2025 Service Year Report of Jehovah’s Witnesses Worldwide

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[Thomas Walker]

We topped nine million.

 

304,643 Baptized is almost 35 new brothers and sisters an hour.

[Sepie93]

I've noticed the "35 other lands".

Belarus has been moved there. Plus another unknown country where activity has been reported.

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[dljbsp]

One thing that stood out to me was how strong the growth was in smaller countries. In several lands, the actual number of new publishers wasn’t large, but the percentage increase was very high. When a country has only a few hundred publishers and gains even 50 or 100 more, that can mean growth of 10%, 15%, or more. That kind of increase feels like momentum, not just maintenance.

 

Another highlight was countries that grew even though conditions are difficult. I noticed multiple lands with political problems, poverty, or instability still showing clear increases in publishers and Bible studies. Even small numerical growth in those places carries more weight because the obstacles are so real. The percentages there tell a stronger story than raw numbers.

 

A third thing that caught my attention was where Bible studies grew faster than publishers. In some countries, the number of Bible studies increased at a higher rate than the number of publishers. That tells me groundwork is being laid. It may not show immediate publisher growth yet, but it points to future growth already in progress.

[Dages]

Progress in Africa is amazing ! (Sudan though )

Also Bangladesh ! There was a SPC this month over there, so we may expect even better numbers next year !

[bystander]

Another big increase in partakers.🍷 

[jwhess]

I enjoyed reading about Cuba.  It is one of the 5 remaining communist countries in the world (and the only one in the Western Hemisphere). Still, they have 83,000 publishers and a ratio of 1 to 118 in their restricted country.  They have almost 11,000 pioneers and almost 200,000 at the Memorial.

 

Back in the 1950s, when I lived in Key West, FL we used to get TV live from Havana (which is only 90 miles away).

[Jim Jam]

What happened in Turkey

[Sepie93]

What happened in Turkey

It is becoming more and more difficult to get a residency over there. Many need-greaters and brothers with a another nationality are forced to leave the country.

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[Jim Jam]

Just now, Sepie93 said:

It is becoming more and more difficult to get a residency over there. Many need-greaters and brothers with a another nationality are forced to leave the country.

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It's sad that one of the historical lands of Christianity is losing its members

 

May we pray that the local brothers pick up the pace

[Foxes53]

2 Countries that had the biggest increase in peak publishers. Congo Dem Rep and Zambia.

What happened in Moldova?

[jwhess]

Brazil needs about 40,000 more publishers and they will be second country in the world to pass the 1 million publisher mark.

[Dustparticle]

 Here is the plus and minus compare to 2024 Year Report. Any corrections, please do.

• Branches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 84  Same

• Number of Lands Reporting: 241  +1

• Total Congregations: 119,652  +825

• Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 20,635,015  -484,427

• Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 24,576  +1,364 *

• Peak of Publishers : 9,205,326  +161,866

• Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 9,047,083  +218,959

• Percentage of Increase Over 2024: 2.5

• Total Number Baptized : 304,643  +8,376

• Average Pioneer c Publishers Each Month: 1,743,567  +64,541

• Average Auxiliary Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 864,870  -2,632

• Average Bible Studies d Each Month: 7,603,182  +122,036

 

* Past 1942 Memorial Partakers

[Parale]

16 hours ago, Thomas Walker said:

We topped nine million.

 

304,643 Baptized is almost 35 new brothers and sisters an hour.

 

FWIW both of these significant numbers where released last month during the Governing Body 2025 #7

 

Average of 9,047,083 publishers during 2025 Service Year, representing a 2.5 percent increase:

 

 

That 2.5 percent increase is also important .... it is the biggest percentage increase in publishers for 15 years - since 2010 - and follows an impressive 2.4% increase last year, in 2024

 

(FWIW a bit of rounding is involved, so the 2010 increase was 2.533%, and the 2025 increase was 2.480%.)

 

 

 

304,643 baptized during the service year represents the biggest number of baptisms for 26 years - since 1999.... And only six previous years have ever had a higher number of baptism .... 

 

 

(Note: baptism figures for 1956 and 1961 are not available)

Edited 1 hour ago by Parale