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  1. 1Brazil1.29M
  2. 2Congo, Dem. Rep.571,062.7
  3. 3China444,163.5
  4. 4Cote d'Ivoire218,438.1
  5. 5Bolivia150,133.3
  6. 6India134,885
  7. 7Nigeria109,543.2
  8. 8Viet Nam107,947.9
  9. 9Indonesia106,300.5
  10. 10Paraguay79,570.3
  11. 11Myanmar78,203.6
  12. 12Angola76,403.8
  13. 13Peru68,301
  14. 14Colombia67,936.4
  15. 15Lao PDR67,314.2
  16. 16Ghana61,290
  17. 17Cameroon56,681.2
  18. 18Thailand49,608
  19. 19Malaysia49,198.9
  20. 20Argentina48,425.4
  21. 21Madagascar47,560
  22. 22United States45,711.3
  23. 23Cambodia42,543.1
  24. 24Tanzania38,790.4
  25. 25Mozambique37,053.8
  26. 26Mexico32,951.5
  27. 27Philippines32,275.3
  28. 28Chile31,352.7
  29. 29Guinea28,045.7
  30. 30Ecuador19,347
  31. 31Central African Republic18,888.2
  32. 32Honduras18,876.9
  33. 33Zambia18,827.1
  34. 34Nicaragua17,360.8
  35. 35New Zealand16,179.8
  36. 36Malawi12,740.5
  37. 37Papua New Guinea12,590.7
  38. 38Guatemala12,357.5
  39. 39Uganda11,947.7
  40. 40Sri Lanka11,475.1
  41. 41Chad10,346.2
  42. 42Congo, Rep.9,197.5
  43. 43Kenya8,863.4
  44. 44Ethiopia8,427.3
  45. 45Liberia6,792.7
  46. 46Venezuela, RB5,603.1
  47. 47Panama4,960.1
  48. 48Gabon4,786.5
  49. 49Australia4,456.9
  50. 50South Sudan4,220.9
  51. 51Ireland3,784.7
  52. 52South Africa3,695
  53. 53Canada3,236.8
  54. 54Uruguay3,132.9
  55. 55Sierra Leone2,430.8
  56. 56Spain1,937.2
  57. 57Benin1,858
  58. 58Rwanda1,824.8
  59. 59Italy1,748.1
  60. 60Guyana1,658.6
  61. 61Russian Federation1,599.5
  62. 62Costa Rica1,575.2
  63. 63Ukraine1,428.7
  64. 64Solomon Islands1,331.2
  65. 65Latvia1,329.8
  66. 66Suriname1,300.6
  67. 67Guinea-Bissau1,120.7
  68. 68France1,065.5
  69. 69Belize1,057.5
  70. 70Bangladesh944.1
  71. 71Nepal891.6
  72. 72Zimbabwe864.9
  73. 73Finland797.6
  74. 74Turkiye787.9
  75. 75Equatorial Guinea720.3
  76. 76Serbia505
  77. 77Fiji485.5
  78. 78Greece480.4
  79. 79Japan472.6
  80. 80Burundi432.6
  81. 81Togo426.8
  82. 82Dominican Republic420.1
  83. 83Korea, Dem. People's Rep.415.7
  84. 84Cuba405.2
  85. 85Germany365.8
  86. 86Mali318.4
  87. 87Portugal293.6
  88. 88Lithuania282.5
  89. 89Poland266
  90. 90Romania260
  91. 91Croatia240.1
  92. 92Bulgaria223
  93. 93Bhutan183.9
  94. 94Norway177.7
  95. 95Bosnia and Herzegovina169.6
  96. 96Hungary150.8
  97. 97Taiwan148.7
  98. 98Sweden145.4
  99. 99Jamaica144.8
  100. 100Kazakhstan141
  101. 101Korea, Rep.137
  102. 102Somalia, Fed. Rep.129
  103. 103Puerto Rico (US)111.5
  104. 104Albania104.5
  105. 105Slovenia99.6
  106. 106El Salvador83.6
  107. 107Estonia80.1
  108. 108United Kingdom71.2
  109. 109Timor-Leste61.4
  110. 110Brunei Darussalam55.3
  111. 111Montenegro53.2
  112. 112Switzerland49.5
  113. 113Sudan47.1
  114. 114Netherlands46.6
  115. 115Austria44.1
  116. 116North Macedonia42
  117. 117Denmark40.5
  118. 118Czechia40.2
  119. 119Eswatini38.6
  120. 120Haiti36.1
  121. 121Belgium31.7
  122. 122Moldova31.6
  123. 123Trinidad and Tobago31
  124. 124Georgia25.1
  125. 125New Caledonia24.2
  126. 126Pakistan17.8
  127. 127Azerbaijan16.5
  128. 128Vanuatu15.4
  129. 129Egypt, Arab Rep.14.6
  130. 130Belarus10
  131. 131Algeria9.6
  132. 132Senegal9.2
  133. 133Comoros8.9
  134. 134Singapore8.3
  135. 135Morocco7.7
  136. 136Israel6
  137. 137Tunisia5.6
  138. 138Iran, Islamic Rep.5.5
  139. 139Namibia5.4
  140. 140Bahamas, The3.7
  141. 141Luxembourg3.3
  142. 142Gambia, The2.8
  143. 143Mongolia2.2
  144. 144Armenia2.2
  145. 145St. Lucia2.2
  146. 146Syrian Arab Republic1.9
  147. 147Botswana1.9
  148. 148Dominica1.7
  149. 149Lebanon1.7
  150. 150Cyprus0.95
  151. 151Antigua and Barbuda0.81
  152. 152Maldives0.8
  153. 153Afghanistan0.73
  154. 154Libya0.65
  155. 155Grenada0.28
  156. 156Uzbekistan0.15
  157. 157Lesotho0.13
  158. 158Iraq0.06
  159. 158St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.06
  160. 159Barbados0.05

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