Home About Us Our Faith Our Work News Features Contact Us Donate HOME / ABOUT US / STATISTICS STATISTICS COUNTRIES WHERE THE SALVATION ARMY IS OFFICIALLY AT WORK A country in which the Army serves is defined in two ways: (i) Politically (ii) Where the General has given approval to the work, thus officially recognising it, ensuring it has legal identity and a Deed Poll is published to acknowledge this. As far as political status is concerned, for the Army’s purposes, three categories are recognised: (a) Independent countries, eg, USA and New Zealand; (b) Internally independent political entities which are under the protection of another country in matters of defence and foreign affairs, eg, The Færoes, Isle of Man, Puerto Rico; (c) Colonies and other dependent political units, eg, Bermuda, French Guiana, Guam, Guernsey, Jersey, Virgin Islands. Administrative subdivisions of a country such as Wales and Scotland in the UK are not recognised as separate countries for this purpose. The countries fulfilling the quoted criteria, with the date on which the work was officially recognised in brackets, are as follows: Angola.....(1985) Antigua.....(1903) Argentina.....(1890) Australia.....(1881) Austria.....(1927) Bahamas.....(1931) Bangladesh.....(1970) Barbados.....(1898) Belgium.....(1889) Belize.....(1915) Bermuda.....(1896) Bolivia.....(1920) Botswana.....(1997) Brazil.....(1922) Burkina Faso.....(2018) Bulgaria.....(2021) Burundi.....(2007) Cambodia......(2012) Canada.....(1882) Chile.....(1909) China.....(1916) Colombia.....(1985) Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville) (1937) Congo, Democratic Republic of.....(1934) Costa Rica.....(1907 and 1975) Cuba.....(1918) Czech Republic.....(1919 and 1990) Denmark.....(1887) Dominican Republic .....(1995) Ecuador.....(1985) El Salvador.....(1989) Estonia.....(1927 and 1995) Færoes, The.....(1924) Fiji.....(1973) Finland.....(1889) France.....(1881) French Guiana.....(1980) Gabon.....(2018) Georgia.....(1993) Germany.....(1886) Ghana.....(1922) Greece.....(2007) Greenland.....(2012) Grenada.....(1902) Guam.....(1994) Guatemala.....(1976) Guernsey.....(1879) Guyana.....(1895) Haiti.....(1950) Honduras.....(2000) Hong Kong.....(1930) Hungary.....(1924 and 1990) Iceland.....(1895) India.....(1882) Indonesia.....(1894) Ireland, Republic of (Eire).....(1880) Isle of Man.....(1883) Italy.....(1887) Jamaica.....(1887) Japan.....(1895) Jersey.....(1879) Kenya.....(1921) Korea.....(1908) Kuwait.....(2008) Latvia.....(1923 and 1990) Lesotho.....(1969) Liberia.....(1988) Lithuania....(2005) Macau (2000) Madagascar (2016) Malawi.....(1967) Malaysia.....(1938) Mali.....(2008) Marshall Islands.....(1985) Mexico.....(1937) Micronesia.....(1993) Moldova.....(1994) Mongolia.....(2008) Mozambique.....(1916) Myanmar.....(1915) Namibia.....(1932 and 2008) Nepal.....(2009) Netherlands, The.....(1887) New Zealand.....(1883) Nicaragua.....(2010) Nigeria.....(1920) Norway.....(1888) Pakistan.....(1883) Panama.....(1904) Papua New Guinea.....(1956) Paraguay.....(1910) Peru.....(1910) Philippines, The.....(1937) Poland.....(2005) Portugal.....(1971) Puerto Rico.....(1962) Romania.....(1999) Russia.....(1913 and 1991) Rwanda.....(1995) St Christopher Nevis (St Kitts).....(1904) St Helena.....(1884) St Lucia.....(1902) St Maarten.....(1999) St Vincent.....(1903) Samoa.....(2018) Sierra Leone.....(2010) Singapore.....(1935) Slovakia.....(2015) Solomon Islands.....(2011) South Africa.....(1883) Spain.....(1971) Sri Lanka.....(1883) Suriname.....(1926) Swaziland.....(1960) Sweden.....(1882) Switzerland.....(1882) Taiwan.....(1965) Tanzania.....(1933) Togo.....(2011) Tonga.....(1986) Trinidad & Tobago.....(1901) Turks & Caicos.....(2011) Uganda.....(1931) Ukraine.....(1993) UAE.....(2010) United Kingdom.....(1865) USA.....(1880) Uruguay.....(1890) Venezuela.....(1972) Virgin Islands.....(1917) Zambia.....(1922) Zimbabwe.....(1891) INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS (As at 1 January 2020) Number of corps, outposts, societies, new plants and recovery churches: 14,588 Number of officers: 27,177 Number of employees: 107,245 Soldiers: 1,231,838 Adherents: 174,815 Junior soldiers: 394,990 Senior band musicians: 27,427 Songsters: 132,553 Sunday school members: 756,487 Corps-based community development programmes: 7,124 (number of beneficiaries: 1,783,055) Homeless accommodation: 3,220 (capacity: 44,401) Residential addiction dependency programmes: 235 (capacity: 14,598) Children's homes: 224 (capacity: 6,785) Homes for elderly persons: 187 (capacity: 10,730) Mother and baby homes: 36 (capacity: 1,122) Services to the armed forces: 18 mobile units for service personnel Disaster rehabilitation schemes: 105 (serving 81,004 people) Prisoners visited: 140,711 General hospitals: 29 Maternity hospitals: 392 Source: 2021 Year Book BODY OF CHRIST MISSION VISION LEADERSHIP STATISTICS HISTORY INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE FOR OFFICERS INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMISSION ACCOUNTABILITY ANNUAL REPORT 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