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217 countries · 1950–2050
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2050
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1
Gibraltar
0%
2
Monaco
0%
3
Singapore
0.1%
4
Macao SAR, China
0.12%
5
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.39%
6
Bahrain
1.3%
7
Egypt, Arab Rep.
1.5%
8
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1.5%
9
Bangladesh
1.7%
10
Rwanda
2.3%
11
Kuwait
2.9%
12
West Bank and Gaza
3.1%
13
Malta
3.9%
14
Israel
4%
15
Cayman Islands
4.6%
16
Burundi
4.7%
17
Jordan
4.9%
18
Taiwan
4.9%
19
Qatar
5%
20
Comoros
5%
21
Curacao
5.2%
22
Aruba
5.4%
23
Naoero
5.9%
24
United Arab Emirates
6.9%
25
Congo, Rep.
7%
26
Lebanon
7.5%
27
Pakistan
7.5%
28
Korea, Rep.
7.7%
29
Japan
7.7%
30
Equatorial Guinea
7.8%
31
Uzbekistan
8.7%
32
Djibouti
9.2%
33
Sao Tome and Principe
9.4%
34
Uganda
9.6%
35
Bermuda
9.7%
36
Venezuela, RB
10%
37
Tajikistan
10.3%
38
Viet Nam
10.6%
39
Mauritius
10.6%
40
Iraq
10.7%
41
Yemen, Rep.
10.8%
42
Trinidad and Tobago
12.1%
43
Dominican Republic
12.2%
44
Saudi Arabia
12.2%
45
Uruguay
12.3%
46
Malawi
12.4%
47
Guam
12.4%
48
United Kingdom
12.5%
49
Argentina
12.5%
50
Sri Lanka
12.9%
51
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
13.1%
52
Gabon
13.2%
53
St. Martin (French part)
13.2%
54
Philippines
13.2%
55
Indonesia
13.5%
56
India
13.6%
57
Syrian Arab Republic
13.8%
58
Afghanistan
14%
59
Turks and Caicos Islands
14.1%
60
Barbados
14.1%
61
Malaysia
14.1%
62
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
14.2%
63
Netherlands
14.3%
64
Nigeria
14.4%
65
Haiti
14.4%
66
Cuba
14.4%
67
Iran, Islamic Rep.
14.5%
68
Algeria
14.5%
69
Colombia
15.1%
70
Seychelles
15.2%
71
Turkiye
15.3%
72
Oman
15.4%
73
Kenya
15.5%
74
Bahamas, The
15.6%
75
Brunei Darussalam
15.7%
76
China
16.2%
77
Chile
16.3%
78
South Africa
16.7%
79
Montenegro
17.1%
80
Ghana
17.4%
81
Ecuador
17.6%
82
Turkmenistan
17.9%
83
Cameroon
17.9%
84
Australia
17.9%
85
Spain
17.9%
86
Kyrgyz Republic
18%
87
Brazil
18.4%
88
Belarus
18.4%
89
Benin
18.6%
90
Kazakhstan
18.7%
91
Russian Federation
18.8%
92
San Marino
19%
93
Togo
19.1%
94
Gambia, The
19.2%
95
Guatemala
19.5%
96
Belgium
20%
97
Ukraine
20%
98
Azerbaijan
20.3%
99
Iceland
20.3%
100
Mexico
20.5%
101
Libya
20.7%
102
Tanzania
20.7%
103
Morocco
20.8%
104
Switzerland
21%
105
Armenia
21.1%
106
Angola
21.3%
107
Suriname
21.3%
108
Tuvalu
21.5%
109
Guyana
21.5%
110
Cabo Verde
21.8%
111
Cyprus
21.9%
112
El Salvador
22%
113
Canada
22%
114
Nepal
22.1%
115
Senegal
22.2%
116
Peru
22.3%
117
Bolivia
22.3%
118
Italy
22.4%
119
Sudan
22.6%
120
New Zealand
22.7%
121
Antigua and Barbuda
22.8%
122
Congo, Dem. Rep.
23%
123
United States
23.1%
124
Puerto Rico (US)
23.1%
125
Liechtenstein
23.4%
126
Ethiopia
23.7%
127
North Macedonia
24%
128
Costa Rica
24.2%
129
Andorra
25%
130
Cote d'Ivoire
25.3%
131
Botswana
25.3%
132
Germany
25.8%
133
South Sudan
25.9%
134
Cambodia
26.3%
135
St. Lucia
26.4%
136
Luxembourg
26.4%
137
Jamaica
26.6%
138
Mongolia
26.7%
139
Kosovo
26.9%
140
Portugal
27%
141
Greece
27.1%
142
Grenada
27.2%
143
Albania
27.3%
144
Panama
27.6%
145
Tunisia
27.9%
146
Sweden
28.1%
147
Myanmar
28.7%
148
Estonia
29.6%
149
Eritrea
29.7%
150
Isle of Man
29.9%
151
Northern Mariana Islands
30%
152
Kiribati
30.1%
153
Serbia
30.1%
154
Thailand
31.1%
155
New Caledonia
31.1%
156
Mozambique
31.6%
157
Honduras
31.7%
158
Norway
31.7%
159
British Virgin Islands
32.5%
160
Samoa
32.7%
161
Nicaragua
32.7%
162
Mauritania
33%
163
Georgia
33.1%
164
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
33.5%
165
Paraguay
33.5%
166
Denmark
33.5%
167
Lithuania
34%
168
Bulgaria
34%
169
French Polynesia
34.2%
170
Latvia
34.4%
171
Zambia
34.5%
172
Hungary
36%
173
France
36%
174
Guinea
36%
175
Finland
36.1%
176
American Samoa
36.3%
177
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
36.7%
178
Poland
37.2%
179
Burkina Faso
37.3%
180
Marshall Islands
37.9%
181
Czechia
37.9%
182
Sierra Leone
38.1%
183
Tonga
38.1%
184
Liberia
38.7%
185
Belize
38.9%
186
Austria
39.1%
187
Niger
39.3%
188
Central African Republic
39.4%
189
Maldives
39.5%
190
Croatia
40.1%
191
Mali
40.7%
192
Timor-Leste
41.4%
193
Fiji
41.5%
194
Romania
42.1%
195
Ireland
42.1%
196
Madagascar
43.1%
197
Guinea-Bissau
43.6%
198
Moldova
43.7%
199
Chad
44.1%
200
Papua New Guinea
44.2%
201
Bosnia and Herzegovina
44.2%
202
Slovak Republic
45.3%
203
Slovenia
48%
204
Namibia
48.7%
205
Lesotho
48.7%
206
Zimbabwe
53.5%
207
Dominica
55%
208
Faroe Islands
55.8%
209
St. Kitts and Nevis
57%
210
Palau
58.3%
211
Lao PDR
61.4%
212
Bhutan
62%
213
Vanuatu
63.9%
214
Greenland
64.9%
215
Solomon Islands
67.5%
216
Eswatini
68.8%
217
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
69.6%
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