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Jehovah's Witnesses by country

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 1,441,720,000 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

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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
  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

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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

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See also: Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
 
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:

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"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

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Notes

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  1. ^ The number of people in the general population per publisher.
  2. ^ a b Portuguese autonomous region
  3. ^ a b c d e Overseas department of France
  4. ^ Constituency of Mauritius
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i British overseas territory
  6. ^ The western islands of the Azores are located on the North American Plate in the Atlantic Ocean; the remaining islands are located on the Azores microplate independent of Europe and Africa. F.O. Marques, J.C. Catalão, C.DeMets, A.C.G. Costa, A. Hildenbrand (2013). "GPS and tectonic evidence for a diffuse plate boundary at the Azores Triple Junction" (PDF). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 381: 177–187. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.051. A comparison of the GPS velocities of Pico, Faial, S. Jorge and Terceira islands with the Nubia–Eurasia velocity in the Azores region (ca. 4.5 mm/yr, DeMets et al., 2010) shows that the islands belong to neither the Eurasia nor Nubia plates.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b Danish autonomous territory
  8. ^ a b c d e French overseas collectivity
  9. ^ a b c Constituent country of the Netherlands
  10. ^ a b c Special municipality of the Netherlands
  11. ^ a b Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  12. ^ a b c d US insular area
  13. ^ a b Chinese special administrative region
  14. ^ Disputed territory comprising West Bank and Gaza Strip under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority and the Hamas Government in Gaza
  15. ^ Disputed territory administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and claimed by the People's Republic of China.
  16. ^ Island incorporating England, Scotland and Wales
  17. ^ Island incorporating the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
  18. ^ Disputed territory within Serbia
  19. ^ a b c d Federated States of Micronesia
  20. ^ a b Self-governing in free association with New Zealand
  21. ^ Sui generis collectivity of France
  22. ^ a b c Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US insular area)

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References

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  1. ^ "2024 Country and Territory Reports". Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania. 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Questions From Readers". The Watchtower. Watch Tower Society. August 15, 2011. p. 22. "Peak publishers" is the highest number reporting for any one month of the service year and may include late reports that were not added to the preceding month's report. In this way some publishers may be counted twice.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Question Box–Should a family Bible study be reported to the congregation?". Our Kingdom Ministry. Watch Tower Society. November 2003. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Question Box—May both parents report the time used for the regular family study?". Our Kingdom Ministry. September 2008. p. 3.
  6. ^ Organized To Do Jehovah's Will. 2017. pp. 76, 98–99, 85–87, 87.
  7. ^ "Keep Conquering the Evil With the Good". The Watchtower. Watch Tower Society. July 1, 2007. pp. 29–30.
  8. ^ "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
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