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153 countries · 1960–2025
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Country
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Value
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1
Japan
37.04M
2
India
34.67M
3
China
30.48M
4
Bangladesh
24.65M
5
Egypt, Arab Rep.
23.07M
6
Brazil
22.99M
7
Mexico
22.75M
8
United States
19.15M
9
Pakistan
18.08M
10
Congo, Dem. Rep.
17.78M
11
Nigeria
17.16M
12
Turkiye
16.24M
13
Argentina
15.75M
14
Philippines
15.23M
15
Russian Federation
12.74M
16
Colombia
11.8M
17
Indonesia
11.63M
18
Peru
11.52M
19
Thailand
11.39M
20
France
11.35M
21
Angola
10.03M
22
Korea, Rep.
10.03M
23
United Kingdom
9.84M
24
Viet Nam
9.82M
25
Iran, Islamic Rep.
9.73M
26
Malaysia
9M
27
Tanzania
8.56M
28
Iraq
8.14M
29
Saudi Arabia
7.95M
30
Hong Kong SAR, China
7.77M
31
Chile
7M
32
Spain
6.81M
33
Sudan
6.75M
34
Canada
6.49M
35
South Africa
6.44M
36
Singapore
6.16M
37
Cote d'Ivoire
6.06M
38
Ethiopia
5.96M
39
Myanmar
5.81M
40
Kenya
5.77M
41
Australia
5.39M
42
Afghanistan
4.88M
43
Cameroon
4.85M
44
Israel
4.57M
45
Italy
4.35M
46
Uganda
4.27M
47
Madagascar
4.23M
48
Ghana
4.04M
49
Morocco
4.01M
50
Senegal
3.66M
51
Dominican Republic
3.65M
52
Paraguay
3.63M
53
Germany
3.58M
54
Yemen, Rep.
3.53M
55
Burkina Faso
3.52M
56
Zambia
3.47M
57
Kuwait
3.4M
58
Ecuador
3.24M
59
Guatemala
3.23M
60
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
3.21M
61
Mali
3.18M
62
Greece
3.16M
63
Haiti
3.13M
64
United Arab Emirates
3.09M
65
Portugal
3.03M
66
Ukraine
3.02M
67
Venezuela, RB
3.02M
68
Algeria
3M
69
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
2.85M
70
Congo, Rep.
2.81M
71
Syrian Arab Republic
2.8M
72
Uzbekistan
2.67M
73
Tunisia
2.55M
74
Azerbaijan
2.5M
75
Puerto Rico (US)
2.43M
76
Cambodia
2.43M
77
Lebanon
2.38M
78
Jordan
2.27M
79
Guinea
2.25M
80
Cuba
2.16M
81
Belgium
2.14M
82
Togo
2.11M
83
Belarus
2.07M
84
Panama
2.05M
85
Kazakhstan
2.04M
86
Austria
2.01M
87
Bolivia
2M
88
Mozambique
1.98M
89
Poland
1.8M
90
Liberia
1.79M
91
Uruguay
1.79M
92
Hungary
1.78M
93
Romania
1.76M
94
Sweden
1.74M
95
Mongolia
1.72M
96
Chad
1.72M
97
New Zealand
1.71M
98
Oman
1.7M
99
Nepal
1.67M
100
Honduras
1.65M
101
Zimbabwe
1.63M
102
Mauritania
1.61M
103
Niger
1.56M
104
Costa Rica
1.5M
105
Switzerland
1.46M
106
Serbia
1.41M
107
Denmark
1.4M
108
Malawi
1.39M
109
Sierra Leone
1.39M
110
Benin
1.38M
111
Finland
1.35M
112
Burundi
1.35M
113
Czechia
1.33M
114
Rwanda
1.33M
115
Ireland
1.3M
116
Bulgaria
1.29M
117
Libya
1.2M
118
Netherlands
1.19M
119
Eritrea
1.15M
120
Kyrgyz Republic
1.15M
121
El Salvador
1.13M
122
Nicaragua
1.12M
123
Norway
1.12M
124
Armenia
1.1M
125
Georgia
1.09M
126
Tajikistan
1.04M
127
Central African Republic
1.02M
128
Turkmenistan
941,130
129
Gabon
899,225
130
Qatar
831,689
131
West Bank and Gaza
823,407
132
Lao PDR
755,941
133
Bahrain
743,066
134
Guinea-Bissau
709,092
135
Macao SAR, China
701,381
136
Croatia
684,359
137
Sri Lanka
647,557
138
North Macedonia
620,825
139
Djibouti
616,332
140
Latvia
615,764
141
Jamaica
603,770
142
Trinidad and Tobago
546,564
143
Lithuania
541,517
144
Albania
535,702
145
Equatorial Guinea
512,750
146
Namibia
511,369
147
Gambia, The
510,303
148
South Sudan
500,088
149
Moldova
484,352
150
Estonia
457,657
151
Slovak Republic
443,679
152
Papua New Guinea
431,903
153
Bosnia and Herzegovina
348,404
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