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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2018
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  1. 1Russian Federation2.01M
  2. 2United States674,076.4
  3. 3China609,408.8
  4. 4Viet Nam585,344.5
  5. 5Japan414,440.8
  6. 6Mexico406,756.3
  7. 7Peru326,784
  8. 8Brazil298,333.3
  9. 9Indonesia296,901.6
  10. 10Korea, Rep.229,516.9
  11. 11India193,272.8
  12. 12Spain174,809.4
  13. 13Morocco161,669.5
  14. 14Ghana145,267.7
  15. 15France96,060.1
  16. 16Taiwan93,769.9
  17. 17Guinea85,617.7
  18. 18Portugal82,934.4
  19. 19Mauritania79,287.7
  20. 20Argentina77,581.8
  21. 21Senegal72,692.4
  22. 22Netherlands71,943.6
  23. 23Canada67,972.4
  24. 24New Zealand58,655.4
  25. 25Bangladesh55,882.9
  26. 26Hong Kong SAR, China54,049.9
  27. 27Angola48,865.2
  28. 28Myanmar39,905.7
  29. 29Comoros38,566.5
  30. 30South Africa37,688.4
  31. 31Thailand37,041.3
  32. 32Turkiye34,619.2
  33. 33Italy31,442.8
  34. 34Algeria31,258.1
  35. 35United Kingdom31,078.7
  36. 36Iran, Islamic Rep.29,393.7
  37. 37Iceland28,914.5
  38. 38Greenland27,320.5
  39. 39Belize26,410.4
  40. 40Poland26,333.1
  41. 41Ireland25,844.2
  42. 42Denmark25,389.2
  43. 43Mozambique25,178.3
  44. 44Egypt, Arab Rep.24,067
  45. 45St. Kitts and Nevis23,560.4
  46. 46Germany22,290.6
  47. 47Namibia21,602.1
  48. 48Australia21,571
  49. 49Georgia21,511.2
  50. 50Costa Rica20,646.6
  51. 51Panama20,032.6
  52. 52Ecuador19,789.1
  53. 53Philippines18,947.7
  54. 54Sri Lanka17,511.6
  55. 55Libya17,225.4
  56. 56Sweden16,822.6
  57. 57Malaysia16,711
  58. 58Guyana13,945.4
  59. 59Kuwait13,606.6
  60. 60Greece13,601.6
  61. 61Tunisia13,099.8
  62. 62Curacao12,625.1
  63. 63Belgium12,600.6
  64. 64Madagascar10,135.4
  65. 65Papua New Guinea9,495.8
  66. 66Nicaragua9,061.5
  67. 67Norway8,623.6
  68. 68Somalia, Fed. Rep.8,349.4
  69. 69Cabo Verde8,118
  70. 70Seychelles8,028
  71. 71Chile7,705.2
  72. 72Latvia7,569.2
  73. 73El Salvador7,498.1
  74. 74Bahrain7,487
  75. 75Trinidad and Tobago6,663.9
  76. 76Guatemala6,635.4
  77. 77Saudi Arabia6,613.9
  78. 78Vanuatu6,316.8
  79. 79Oman5,941.1
  80. 80Pakistan5,286
  81. 81Estonia5,265.6
  82. 82Uruguay5,064
  83. 83Fiji5,033.5
  84. 84Croatia4,093.7
  85. 85Suriname3,907.9
  86. 86Kiribati3,730.7
  87. 87Honduras3,674.8
  88. 88Solomon Islands3,552.5
  89. 89French Polynesia3,384.1
  90. 90Lithuania2,891
  91. 91Faroe Islands2,729
  92. 92Venezuela, RB2,692.7
  93. 93Tanzania2,664.1
  94. 94Nigeria2,418.3
  95. 95Colombia2,406.9
  96. 96Yemen, Rep.2,248.7
  97. 97Ukraine2,206.1
  98. 98Marshall Islands2,092.4
  99. 99Albania1,921.6
  100. 100Cameroon1,830.5
  101. 101Cambodia1,536
  102. 102Korea, Dem. People's Rep.1,049.6
  103. 103Samoa809.8
  104. 104Mauritius791.2
  105. 105Qatar738.4
  106. 106Cote d'Ivoire708.5
  107. 107Bulgaria664.3
  108. 108Kenya663.3
  109. 109Malta642.4
  110. 110American Samoa626.2
  111. 111Israel617.2
  112. 112Congo, Rep.602
  113. 113New Caledonia535.2
  114. 114Sierra Leone495.6
  115. 115United Arab Emirates397.5
  116. 116Finland378.4
  117. 117St. Vincent and the Grenadines365.5
  118. 118Iraq339.6
  119. 119Dominica302.8
  120. 120Gabon268.7
  121. 121Tuvalu182.1
  122. 122Syrian Arab Republic179.6
  123. 123Jamaica177.7
  124. 124Montenegro142.8
  125. 125Barbados97.2
  126. 126Maldives53.1
  127. 127Benin21.1
  128. 128Lebanon19.5
  129. 129Grenada16.1
  130. 130Bermuda16
  131. 131Cuba13
  132. 132St. Lucia11.9
  133. 133Equatorial Guinea9.2
  134. 134Slovenia7.8
  135. 135Romania7.4
  136. 136Cayman Islands6.3
  137. 137Puerto Rico (US)5.9
  138. 138Aruba3
  139. 139British Virgin Islands1.4
  140. 140Togo1.2
  141. 141Bosnia and Herzegovina0.75
  142. 142Liberia0.55

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