Vol. 7, No. 6, 1990

Articles on Jehovah's Witnesses

1928 44,080

1938 59,047

1940 95,327

1941 106,137

1943 126,329

1946 176,456

1947 207,552

1949 317,877

1950 373,430

1951 442,380

1953 519,982

1954 580,498

1956 591,556

1957 653,273

1960 851,378

1961 884,587

1963 956,648

1964 1,001,870

1967 1,094,280

1969 1,256,784

1971 1,590,793

1973 1,758,429

1974 2,021,432

1975 2,179,256

1976 2,248,390

1977 2,223,538

1978 2,182,341

1979 2,186,075

1981 2,361,896

1982 2,477,608

1983 2,652,323

1984 2,842,531

1985 3,024,131

1986 3,229,022

1987 3,395,612

1988 3,592,654

1989 3,787,188

"Extensive records of service activity were not kept prior to 1920," (Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose, p. 312)

NOTE: Dates 1928-1954 are for Total Ministers Reporting. Dates 1956-1989 are for Peak Publishers.

Sources: Yearbooks of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Watchtower magazines, and Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose.