The numbers are consistently posted in the chart in the January 1 issues of the Watchtowers but does not show up on the WT-CD. The number are also in a charter in the yearbook that is also not put on the WT-CD.
With a little sleuthing, it is possible to find more numbers. I have them back to 1950 with only 2 gaps.
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yb93 p. 254 Organizing for Further Expansion ***Sixty years later, in 1991, the worldwide peak of publishers was 4,278,820, of whom only 8,850 professed to be of the anointed remnant.
1990-1988 Look in graphs of January 1 issues or chart in yearbook for that year.
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w88 12/15 p. 12 Angelic Messages for Our Day ***At the Memorial of 1987, attendance was 8,965,221, with only 8,808 partakers.
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w87 1/1 p. 4 Jubilation Among God’s People ***Attendance at the principal meeting of the year, the Memorial of Jesus’ death, rose to at least 8,160,597, though some reports were not received because of worsening world conditions. The number partaking of the Memorial emblems fell to 8,927 (1986) as older anointed ones completed their earthly service.—Revelation 2:10.
1986**see chart
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w86 2/15 p. 14 Unitedly Pursuing the Goal of Life ***In 1985 a grand total of 7,792,109 persons so memorialized Jesus’ death. However, those partaking of the Memorial bread and wine, symbolizing Jesus’ human body and blood, numbered only 9,051. Why so few?
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jv chap. 33 Continuing to Keep on the Watch ***1985 ... 7,792,109 ....
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w85 1/1 p. 26 Witnessing Brings Kingdom Increase ***This is shown by the remarkable attendance at the Lord’s Evening Meal last April 15. In the congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses around the earth, a total of 7,416,974 attended, of whom 9,081 indicated that they were of the Lord’s "little flock" by partaking of the bread and the wine.
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w85 2/15 p. 15 Nisan 14—A Day for Remembering ***And yet, of that vast multitude, there were only 9,081 who partook of the emblems.
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w85 12/15 p. 18 Urgently Needed—More Harvest Workers! ***An indication is given by the fact that at the celebration of the Memorial on April 15, 1984, only 9,081 professed to be members of the 144,000.
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w85 1/1 Witnessing Brings Kingdom Increase ***Memorial Partakers 9,081 9,292
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w84 1/1 p. 13 Publishing Good News of Something Better ***Most thrilling of all is the report on the Memorial, held on the evening of March 29, 1983, in some 46,235 congregations around the earth. Only 9,292 persons indicated their heavenly hope by partaking of the emblems
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w81 4/15 p. 21 The Millennial Hope Triumphs ***Those partaking of the emblems of the bread and the wine were only 9,564 worldwide, indeed just a few "remaining ones" of the 144,000 who are to rule with Jesus in his millennial kingdom.
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jv chap. 33 Continuing to Keep on the Watch ***1980 ... 5,726,656 .... 9,564
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w81 4/15 p. 21 The Millennial Hope Triumphs ***These two groups were represented at the celebration of the Lord’s Evening Meal held on March 31, 1980. Those partaking of the emblems of the bread and the wine were only 9,564 worldwide, indeed just a few "remaining ones" of the 144,000
