

209,579

1,095

3

83

62

16

633

3,615

Palau

18,000

73

269

67

-8

 

24

2

113

164

Palestinian Territories

5,599,000

62

91,787

61

3

 

12

2

58

131

Panama

4,447,000

18,414

243

18,291

-1

295

3,357

317

12,803

57,464

Papua New Guinea

9,292,000

5,197

1,987

4,677

-8

131

710

91

5,367

35,414

Paraguay

7,306,000

11,164

664

10,996

-2

271

2,273

197

9,226

25,946

Peru

33,397,000

131,346

258

129,198

-1

2,499

30,457

1,551

133,339

420,405

Philippines

112,509,000

238,609

482

233,488

2

7,228

51,854

3,511

159,420

664,989

Pohnpei

37,000

60

698

53

-4

 

17

1

63

138

Poland

38,180,000

114,673

337

113,276

1

1,054

10,200

1,272

27,664

191,572

Portugal

9,858,000

51,334

193

51,116

1

676

6,147

656

17,137

86,422

Puerto Rico

2,830,000

23,170

123

22,980

-1

238

4,009

230

8,390

45,579

Réunion

974,000

3,468

284

3,426

 

77

599

41

1,942

6,686

Rodrigues

44,000

70

667

66

2

2

13

1

78

215

Romania

19,202,000

39,444

488

39,350

 

656

5,532

533

19,731

79,758

Rota

3,000

5

750

4

   

2

 

2

8

Rwanda

13,372,000

31,541

449

29,794

1

1,240

5,103

562

33,913

76,441

Saba

2,000

17

154

13

8

 

3

 

12

71

St. Barthélemy

11,000

34

344

32

-9

 

5

1

20

61

St. Eustatius

3,000

34

111

27

   

5

1

31

61

St. Helena

4,000

116

36

112

5

2

 

3

32

283

St. Kitts

40,000

225

183

219

-1

3

30

3

190

721

St. Lucia

185,000

806

237

780

1

 

120

11

776

2,334

St. Maarten

44,000

344

134

328

1

10

42

4

264

1,007

St. Martin

32,000

291

116

277

-1

5

30

5

329

844

St. Pierre and Miquelon

6,000

15

400

15

7

 

6

1

4

21

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

112,000

293

394

284

-2

2

46

8

297

958

Saipan

48,000

226

219

219

 

4

46

3

227

564

Samoa

203,000

545

393

517

-3

16

108

12

542

2,748

San Marino

34,000

191

180

189

-1

 

41

2

83

312

São Tomé and Príncipe

227,000

907

254

895

-2

22

153

14

1,763

3,532

Senegal

17,654,000

1,461

12,285

1,437

2

13

192

29

1,802

3,051

Serbia

6,797,000

3,764

1,829

3,716

-2

72

700

61

2,152

7,254

Seychelles

107,000

371

301

356

-1

16

42

5

480

1,181

Sierra Leone

8,306,000

2,525

3,721

2,232

-2

79

304

41

3,488

7,252

Slovakia

5,439,000

11,250

488

11,137

 

211

1,106

133

3,602

23,373

Slovenia

2,106,000

1,731

1,224

1,721

-1

14

254

28

769

2,847

Solomon Islands

721,000

1,631

477

1,510

-1

14

186

49

1,027

9,317

South Africa

60,605,000

97,639

629

96,385

 

1,953

13,591

1,999

69,207

228,102

South Sudan

11,619,000

1,677

7,308

1,590

6

56

216

33

2,083

5,289

Spain

46,719,000

120,614

389

119,965

1

1,847

23,736

1,416

37,022

198,162

Sri Lanka

22,156,000

7,136

3,130

7,078

1

155

1,207

100

7,631

16,020

Sudan

45,992,000

666

72,201

637

-3

26

121

13

839

1,836

Suriname

592,000

3,649

185

3,194

2

130

377

56

3,426

10,209

Sweden

10,482,000

22,464

469

22,346

 

220

2,871

281

7,242

34,365

Switzerland

8,737,000

19,462

451

19,380

 

218

2,009

258

6,605

31,115

Tahiti

280,000

3,251

88

3,171

 

44

497

45

2,756

10,300

Taiwan

23,186,000

11,375

2,047

11,325

 

299

3,924

179

8,620

20,804

Tanzania

63,299,000

19,998

3,365

18,809

5

547

2,137

416

22,384

54,088

Thailand

70,078,000

5,248

13,453

5,209

 

153

1,932

142

3,592

9,548

Timor-Leste

1,369,000

397

3,622

378

2

13

94

5

442

1,152

Tinian

3,000

10

300

10

   

1

1

12

30

Togo

8,681,000

22,500

399

21,780

2

588

2,590

349

26,650

54,625

Tonga

108,000

211

548

197

9

5

41

3

216

647

Trinidad & Tobago

1,407,000

10,623

133

10,557

1

192

1,578

130

8,825

27,960

Turkey

85,562,000

5,438

16,132

5,304

6

110

1,928

70

2,546

9,244

Turks and Caicos

40,000

352

125

319

-5

 

58

7

296

976

Tuvalu

12,000

97

245

49

-22

 

3

1

42

210

Uganda

44,900,000

9,262

4,942

9,085

1

419

1,208

167

17,855

28,907

Ukraine

41,130,000

127,378

335

122,694

-4

1,941

18,592

1,429

32,037

211,528

United States of America

334,805,000

1,238,431

272

1,230,463

-1

16,200

229,730

12,040

453,281

2,344,212

Uruguay

3,496,000

11,960

294

11,878

-2

193

1,885

149

10,564

25,010

Vanuatu

322,000

635

530

607

-15

19

99

13

734

3,584

Venezuela

28,705,000

131,634

221

130,055

-2

2,758

31,316

1,714

69,536

355,695

Virgin Islands, British

31,000

218

146

213

-5

 

30

4

140

765

Virgin Islands, U.S.

104,000

592

200

521

-2

1

108

8

487

1,289

Wallis & Futuna Islands

11,000

66

175

63

 

2

6

1

41

212

Yap

12,000

34

387

31

 

2

7

1

68

132

Zambia

18,921,000

215,382

99

191,372

5

4,770

18,034

3,529

245,959

864,131

Zimbabwe

15,179,000

45,582

355

42,810

2

730

7,190

1,036

43,528

105,824

33 Other Lands

 

209,245

 

208,099

-0.5

4,913

44,286

2,810

89,457

327,548

Grand Total (239 Lands)

 

8,699,048

 

8,514,983

0.4

145,552

1,489,252

117,960

5,666,996

19,721,672