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2019 Country and Territory Reports

2019 Country and Territory Reports

Country or Territory

Population

2019 Peak Pubs.

Ratio, 1 Publisher to

2019 Av. Pubs.

% Inc. Over 2018

2019 No. Bptzd.

Av. Pio. Pubs.

No. of Congs.

Memorial Attendance

Albania

2,881,000

5,642

514

5,605

 

175

1,333

87

12,135

American Samoa

55,000

180

357

154

-8

4

29

3

595

Andorra

77,000

179

445

173

1

3

11

3

332

Angola

31,825,000

165,631

199

159,758

7

13,490

24,685

2,269

696,384

Anguilla

15,000

67

234

64

2

 

11

1

288

Antigua

97,000

475

214

454

-2

12

42

7

1,392

Argentina

44,781,000

154,673

292

153,203

2

4,917

24,422

1,976

330,166

Armenia

2,958,000

10,924

276

10,702

-2

294

2,102

129

20,968

Aruba

106,000

1,097

98

1,078

3

28

110

14

3,084

Australia

25,203,000

68,646

372

67,816

 

1,367

6,935

762

118,279

Austria

8,955,000

21,614

417

21,483

 

308

1,759

298

34,213

Azerbaijan

9,982,000

1,490

6,937

1,439

2

77

346

14

3,053

Azores

243,000

795

320

759

3

26

118

15

1,622

Bahamas

389,000

1,776

229

1,695

1

61

251

28

4,977

Bangladesh

163,046,000

324

517,606

315

5

14

151

6

980

Barbados

287,000

2,439

119

2,414

-1

26

181

30

6,190

Belarus

9,452,000

6,211

1,541

6,132

3

208

1,312

81

10,140

Belgium

11,431,000

25,173

459

24,923

 

513

2,028

336

42,925

Belize

390,000

2,702

148

2,642

1

133

541

61

8,306

Benin

11,801,000

14,203

884

13,346

4

805

1,804

225

45,475

Bermuda

63,000

483

146

432

3

4

83

5

851

Bolivia

11,513,000

28,732

407

28,255

3

1,129

7,288

427

94,104

Bonaire

20,000

131

165

121

-3

 

17

2

370

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3,301,000

1,065

3,159

1,045

-3

9

175

17

1,794

Botswana

2,339,000

2,251

1,052

2,223

 

103

331

47

6,707

Brazil

210,396,000

893,784

240

875,987

2

32,943

116,547

12,408

1,922,286

Britain

64,345,000

137,029

478

134,718

 

2,409

14,706

1,618

222,033

Bulgaria

7,000,000

2,556

2,773

2,524

1

77

677

52

5,444

Burkina Faso

20,321,000

2,042

11,283

1,801

2

100

268

48

4,851

Burundi

11,531,000

15,565

783

14,734

6

927

2,310

271

61,157

Cambodia

16,487,000

1,182

14,188

1,162

2

54

637

17

3,033

Cameroon

25,876,000

45,092

616

41,998

3

2,071

5,502

500

101,818

Canada

37,411,000

115,634

326

114,591

 

1,935

13,449

1,326

186,020

Cape Verde

550,000

2,327

241

2,283

2

79

397

35

8,377

Cayman Islands

65,000

274

247

263

7

1

39

3

730

Central African Republic

4,745,000

2,901

1,727

2,747

2

178

298

58

18,890

Chad

15,947,000

887

18,608

857

4

69

73

19

4,765

Chile

18,952,000

82,305

236

80,475

3

2,461

13,689

955

184,610

Chuuk

49,000

48

1,195

41

-7

2

13

2

207

Colombia

50,339,000

187,229

274

183,945

4

6,754

27,861

2,248

567,889

Congo, Dem. Republic of

86,791,000

243,146

386

225,009

2

17,800

21,347

3,880

1,264,290

Congo, Republic of

5,381,000

8,808

651

8,260

10

732

970

98

34,754

Cook Islands

18,000

206

96

188

2

8

30

3

549

Costa Rica

5,048,000

32,125

159

31,798

2

1,181

3,807

446

71,472

Côte d’Ivoire

25,717,000

12,194

2,159

11,913

4

531

1,645

325

75,755

Croatia

4,130,000

4,965

850

4,858

-2

64

434

58

7,843

Cuba

11,333,000

94,873

120

94,628

 

2,923

9,532

1,457

223,403

Curaçao

163,000

2,060

81

2,024

 

75

226

26

5,605

Cyprus

1,199,000

2,704

448

2,675

2

32

451

43

4,966

Czech Republic

10,669,000

15,471

693

15,396

 

