Worldwide Report: 1998 Grand Totals

Watch Tower Branches: 106

Number of Lands Reporting: 233

Total Congregations: 87,644

Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 13,896,312

Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 8,756

Peak of Publishers in Kingdom Service: 5,888,650

Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 5,544,059

Percentage of Increase Over 1997: 3.6

Total Number Baptized: 316,092

Average Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 698,781

Total Hours Spent in Field: 1,186,666,708

Average Home Bible Studies Each Month: 4,302,852

During the 1998 service year, the Watch Tower Society spent $64,414,274.00 in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and traveling overseers in their field service assignments

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1998 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

GEORGIA

GERMANY

GHANA

GIBRALTAR

GREECE

GREENLAND

GRENADA

GUADELOUPE

GUAM

GUATEMALA

GUYANA

HAWAII

HUNGARY

ITALY

JAMAICA

KOSRAE

LUXEMBOURG

MADEIRA

MALAWI

MARQUESAS ISLANDS

MARSHALL ISLANDS

MARTINIQUE

MEXICO

MOLDOVA

MONTSERRAT

NETHERLANDS

NEVIS

NEW CALEDONIA

NEW ZEALAND

NICARAGUA

NIGERIA

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

UKRAINE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

URUGUAY

VENEZUELA

VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)

VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)

WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLS.

YAP

ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE

1 to 501-5000

ALBANIA

ARMENIA

BELARUS

BENIN

BOLIVIA

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

BOTSWANA

BURUNDI

CAMEROON

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.

CHUUK

CONGO, REP.

CÔTE D’IVOIRE

CROATIA

CZECH REP.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

FAEROE ISLANDS

GABON

HAITI

HONDURAS

HONG KONG

ICELAND

IRELAND

JAPAN

KAZAKSTAN

KENYA

KIRIBATI

KYRGYZSTAN

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

LATVIA

LEBANON

LESOTHO

LIBERIA

LIECHTENSTEIN

LITHUANIA

MACAO

MACEDONIA

MADAGASCAR

MALTA

MAURITIUS

MAYOTTE

MOZAMBIQUE

NAMIBIA

NAURU

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PARAGUAY

PHILIPPINES

POHNPEI

RODRIGUES

ROMANIA

RUSSIA

RWANDA

SABA

SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE

SIERRA LEONE

SLOVENIA

SOUTH AFRICA

TANZANIA

TONGA

VANUATU

YUGOSLAVIA, F.R.

1 to 5001+

BANGLADESH

BULGARIA

BURKINA FASO

CAMBODIA

CHAD

COMOROS

ETHIOPIA

THE GAMBIA

GUINEA

GUINEA-BISSAU

INDIA

ISRAEL

LIBYA

MALAYSIA

MALI

MYANMAR

NEPAL

NIGER

PAKISTAN

SENEGAL

SRI LANKA

TAIWAN

TAJIKISTAN

THAILAND

TURKEY

UGANDA