88JM

Joined

• started 33 topics
• posted 861 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by 88JM

• 
  40

  2014 Yearbook Stats - 7 Countries account for > 50% growth

  by Westenddave in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought i'd share the 2014 yearbook stats.

  i converted the file to excel format & sorted the increase in publisher's column from largest to smallest.

  as i suspected, the growth is limited to a very few # of "lands.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  88JM

  Here are the actual numerical increases (average publisher difference, anyway) for those "top" countries for the last 10 years:

  Country or Territory	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
  Mexico	25,998	4,850	13,847	20,125	21,361	27,042	27,873	27,941	24,895	27,844
  United States of America	4,567	2,207	13,189	32,303	16,790	37,507	19,589	21,406	10,427	11,573
  Congo, Dem. Republic of	5,746	4,859	4,581	2,951	4,835	4,495	7,145	9,456	2,051	11,338
  Brazil	20,286	12,608	15,177	25,632	18,021	21,784	17,122	14,197	17,055	10,989
  Nigeria	4,993	4,465	3,998	9,144	8,322	9,226	7,297	5,361	8,414	8,338
  Angola	2,743	3,299	3,793	4,301	4,219	4,119	2,928	5,083	6,842	7,380
  Philippines	893	1,498	3,311	5,168	3,122	7,235	6,449	4,353	5,018	6,920
  Colombia	2,401	2,632	1,591	5,236	4,140	5,420	4,982	4,591	3,513	5,115
  Venezuela	2,467	1,128	1,369	3,890	3,103	6,052	5,192	5,820	4,137	4,614
  Ghana	2,428	1,887	2,657	4,881	3,703	7,035	7,547	4,384	4,367	4,307
  Peru	4,257	3,774	2,683	3,088	3,401	4,209	4,172	3,182	2,387	3,502
  Zambia	3,311	1,742	4,031	4,031	3,162	9,216	7,364	4,521	4,763	3,313
  Ecuador	2,563	2,283	2,507	4,219	4,038	4,302	4,146	3,445	3,087	2,979
  Guatemala	521	642	678	1,370	1,039	1,409	1,454	1,703	2,505	2,581
  Malawi	3,236	4,956	607	2,809	2,186	2,208	1,248	3,013	2,578	1,950
• 
  40

  2014 Yearbook Stats - 7 Countries account for > 50% growth

  by Westenddave in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought i'd share the 2014 yearbook stats.

  i converted the file to excel format & sorted the increase in publisher's column from largest to smallest.

  as i suspected, the growth is limited to a very few # of "lands.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  88JM

  Sorry yes that was for the latest 2013 figures on the previous page.

  Mexico had an increase of 25,998 in 2004 - a pretty average increase for them, but the USA and Brazil had relatively smaller increases that year, and other countries may factor in too of course.
• 
  40

  2014 Yearbook Stats - 7 Countries account for > 50% growth

  by Westenddave in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought i'd share the 2014 yearbook stats.

  i converted the file to excel format & sorted the increase in publisher's column from largest to smallest.

  as i suspected, the growth is limited to a very few # of "lands.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  88JM

  It's 1995 to the latest 2013 figures if you're seeing it correctly on your screen.

  I ordered them by the highest 2013 figures.
• 
  40

  2014 Yearbook Stats - 7 Countries account for > 50% growth

  by Westenddave in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought i'd share the 2014 yearbook stats.

  i converted the file to excel format & sorted the increase in publisher's column from largest to smallest.

  as i suspected, the growth is limited to a very few # of "lands.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  88JM

  Here's a historical view of the worldwide increase percentage proportion.

  Sorry for the width - I tried to include as many years as the forum width would allow.

  Seems like these countries are the reliable earners for the WTBTS, though the USA fluctuates quite a bit. Didn't realise Mexico once counted for 21% of the growth, in 2004.

  Country or Territory	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
  Mexico	13	16	11	13	11	9	9	9	3	21	6	14	10	16	12	16	16	17	17
  United States of America	9	4	4	8	0	3	1	16	12	4	3	13	16	12	17	11	13	7	7
  Congo, Dem. Republic of	3	2	0	3	1	7	3	4	2	5	6	5	1	4	2	4	6	1	7
  Brazil	9	11	13	14	19	18	17	16	18	16	15	15	13	13	10	10	8	12	7
  Nigeria	4	3	3	5	8	7	11	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	4	4	3	6	5
  Angola	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	1	2	2	4	4	2	3	2	2	3	5	5
  Philippines	1	1	2	2	2	5	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4
  Colombia	2	3	4	3	8	4	4	4	5	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3
  Venezuela	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
  Ghana	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3
  Peru	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	2	3	3	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
  Zambia	0	2	2	2	4	5	4	2	3	3	2	4	2	2	4	4	3	3	2
  Ecuador	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
  Guatemala	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
  Malawi	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	6	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1
• 
  40

  2014 Yearbook Stats - 7 Countries account for > 50% growth

  by Westenddave in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought i'd share the 2014 yearbook stats.

  i converted the file to excel format & sorted the increase in publisher's column from largest to smallest.

  as i suspected, the growth is limited to a very few # of "lands.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  88JM

  I spotted it thanks! Corrected.
• 
  40

  2014 Yearbook Stats - 7 Countries account for > 50% growth

  by Westenddave in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought i'd share the 2014 yearbook stats.

  i converted the file to excel format & sorted the increase in publisher's column from largest to smallest.

  as i suspected, the growth is limited to a very few # of "lands.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  88JM

  Mind if I give it a go myself?

