Demographics of Jehovah's Witnesses

As of , Jehovah's Witnesses reported a monthly average membership of approximately actively involved in preaching, with a peak of around . Jehovah's Witnesses have an active presence in most countries, though they do not form a large part of the population of any country.

To be counted as an active member, an individual must be a publisher, and report some amount of time preaching to non-members. Jehovah's Witnesses' preaching activity is self-reported, and members are directed to submit a 'Field Service Report' each month. Baptized members who fail to submit a report every month are termed 'irregular'. Those who do not submit a report for six continuous months are termed 'inactive'.

Membership activity

For , around new members were baptized. The Watch Tower Society reported that Jehovah's Witnesses conducted about home Bible studies with non-members, including Bible studies conducted by Witness parents with their children.

Jehovah's Witnesses' official statistics only count as members those who submit reports for preaching activity, usually resulting in lower membership numbers than those found by external surveys. For example, in 2014 Jehovah's Witnesses reported approximately 1.2 million active publishers in the United States, whereas the Pew Research Center reported that Jehovah's Witnesses made up 0.8% of the US population (approximately 2.5 million) in that year. Their official statistics indicate membership according to various territories—which they refer to as "lands"—many of which are not independent countries.

According to official statistics, about people worldwide attended Jehovah's Witnesses' observance of the Memorial of Christ's death (also termed the Lord's Evening Meal). Of those, around people partook of the memorial emblems of unleavened bread and wine. Those who partake profess to be of the 144,000 "anointed" and hope to go to heaven, based on their interpretation of Revelation 14:1.

Congregations are generally organized geographically, and members are directed to attend the Kingdom Hall to which their neighborhood has been assigned, resulting in an ethnic mix generally representative of the local population, though congregations based on language and ethnicity have also been formed."My Love for the Earth Will Be Satisfied Forever", Awake!, August 22, 1998, ©Watch Tower, page 12-15

Statistics Year 'Lands' Average active publishers Increase over previous year Congregations Average Bible studies Memorial attendance Memorial partakers2020 240 8,424,185 -0.6% 120,387 7,705,765 17,844,773 21,1822021 239 8,480,147 0.7% 119,297 5,908,167 21,367,603 20,7462022 239 8,514,983 0.4% 117,960 5,666,996 19,721,672 21,1502023 239 8,625,042 1.3% 118,177 7,281,212 20,461,767 22,3122024 240 8,828,124 2.4% 118,767 7,480,146 21,119,442 23,2122025

Demographics of Jehovah's Witnesses

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