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1
Congo, Dem. Rep.
11.11M
2
Australia
9.65M
3
South Sudan
6.94M
4
Central African Republic
6.02M
5
Myanmar
4.33M
6
Angola
4.12M
7
India
4.03M
8
Guinea
3.25M
9
Venezuela, RB
2.96M
10
Nigeria
2.8M
11
Russian Federation
2.77M
12
Thailand
2.67M
13
Lao PDR
2.64M
14
China
2.25M
15
Ethiopia
1.84M
16
United States
1.79M
17
Ghana
1.76M
18
Brazil
1.71M
19
Zambia
1.67M
20
Cambodia
1.52M
21
Mali
1.49M
22
Cameroon
1.43M
23
Chad
1.31M
24
Mexico
1.24M
25
Sudan
1.2M
26
Senegal
1.19M
27
Canada
1.16M
28
Colombia
882,703
29
Sierra Leone
731,535
30
Tanzania
687,320
31
Madagascar
568,526
32
Burkina Faso
553,719
33
Uganda
513,140
34
Argentina
509,333
35
South Africa
506,916
36
Cote d'Ivoire
451,527
37
Congo, Rep.
433,508
38
Kazakhstan
407,717
39
Bolivia
367,464
40
Paraguay
362,580
41
Benin
343,416
42
Honduras
320,493
43
Indonesia
315,836
44
Mozambique
311,184
45
Chile
304,620
46
Viet Nam
280,244
47
Philippines
235,221
48
Togo
208,905
49
Nicaragua
205,306
50
Guinea-Bissau
198,497
51
Liberia
170,428
52
Guatemala
169,183
53
Cuba
167,943
54
Nepal
156,215
55
Bangladesh
143,982
56
Papua New Guinea
137,789
57
Ukraine
123,357
58
Iran, Islamic Rep.
111,667
59
Costa Rica
98,035
60
Gambia, The
97,664
61
Zimbabwe
87,001
62
Niger
87,000
63
Pakistan
80,099
64
Gabon
73,053
65
Spain
72,438
66
Kenya
61,425
67
Mongolia
59,686
68
Botswana
58,647
69
Iraq
57,670
70
Namibia
56,383
71
Mauritania
52,259
72
Malaysia
45,616
73
Panama
43,889
74
France
40,885
75
Guyana
38,600
76
El Salvador
36,620
77
Belize
36,465
78
Portugal
35,803
79
Malawi
31,665
80
Peru
30,243
81
Italy
28,481
82
Uzbekistan
25,166
83
Turkiye
21,390
84
Turkmenistan
18,825
85
Dominican Republic
17,705
86
New Zealand
15,769
87
Belarus
15,247
88
Bosnia and Herzegovina
15,085
89
Japan
14,844
90
United Kingdom
14,173
91
Syrian Arab Republic
13,629
92
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
13,509
93
Ecuador
12,263
94
Vanuatu
11,948
95
Romania
11,858
96
Bahamas, The
9,687
97
Uruguay
9,308
98
Eritrea
9,005
99
Algeria
8,033
100
Eswatini
7,907
101
Bhutan
6,804
102
Rwanda
5,580
103
Burundi
5,479
104
Montenegro
3,981
105
Suriname
3,770
106
Hungary
3,727
107
Germany
3,611
108
Georgia
3,300
109
Sri Lanka
3,183
110
Poland
3,162
111
Bulgaria
3,027
112
Egypt, Arab Rep.
3,018
113
Haiti
2,993
114
Saudi Arabia
2,946
115
Serbia
2,904
116
Morocco
2,758
117
Korea, Rep.
2,659
118
Azerbaijan
2,634
119
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
2,384
120
Trinidad and Tobago
2,352
121
Greece
2,113
122
Afghanistan
1,982
123
Croatia
1,957
124
Ireland
1,942
125
North Macedonia
1,941
126
Netherlands
1,677
127
Austria
1,450
128
New Caledonia
1,204
129
Fiji
1,125
130
Yemen, Rep.
946
131
Denmark
933
132
Albania
822
133
Norway
795
134
Equatorial Guinea
724
135
Kyrgyz Republic
661
136
Tajikistan
608
137
Moldova
583
138
Latvia
523
139
Lithuania
464
140
Taiwan
431
141
Slovak Republic
423
142
Cabo Verde
395
143
Tunisia
353
144
Greenland
329
145
Finland
304
146
Brunei Darussalam
293
147
Jordan
266
148
Solomon Islands
262
149
Sweden
252
150
Puerto Rico (US)
229
151
Comoros
228
152
Oman
220
153
West Bank and Gaza
214
154
Lesotho
207
155
Djibouti
207
156
Barbados
199
157
Czechia
188
158
Israel
181
159
Jamaica
177
160
Slovenia
172
161
Grenada
159
162
Belgium
143
163
Libya
115
164
Faroe Islands
0
165
Lebanon
0
166
Kuwait
0
167
Gibraltar
0
168
Tonga
0
169
French Polynesia
0
170
Northern Mariana Islands
0
171
St. Kitts and Nevis
0
172
Kiribati
0
173
Qatar
0
174
Isle of Man
0
175
San Marino
0
176
Tuvalu
0
177
Estonia
0
178
Singapore
0
179
Maldives
0
180
Naoero
0
181
Monaco
0
182
Guam
0
183
Curacao
0
184
Samoa
0
185
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0
186
Marshall Islands
0
187
St. Martin (French part)
0
188
Cayman Islands
0
189
Macao SAR, China
0
190
British Virgin Islands
0
191
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0
192
Cyprus
0
193
Luxembourg
0
194
Hong Kong SAR, China
0
195
Malta
0
196
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0
197
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0
198
Palau
0
199
Liechtenstein
0
200
Sao Tome and Principe
0
201
St. Lucia
0
202
Seychelles
0
203
Timor-Leste
0
204
Dominica
0
205
Turks and Caicos Islands
0
206
Iceland
0
207
Mauritius
0
208
Switzerland
0
209
Bahrain
0
210
United Arab Emirates
0
211
Aruba
0
212
Antigua and Barbuda
0
213
Bermuda
0
214
American Samoa
0
215
Armenia
0
216
Andorra
0
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