254

1,287

213

26,748

Denmark

5,814,000

14,622

399

14,555

 

247

1,143

173

20,756

Dominica

72,000

442

175

411

4

11

57

10

1,561

Dominican Republic

10,739,000

38,754

283

37,974

1

1,402

7,171

572

116,498

Ecuador

17,374,000

100,038

178

97,454

3

4,175

18,462

1,154

290,701

El Salvador

6,454,000

40,392

161

40,017

-1

1,053

4,898

701

86,133

Equatorial Guinea

1,356,000

2,586

598

2,267

11

205

311

25

8,989

Estonia

1,325,000

4,012

333

3,979

 

63

522

57

6,199

Eswatini

1,148,000

3,354

352

3,261

2

49

334

80

9,248

Ethiopia

112,079,000

10,760

10,652

10,522

2

418

2,336

219

25,543

Falkland Islands

3,000

15

214

14

8

 

1

1

31

Faroe Islands

52,000

131

409

127

9

1

31

4

235

Fiji

890,000

3,151

289

3,082

3

131

518

80

11,186

Finland

5,524,000

18,260

304

18,178

 

281

2,116

285

25,064

France

65,130,000

131,078

502

129,820

1

3,240

15,615

1,610

222,855

French Guiana

291,000

2,842

106

2,754

5

181

429

47

11,318

Gabon

2,173,000

4,869

493

4,410

4

204

602

57

13,288

Gambia

2,348,000

238

10,344

227

5

10

36

5

637

Georgia

3,724,000

18,021

208

17,865

-1

489

3,242

215

31,451

Germany

83,517,000

165,393

508

164,363

 

2,869

14,571

2,091

267,562

Ghana

30,418,000

144,570

218

139,792

3

6,257

15,539

2,167

381,212

Gibraltar

34,000

137

264

129

4

1

17

2

162

Greece

10,722,000

28,171

382

28,089

 

717

4,071

358

45,637

Greenland

56,000

153

389

144

-9

 

31

5

315

Grenada

112,000

550

213

526

-4

7

69

10

1,487

Guadeloupe

400,000

8,376

49

8,143

 

208

716

121

19,385

Guam

167,000

767

223

748

3

19

172

10

1,900

Guatemala

17,581,000

40,525

438

40,154

 

1,406

6,603

873

98,161

Guinea

12,771,000

1,031

12,620

1,012

8

69

125

23

4,243

Guinea-Bissau

1,921,000

191

10,440

184

11

15

51

3

699

Guyana

783,000

3,293

248

3,155

2

139

493

50

13,942

Haiti

11,263,000

20,433

570

19,768

1

981

2,662

276

87,267

Honduras

9,746,000

23,016

428

22,767

 

819

4,091

439

63,652

Hong Kong

7,524,000

5,617

1,348

5,583

2

441

1,180

64

9,349

Hungary

9,773,000

21,256

464

21,060

-1

408

1,832

293

37,992

Iceland

357,000

390

957

373

 

2

56

7

741

India

1,366,418,000

49,743

27,752

49,236

4

2,512

7,797

692

137,439

Indonesia

270,626,000

29,107

9,605

28,177

3

1,046

4,450

514

58,878

Ireland

6,802,000

7,059

994

6,845

2

134

1,114

121

11,818

Israel

9,260,000

1,879

5,044

1,836

4

58

329

32

3,166

Italy

60,550,000

251,303

242

250,538

 

4,278

37,512

2,892

414,595

Jamaica

2,948,000

11,334

266

11,090

-1

334

1,408

174

34,703

Japan

126,860,000

212,651

597

212,438

 

2,118

66,100

2,991

291,206

Kazakhstan

18,551,000

17,485

1,072

17,307

 

479

3,959

262

30,516

Kenya

52,574,000

29,935

1,833

28,681

3

1,445

3,648

647

78,322

Kiribati

118,000

134

952

124

-7

2

32

3

438

Korea, Republic of

51,709,000

102,456

507

101,970

1

1,800

45,242

1,266

136,891

Kosovo

1,796,000

267

6,803

264

2

6

120

8

594

Kosrae

7,000

20

412

17

6

 

5

1

96

Kyrgyzstan

6,390,000

5,300

1,226

5,214

1

192

1,233

85

10,489

Latvia

1,920,000

2,188

896

2,142

-2

46

324

33

3,367

Lesotho

2,125,000

4,365

506

4,202

3

257

545

93

12,087

Liberia

4,937,000

7,851

715

6,904

4

411

722

145

52,616

Liechtenstein

38,000

91

427

89

2

2

4

1

159

Lithuania

2,794,000

2,977

948

2,948

-2

55

446

46

4,682

Luxembourg

616,000

2,156

290

2,123

 

