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2020 Country and Territory Reports

2020 Country and Territory Reports

Country or Territory

Number of People

2020 Peak Publishers

Ratio, 1 Publisher to

2020 Number of Publishers

% Increase We Get From 2019

2020 Number Baptize

Average Pioneer Publishers

Number of Congregations

Memorial Attendance

Albania

2,878,000

5,612

517

5,569

-1

160

1,282

87

14,252

American Samoa

55,000

150

420

131

-15

 

27

3

520

Andorra

77,000

173

458

168

-3

 

14

3

383

Angola

32,866,000

167,638

213

154,043

-4

8,291

24,860

2,421

371,823

Anguilla

15,000

65

268

56

-13

 

11

1

156

Antigua

98,000

483

212

463

2

6

39

7

876

Argentina

45,196,000

156,765

292

154,786

1

3,080

25,252

1,976

355,842

Armenia

2,963,243

10,652

280

10,590

-1

189

2,051

130

22,723

Aruba

107,000

1,103

99

1,082

 

34

112

14

3,062

Australia

25,540,000

69,146

376

67,975

 

1,435

7,038

754

107,233

Austria

9,066,000

21,550

430

21,095

-2

291

1,821

292

31,937

Azerbaijan

10,067,000

1,592

6,614

1,522

6

55

393

14

3,286

Azores

243,000

802

307

792

4

19

112

15

1,654

Bahamas

393,000

1,795

232

1,692

 

24

252

28

3,426

Bangladesh

164,689,000

330

506,735

325

3

24

152

6

750

Barbados

287,000

2,428

122

2,357

-2

35

176

30

4,317

Belarus

9,408,000

6,238

1,524

6,173

1

151

1,307

83

9,635

Belgium

11,493,000

25,396

460

24,984

 

451

2,079

338

43,943

Belize

398,000

2,630

157

2,536

-4

49

514

58

6,454

Benin

12,123,000

14,360

932

13,003

-3

495

1,830

235

29,761

Bermuda

62,000

450

160

387

-10

3

80

5

798

Bolivia

11,673,000

29,397

403

28,968

3

1,497

7,578

459

84,794

Bonaire

21,000

123

175

120

-1

 

17

2

311

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3,281,000

1,049

3,201

1,025

-2

12

171

16

1,677

Botswana

2,375,000

2,302

1,094

2,171

-2

105

341

44

4,854

Brazil

211,959,000

897,056

239

888,581

1

29,330

121,295

12,531

1,627,323

Britain

64,919,000

141,412

496

130,904

-3

1,396

15,180

1,615

211,199

Bulgaria

6,951,000

2,605

2,712

2,563

2

73

666

54

5,608

Burkina Faso

20,903,000

2,027

12,413

1,684

-6

57

237

48

3,601

Burundi

11,891,000

15,734

778

15,276

4

874

2,486

271

47,890

Cambodia

16,719,000

1,199

14,388

1,162

 

47

629

18

1,869

Cameroon

26,679,994

43,542

637

41,887

 

1,301

5,778

582

84,320

Canada

37,742,000

115,661

329

114,574

 

1,565

13,674

1,194

167,289

Cape Verde

556,000

2,284

250

2,226

-2

79

370

35

5,419

Cayman Islands

66,000

289

241

274

4

1

40

3

620

Central African Republic

4,830,000

2,962

1,774

2,723

-1

223

285

62

11,920

Chad

16,426,000

904

20,155

815

-5

71

76

20

3,240

Chile

19,458,000

85,273

235

82,967

3

2,702

14,639

959

180,281

Chuuk

50,000

41

1,515

33

-20

 

9

2

87

Colombia

50,883,000

188,368

273

186,369

1

5,410

28,633

2,316

498,494

Congo, Dem. Republic of

89,561,000

240,982

417

214,940

-4

9,862

20,950

4,161

1,009,808

Congo, Republic of

5,518,000

9,192

667

8,277

 

368

1,096

117

21,820

Cook Islands

18,000

226

88

205

9

7

27

3

398

Costa Rica

5,094,000

32,103

160

31,853

 

