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League table
2016
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
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189 of 189
#
▲
Country
↕
Value
↕
1
China
2.33M
2
United States
1.38M
3
India
1.35M
4
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1.19M
5
Russian Federation
798,000
6
Pakistan
644,000
7
Korea, Rep.
628,000
8
Iran, Islamic Rep.
523,000
9
Turkiye
511,000
10
Viet Nam
482,000
11
Egypt, Arab Rep.
439,000
12
Myanmar
406,000
13
Indonesia
396,000
14
Thailand
361,000
15
Brazil
335,000
16
Colombia
297,000
17
Mexico
277,000
18
Japan
247,000
19
Sudan
244,000
20
Saudi Arabia
227,000
21
Taiwan
215,000
22
France
209,000
23
Ukraine
204,000
24
Eritrea
202,000
25
Morocco
196,000
26
South Sudan
185,000
27
Germany
179,000
28
Israel
177,000
29
Italy
175,000
30
Sri Lanka
161,000
31
Afghanistan
161,000
32
Bangladesh
157,000
33
United Kingdom
155,000
34
Greece
143,000
35
Ethiopia
138,000
36
Congo, Dem. Rep.
134,000
37
Syrian Arab Republic
131,000
38
Algeria
130,000
39
Philippines
125,000
40
Cambodia
124,000
41
Spain
122,000
42
Venezuela, RB
115,000
43
Malaysia
109,000
44
Angola
107,000
45
Jordan
101,000
46
Poland
99,000
47
Nepal
96,000
48
Peru
81,000
49
Nigeria
80,000
50
Argentina
74,000
51
Singapore
73,000
52
Romania
71,000
53
South Africa
67,000
54
Azerbaijan
67,000
55
Canada
66,000
56
Chile
65,000
57
Iraq
64,000
58
United Arab Emirates
63,000
59
Lebanon
60,000
60
Australia
57,000
61
Dominican Republic
56,000
62
Cuba
49,000
63
Uzbekistan
48,000
64
Belarus
48,000
65
Armenia
45,000
66
Uganda
45,000
67
Oman
43,000
68
Ecuador
40,000
69
Kazakhstan
39,000
70
Turkmenistan
37,000
71
Netherlands
36,000
72
Tunisia
36,000
73
Bolivia
34,000
74
Portugal
33,000
75
Rwanda
33,000
76
Bulgaria
31,000
77
Belgium
31,000
78
Chad
30,000
79
Sweden
30,000
80
Zimbabwe
29,000
81
Lao PDR
29,000
82
Serbia
28,000
83
Tanzania
27,000
84
Hungary
27,000
85
Norway
26,000
86
Uruguay
25,000
87
Cote d'Ivoire
25,000
88
El Salvador
25,000
89
Kenya
24,000
90
Austria
23,000
91
Finland
22,000
92
Czechia
22,000
93
Switzerland
21,000
94
Georgia
21,000
95
Yemen, Rep.
20,000
96
Burundi
20,000
97
Guatemala
18,000
98
Denmark
17,000
99
Croatia
17,000
100
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
17,000
101
Kuwait
16,000
102
Slovak Republic
16,000
103
Mauritania
16,000
104
Lithuania
16,000
105
Ghana
16,000
106
Zambia
15,000
107
Senegal
14,000
108
Cameroon
14,000
109
Madagascar
14,000
110
Qatar
12,000
111
Cyprus
12,000
112
Nicaragua
12,000
113
Paraguay
11,000
114
Honduras
11,000
115
Kyrgyz Republic
11,000
116
Mozambique
11,000
117
Bosnia and Herzegovina
11,000
118
Burkina Faso
11,000
119
Djibouti
10,000
120
Mongolia
10,000
121
Congo, Rep.
10,000
122
Guinea
10,000
123
Botswana
9,000
124
Namibia
9,000
125
New Zealand
9,000
126
Tajikistan
9,000
127
Ireland
9,000
128
Sierra Leone
9,000
129
Togo
9,000
130
Slovenia
8,000
131
North Macedonia
8,000
132
Albania
8,000
133
Bahrain
8,000
134
Benin
7,000
135
Brunei Darussalam
7,000
136
Central African Republic
7,000
137
Mali
6,000
138
Estonia
6,000
139
Gabon
5,000
140
Moldova
5,000
141
Malawi
5,000
142
Latvia
5,000
143
Niger
5,000
144
Fiji
4,000
145
Guinea-Bissau
4,000
146
Trinidad and Tobago
4,000
147
Guyana
3,000
148
Jamaica
3,000
149
Malta
2,000
150
Lesotho
2,000
151
Montenegro
2,000
152
Suriname
2,000
153
Papua New Guinea
2,000
154
Liberia
2,000
155
Gambia, The
1,000
156
Barbados
1,000
157
Cabo Verde
1,000
158
Timor-Leste
1,000
159
Equatorial Guinea
1,000
160
Luxembourg
1,000
161
Bahamas, The
1,000
162
Belize
1,000
163
Andorra
0
164
Antigua and Barbuda
0
165
Tonga
0
166
Kiribati
0
167
Solomon Islands
0
168
Palau
0
169
Tuvalu
0
170
Panama
0
171
Naoero
0
172
Mauritius
0
173
Costa Rica
0
174
Marshall Islands
0
175
Maldives
0
176
Monaco
0
177
Seychelles
0
178
Samoa
0
179
Liechtenstein
0
180
St. Lucia
0
181
Dominica
0
182
St. Kitts and Nevis
0
183
Vanuatu
0
184
Iceland
0
185
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0
186
Haiti
0
187
Grenada
0
188
San Marino
0
189
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0
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