27

197

31

3,802

Macao

672,000

358

1,948

345

8

4

102

4

810

Madagascar

26,969,000

37,730

732

36,847

7

3,591

6,385

832

146,622

Madeira

254,000

1,157

221

1,149

2

32

129

20

1,868

Malawi

18,629,000

102,773

196

95,229

2

6,103

7,374

1,636

342,426

Malaysia

31,950,000

5,521

5,862

5,450

5

204

1,579

120

13,492

Mali

19,658,000

361

59,570

330

7

26

58

7

1,345

Malta

494,000

769

660

748

-2

12

96

10

1,344

Marshall Islands

59,000

158

421

140

-11

3

24

4

771

Martinique

376,000

4,780

80

4,688

-1

118

594

61

10,317

Mauritius

1,270,000

1,910

676

1,879

1

68

208

27

4,322

Mayotte

266,000

188

1,486

179

6

8

54

3

427

Mexico

127,576,000

874,491

148

862,590

1

30,403

138,474

13,074

2,258,524

Moldova

3,157,000

18,808

170

18,584

-2

436

2,199

208

32,872

Mongolia

3,225,000

471

7,026

459

4

13

217

9

1,433

Montenegro

628,000

279

2,309

272

3

7

64

5

536

Montserrat

5,000

39

147

34

10

 

19

1

216

Mozambique

30,366,000

67,758

463

65,593

9

7,162

6,114

1,315

334,110

Myanmar

54,330,000

4,821

11,564

4,698

7

206

831

91

10,437

Namibia

2,495,000

2,647

1,007

2,477

3

133

296

46

8,629

Nauru

11,000

21

647

17

 

2

2

1

102

Nepal

28,609,000

2,659

10,890

2,627

1

136

890

42

6,995

Netherlands

17,097,000

29,525

583

29,305

 

628

2,116

352

49,159

Nevis

12,000

74

176

68

10

 

3

1

223

New Caledonia

283,000

2,536

115

2,458

3

124

276

33

7,050

New Zealand

4,783,000

14,201

341

14,027

1

294

1,391

183

26,856

Nicaragua

6,546,000

29,567

227

28,896

1

1,598

4,411

468

87,706

Niger

23,311,000

322

76,430

305

-1

3

42

9

924

Nigeria

200,964,000

402,541

546

367,876

2

14,239

41,038

6,566

835,850

Niue

2,000

22

100

20

-5

 

2

1

53

Norfolk Island

2,000

7

333

6

-14

 

1

1

23

North Macedonia

2,083,000

1,287

1,640

1,270

 

27

168

23

2,752

Norway

5,346,000

11,809

456

11,727

1

204

1,189

167

17,536

Pakistan

216,565,000

1,122

210,053

1,031

1

50

82

20

4,259

Palau

18,000

83

234

77

7

2

12

2

239

Palestinian Territories

4,981,000

63

83,017

60

-3

 

9

2

130

Panama

4,246,000

18,068

240

17,662

1

621

2,988

323

54,878

Papua New Guinea

8,776,000

5,281

1,829

4,797

13

160

617

118

43,275

Paraguay

7,045,000

10,988

656

10,738

2

439

1,977

234

25,805

Peru

32,510,000

132,559

252

128,834

2

4,855

28,724

1,562

398,335

Philippines

108,117,000

222,911

489

220,996

3

10,264

48,212

3,472

612,911

Pohnpei

36,000

55

692

52

-9

 

15

1

170

Poland

37,973,000

115,229

332

114,542

-1

1,560

8,435

1,277

177,379

Portugal

9,780,000

49,692

198

49,286

1

1,117

4,864

652

88,099

Puerto Rico

2,933,000

23,656

127

23,147

1

477

3,804

237

45,314

Réunion

889,000

3,340

270

3,296

1

146

453

41

6,557

Rodrigues

38,000

62

667

57

6

4

16

1

202

Romania

19,365,000

39,389

493

39,265

-1

775

4,167

540

74,476

Rota

2,500

9

313

8

-11

 

3

1

21

Rwanda

12,374,000

30,723

423

29,236

5

2,046

5,298

553

95,239

Saba

2,000

13

167

12

33

 

3

 

74

St. Barthélemy

10,000

35

357

28

17

 