942

3,791

439

70,877

Côte d’Ivoire

26,378,000

12,269

2,277

11,584

-3

281

1,613

323

29,851

Croatia

4,058,000

4,802

859

4,723

-3

42

421

58

6,727

Cuba

11,327,000

94,873

121

93,909

-1

3,310

9,399

1,418

178,495

Curaçao

164,000

2,019

83

1,965

-3

35

222

25

4,510

Cyprus

1,207,000

2,754

445

2,713

1

55

485

41

4,808

Czech Republic

10,694,000

15,439

701

15,245

-1

210

1,328

212

25,075

Denmark

5,825,000

14,573

404

14,407

-1

167

1,173

174

20,384

Dominica

72,000

426

178

404

-2

4

51

10

966

Dominican Republic

10,848,000

41,590

283

38,386

1

1,127

7,230

560

110,445

Ecuador

17,643,000

101,387

178

99,381

2

3,332

19,096

1,214

298,855

El Salvador

6,486,000

39,751

166

39,145

-2

831

4,724

671

81,220

Equatorial Guinea

1,412,450

2,415

608

2,325

3

106

328

35

5,785

Estonia

1,329,000

3,986

339

3,925

-1

53

547

56

5,932

Eswatini

1,160,000

3,362

365

3,180

-2

121

360

80

7,398

Ethiopia

114,964,000

10,823

10,848

10,598

1

455

2,378

215

20,676

Falkland Islands

3,000

15

214

14

   

3

1

17

Faroe Islands

53,000

129

421

126

-1

 

25

4

170

Fiji

896,000

3,169

300

2,982

-3

135

529

82

9,476

Finland

5,532,000

18,190

307

18,009

-1

182

2,101

280

24,160

France

65,313,000

131,754

498

131,071

1

2,624

16,143

1,568

226,879

French Guiana

299,000

2,960

105

2,853

4

126

449

47

9,636

Gabon

2,236,384

4,509

514

4,351

-1

120

580

60

9,311

Gambia

2,417,000

271

9,553

253

11

9

37

5

577

Georgia

3,717,000

18,104

208

17,900

 

320

3,243

214

33,204

Germany

83,157,000

164,486

514

161,931

-1

3,102

15,146

2,087

246,904

Ghana

31,073,000

147,481

220

140,996

1

6,131

15,721

2,271

284,637

Gibraltar

34,000

147

262

130

1

 

16

2

171

Greece

10,710,000

28,152

382

28,005

 

569

4,132

355

43,748

Greenland

56,000

144

418

134

-7

 

32

5

297

Grenada

113,000

579

216

523

-1

13

76

10

1,116

Guadeloupe

400,000

8,290

50

8,015

-2

168

734

120

16,992

Guam

169,000

770

224

754

1

26

177

9

1,627

Guatemala

17,916,000

40,334

450

39,784

-1

1,001

6,537

869

95,333

Guinea

13,133,000

1,078

12,604

1,042

3

107

138

27

2,687

Guinea-Bissau

1,968,000

211

9,791

201

9

17

55

4

729

Guyana

787,000

3,351

245

3,211

2

126

500

51

9,263

Haiti

11,403,000

20,254

591

19,295

-2

833

2,698

270

41,559

Honduras

9,905,000

22,891

436

22,697

 

624

4,069

437

61,078

Hong Kong

7,509,000

5,594

1,350

5,563

 

178

1,233

66

9,219

Hungary

9,770,000

21,060

474

20,626

-2

361

1,836

291

36,666

Iceland

367,000

392

989

371

-1

6

55

7

658

India

1,380,004,000

53,105

26,805

51,484

5

1,567

7,813

978

151,288

Indonesia

273,524,000

29,865

9,462

28,909

3

931

4,719

524

50,876

Ireland

6,860,000

7,104

996

6,887

1

52

1,189

120

11,709

Israel

9,444,000

1,957

4,919

1,920

5

49

341

31

3,653

Italy

60,245,000

250,868

241

249,821

 

3,928

38,630

2,874

503,363

Jamaica

2,961,000

11,361

276

10,712

-3

224

1,368

151

23,145

Japan

126,476,000

212,683

598

211,494

 

1,910

66,206

2,964

273,856

Kazakhstan

18,777,000

17,330

1,092

17,189

-1

207

4,091

262

29,324

Kenya

53,771,000

29,545

1,935

27,785

-3

988

3,587

651

62,736

Kiribati

119,000

137

1,017

117

-6

2

30

3

426

Korea, Republic of

51,840,000

103,366

505

102,631

1

2,031

46,337

1,268

125,510

Kosovo

1,810,000

263

7,098

255

-3

7

110

8

708

Kosrae

7,000

14

583

12

-29

 

3

1

40

Kyrgyzstan

6,524,000

5,266

1,259

5,182

-1

105

1,289

86

10,161

Latvia

1,908,000

2,200

900

2,120

-1

33

332

31

3,227

Lesotho

2,142,000

4,312

572

3,748

-11

197

539

94

8,471

Liberia

5,058,000

7,272

749

6,752

-2

479

737

150

19,341

Liechtenstein

38,000

92

432

88

-1

 

