Kingdom Increase Statistics since 1914  
   
No. baptized since 1970: 9,591,056 Increase since 1970: 5,829,743  
Year Peak Publishers %  Over Previous Year Baptized Memorial Partakers Congr. Lands Year  
1914 5,155     18,243     43 1914  
1918 3,868             1918  
1919 5,793     21,411       1919  
1922       32,661          
1923       42,000          
1924       62,694          
1925       90,434          
1928 23,988             1928  
1935 56,153     63,146 52,465   115 1935  
1938 47,143     73,420 39,225     1938  
1940 96,418     96,989 27,711 5,130 112 1940  
1941 109,371           107 1941  
1945 156,299     186,247 22,328 7,218 107 1945   1.429072 42.907169
1946 158,034 1.110           1946   1.011101 1.110052
1947 181,071 14.577       10,782   1947   1.145772 14.577243
1948 230,532 27.316   376,393 25,395 11,714   1948   1.273158 27.315804
1949 279,421 21.207           1949   1.212070 21.207034
1950 373,430 33.644   511,203 22,723 13,238 147 1950   1.336442 33.644214
1951 442,380 18.464 63,178     13,470   1951   1.184640 18.463969
1952 456,265 3.139 54,707 667,099   13,942   1952   1.031387 3.138704
1953 519,982 13.965 50,665 742,565 19,183 14,163 143 1953   1.139649 13.964911
1954 580,498 11.638 57,369 829,836 17,884 14,531   1954   1.116381 11.638095
1955 642,929 10.755 63,642 878,303 16,815 16,044 147 1955   1.107547 10.754731
1956 640,347 -0.402   919,994 16,302 16,240 162 1956   0.995984 -0.401600
1957 716,901 11.955 59,828 1,075,163 15,628 16,883 169 1957   1.119551 11.955081
1958 798,326 11.358 62,666 1,171,789 15,037 17,878 175 1958   1.113579 11.357914
1959 871,737 9.196 86,345 1,283,603 14,511 19,982 175 1959   1.091956 9.195617
1960 916,332 5.116 69,027 1,519,821 13,911 21,008 187 1960   1.051156 5.115648
1961 965,169 5.330 63,070 1,553,909 13,284 21,557 185 1961   1.053296 5.329619
1962 989,192 2.489 69,649 1,639,681 12,714 22,166 189 1962   1.024890 2.488994
1963 1,040,836 5.221 62,798 1,693,752 12,292 22,761 198 1963   1.052208 5.220827
1964 1,075,523 3.333 68,236 1,809,476 11,953 23,483   1964   1.033326 3.332610
1965 1,109,806 3.188 64,393 1,933,089 11,550 24,158 201 1965   1.031876 3.187565
1966 1,118,665 0.798 58,904 1,971,107 11,179 24,910   1966   1.007982 0.798248
1967 1,160,604 3.749 74,981 2,195,612 10,981 25,206   1967   1.037490 3.749022
1968 1,221,504 5.247 82,842 2,493,519 10,619 25,409   1968   1.052473 5.247268
1969 1,336,112 9.383 120,905 2,719,860 10,368 25,694   1969   1.093825 9.382532
1970 1,483,430 11.026 164,193 3,226,168 10,526 26,524 208 1970   1.110259 11.025872
1971 1,590,793 7.237 149,808 3,453,542 10,384 27,154   1971   1.072375 7.237483
1972 1,658,990 4.287 163,123 3,662,407 10,350 28,407   1972   1.042870 4.286981
1973 1,758,429 5.994 193,990 3,994,924 10,523 31,850   1973   1.059939 5.993948
1974 2,021,432 14.957 297,872 4,550,457 10,723 34,576   1974   1.149567 14.956703
1975 2,179,256 7.808 295,073 4,925,643 10,550 38,256 212 1975   1.078075 7.807534
1976 2,248,390 3.172 196,656 4,972,571 10,187 40,155   1976   1.031724 3.172367
1977 2,223,538 -1.105 124,459 5,107,518 10,080 41,635   1977   0.988947 -1.105324
