Jehovah's Witnesses

• Introduction
• Over Time
• Related Surveys
• Data Sources

Over Time

Membership Data Year Clergy Churches Members 1955 - 3,484 187,120 1956 - 3,597 189,517 1957 - 3,718 208,260 1958 - 3,484 226,797 1959 - 4,020 239,418 1960 - 4,170 250,000 1961 - 4,333 273,131 1962 - 4,564 286,908 1963 - 4,777 308,370 1964 - 4,943 315,568 1965 - 5,141 330,358 1968 - 5,341 333,672 1969 - 5,384 359,146 1970 - 5,492 388,920 1971 - 5,676 416,789 1972 - 5,794 431,179 1973 - 6,059 472,662 1974 - 6,542 539,262 1975 - 7,117 560,897 1976 - 7,341 588,362 1977 - 7,438 554,018 1978 - 7,526 519,218 1979 - 7,545 526,961 1980 - 7,515 565,309 1981 - 7,590 588,503 1982 - 7,752 619,188 1983 - 7,921 649,697 1984 - 8,081 697,660 1985 - 8,220 730,441 1986 - 8,336 752,404 1987 - 8,547 773,219 1989 - 9,141 825,570 1991 - 9,347 858,367 1992 - 9,890 914,079 1993 - 9,985 926,614 1994 - 10,307 945,990 1995 - 10,541 966,243 1996 - 10,671 975,829 1997 - 10,883 974,719 1999 - 11,064 1,040,283 2000 - 11,636 998,166 2001 - 11,706 989,403 2002 - 11,876 1,022,397 2003 - 12,054 1,041,030 2004 - 12,317 1,029,902

Notes

" Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [More information on data sources]