Jehovah's Witnesses by country Last updated June 09, 2025
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 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 [ 2] Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio [ note 1] Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance Angola 37,805,000 180,925 174,283 6 9,674 217 2,578 492,430 673,685 Benin 14,463,000 15,596 14,896 6 815 971 283 29,160 49,214 Botswana 2,360,000 2,473 2,355 2 142 1,002 43 3,629 6,321 Burkina Faso 23,840,000 2,123 1,920 5 85 12,417 55 2,459 4,984 Burundi 13,345,000 20,040 18,729 8 1,663 713 394 39,820 77,037 Cameroon 28,608,000 44,670 44,144 3 2,128 648 579 57,745 109,064 Cape Verde 604,000 2,280 2,239 0 89 270 35 3,329 7,595 Central African Republic 5,916,000 3,352 3,169 11 269 1,867 69 9,044 26,006 Chad 18,847,000 1,016 928 11 74 20,309 25 1,137 4,647 Congo (Democratic Republic) 105,625,000 280,107 266,689 9 19,017 396 4,590 709,804 1,403,269 Congo (Republic) 6,244,000 10,303 9,579 7 598 652 131 25,481 33,768 Côte d'Ivoire 31,934,000 13,331 12,761 6 532 2,502 231 22,040 57,615 Equatorial Guinea 1,543,000 2,863 2,646 9 181 583 34 7,321 8,482 Eswatini 1,222,000 3,420 3,301 4 149 370 74 4,551 8,116 Ethiopia 129,720,000 12,166 11,812 5 675 10,982 204 8,545 27,357 Gabon 2,384,000 4,895 4,629 4 251 515 61 8,107 13,343 Gambia 2,760,000 334 314 7 10 8,790 6 438 774 Ghana 33,008,000 159,140 155,026 3 8,877 213 2,585 326,967 402,031 Guinea 14,529,000 1,367 1,252 9 104 11,605 30 2,495 5,018 Guinea-Bissau 2,197,000 215 206 7 13 10,665 4 492 792 Kenya 52,428,000 33,107 31,492 6 1,800 1,665 598 43,530 80,371 Lesotho 2,337,000 4,340 4,104 6 110 569 82 6,023 11,737 Liberia 5,613,000 8,800 7,954 9 657 706 150 22,732 42,384 Madagascar 31,965,000 43,217 41,619 8 3,358 768 863 80,802 169,469 Madeira [ note 2] 257,000 1,199 1,186 1 19 217 19 395 1,921 Malawi 21,655,000 117,602 105,680 7 9,804 205 1,997 141,711 414,897 Mali 24,479,000 378 361 3 15 67,809 6 467 934 Mauritius 1,218,000 2,160 2,125 2 59 573 27 1,671 5,036 Mayotte [ note 3] 321,000 181 144 7 6 2,229 3 205 363 Mozambique 32,420,000 99,705 91,998 13 10,775 352 1,942 163,859 411,440 Namibia 3,020,000 2,962 2,800 8 229 1,079 50 4,451 9,706 Niger 26,312,000 378 320 -1 21 82,225 9 427 897 Nigeria 232,679,000 406,732 390,623 4 18,930 596 6,145 748,645 857,080 Réunion [ note 3] 886,000 3,602 3,531 2 85 251 41 1,593 6,837 Rodrigues [ note 4] 45,000 69 66 2 1 682 1 61 174 Rwanda 13,800,000 37,013 34,252 8 2,656 403 633 61,953 112,816 Saint Helena [ note 5] 4,000 119 113 0 0 35 3 43 268 São Tomé and Príncipe 235,000 897 841 -4 62 279 14 2,378 3,459 Senegal 18,502,000 1,606 1,566 4 51 11,815 28 1,781 3,264 Seychelles 121,000 373 345 2 4 351 5 309 1,044 Sierra Leone 8,642,000 2,659 2,442 4 189 3,539 43 4,525 9,081 South Africa 61,997,000 105,359 100,889 3 4,798 615 1,929 102,414 270,310 South Sudan 15,254,000 2,319 2,116 22 195 7,209 35 4,252 8,313 Sudan 49,358,000 367 140 -73 22 352,557 3 233 42 Tanzania 61,741,000 22,347 21,217 7 1,458 2,910 418 38,968 66,944 Togo 9,515,000 24,471 23,886 5 1,248 398 392 52,321 70,943 Uganda 45,900,000 10,261 9,909 5 698 4,632 183 22,678 36,204 Zambia 21,315,000 258,013 228,281 8 18,073 93 3,654 421,860 1,085,831 Zimbabwe 15,675,000 52,895 50,000 7 3,208 314 974 90,494 131,488
