by jwfacts 17 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
I have done a breakdown for the USA, since the majority on this forum are American, along with the UK and Australia. US growth has slowed, but still moving along, but UK and Australia have are at a virtual standstill, and in fact decreasing against population growth.
Jehovah's Witness publisher statistics - United States
Great graphs.
Only one complaint - I'm counted in there, but at least I'll be missing from the 2015 "grand totals". :)
I don't know where you are BU2B ( don't let's raise Simon's debate about flags on posts again) but in the U K I would agree that a major push is on for "the foreign language field" , hence the enthusiasm for the JW language app.
In this average size town there are Polish meetings and deaf sign meetings - as well as ministry arrangements targeting Chinese and other groups. "Bums on seats " is what it is all about , wherever they are from and legal or not.
From 2000->2010 the US population growth was +9.7%, the peak growth for JWs was under +4%. Expressed as a percentage of population, the religion is shrinking, at least in the US.
For the UK, between 2003 and 2013 it was +7.5%. JWs grew at a peak of < +3%. Also shrinking as a percentage of the population.
