Kingdom Increase Statistics since 1914
Baptized since 2000:		5,644,465		Increase since 2000		2,663,484
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				1922
1923				42,000				1923
1924				62,694				1924
1925				90,434				1925
1928	23,988			17,380				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
1946	158,034	1.1						1946
1947	181,071	14.6				10,782		1947
1948	230,532	27.3		376,393	25,395	11,714		1948
1949	279,421	21.2						1949
1950	373,430	33.6		511,203	22,723	13,238	147	1950
1951	442,380	18.5	63,178			13,470		1951
1952	456,265	3.1	54,707	667,099		13,942		1952
1953	519,982	13.9	50,665	742,565	19,183	14,163	143	1953
1954	580,498	11.6	57,369	829,836	17,884	14,531		1954
1955	642,929	10.8	63,642	878,303	16,815	16,044	147	1955
1956	640,347	-0.4		919,994	16,302	16,240	162	1956
1957	716,901	11.9	59,828	1,075,163	15,628	16,883	169	1957
1958	798,326	11.4	62,666	1,171,789	15,037	17,878	175	1958
1959	871,737	9.2	86,345	1,283,603	14,511	19,982	175	1959
1960	916,332	5.1	69,027	1,519,821	13,911	21,008	187	1960
1961	965,169	5.3	63,070	1,553,909	13,284	21,557	185	1961
1962	989,192	2.5	69,649	1,639,681	12,714	22,166	189	1962
1963	1,040,836	5.2	62,798	1,693,752	12,292	22,761	198	1963
1964	1,075,523	3.3	68,236	1,809,476	11,953	23,483		1964
1965	1,109,806	3.2	64,393	1,933,089	11,550	24,158	201	1965
1966	1,118,665	0.8	58,904	1,971,107	11,179	24,910		1966
1967	1,160,604	3.7	74,981	2,195,612	10,981	25,206		1967
1968	1,221,504	5.2	82,842	2,493,519	10,619	25,409		1968
1969	1,336,112	9.4	120,905	2,719,860	10,368	25,694		1969
1970	1,483,430	11	164,193	3,226,168	10,526	26,524	208	1970
1971	1,590,793	7.2	149,808	3,453,542	10,384	27,154		1971
1972	1,658,990	4.3	163,123	3,662,407	10,350	28,407		1972
1973	1,758,429	6	193,990	3,994,924	10,523	31,850		1973
1974	2,021,432	15	297,872	4,550,457	10,723	34,576		1974
1975	2,179,256	8	295,073	4,925,643	10,550	38,256	212	1975
1976	2,248,390	3.2	196,656	4,972,571	10,187	40,155		1976
1977	2,223,538	-1.1	124,459	5,107,518	10,080	41,635		1977
1978	2,182,341	-1.9	95,052	5,095,831	9,762	42,255		1978
1979	2,186,075	0.2	113,672	5,323,766	9,727	42,600		1979
1980	2,272,278	3.9	113,779	5,726,656	9,564	43,181	217	1980
1981	2,361,896	3.9	119,836	5,987,893	9,601	43,870		1981
1982	2,477,608	4.9	138,540	6,252,787	9,529	44,953		1982
1983	2,652,323	7.11	161,896	6,767,707	9,292	46,235		1983
1984	2,842,531	7.2	179,421	7,416,974	9,081	47,869		1984
1985	3,024,131	6.4	189,800	7,792,109	9,051	49,716	222	1985
1986	3,229,022	6.8	225,868	8,160,597	8,927	52,177		1986
1987	3,395,612	5.2	230,843	8,965,221	8,808	54,911		1987
1988	3,592,654	5.8	239,268	9,201,071	8,685	57,670		1988
1989	3,787,188	5.4	263,855	9,479,064	8,734	60,192		1989
1990	4,017,213	6.1	301,518	9,950,058	8,869	63,016		1990
1991	4,278,820	6.5	300,945	10,650,158	8,850	66,207	211	1991
1992	4,472,787	4.5	301,002	11,431,171	8,683	69,558	229	1992
1993	4,709,889	5.3	296,004	11,865,765	8,693	73,070	231	1993
1994	4,914,094	4.3	314,818	12,288,917	8,617	75,573	232	1994
1995	5,199,895	5.8	338,491	13,147,201	8,645	78,620	232	1995
1996	5,413,769	4.1	366,579	12,921,933	8,757	81,908	233	1996
1997	5,599,931	3.4	375,923	14,322,226	8,795	85,256		1997
1998	5,888,650	5.2	316,092	13,896,312	8,756	87,644	233	1998
1999	5,912,492	0.4	323,439	14,088,751	8,755	89,985	234	1999
2000	6,035,564	2.1	288,907	14,872,086	8,661	91,487	235	2000
2001	6,117,666	1.4	263,431	15,374,986	8,730	93,154	235	2001
2002	6,304,645	3.1	265,469	15,597,746	8,760	94,600	234	2002
2003	6,429,351	2	258,845	16,097,622	8,565	95,919	235	2003
2004	6,513,132	1.3	262,416	16,760,607	8,570	96,894	235	2004
2005	6,613,829	1.5	247,631	16,383,333	8,524*	98,269	235	2005
2006	6,741,444	1.9	248,327	16,675,113	8,758	99,770	236	2006
2007	6,957,854	3.2	298,304	17,672,443	9,105	101,376	236	2007
2008	7,124,443	2.1	289,678	17,790,631	9,986	103,267	236	2008
2009	7,313,173	2.6	276,233	18,168,323	10,857	105,298	236	2009
2010	7,508,050	2.7	294,368	18,706,895	11,202	107,210	236	2010
2011	7,659,019	2.4	263,131	19,374,737	11,824	109,403	236	2011
2012	7,782,346	1.9	268,777	19,013,343	12,604	111,719	239	2012
2013	7,965,954	2.1	277,344	19,241,252	13,204	113,823	239	2013
2014	8,201,545	2.2	275,581	19,950,019	14,121	115,416	239	2014
2015	8,220,105	1.5	260,273	19,862,783	15,177	118,016	240	2015
2016	8,340,847	1.8	264,535	20,085,142	18,013	119,485	240	2016
2017	8,457,107	1.4	284,212	20,175,477	18,564	120,053	240	2017
2018	8,579,909	1.4	281,744	20,329,317	19,521	119,954	240	2018
2019	8,683,117	1.3	303,866	20,919,041	20,526	119,712	240	2019
2020	8,695,808	-0.6	241,994	17,844,773	21,182	120,387	240	2020
2021	8,686,980	0.7	171,393	21,367,603	20,746	119,297	240	2021
2022	8,699,048	.04	145,552	19,721,672	21,150	117,960	239	2022
2023								2023
Red = decrease over previous year				Blue = Memorial Partakers increase over previous year
* In 2005 there were 8,524 Partakers at the Memorial, the lowest number ever.
During the 2022 service year, Jehovah’s Witnesses spent $242 million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and circuit overseers in their field service assignments. Worldwide, a total of 21,629 ordained ministers staff the branch facilities. All are members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
(No information provided on total contributions received; or other expenses, such as for Lawyers and/or any lawsuits paid.)