5

1

84

St. Eustatius

3,000

28

111

27

   

3

1

124

St. Helena

4,000

114

36

110

-3

2

 

3

253

St. Kitts

35,000

222

164

214

4

5

30

3

695

St. Lucia

183,000

819

233

786

 

19

117

11

2,091

St. Maarten

42,000

333

131

321

-2

17

40

6

1,158

St. Martin

38,000

299

147

259

-2

5

23

5

1,072

St. Pierre and Miquelon

6,000

10

600

10

   

6

1

14

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

111,000

322

356

312

-3

4

41

8

1,080

Saipan

48,000

230

222

216

2

14

40

3

509

Samoa

197,000

557

373

528

1

26

109

12

2,492

San Marino

34,000

201

172

198

3

 

47

2

323

São Tomé and Príncipe

215,000

924

241

893

4

69

141

14

3,631

Senegal

16,296,000

1,376

12,143

1,342

2

48

180

29

2,859

Serbia

6,964,000

3,943

1,811

3,845

 

95

659

64

7,750

Seychelles

98,000

340

302

324

2

8

37

5

979

Sierra Leone

7,813,000

2,465

3,427

2,280

2

123

316

41

9,272

Slovakia

5,452,000

11,147

493

11,054

-1

188

899

132

20,910

Slovenia

2,084,000

1,825

1,155

1,804

-1

26

250

30

2,857

Solomon Islands

670,000

2,053

353

1,896

-1

115

219

51

10,203

South Africa

58,780,000

104,451

568

103,430

 

4,473

13,299

2,056

281,511

South Sudan

11,062,000

1,595

8,098

1,366

10

128

192

32

7,187

Spain

46,737,000

116,118

406

115,099

2

2,441

17,464

1,485

192,303

Sri Lanka

21,324,000

6,669

3,272

6,518

3

150

813

116

15,409

Sudan

42,813,000

662

67,000

639

4

45

115

14

2,297

Suriname

581,000

3,149

187

3,102

1

151

356

58

10,980

Sweden

10,281,000

22,311

464

22,166

 

295

2,480

295

34,897

Switzerland

8,591,000

19,281

451

19,058

1

251

1,421

270

31,108

Tahiti

282,000

3,273

87

3,243

1

124

496

46

9,571

Taiwan

23,774,000

11,284

2,137

11,126

5

430

3,862

188

20,794

Tanzania

58,005,000

19,459

3,127

18,547

4

1,146

2,075

446

62,398

Thailand

69,626,000

5,392

13,127

5,304

6

270

2,096

136

10,700

Timor-Leste

1,293,000

392

3,466

373

8

45

91

5

981

Tinian

3,100

13

258

12

-14

 

1

1

41

Togo

8,082,000

22,691

374

21,621

3

1,470

2,353

318

67,573

Tonga

104,000

211

584

178

-1

4

35

2

624

Trinidad & Tobago

1,395,000

10,146

139

10,037

1

346

1,328

131

25,478

Turkey

83,430,000

4,221

21,213

3,933

19

141

1,205

52

7,786

Turks and Caicos

38,000

346

114

333

2

10

48

6

1,141

Tuvalu

12,000

93

152

79

1

3

5

1

221

Uganda

44,270,000

8,652

5,303

8,348

6

603

1,164

164

31,284

Ukraine

43,994,000

129,310

344

128,070

-2

2,804

17,777

1,520

208,844

United States

329,065,000

1,237,054

273

1,207,438

 

28,611

182,882

12,594

2,416,752

Uruguay

3,462,000

12,109

291

11,887

1

367

1,306

151

23,581

Vanuatu

300,000

788

431

696

1

42

97

17

3,065

Venezuela

28,516,000

137,052

209

136,245

-4

7,445

30,110

1,743

470,857

Virgin Islands, British

30,000

241

132

228

-3

 

35

4

733

Virgin Islands, U.S.

105,000

588

190

554

-2

13

114

9

2,012

Wallis & Futuna Islands

11,000

63

208

53

15

2

3

1

221

Yap

11,000

54

324

34

31

4

10

1

142

Zambia

17,861,000

223,720

87

206,397

4

16,167

17,531

3,402

979,338

Zimbabwe

14,645,000

50,403

305

47,980

3

3,258

7,341

1,271

122,790

33 Other Lands

 

213,205

 

210,920

-2.1

4,477

42,896

3,323

320,885

Grand Total (240 Lands)

 

8,683,117

 

8,471,008

1.3

303,866

1,277,738

119,712

20,919,041