raymond frantz:
Total Congregations: 118,177 (=up from 117,960, a surprising increase but nevertheless a miniscule increase of just 0.18% OR 217 congregations. Of course the real metric here should be how many KH's closed down but of course they won't release this information. Is it possible that they artificially increase the number of congregations to show an increase? Quite possibly)
There was a net increase of congregations of 217, but it's not particularly impressive when it's broken down further.
The 'Democratic' Republic of Congo (with a 12% increase, 9% of which was newly baptised) got 348 new congregations. (Note that these increases include compensating for the decreases during COVID, not able to preach, delaying baptism etc. Actual increase since 2019 is 8.06% or about 2% per year.)
Brazil got 198 extra congregations, even though it reported growth of 0% (actually a net decrease of 3,336 publishers).
Not very surprisingly, the number of congregations in Ukraine went down (by 195).
All up, 1061 congregations were dissolved, offset by 1490 added in other 'lands'.
| 'Land' | New Congregations |
| Ukraine | -195 |
| Mexico | -175 |
| United States of America | -98 |
| Zimbabwe | -75 |
| El Salvador | -47 |
| Italy | -39 |
| South Africa | -33 |
| Cuba | -33 |
| 33 Other Lands | -32 |
| Guatemala | -27 |
| Spain | -19 |
| Germany | -18 |
| Kenya | -18 |
| France | -16 |
| Britain | -15 |
| Venezuela | -14 |
| Canada | -13 |
| Australia | -13 |
| Paraguay | -11 |
| Honduras | -11 |
| Nigeria | -10 |
| Korea, Republic of | -9 |
| Greece | -9 |
| Haiti | -9 |
| Argentina | -7 |
| Panama | -7 |
| Netherlands | -7 |
| Moldova | -6 |
| Costa Rica | -6 |
| Japan | -5 |
| Hungary | -5 |
| Poland | -5 |
| Romania | -5 |
| Nicaragua | -5 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | -4 |
| Austria | -4 |
| Kazakhstan | -3 |
| Dominican Republic | -3 |
| Finland | -3 |
| Puerto Rico | -3 |
| Kyrgyzstan | -3 |
| Portugal | -3 |
| Saba | -3 |
| Fiji | -2 |
| Sri Lanka | -2 |
| Papua New Guinea | -2 |
| Malaysia | -2 |
| Taiwan | -2 |
| Denmark | -2 |
| New Caledonia | -2 |
| Rota | -2 |
| Lesotho | -1 |
| Guyana | -1 |
| Norway | -1 |
| Botswana | -1 |
| Serbia | -1 |
| Latvia | -1 |
| Slovenia | -1 |
| Armenia | -1 |
| Equatorial Guinea | -1 |
| Curaçao | -1 |
| Belize | -1 |
| Belarus | -1 |
| North Macedonia | -1 |
| Estonia | -1 |
| Israel | -1 |
| Suriname | -1 |
| Central African Republic | -1 |
| Sweden | -1 |
| Bulgaria | -1 |
| Peru | 0 |
| Switzerland | 0 |
| Vanuatu | 0 |
| Albania | 0 |
| Eswatini | 0 |
| Senegal | 0 |
| Mayotte | 0 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 0 |
| Kiribati | 0 |
| Sudan | 0 |
| Cambodia | 0 |
| Réunion | 0 |
| New Zealand | 0 |
| Mali | 0 |
| Kosrae | 0 |
| Tuvalu | 0 |
| Chuuk | 0 |
| American Samoa | 0 |
| St. Barthélemy | 0 |
| Palau | 0 |
| Greenland | 0 |
| Turks and Caicos | 0 |
| Virgin Islands, British | 0 |
| Pohnpei | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 |
| Bermuda | 0 |
| Guam | 0 |
| Mongolia | 0 |
| Samoa | 0 |
| Montserrat | 0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 0 |
| Macao | 0 |
| St. Vincent & the Grenadines | 0 |
| Uruguay | 0 |
| Kosovo | 0 |
| Croatia | 0 |
| Dominica | 0 |
| Barbados | 0 |
| Andorra | 0 |
| Jamaica | 0 |
| Azores | 0 |
| St. Kitts | 0 |
| Cayman Islands | 0 |
| Aruba | 0 |
| St. Martin | 0 |
| Seychelles | 0 |
| San Marino | 0 |
| Bahamas | 0 |
| Saipan | 0 |
| Cape Verde | 0 |
| Tahiti | 0 |
| Martinique | 0 |
| Grenada | 0 |
| Gabon | 0 |
| Yap | 0 |
| Tinian | 0 |
| St. Eustatius | 0 |
| Nevis | 0 |
| Niue | 0 |
| Cook Islands | 0 |
| Guadeloupe | 0 |
| St. Lucia | 0 |
| St. Maarten | 0 |
| Madeira | 0 |
| Nepal | 0 |
| Antigua | 0 |
| Rodrigues | 0 |
| Montenegro | 0 |
| Timor-Leste | 0 |
| Marshall Islands | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 0 |
| Faroe Islands | 0 |
| Iceland | 0 |
| Gambia | 0 |
| Pakistan | 0 |
| Palestinian Territories | 0 |
| Bonaire | 0 |
| Mauritius | 0 |
| Malta | 0 |
| Liechtenstein | 0 |
| St. Helena | 0 |
| Anguilla | 0 |
| Nauru | 0 |
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | 0 |
| Niger | 0 |
| Gibraltar | 0 |
| Falkland Islands | 0 |
| Ireland | 0 |
| Tonga | 0 |
| Georgia | 0 |
| Cameroon | 1 |
| Tanzania | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1 |
| French Guiana | 1 |
| Namibia | 1 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 1 |
| Cyprus | 1 |
| Wallis & Futuna Islands | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
| South Sudan | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 |
| Chad | 1 |
| Turkey | 1 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 |
| Guinea | 2 |
| Thailand | 2 |
| Colombia | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 4 |
| Bolivia | 4 |
| Myanmar | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 5 |
| Liberia | 5 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 |
| Congo, Republic of | 7 |
| Ecuador | 8 |
| Uganda | 8 |
| Chile | 9 |
| Benin | 14 |
| Togo | 14 |
| Indonesia | 15 |
| Madagascar | 15 |
| Ethiopia | 23 |
| Angola | 28 |
| Rwanda | 31 |
| Philippines | 41 |
| Malawi | 51 |
| India | 52 |
| Zambia | 76 |
| Ghana | 88 |
| Burundi | 93 |
| Mozambique | 100 |
| Brazil | 198 |
| Congo, Dem. Republic of | 348 |
| Grand Total (239 Lands) | 217 |