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  1. 1China51.35M
  2. 2Malawi7.98M
  3. 3Nigeria4.09M
  4. 4Tanzania2.23M
  5. 5Angola2.12M
  6. 6Indonesia1.48M
  7. 7Rwanda1.4M
  8. 8India1.31M
  9. 9Madagascar1.3M
  10. 10Ethiopia1.19M
  11. 11United States1.12M
  12. 12Uganda1.03M
  13. 13Viet Nam972,890
  14. 14Brazil970,050
  15. 15Burundi944,229.3
  16. 16Kenya862,724.3
  17. 17Papua New Guinea732,422
  18. 18Japan717,000
  19. 19Cameroon633,124.6
  20. 20Congo, Dem. Rep.625,963
  21. 21Mali614,079.4
  22. 22Korea, Dem. People's Rep.576,338.3
  23. 23Philippines504,411.2
  24. 24Mozambique502,352
  25. 25Egypt, Arab Rep.443,511.4
  26. 26Guinea363,807.1
  27. 27Niger314,757.3
  28. 28Korea, Rep.314,426.4
  29. 29Bangladesh302,073
  30. 30Peru293,210.7
  31. 31Sudan278,268.9
  32. 32Sierra Leone254,822.8
  33. 33Cuba237,790.4
  34. 34Chad232,300
  35. 35Zimbabwe215,604
  36. 36Taiwan212,360.3
  37. 37Ghana142,676.4
  38. 38Lao PDR138,700
  39. 39Burkina Faso115,506.9
  40. 40Senegal114,742
  41. 41Benin112,412.6
  42. 42Solomon Islands109,114.6
  43. 43Argentina108,309.3
  44. 44Haiti104,499.8
  45. 45Equatorial Guinea102,397.7
  46. 46Dominican Republic92,467.3
  47. 47Australia89,203
  48. 48Zambia83,542.4
  49. 49Uruguay82,000.5
  50. 50South Africa70,564
  51. 51Mexico66,732.3
  52. 52Cote d'Ivoire63,100
  53. 53Myanmar60,673.7
  54. 54Jamaica55,056
  55. 55Paraguay51,531.6
  56. 56Malaysia50,583.3
  57. 57Sri Lanka49,825
  58. 58Cambodia39,283.4
  59. 59Guinea-Bissau38,162.5
  60. 60Honduras28,628.6
  61. 61Liberia24,679.2
  62. 62Venezuela, RB22,665.7
  63. 63Guyana22,066.3
  64. 64Israel17,426
  65. 65Chile15,598.6
  66. 66Fiji12,731
  67. 67New Zealand11,891.1
  68. 68Vanuatu11,830
  69. 69Morocco11,032
  70. 70Comoros10,671.8
  71. 71Congo, Rep.9,463.8
  72. 72Somalia, Fed. Rep.8,842.8
  73. 73Tonga6,639.8
  74. 74Togo6,373.7
  75. 75Mauritania5,313.5
  76. 76Timor-Leste4,825.3
  77. 77Bolivia4,635.3
  78. 78Guatemala4,565.1
  79. 79Pakistan4,390
  80. 80Ecuador4,207.5
  81. 81Gabon3,901.5
  82. 82Micronesia, Fed. Sts.3,120.1
  83. 83Mauritius3,062.4
  84. 84Eswatini2,820.7
  85. 85Dominica2,357.4
  86. 86Cabo Verde2,275
  87. 87Barbados1,993
  88. 88Bahamas, The1,812.4
  89. 89Costa Rica1,764.2
  90. 90Botswana1,088.2
  91. 91El Salvador764.8
  92. 92New Caledonia644.1
  93. 93St. Vincent and the Grenadines643
  94. 94Suriname594.9
  95. 95Grenada522.9
  96. 96St. Lucia405.1
  97. 97Yemen, Rep.322.1
  98. 98Trinidad and Tobago308
  99. 99Brunei Darussalam286.4
  100. 100Puerto Rico (US)267.1
  101. 101Panama260
  102. 102Belize207
  103. 103St. Kitts and Nevis176.9
  104. 104Antigua and Barbuda151.1
  105. 105French Polynesia143.4
  106. 106Hong Kong SAR, China60.8
  107. 107Bhutan44.1
  108. 108Kuwait32.1
  109. 109Maldives3.3
  110. 110Singapore0.12

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