North America Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance Azores [ note 2] [ note 6] 241,000 813 804 1 22 300 15 536 1,627 Belize 411,000 2,494 2,456 0 98 167 52 2,031 7,598 Bermuda [ note 5] 64,000 425 391 2 0 164 5 153 850 Canada 41,013,000 124,407 122,291 3 1,867 335 1,159 40,981 196,562 Costa Rica 5,247,000 32,501 32,175 1 852 163 422 19,495 70,135 El Salvador 6,339,000 37,271 37,135 -1 772 171 589 20,172 79,753 Greenland [ note 7] 57,000 132 124 9 0 460 5 70 330 Guatemala 17,843,000 39,191 38,886 0 1,109 459 788 27,129 94,610 Honduras 9,876,000 21,638 21,546 0 649 458 406 16,403 57,560 Mexico 130,861,000 878,990 866,247 1 24,946 151 12,310 584,904 2,157,985 Nicaragua 6,916,000 28,885 28,536 0 873 242 440 23,091 79,346 Panama 4,065,000 18,867 18,663 2 609 218 302 15,790 53,614 Saint Pierre and Miquelon [ note 8] 6,000 18 16 -6 0 375 1 12 31 United States 336,751,000 1,259,538 1,236,274 1 23,367 272 11,858 455,800 2,408,873
Caribbean Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance Anguilla [ note 5] 16,000 67 62 13 0 258 1 52 201 Antigua 104,000 468 449 -3 15 232 7 287 1,264 Aruba [ note 9] 106,000 1,112 1,086 1 24 98 13 606 2,662 Bahamas 415,000 1,723 1,643 -3 42 253 28 1,284 4,361 Barbados 282,000 2,356 2,318 1 40 122 30 1,438 5,957 Bonaire [ note 10] 25,000 148 142 8 0 176 2 116 423 Cayman Islands [ note 5] 86,000 304 294 5 0 293 3 174 757 Cuba 10,056,000 84,508 83,579 -3 1,416 120 1,315 83,462 194,715 Curaçao [ note 9] 149,000 1,946 1,906 -2 44 78 24 1,240 4,963 Dominica 73,000 397 385 -2 2 190 10 438 1,240 Dominican Republic 11,434,000 38,466 38,107 0 1,115 300 532 44,933 117,648 Grenada 127,000 536 514 -2 9 247 9 330 1,408 Guadeloupe [ note 3] 379,000 8,524 8,407 1 233 45 115 5,413 19,236 Haiti 11,867,000 16,821 16,589 -4 754 715 251 26,370 70,473 Jamaica 2,825,000 11,088 10,769 0 266 262 153 6,462 33,310 Martinique [ note 3] 350,000 4,847 4,776 -1 98 73 56 3,350 10,581 Montserrat [ note 5] 4,000 33 30 -14 0 133 1 41 101 Nevis [ note 11] 10,000 78 73 -4 0 137 1 55 265 Puerto Rico [ note 12] 3,222,000 23,000 22,697 0 394 142 226 7,090 43,407 Saba [ note 10] 2,000 20 16 0 0 125 1 13 58 Saint Barthélemy [ note 8] 11,000 38 35 -5 0 314 1 22 96 Saint Kitts [ note 11] 40,000 246 238 -1 3 168 3 182 739 Saint Lucia 184,000 800 775 0 13 237 11 535 2,205 Saint Martin [ note 8] 26,000 324 296 6 3 88 5 302 1,067 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 110,000 321 292 4 6 377 8 266 906 Sint Eustatius [ note 10] 3,000 37 29 7 0 103 1 15 85 Sint Maarten [ note 9] 43,000 308 295 -2 11 146 4 184 956 Trinidad and Tobago 1,367,000 10,547 10,449 0 296 131 127 7,876 26,029 Turks and Caicos [ note 5] 49,000 352 329 0 3 149 6 341 914 Virgin Islands (British) [ note 5] 39,000 231 217 -2 0 180 4 128 734 Virgin Islands (US) [ note 12] 104,000 517 499 -2 10 208 8 346 1,264
