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Value
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1
India
12.99M
2
China
12.27M
3
Philippines
4.03M
4
Brazil
3.3M
5
Nigeria
1.95M
6
Tanzania
1.72M
7
Turkiye
1.66M
8
Egypt, Arab Rep.
1.44M
9
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1.37M
10
Thailand
1.36M
11
Pakistan
1.35M
12
Viet Nam
1.11M
13
Bangladesh
1.02M
14
Indonesia
824,234
15
Malaysia
814,454
16
Sudan
781,625
17
Algeria
764,578
18
South Africa
708,467
19
Venezuela, RB
671,431
20
Cameroon
578,798
21
Zimbabwe
524,865
22
Ghana
520,002
23
Iran, Islamic Rep.
495,965
24
Iraq
491,771
25
Argentina
465,808
26
Mozambique
434,432
27
Myanmar
434,432
28
Mexico
430,614
29
Ukraine
393,777
30
Russian Federation
363,389
31
Burkina Faso
317,298
32
Guatemala
311,003
33
Morocco
295,488
34
Yemen, Rep.
291,737
35
Cote d'Ivoire
291,614
36
Kenya
289,917
37
Tunisia
289,538
38
United States
267,469
39
Cambodia
247,495
40
Haiti
237,968
41
Angola
236,946
42
Dominican Republic
194,018
43
Libya
188,535
44
Sri Lanka
155,466
45
Guinea
147,997
46
Honduras
145,995
47
Peru
140,313
48
Benin
133,335
49
Jordan
124,425
50
Togo
121,783
51
Papua New Guinea
119,538
52
Nicaragua
110,862
53
Ecuador
108,797
54
Uruguay
92,620
55
Sierra Leone
91,239
56
Colombia
85,454
57
Eritrea
84,088
58
Trinidad and Tobago
73,139
59
Albania
69,833
60
Senegal
65,660
61
Congo, Rep.
65,291
62
Comoros
59,158
63
Bosnia and Herzegovina
55,551
64
Kazakhstan
54,242
65
Romania
52,161
66
Germany
50,676
67
Jamaica
49,673
68
Lebanon
46,622
69
Liberia
39,930
70
Italy
38,803
71
Panama
36,339
72
Japan
35,684
73
Gambia, The
35,095
74
Chile
30,767
75
Lesotho
30,391
76
United Kingdom
29,914
77
France
27,780
78
Guyana
27,565
79
Madagascar
25,250
80
Canada
23,587
81
Suriname
22,933
82
El Salvador
21,693
83
Namibia
20,892
84
Mauritania
20,796
85
Guinea-Bissau
20,465
86
Spain
20,350
87
Croatia
17,544
88
Timor-Leste
17,244
89
Netherlands
15,233
90
Poland
14,124
91
Korea, Rep.
12,156
92
Djibouti
10,289
93
Equatorial Guinea
9,403
94
Taiwan
7,502
95
Saudi Arabia
7,176
96
Israel
6,060
97
Belize
6,021
98
Gabon
5,991
99
Hong Kong SAR, China
5,781
100
Costa Rica
5,751
101
Australia
5,266
102
United Arab Emirates
5,135
103
Greece
4,506
104
St. Lucia
4,276
105
Sweden
4,255
106
Fiji
3,858
107
Portugal
3,818
108
Cabo Verde
3,568
109
Solomon Islands
3,520
110
Bulgaria
3,117
111
Ireland
2,675
112
Kuwait
2,640
113
Finland
2,621
114
Singapore
2,468
115
Belgium
2,284
116
Bahamas, The
2,212
117
West Bank and Gaza
2,129
118
Sao Tome and Principe
2,069
119
Samoa
1,738
120
Slovak Republic
1,719
121
New Zealand
1,714
122
Qatar
1,532
123
Norway
1,494
124
Grenada
1,357
125
Puerto Rico (US)
1,293
126
Oman
1,251
127
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1,235
128
Dominica
1,082
129
Bahrain
1,043
130
Lithuania
1,037
131
Latvia
955
132
Barbados
872
133
Slovenia
844
134
Cyprus
837
135
Brunei Darussalam
692
136
Tonga
666
137
Antigua and Barbuda
627
138
Estonia
600
139
Syrian Arab Republic
502
140
Denmark
390
141
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
322
142
Georgia
307
143
Mauritius
299
144
Malta
259
145
Iceland
151
146
Palau
116
147
St. Kitts and Nevis
97
148
Kiribati
74
149
Maldives
60
150
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
42
151
Seychelles
33
152
Marshall Islands
16
153
Montenegro
16
154
Monaco
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