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Value
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1
Congo, Dem. Rep.
21.51M
2
Angola
16.14M
3
Australia
14.43M
4
Zambia
8.45M
5
Russian Federation
7.43M
6
South Sudan
7.13M
7
Central African Republic
6.02M
8
Brazil
5.15M
9
Mozambique
4.89M
10
Myanmar
4.33M
11
India
4.04M
12
Guinea
3.25M
13
Indonesia
3.21M
14
United States
3.2M
15
Venezuela, RB
3.05M
16
Nigeria
2.82M
17
Thailand
2.67M
18
Lao PDR
2.64M
19
Canada
2.61M
20
Tanzania
2.43M
21
China
2.3M
22
Ethiopia
1.98M
23
Ghana
1.76M
24
Cambodia
1.53M
25
Mali
1.49M
26
Cameroon
1.44M
27
Mexico
1.32M
28
Chad
1.31M
29
South Africa
1.29M
30
Sudan
1.21M
31
Senegal
1.19M
32
Madagascar
1.15M
33
Colombia
974,065
34
Congo, Rep.
945,816
35
Bolivia
911,044
36
Argentina
778,361
37
Sierra Leone
731,535
38
Papua New Guinea
639,675
39
Uganda
631,592
40
Kazakhstan
604,029
41
Paraguay
571,580
42
Namibia
561,209
43
Burkina Faso
554,128
44
Zimbabwe
537,414
45
Ukraine
462,010
46
Cote d'Ivoire
451,527
47
Botswana
404,598
48
Benin
343,416
49
Honduras
330,971
50
Chile
309,967
51
Viet Nam
292,967
52
Philippines
245,803
53
Spain
244,963
54
Cuba
223,260
55
Algeria
209,845
56
Togo
208,905
57
Nicaragua
206,703
58
Guinea-Bissau
198,497
59
Guatemala
175,886
60
Liberia
170,428
61
Nepal
156,215
62
Peru
148,389
63
Bangladesh
143,982
64
Iran, Islamic Rep.
136,391
65
Gabon
130,565
66
Italy
128,436
67
Malawi
117,086
68
France
107,054
69
Costa Rica
98,035
70
Gambia, The
97,664
71
Iraq
90,822
72
Turkiye
90,142
73
Bosnia and Herzegovina
89,866
74
Niger
87,000
75
Kenya
81,313
76
Pakistan
80,823
77
Mongolia
62,322
78
Portugal
60,594
79
Malaysia
57,897
80
Mauritania
52,664
81
Panama
43,889
82
Guyana
42,612
83
Romania
40,879
84
Belize
40,279
85
Montenegro
39,567
86
Ecuador
38,093
87
Serbia
37,403
88
El Salvador
37,083
89
Syrian Arab Republic
34,552
90
Albania
31,696
91
Uzbekistan
28,754
92
Greece
28,485
93
United Kingdom
28,299
94
Tunisia
28,128
95
Dominican Republic
27,296
96
North Macedonia
23,670
97
Turkmenistan
23,066
98
Eswatini
18,285
99
Sri Lanka
17,973
100
Burundi
17,289
101
New Zealand
16,590
102
Azerbaijan
16,092
103
Belarus
15,617
104
Japan
15,150
105
Georgia
13,574
106
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
13,509
107
Vanuatu
12,983
108
Bahamas, The
12,414
109
Uruguay
11,388
110
Bulgaria
11,365
111
Eritrea
10,283
112
Rwanda
10,183
113
Fiji
8,891
114
Germany
8,517
115
Bhutan
6,804
116
Haiti
6,490
117
Suriname
5,835
118
Egypt, Arab Rep.
5,817
119
Hungary
5,795
120
Ireland
5,655
121
Morocco
5,614
122
Croatia
5,528
123
Belgium
5,433
124
Lesotho
4,933
125
Saudi Arabia
4,851
126
Poland
3,903
127
Timor-Leste
3,621
128
Jamaica
3,355
129
Korea, Rep.
2,659
130
New Caledonia
2,605
131
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
2,384
132
Trinidad and Tobago
2,352
133
Afghanistan
1,982
134
Moldova
1,980
135
Austria
1,914
136
Comoros
1,877
137
Lebanon
1,823
138
Netherlands
1,787
139
Kyrgyz Republic
1,503
140
Denmark
1,177
141
Tajikistan
1,070
142
Yemen, Rep.
984
143
Norway
971
144
Equatorial Guinea
960
145
Israel
811
146
Latvia
732
147
Slovak Republic
638
148
Cabo Verde
503
149
Lithuania
464
150
Brunei Darussalam
439
151
Taiwan
431
152
Solomon Islands
382
153
Finland
378
154
Sweden
345
155
Greenland
329
156
Armenia
291
157
Palau
273
158
Jordan
266
159
Puerto Rico (US)
229
160
Oman
220
161
West Bank and Gaza
214
162
Djibouti
207
163
Barbados
199
164
Czechia
188
165
Slovenia
172
166
Grenada
159
167
Kuwait
143
168
Libya
115
169
Switzerland
75
170
Samoa
0
171
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0
172
Aruba
0
173
Macao SAR, China
0
174
Faroe Islands
0
175
Luxembourg
0
176
United Arab Emirates
0
177
Qatar
0
178
French Polynesia
0
179
Singapore
0
180
Iceland
0
181
St. Martin (French part)
0
182
Monaco
0
183
Naoero
0
184
Dominica
0
185
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0
186
Andorra
0
187
Seychelles
0
188
Kiribati
0
189
Cayman Islands
0
190
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0
191
American Samoa
0
192
Bahrain
0
193
St. Kitts and Nevis
0
194
Turks and Caicos Islands
0
195
Cyprus
0
196
Hong Kong SAR, China
0
197
Guam
0
198
British Virgin Islands
0
199
Estonia
0
200
Maldives
0
201
San Marino
0
202
Tonga
0
203
Gibraltar
0
204
Marshall Islands
0
205
Liechtenstein
0
206
St. Lucia
0
207
Sao Tome and Principe
0
208
Tuvalu
0
209
Isle of Man
0
210
Bermuda
0
211
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0
212
Curacao
0
213
Malta
0
214
Antigua and Barbuda
0
215
Northern Mariana Islands
0
216
Mauritius
0
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