South America Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance Argentina 46,235,000 156,673 154,970 1 4,612 298 1,928 81,696 307,955 Bolivia 12,567,000 30,258 29,693 2 1,017 423 452 32,749 79,880 Brazil 203,081,000 926,480 913,789 2 27,652 222 12,704 524,507 1,810,952 Chile 20,086,000 88,592 87,419 2 2,333 230 974 41,097 188,741 Colombia 52,215,000 191,405 188,819 2 5,775 277 2,306 147,916 552,793 Ecuador 17,893,000 102,793 100,824 2 4,156 177 1,196 94,966 275,229 Falkland Islands [ note 5] 4,000 13 10 -17 1 400 1 10 21 French Guiana [ note 3] 309,000 3,064 2,944 3 108 105 42 4,596 11,545 Guyana 820,000 3,324 3,238 1 98 253 45 3,219 12,288 Paraguay 7,656,000 11,532 11,285 3 344 678 183 10,269 24,613 Peru 34,038,000 138,118 134,261 3 5,453 254 1,672 138,835 380,481 Suriname 634,000 3,410 3,158 0 130 201 57 3,372 9,816 Uruguay 3,444,000 11,995 11,871 0 294 290 150 6,855 22,441 Venezuela 28,405,000 138,146 136,000 3 4,285 209 1,716 118,742 413,102
Asia Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance Armenia 3,040,000 11,575 11,388 5 396 267 128 4,626 25,606 Azerbaijan 10,303,000 2,072 1,846 -9 60 5,581 29 1,737 3,866 Bangladesh 174,701,000 388 371 10 33 470,892 11 492 1,116 Cambodia 17,091,000 1,213 1,161 5 56 14,721 21 1,454 2,956 Cyprus 1,268,000 3,171 3,126 3 72 406 42 1,485 5,723 East Timor 1,401,000 396 378 -1 25 3,706 5 472 1,048 Georgia 3,695,000 19,372 19,130 2 685 193 217 4,830 33,706 Hong Kong [ note 13] 7,497,000 5,530 5,485 1 259 1,367 72 3,935 9,661 India 1,419,656,000 59,122 58,332 2 3,102 24,716 1,017 57,418 158,775 Indonesia 281,604,000 32,345 31,435 3 1,205 8,958 488 25,288 61,140 Israel 9,907,000 2,127 2,093 0 38 4,733 33 978 3,762 Japan 124,143,000 214,020 213,719 0 1,936 581 2,866 87,769 290,165 Kazakhstan 20,140,000 17,188 17,093 0 410 1,178 224 6,402 29,488 Korea (Republic) 51,285,000 106,036 105,873 0 1,868 484 1,245 35,731 137,662 Kyrgyzstan 7,162,000 5,268 5,138 1 167 1,394 78 2,597 10,211 Macau [ note 13] 686,000 413 390 6 2 1,759 6 407 914 Malaysia 33,380,000 5,697 5,650 1 190 5,908 118 5,528 12,315 Mongolia 3,505,000 449 441 9 15 7,948 8 556 1,216 Myanmar 56,624,000 5,296 5,221 2 359 10,845 98 5,747 11,948 Nepal 29,651,000 2,913 2,872 3 179 10,324 58 3,827 7,477 Pakistan 241,499,000 1,265 1,166 4 59 207,117 16 973 4,389 Palestinian territories [ note 14] 5,613,000 80 78 3 1 71,962 2 57 201 Philippines 113,000,000 266,410 257,621 5 12,201 439 3,662 252,392 680,399 Sri Lanka 22,037,000 7,013 6,907 -1 251 3,191 95 6,918 15,745 Taiwan [ note 15] 23,407,000 11,761 11,615 2 310 2,015 178 8,887 20,475 Thailand 71,668,000 5,526 5,449 3 164 13,153 149 5,136 11,118 Türkiye 85,372,000 5,318 4,954 -11 196 17,233 65 2,276 8,239