4

1

137

Lithuania

2,794,000

2,907

973

2,871

-3

41

436

44

4,340

Luxembourg

626,000

2,153

295

2,123

   

223

31

3,853

Macao

685,000

394

1,793

382

11

9

123

5

845

Madagascar

27,691,000

38,430

802

34,517

-6

1,971

6,720

871

104,470

Madeira

254,000

1,167

220

1,153

 

15

130

19

1,868

Malawi

19,130,000

102,060

208

92,170

-3

6,136

8,485

1,718

285,054

Malaysia

32,657,000

5,637

5,886

5,548

2

179

1,650

123

11,611

Mali

20,251,000

362

60,997

332

1

16

61

7

710

Malta

515,000

783

678

760

2

13

106

10

1,245

Marshall Islands

59,000

134

527

112

-20

8

21

4

462

Martinique

375,000

4,793

79

4,726

1

97

596

57

9,903

Mauritius

1,229,000

1,960

637

1,929

3

55

228

27

4,707

Mayotte

273,000

198

1,508

181

1

7

51

4

349

Mexico

128,933,000

874,144

149

863,625

 

22,627

137,818

13,032

1,954,849

Moldova

3,032,000

18,467

166

18,270

-2

332

2,168

203

33,955

Mongolia

3,278,000

459

7,383

444

-3

15

202

8

773

Montenegro

628,000

319

2,046

307

13

2

79

6

635

Montserrat

5,000

40

139

36

6

 

16

1

76

Mozambique

30,067,000

68,996

454

66,171

1

2,763

6,688

1,297

238,288

Myanmar

54,761,000

4,921

11,303

4,845

3

220

928

99

8,240

Namibia

2,541,000

2,663

1,010

2,515

2

165

316

47

6,782

Nauru

11,000

16

846

13

-24

 

2

1

76

Nepal

29,137,000

2,699

10,966

2,657

1

221

838

43

6,524

Netherlands

17,135,000

29,279

607

28,234

-4

476

2,182

351

41,716

Nevis

13,000

71

191

68

   

5

1

160

New Caledonia

285,000

2,634

113

2,532

3

124

289

35

6,459

New Zealand

4,828,000

14,152

347

13,902

-1

341

1,410

171

23,847

Nicaragua

6,625,000

29,594

230

28,859

 

1,038

4,604

470

70,713

Niger

24,207,000

347

80,690

300

-2

19

48

9

616

Nigeria

206,140,000

374,228

603

341,873

-7

12,649

40,654

6,571

674,754

Niue

2,000

22

95

21

5

 

2

1

83

Norfolk Island

2,000

6

333

6

     

1

11

North Macedonia

2,083,000

1,279

1,665

1,251

-1

15

175

24

3,044

Norway

5,375,000

11,789

460

11,684

 

157

1,220

166

17,471

Pakistan

220,892,000

1,033

221,557

997

-3

21

63

16

3,825

Palau

18,000

95

231

78

1

4

15

2

209

Palestinian Territories

5,101,000

60

89,491

57

-5

 

7

2

173

Panama

4,315,000

18,413

241

17,911

1

494

3,091

326

48,448

Papua New Guinea

8,947,000

5,479

1,751

5,111

7

367

688

115

38,787

Paraguay

7,152,703

11,051

653

10,958

2

348

2,039

226

25,792

Peru

32,626,000

133,170

252

129,692

1

3,441

29,041

1,598

355,914

Philippines

109,581,000

232,587

486

225,339

2

8,268

49,859

3,529

562,828

Pohnpei

37,000

60

673

55

6

2

19

1

120

Poland

38,383,000

113,980

345

111,178

-3

999

8,481

1,274

170,188

Portugal

9,799,000

50,022

198

49,561

1

887

5,073

653

81,797

Puerto Rico

2,861,000

23,605

125

22,888

-1

454

3,675

237

42,544

Réunion

895,000

3,413

268

3,338

1

84

475

42

6,265

Rodrigues

43,000

76

662

65

14

2

12

1

156

Romania

19,238,000

39,328

491

39,174

 

568

4,207

535

74,363

Rota

3,000

6

600

5

-38

 

1

1

10

Rwanda

12,663,000

31,397

425

29,790

2

780

5,367

570

69,208

Saba

2,000

16

154

13

8

 

4

 

24

St. Barthélemy

10,000

38

294

34

21

 

