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back to Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance, United Kingdom: Britain
| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | United Kingdom: Britain | 214,351 | 0.37% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | United Kingdom: Britain | 215,620 | 0.36% | 1,461 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; location: "Britain " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Uruguay | 14,516 | - | 90 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Uruguay | 23,681 | 0.78% | 132 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Uruguay | 22,434 | 0.74% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Uruguay | 21,331 | 0.70% | 139 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | USA | 1,574,212 | - | 7,837 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | USA | 2,135,167 | 0.80% | 10,883 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | USA | 2,089,289 | 0.76% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting.; [Alaska and Hawaii figures are listed separately from "U.S. of America "; Alaska: 4,770; Hawaii: 17,600; U.S.: 2,066,919] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | USA | 2,176,265 | 0.79% | 11,550 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; USA figure (998,166) here is total from 3 rows in JW table: USA (2,153,268), Hawaii (18,371), and Alaska (4,626). |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Vanuatu | 211 | - | 2 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Vanuatu | 1,583 | 0.83% | 3 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Vanuatu | 1,568 | 0.85% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Vanuatu | 1,566 | 0.83% | 5 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Venezuela | 81,098 | - | 212 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Venezuela | 282,448 | 1.19% | 1,079 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Venezuela | 253,084 | 1.05% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Venezuela | 285,835 | 1.18% | 1,238 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Virgin Islands (British) | 339 | - | 3 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Virgin Islands (British) | 590 | 3.47% | 2 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Virgin Islands (British) | 601 | 3.54% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Virgin Islands (British) | 530 | 3.12% | 2 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 1,640 | - | 8 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 2,005 | 1.97% | 9 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 1,852 | 1.82% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 1,798 | 1.73% | 9 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 100 | 0.67% | 1 unit |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 105 | 0.70% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 259 | 1.73% | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | world | 2,000,000 | - | - | - | 1966 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 11). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1499. | "...numbered more than a million in 1966, and in that year nearly two million people attended the sect's annual memorial supper services in Kingdom Halls throughout the world. " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | world | 6,767,707 | - | 46,235 units |
205 countries |
1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | world | 14,322,226 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* "GROWTH RATE OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN CIS AMONG WORLD'S HIGHEST " from Blagovest-Info/Pravoslavie v Rossii (20 Jan. 1998); cited on web site: "Russian Religious News " | report for the 1997 year... number of baptized members of this organization in 232 countries totals 5,353,078, and if active participants are included it reaches 14,322,226 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | world | 14,322,226 | - | 85,256 units |
232 countries |
1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | world | 13,896,312 | - | - | - | 1998 | Chryssides, George. Exploring New Religions. London, U.K.: Cassells (1999). | "I have selected the best available [statistics], providing a range where adjudication is impossible... Jehovah's Witnesses (1998): Britain: Memorial attendance: 214,351; World: Memorial attendance: 13,896,312 (own statistics) " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | world | 13,896,312 | - | - | 233 countries |
1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. [ "233 Lands ", not all of which are independent countries.] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | world | 14,872,086 | 0.25% | 91,487 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Yugoslavia - former | 9,012 | 0.09% | 48 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Yugoslavia - former | 8,560 | 0.08% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Yugoslavia - former | 8,878 | 0.08% | 54 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; location: "Yugoslavia, F. R. " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) | 123,718 | - | 905 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) | 574,736 | 1.20% | 2,492 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) | 534,318 | 1.07% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. [Location listed in table as "Congo, Dem. Rep. of "] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) | 584,058 | 1.17% | 2,748 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; Location: "Congo, Dem. Rep. of " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zambia | 282,984 | - | 1,393 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zambia | 428,697 | 4.38% | 2,058 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zambia | 411,017 | 4.08% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zambia | 474,933 | 4.46% | 2,098 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zimbabwe | 33,914 | - | 480 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zimbabwe | 70,038 | 0.57% | 803 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zimbabwe | 66,360 | 0.52% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Zimbabwe | 70,982 | 0.56% | 874 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - participants including associates | Russia | 200,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* "RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN RUSSIA HANGS ON A SIGNATURE. INTERNATIONAL CONCERN GROWS " text provided by Office of Public Affairs of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Brooklyn, NY; cited on web site: "Russian Religious News " | "Now they number more than 200,000 members and associates in Russia. " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - participants including associates | Russia | 250,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* PRESS RELEASE from Moscow Office Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Sept. 24, 1998. | "There are about 10,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow and 250,000 associated throughout Russia. " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - participants including associates | world | 6,000,000 | - | - | - | 1992 | Bloom, Harold. The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation. New York: Simon & Schuster (1992); pg. 160. | "Today there are about three million Witnesses here and throughout the world, at the least, not counting almost as many peripheral adherents. " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Remnant of 144,000 | world | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1966 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 11). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1500. | "From the numbers who partook in 1966, of the two millions present at the supper throughout the world, it appears that about 10,000 of this class, sometimes collectively referred to as 'God's Woman', then remained alive. " [A Dutch Jehovah's Witness, concerned that the preceding quote may not be entirely clear to non-native English speakers, wrote us with the following suggestion: "It is not the remnant of the 144.000 that is referred to as 'God's Woman', but it is to the whole class of the 144.000 that the Bible speaks of as 'the bride of the Lamb' and not 'God's Woman'. -Revelation 19:6-9 - Revelation 21:1 - 2 Corinthians 11:2 "] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Remnant of 144,000 | world | 10,384 | - | - | - | 1970 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 144. | Table 9 (Remnant of 144,000 by year). Taken from official organization Memorial records. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Remnant of 144,000 | world | 10,526 | - | - | - | 1970 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 144. | Table 9 (Remnant of 144,000 by year). Taken from official organization Memorial records. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Remnant of 144,000 | world | 10,350 | - | - | - | 1972 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 144. | Table 9 (Remnant of 144,000 by year). Taken from official organization Memorial records. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Remnant of 144,000 | world | 10,523 | - | - | - | 1973 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 144. | Table 9 (Remnant of 144,000 by year). Taken from official organization Memorial records. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Remnant of 144,000 | world | 10,723 | - | - | - | 1974 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 144. | Table 9 (Remnant of 144,000 by year). Taken from official organization Memorial records. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Remnant of 144,000 | world | 10,550 | - | - | - | 1975 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 144. | Table 9 (Remnant of 144,000 by year). Taken from official organization Memorial records. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Remnant of 144,000 | world | 10,187 | - | - | - | 1976 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 144. | Table 9 (Remnant of 144,000 by year). Taken from official organization Memorial records. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Remnant of 144,000 | world | 10,080 | - | - | - | 1977 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 144. | Table 9 (Remnant of 144,000 by year). Taken from official organization Memorial records. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Remnant of 144,000 | world | 9,762 | - | - | - | 1978 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 144. | Table 9 (Remnant of 144,000 by year). Taken from official organization Memorial records. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Remnant of 144,000 | world | 9,727 | - | - | - | 1979 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 144. | Table 9 (Remnant of 144,000 by year). Taken from official organization Memorial records. |
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