Europe Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance Albania 2,402,000 5,380 5,352 -1 137 449 78 3,229 10,447 Andorra 86,000 165 161 -2 0 534 3 95 340 Austria 9,105,000 22,630 22,449 1 306 406 283 6,919 35,446 Belarus 9,156,000 6,100 6,070 0 111 1,508 81 2,722 10,711 Belgium 11,764,000 26,568 26,359 1 541 446 330 9,628 45,170 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,194,000 955 934 -1 12 3,420 16 190 1,400 Great Britain [ note 16] 69,196,000 144,579 143,033 2 2,395 484 1,579 43,452 229,344 Bulgaria 6,448,000 2,953 2,897 4 94 2,226 57 1,817 6,475 Croatia 3,851,000 4,671 4,612 -1 47 835 56 853 7,179 Czech Republic 10,859,000 17,296 17,066 3 310 636 219 4,827 30,629 Denmark 5,970,000 14,667 14,579 1 213 409 173 3,780 20,690 Estonia 1,375,000 4,122 4,114 1 64 334 53 1,383 6,630 Faroe Islands [ note 7] 55,000 146 133 1 1 414 4 64 197 Finland 5,604,000 18,384 18,224 1 284 308 270 6,801 25,989 France 68,128,000 139,932 138,624 1 2,890 491 1,461 42,784 233,207 Germany 83,445,000 177,240 175,678 2 2,800 475 1,979 48,001 277,109 Gibraltar [ note 5] 34,000 168 164 6 0 207 2 27 225 Greece 10,482,000 27,760 27,661 0 413 379 340 6,763 43,584 Hungary 9,600,000 21,559 21,401 1 487 449 279 6,278 38,516 Iceland 394,000 452 440 10 5 895 7 170 724 Ireland [ note 17] 7,192,000 8,269 8,063 4 125 892 122 2,712 13,860 Italy 58,990,000 251,493 250,754 0 4,261 235 2,723 76,648 420,423 Kosovo [ note 18] 1,587,000 251 239 3 1 6,640 7 233 478 Latvia 1,872,000 2,115 2,082 -1 23 899 29 769 3,301 Liechtenstein 40,000 105 102 9 0 392 1 23 181 Lithuania 2,893,000 2,925 2,899 -1 42 998 39 905 4,601 Luxembourg 672,000 2,240 2,209 2 0 304 32 800 4,116 Malta 542,000 958 841 0 23 644 10 270 1,503 Moldova 2,888,000 20,538 19,673 10 461 147 191 7,284 36,328 Monaco 38,000 46 44 — 0 864 1 17 96 Montenegro 638,000 432 414 12 1 1,541 7 119 769 Netherlands 17,951,000 29,618 29,425 1 456 610 340 8,494 48,810 North Macedonia 1,830,000 1,276 1,242 2 24 1,473 23 508 2,529 Norway 5,562,000 12,047 11,977 1 166 464 161 3,181 17,986 Poland 37,582,000 114,894 114,437 -1 1,465 328 1,268 24,114 181,252 Portugal 10,142,000 54,601 53,651 3 1,046 189 649 20,219 97,193 Romania 19,064,000 40,216 39,965 1 959 477 527 16,291 83,695 San Marino 34,000 212 204 5 0 167 2 69 329 Serbia 6,605,000 3,759 3,705 0 104 1,783 60 1,342 7,134 Slovakia 5,427,000 11,333 11,191 0 145 485 135 2,662 21,419 Slovenia 2,124,000 1,735 1,722 0 22 1,233 24 522 2,700 Spain 48,693,000 125,359 124,427 3 2,299 391 1,369 38,040 208,794 Sweden 10,549,000 22,465 22,383 0 311 471 274 6,098 34,215 Switzerland 8,961,000 20,367 20,180 2 356 444 251 6,542 33,366 Ukraine 37,860,000 102,972 100,478 -5 1,698 377 1,164 25,530 173,551