1978 2,182,341 -1.853 95,052 5,095,831 9,762 42,255   1978   0.981472 -1.852768
1979 2,186,075 0.171 113,672 5,323,766 9,727 42,600   1979   1.001711 0.171101
1980 2,272,278 3.943 113,779 5,726,656 9,564 43,181 217 1980   1.039433 3.943277
1981 2,361,896 3.944 119,836 5,987,893 9,601 43,870   1981   1.039440 3.943972
1982 2,477,608 4.899 138,540 6,252,787 9,529 44,953   1982   1.048991 4.899115
1983 2,652,323 7.052 161,896 6,767,707 9,292 46,235   1983   1.070518 7.051761
1984 2,842,531 7.171 179,421 7,416,974 9,081 47,869   1984   1.071714 7.171374
1985 3,024,131 6.389 189,800 7,792,109 9,051 49,716 222 1985   1.063887 6.388673
1986 3,229,022 6.775 225,868 8,160,597 8,927 52,177   1986   1.067752 6.775203
1987 3,395,612 5.159 230,843 8,965,221 8,808 54,911   1987   1.051591 5.159147
1988 3,592,654 5.803 239,268 9,201,071 8,685 57,670   1988   1.058028 5.802842
1989 3,787,188 5.415 263,855 9,479,064 8,734 60,192   1989   1.054148 5.414771
1990 4,017,213 6.074 301,518 9,950,058 8,869 63,016   1990   1.060738 6.073768
1991 4,278,820 6.512 300,945 10,650,158 8,850 66,207 211 1991   1.065122 6.512152
1992 4,472,787 4.533 301,002 11,431,171 8,683 69,558 229 1992   1.045332 4.533189
1993 4,709,889 5.301 296,004 11,865,765 8,693 73,070 231 1993   1.053010 5.300990
1994 4,914,094 4.336 314,818 12,288,917 8,617 75,573 232 1994   1.043357 4.335665
1995 5,199,895 5.816 338,491 13,147,201 8,645 78,620 232 1995   1.058159 5.815945
1996 5,413,769 4.113 366,579 12,921,933 8,757 81,908 233 1996   1.041130 4.113045
1997 5,599,931 3.439 375,923 14,322,226 8,795 85,256   1997   1.034387 3.438676
1998 5,888,650 5.156 316,092 13,896,312 8,756 87,644 233 1998   1.051558 5.155760
1999 5,912,492 0.405 323,439 14,088,751 8,755 89,985 234 1999   1.004049 0.404881
2000 6,035,564 2.082 288,907 14,872,086 8,661 91,487 235 2000   1.020816 2.081559
2001 6,117,666 1.360 263,431 15,374,986 8,730 93,154 235 2001   1.013603 1.360304
2002 6,304,645 3.056 265,469 15,597,746 8,760 94,600 234 2002   1.030564 3.056378
2003 6,429,351 1.978 258,845 16,097,622 8,565 95,919 235 2003   1.019780 1.978002
2004 6,513,132 1.303 262,416 16,760,607 8,570 96,894 235 2004   1.013031 1.303102
2005 6,613,829 1.546 247,631 16,383,333 8,524 98,269 235 2005   1.015461 1.546061
2006 6,741,444 1.930 248,327 16,675,113 8,758 99,770 236 2006   1.019295 1.929518
2007 6,957,854 3.210 298,304 17,672,443 9,105 101,376 236 2007   1.032101 3.210143
2008 7,124,443 2.100 289,678 17,790,631 9,986 103,267 236 2008   1.023943 2.394258
2009 7,313,173 2.649 276,233 18,168,323 10,857 105,298 236 2009   1.026490 2.649049
2010               2010   0.000000 #######
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TIME Magazine - Monday, February 25, 2008 ― An even more extreme example of what might be called "masked churn" is the relatively tiny Jehovah's Witnesses, with a turnover rate of about two-thirds. That means that two-thirds of the people who told Pew they were raised Jehovah's Witnesses no longer are — yet the group attracts roughly the same number of converts. Notes Lugo, "No wonder they have to keep on knocking on doors."

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