  Just a slightly different take on it, without the cumulative values:

  Country or Territory	Population	Ratio, 1 Publisher to	2012 Av. Pubs.	2011 Av. Pubs.	Increase	% of World Inc.
  Mexico (G-31)	122,456,000	152	777,429	749,585	27,844	17
  United States of America (E-32) incl. Hawaii and Alaska	320,050,716	262	1,167,723	1,156,150	11,573	7
  Congo, Dem. Republic of (M-6) (Was Zaire pre 1997)	67,419,000	357	174,687	163,349	11,338	7
  Brazil (L-37)	201,032,714	262	748,940	737,951	10,989	7
  Nigeria (L-4)	159,708,000	455	320,589	312,251	8,338	5
  Angola (N-6)	19,082,000	192	94,182	86,802	7,380	5
  Philippines (K-18)	97,701,745	517	185,387	178,467	6,920	4
  Colombia (J-35)	48,165,000	299	157,395	152,280	5,115	3
  Venezuela 0-36)	29,525,000	221	129,284	124,670	4,614	3
  Ghana (L-3)	26,267,516	222	113,392	109,085	4,307	3
  Peru (L-35)	30,613,000	252	114,153	110,651	3,502	2
  Zambia (N-7)	14,371,301	84	160,211	156,898	3,313	2
  Ecuador (K-34)	15,738,000	193	79,566	76,587	3,901	2
  Guatemala (H-33)	15,500,000	418	35,598	33,017	2,581	2
  Malawi (N-8)	15,014,000	174	80,175	78,225	1,950	1
  Italy (G-5)	61,229,000	246	247,259	245,326	1,933	1
  India (J-12)	1,248,772,000	32,938	36,869	34,995	1,874	1
  Mozambique (O-7)	24,096,669	455	49,765	47,906	1,859	1
  Madagascar (O-9)	22,599,698	792	27,591	25,779	1,812	1
  Rwanda (M-7)	12,012,589	504	22,152	20,604	1,548	1
  Nicaragua (H-33)	6,088,000	233	24,984	23,453	1,531	1
  Russia (C-l 5)	143,930,000	856	164,187	162,748	1,439	1
  Zimbabwe (O-7)	13,103,546	318	39,999	38,637	1,362	1
  Chile (M-35)	17,556,815	233	73,658	72,420	1,238	1
  Dominican Republic (O-29)	10,404,000	286	35,331	34,132	1,199	1
  Argentina (N-36)	41,660,417	286	143,620	142,435	1,185	1
  Costa Rica (J-34)	4,878,000	167	28,316	27,172	1,144	1
  France (F-4)	63,703,000	511	122,456	121,331	1,125	1
  Bolivia (M-36)	10,157,000	424	23,014	21,957	1,057	1
  Honduras (H-33)	8,111,000	367	21,165	20,122	1,043	1
  El Salvador (H-33)	6,344,000	160	38,643	37,721	922	1
  Britain (E-3)	62,125,409	453	132,515	131,629	886	1
  Cuba (G-34)	11,163,934	116	95,656	94,810	846	1
  Haiti (O-28)	9,993,000	518	18,236	17,403	833	1
• 
  25

  Peace In The Middle East - It's a comin'

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from the un news centre (with breaking news from the un news service).

  un officials hope observance of international year will lead to israeli-palestinian peace16 january 2014 the united nations today launched the international year of solidarity with the palestinian people, with senior officials urging that the observance be used to redouble efforts to achieve a durable peace between israel and palestine.. the coming year will be crucial to achieving the two-state solution, deputy secretary-general jan eliasson said in his remarks to the un general assemblys committee on the exercise of the inalienable rights of the palestinian people.. mr. eliasson said israeli and palestinian negotiators are working hard towards a peaceful, comprehensive settlement of all permanent status issues.

  that means a settlement that ends the occupation that started in 1967 and which would end the conflict.. it also means securing an independent, viable and sovereign state of palestine living alongside a secure state of israel, where each side recognizes the others legitimate rights, he added.. the secretary-general and i urge all in the international community to work together to translate the solidarity and desire for peace expressed on this occasion into positive action for security and for justice.. last november, the general assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming 2014 as the international year of solidarity with the palestinian people, and requested the committee to organize activities around the observance.. general assembly president john ashe told todays meeting that he hoped the year leads to robust support for the people of palestine.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  88JM

  Very surprising to see the UN inviting Iran to the table for the Syria discussions, at least at this stage. Syria doesn't seem happy about it though.
• 
  32

  Sheparding Call

  by DS211 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at the meeting last night i was approached by an elder and he asked me what my schedule was like for the next week or so.

  i told him im not sure ill have to tet back with him and i asked why and he said kindly but in an odd sort of way "for a visit".

  my wife and i have not gone out in field service and have been missing meeting left and right mostly due to sickness and family.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  88JM

  If you do need an excuse for something, just say you're stressed or finding it hard to keep up with everything
• 
  15

  Into Darkness - Jehovah's witnesses history

  by Dis-Member in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  another video on jehovah's witnesses / watchtower's history.. .

  .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5jnngqqyvc.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  88JM

  Quite informative but concise too.

  I didn't know that Russel was into phrenology (though not surprising), and also the "inch for a year" rule he made for the pyramid measurements. Why would he think the ancient Egyptians would be using inches?
• 
  36

  Does anyone know the curent understanding on Chess for JWs?

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i seem to remember chess was frowned upon by some jws.

  is this like the oral/anal sex policy?

  just ignore it and hope it goes away...

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  88JM

  I know lots of JW's that play chess and would (brazenly!) have a nice ornate chess board in their living room.

  If you became a JW after those articles were published then I don't think people know about the older JW's view of chess.

  It just goes to show what happens when you start to make rules for every little thing.