6

1

72

St. Eustatius

3,000

27

115

26

-4

 

3

1

65

St. Helena

5,000

113

48

104

-5

2

 

3

178

St. Kitts

36,000

220

168

214

 

2

30

3

565

St. Lucia

184,000

811

237

776

-1

11

113

11

1,709

St. Maarten

43,000

332

136

316

-2

12

39

4

860

St. Martin

39,000

288

143

273

5

4

28

5

716

St. Pierre and Miquelon

6,000

14

462

13

30

 

7

1

19

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

111,000

318

380

292

-6

8

42

8

665

Saipan

48,000

235

216

222

3

7

43

3

443

Samoa

199,000

542

413

482

-9

19

100

12

1,975

San Marino

34,000

194

177

192

-3

 

47

2

483

São Tomé and Príncipe

210,000

929

236

888

-1

55

141

14

2,255

Senegal

16,744,000

1,400

12,412

1,349

1

35

184

33

2,489

Serbia

6,964,000

3,837

1,849

3,766

-2

79

650

63

7,288

Seychelles

98,000

363

287

341

5

10

37

5

976

Sierra Leone

7,977,000

2,520

3,464

2,303

1

182

325

43

5,379

Slovakia

5,460,000

11,061

499

10,938

-1

222

900

133

21,216

Slovenia

2,097,000

1,775

1,200

1,748

-3

13

243

30

2,610

Solomon Islands

687,000

2,039

376

1,825

-4

111

217

50

10,704

South Africa

59,620,000

105,133

609

97,892

-5

3,441

13,093

2,070

215,285

South Sudan

11,213,000

1,515

7,975

1,406

3

87

202

33

4,112

Spain

46,755,000

117,236

401

116,590

1

2,047

18,233

1,470

206,434

Sri Lanka

21,413,000

6,781

3,210

6,670

2

260

828

112

16,122

Sudan

43,849,000

672

71,766

611

-4

50

131

14

1,602

Suriname

587,914

3,144

193

3,043

-2

127

346

57

8,124

Sweden

10,352,000

22,333

467

22,146

 

301

2,510

285

32,068

Switzerland

8,665,000

19,082

459

18,888

-1

301

1,488

268

30,068

Tahiti

282,000

3,255

89

3,186

-2

87

476

46

8,917

Taiwan

23,579,000

11,379

2,084

11,314

2

384

3,984

190

16,678

Tanzania

59,734,000

19,029

3,326

17,961

-3

797

2,159

444

51,771

Thailand

69,800,000

5,538

12,921

5,402

2

176

2,106

142

8,322

Timor-Leste

1,318,000

399

3,487

378

1

41

107

5

995

Tinian

3,000

12

273

11

-8

 

1

1

38

Togo

8,279,000

22,120

396

20,888

-3

741

2,489

327

44,358

Tonga

106,000

265

573

185

4

14

41

2

474

Trinidad & Tobago

1,399,000

10,221

138

10,112

1

291

1,318

132

23,364

Turkey

84,339,000

4,875

18,071

4,667

19

149

1,633

63

8,658

Turks and Caicos

39,000

345

115

338

2

10

49

6

782

Tuvalu

12,000

89

174

69

-13

3

3

3

194

Uganda

41,892,000

9,011

4,826

8,681

4

504

1,183

163

21,525

Ukraine

40,498,000

128,614

317

127,598

 

2,344

17,561

1,502

230,656

United States of America

331,003,000

1,242,976

273

1,210,950

 

24,462

185,616

12,355

2,068,674

Uruguay

3,474,000

12,081

291

11,929

 

211

1,408

150

24,153

Vanuatu

307,000

1,001

432

710

2

26

116

17

2,234

Venezuela

28,436,000

136,542

214

132,812

-3

6,489

30,340

1,734

319,962

Virgin Islands, British

30,000

225

142

212

-7

 

31

4

589

Virgin Islands, U.S.

104,000

561

197

527

-5

5

108

8

1,034

Wallis & Futuna Islands

11,000

67

186

59

11

 

3

1

231

Yap

12,000

33

400

30

-12

2

10

1

93

Zambia

17,861,000

225,139

89

200,287

-3

13,539

18,396

3,528

711,397

Zimbabwe

14,911,000

49,648

332

44,854

-7

1,840

7,452

1,395

118,029

33 Other Lands

 

212,924

 

207,891

-1.4

5,732

42,137

2,967

306,281

Total Numbers (240 Lands)

 

8,695,808

 

8,424,185

-0.6

241,994

1,299,619

120,387

17,844,773