Worldwide Report: 1997 Grand Totals
Worldwide Report: 1997 Grand Totals
Watch Tower Branches: 104
Number of Lands Reporting: 232
Total Congregations: 85,256
Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 14,322,226
Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 8,795
Peak of Publishers in Kingdom Service: 5,599,931
Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 5,353,078
Percentage of Increase Over 1996: 3.6
Total Number Baptized: 375,923
Average Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 706,270
Total Hours Spent in Field: 1,179,735,841
Average Home Bible Studies Each Month: 4,552,589
During the 1997 service year, the Watch Tower Society spent $63,914,602.00 in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and traveling overseers in their field service assignments
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1997 SERVICE YEAR REPORT OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES WORLDWIDE
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ATLANTIC OCEAN
INDIAN OCEAN
PACIFIC OCEAN
PUBLISHER TO POPULATION RATIO
1 to 30-500
ALASKA
AMERICAN SAMOA
ANDORRA
ANGOLA
ANGUILLA
ANTIGUA
ARGENTINA
ARUBA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
AZORES
BAHAMAS
BARBADOS
BELAU
BELGIUM
BELIZE
BERMUDA
BONAIRE
BRAZIL
BRITAIN
CANADA
CAPE VERDE
CAYMAN ISLANDS
CHILE
COLOMBIA
CONGO, DEM. REP.
COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
CUBA
CURAÇAO
CYPRUS
DENMARK
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR
ESTONIA
FALKLAND ISLANDS
FIJI
FINLAND
FRANCE
FRENCH GUIANA
GERMANY
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREECE
GREENLAND
GRENADA
GUADELOUPE
GUAM
GUYANA
HAWAII
ITALY
JAMAICA
KOSRAE
LUXEMBOURG
MADEIRA
MALAWI
MARQUESAS ISLANDS
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MARTINIQUE
MEXICO
MOLDOVA
MONTSERRAT
NETHERLANDS
NEVIS
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIUE
NORFOLK ISLAND
NORWAY
PANAMA
PERU
POLAND
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
RÉUNION
ROTA
ST. EUSTATIUS
ST. HELENA
ST. KITTS
ST. LUCIA
ST. MAARTEN
ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON
ST. VINCENT
SAIPAN
SAMOA
SAN MARINO
SEYCHELLES
SLOVAKIA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
SPAIN
SURINAME
SWAZILAND
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TAHITI
TOGO
TOKELAU
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
TUVALU
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)
VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)
YAP
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE
1 to 501-5000
ALBANIA
BENIN
BOLIVIA
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
BOTSWANA
BURUNDI
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.
CHUUK
CONGO, REP.
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CZECH REP.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
FAEROE ISLANDS
GABON
GUATEMALA
HAITI
HONDURAS
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
ICELAND
IRELAND
JAPAN
KAZAKSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
LATVIA
LEBANON
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITHUANIA
MACAO
MACEDONIA
MADAGASCAR
MALTA
MAURITIUS
MAYOTTE
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
NAURU
NIGERIA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PHILIPPINES
POHNPEI
RODRIGUES
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
RWANDA
SABA
SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE
SLOVENIA
SOUTH AFRICA
TANZANIA
TONGA
UKRAINE
VANUATU
WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLS.
YUGOSLAVIA, F.R.
1 to 5001+
BANGLADESH
BELARUS
BULGARIA
BURKINA FASO
CAMBODIA
CHAD
COMOROS
ETHIOPIA
THE GAMBIA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
INDIA
ISRAEL
LIBYA
MALAYSIA
MALI
MYANMAR
NEPAL
NIGER
PAKISTAN
SENEGAL
SIERRA LEONE
SRI LANKA
TAIWAN
THAILAND
TURKEY
UGANDA