Oceania Country Population Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Ratio Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance American Samoa [ note 12] 44,000 152 136 10 5 324 3 126 545 Australia 27,317,000 71,726 71,140 1 1,696 384 717 20,683 115,566 Chuuk [ note 19] 54,000 32 28 22 6 1,929 2 56 143 Cook Islands [ note 20] 20,000 204 194 5 6 103 3 91 572 Fiji 901,000 3,001 2,907 -1 171 310 59 3,561 12,047 Guam [ note 12] 174,000 761 726 5 11 240 9 555 1,650 Kiribati 134,000 155 137 41 29 978 2 260 430 Kosrae [ note 19] 8,000 10 9 0 0 889 1 24 45 Marshall Islands 55,000 136 131 7 5 420 4 242 651 Nauru 12,000 17 14 -7 1 857 1 15 154 New Caledonia [ note 21] 269,000 2,745 2,660 1 108 101 34 2,516 7,833 New Zealand 5,339,000 14,732 14,576 1 411 366 168 5,673 27,088 Niue [ note 20] 2,000 20 19 0 0 105 1 9 68 Palau 18,000 77 70 -3 1 257 2 124 182 Papua New Guinea 11,782,000 5,130 4,921 4 176 2,394 170 7,854 42,591 Pohnpei [ note 19] 34,000 57 53 6 1 642 1 97 226 Rota [ note 22] 2,000 4 2 -50 0 1,000 1 2 2 Saipan [ note 22] 43,000 236 229 7 17 188 3 187 546 Samoa 206,000 600 558 6 41 369 12 615 2,587 Solomon Islands 757,000 1,904 1,681 -2 104 450 46 1,719 10,678 Tahiti [ note 8] 282,000 3,305 3,202 1 90 88 46 2,654 10,242 Tinian [ note 22] 2,000 10 10 0 0 200 1 12 26 Tonga 104,000 256 210 4 11 495 3 196 594 Tuvalu 10,000 103 57 14 0 175 1 34 222 Vanuatu 328,000 858 642 8 43 511 13 1,034 4,046 Wallis and Futuna [ note 8] 11,000 84 77 24 0 143 2 76 277 Yap [ note 19] 11,000 32 31 0 0 355 1 124 161
Other Countries where Jehovah's Witnesses' activities are banned In addition to the published figures for individual countries, statistics are also published collectively for countries where Jehovah's Witnesses operate covertly under ban, [ 7] [ 8] including several Islamic and communist states .
"Other Lands" Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance 33 214,313 210,515 1.4 3,901 2,859 85,992 329,181
There are 36 sovereign states not specifically listed in the Watch Tower Society's reported statistics:
Total "Lands" Peak Publishers Increase (%) Baptized Cong. Bible studies Memorial attendance Memorial partakers 240 9,043,460 8,828,124 2.4 296,267 118,767 7,480,146 21,119,442 22,312
References ↑ "2024 Country and Territory Reports" . Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania. 2024. 1 2 "Questions From Readers". The Watchtower . Watch Tower Society. August 15, 2011. p. 22. ↑ Shepherd the Flock of God . Watch Tower Society. 2023. p. 199. 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. ↑ "Question Box– Should a family Bible study be reported to the congregation?". Our Kingdom Ministry . Watch Tower Society. November 2003. p. 3. ↑ "Question Box— May both parents report the time used for the regular family study?". Our Kingdom Ministry . September 2008. p. 3. ↑ Organized To Do Jehovah's Will . 2017. pp. 76, 98– 99, 85– 87, 87. ↑ "Keep Conquering the Evil With the Good". The Watchtower . Watch Tower Society. July 1, 2007. pp. 29– 30. ↑ "Global Support for the Kingdom Issue". The Watchtower . Watch Tower Society. January 1, 1983. p. 23. 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 This page is based on this
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