Sorry I have been looking and looking trying to find an article on what is the growth disparity between 1st and 3rd world contries. Cant find it. So can someone please tell me. I think it been 2nd world countries were groing at 200% and 3rd world countries were growing at 300% more than 1st world countries. Any up dates please. Thanks
What is disparity between 1st world and 3rd world countries
by joe134cd 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Gopher
Sorry - What kind of growth do you mean?
Since you posted this in the "Watchtower - Beliefs, Doctrines, Practices" forum are you talking about growth of the number of Witnesses?
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joe134cd
dook sorry. I didnt realize that there were different boards for different things. What i was meaning how quickly are publishers growing in 1st, 2nd & 3rd world countries. If memory serves me right I think from 1st world to 3rd world is like three times
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Gopher
Here's a page that talks about the difference in growth rates between rich and poor countries. However it doesn't quantify it.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111231222735AAQGCMm
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joe134cd
Hey gopher thanks for that. Appreciated that.
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joe134cd
No gopher I am sorry this has sort of missed the point. What I am wanting to know is how much the percent growth is in 1st world countires in comparison to 2nd and 3rd world countires and the disparity between them. I know I have seen a post where someone calculated this out. I am having a conversation with a witness friend of mine and I am trying to convince him that part of the reasons for asset stripping is because of unsustainable growth in 3rd world countires. So hence all the asset stripping and cut backs. Im gunna have another look because it is just driving me crazey.
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jgnat
When I did analysis I did not see such a dramatic difference. Part of this is because there is very little growth in Muslim countries.Jehovah's Witnesses don't have much headway in countries where they are banned.
Internet penetration might have an effect, but even there we have outliers. Note Tiawan below.
Country or Territory % Increase Over 2011 % Internet Users Australia 1 89.8% Britain 1 84.1% Germany 0 82.7% Korea, Republic of 1 82.7% Canada 1 81.6% Japan 0 80% USA 1 78.3% France 1 77.2% Taiwan 6 72% Here's some general analysis:
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php
As an aside, it's been drilled in to me that the description of "third world" is a misnomer, as so many countries are leaping ahead.