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League table

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  1. 1Canada4.44M
  2. 2Russian Federation4.2M
  3. 3Brazil2.18M
  4. 4Bolivia1.46M
  5. 5United States530,978.1
  6. 6Australia139,860.9
  7. 7Mexico122,734.2
  8. 8Paraguay93,184.1
  9. 9Guyana71,294.8
  10. 10Congo, Dem. Rep.64,821.9
  11. 11Indonesia51,984.6
  12. 12Guatemala50,584.7
  13. 13Venezuela, RB48,257.7
  14. 14Peru41,994.2
  15. 15Congo, Rep.40,994.5
  16. 16Ukraine37,381.2
  17. 17Argentina36,956.4
  18. 18China32,898.2
  19. 19Madagascar25,990.8
  20. 20Nicaragua23,055.3
  21. 21Portugal19,582.8
  22. 22South Africa16,149.3
  23. 23Belize15,768
  24. 24Suriname14,965.8
  25. 25Spain14,605
  26. 26Greece9,415.3
  27. 27Turkiye8,374
  28. 28Chile7,199.1
  29. 29Honduras6,701
  30. 30Papua New Guinea4,651.3
  31. 31Malaysia4,250.6
  32. 32Angola4,147.3
  33. 33Algeria3,616.3
  34. 34Cuba3,472.6
  35. 35Zambia3,222.9
  36. 36Korea, Dem. People's Rep.3,025.7
  37. 37Mongolia2,478.2
  38. 38Italy2,466.9
  39. 39Mozambique2,284.1
  40. 40Chad1,874.2
  41. 41India1,853.5
  42. 42Tanzania1,697.6
  43. 43France1,533
  44. 44Colombia1,476.8
  45. 45New Zealand1,472.7
  46. 46Bahamas, The1,419.1
  47. 47Tunisia1,417.2
  48. 48Ecuador1,415.2
  49. 49New Caledonia1,396.7
  50. 50Kazakhstan1,393.5
  51. 51Bulgaria1,251.8
  52. 52Ethiopia1,105.9
  53. 53Myanmar1,049.1
  54. 54Cambodia969.9
  55. 55Cameroon965.1
  56. 56Syrian Arab Republic881.1
  57. 57Viet Nam835.5
  58. 58North Macedonia816.7
  59. 59Morocco812.5
  60. 60Philippines750.9
  61. 61Eswatini619.2
  62. 62Dominican Republic586.4
  63. 63Albania552.2
  64. 64Nepal504.4
  65. 65Croatia446.1
  66. 66Central African Republic436.3
  67. 67Liberia365.1
  68. 68Belarus353.7
  69. 69Malawi342.2
  70. 70Korea, Rep.297.2
  71. 71Germany275.8
  72. 72Lebanon249.1
  73. 73Finland239.1
  74. 74Hungary224.3
  75. 75Norway215.9
  76. 76Thailand213.9
  77. 77Gabon198.2
  78. 78Zimbabwe172.5
  79. 79Nigeria166
  80. 80Bhutan154.4
  81. 81Japan153
  82. 82Sweden152.8
  83. 83Cyprus151.7
  84. 84Lao PDR150
  85. 85Brunei Darussalam125.9
  86. 86Uganda119.8
  87. 87Costa Rica112.6
  88. 88Bosnia and Herzegovina103.5
  89. 89Panama100.9
  90. 90Kenya87.2
  91. 91Serbia86.8
  92. 92Ghana74.8
  93. 93United Kingdom70.3
  94. 94Vanuatu69.3
  95. 95Austria61.7
  96. 96Bangladesh52.3
  97. 97Fiji49.4
  98. 98Haiti44.1
  99. 99Taiwan39.5
  100. 100Uruguay37.4
  101. 101Montenegro33.7
  102. 102Kyrgyz Republic32.4
  103. 103South Sudan30.9
  104. 104Comoros30
  105. 105Slovenia26.1
  106. 106Sierra Leone17.7
  107. 107Timor-Leste17.5
  108. 108Pakistan17.5
  109. 109Jamaica16.4
  110. 110Netherlands15.4
  111. 111Sri Lanka14.7
  112. 112Georgia13.8
  113. 113Romania13.6
  114. 114Israel13
  115. 115Switzerland10.5
  116. 116Solomon Islands10.2
  117. 117Guinea8.7
  118. 118Moldova8.7
  119. 119Lithuania7.3
  120. 120Azerbaijan6.9
  121. 121Latvia5.7
  122. 122Afghanistan5.1
  123. 123Denmark3.2
  124. 124Ireland2.6
  125. 125Libya2.1
  126. 126Uzbekistan2
  127. 127Poland1.9
  128. 128Cote d'Ivoire1.9
  129. 129Estonia1.8
  130. 130Czechia1.4
  131. 131Jordan1.1
  132. 132Guinea-Bissau1.1
  133. 133Armenia1
  134. 134Rwanda0.92
  135. 135Belgium0.83
  136. 136El Salvador0.67
  137. 137Burundi0.31
  138. 138Slovak Republic0.1

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