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League table
2025
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East Asia & Pacific
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Country
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Value
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1
India
246.23M
2
China
159.88M
3
Indonesia
38.85M
4
Nigeria
37.9M
5
Ethiopia
33.01M
6
Bangladesh
31.83M
7
Pakistan
29.18M
8
Congo, Dem. Rep.
21.93M
9
Tanzania
21.64M
10
Uganda
14.75M
11
Viet Nam
14.07M
12
Thailand
11.58M
13
Madagascar
11.47M
14
Kenya
10.7M
15
Mozambique
10.67M
16
Philippines
10.46M
17
Myanmar
10M
18
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
9.23M
19
Niger
8.7M
20
Brazil
7.77M
21
Angola
7.28M
22
Mexico
6.85M
23
Egypt, Arab Rep.
5.9M
24
Cote d'Ivoire
5.79M
25
Mali
5.61M
26
Burundi
5.33M
27
Malawi
5.13M
28
Burkina Faso
4.95M
29
Turkiye
4.9M
30
Chad
4.79M
31
Cameroon
4.63M
32
Ghana
4.44M
33
Peru
4.22M
34
Afghanistan
4.22M
35
Zambia
4.11M
36
Iran, Islamic Rep.
3.69M
37
Russian Federation
3.65M
38
Colombia
3.52M
39
Uzbekistan
3.52M
40
Cambodia
3.45M
41
Zimbabwe
3.38M
42
Morocco
3.21M
43
Ecuador
2.82M
44
Benin
2.63M
45
United States
2.59M
46
Lao PDR
2.47M
47
Sri Lanka
2.19M
48
Guatemala
2.17M
49
Yemen, Rep.
2.13M
50
Guinea
2.12M
51
Haiti
2.09M
52
Japan
1.9M
53
Rwanda
1.82M
54
Senegal
1.76M
55
Nepal
1.72M
56
Azerbaijan
1.68M
57
Bolivia
1.67M
58
Malaysia
1.65M
59
Korea, Rep.
1.48M
60
Argentina
1.46M
61
Papua New Guinea
1.35M
62
Central African Republic
1.29M
63
Sierra Leone
1.26M
64
Poland
1.15M
65
Algeria
1.14M
66
Togo
1.09M
67
Kazakhstan
1.08M
68
Liberia
1.07M
69
Tajikistan
1.07M
70
South Africa
977,098
71
Nicaragua
960,464
72
Syrian Arab Republic
952,843
73
Venezuela, RB
934,354
74
Honduras
925,465
75
Eritrea
919,934
76
Moldova
866,797
77
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
865,348
78
Iraq
862,526
79
Romania
843,304
80
Italy
806,808
81
Congo, Rep.
769,341
82
Cuba
740,606
83
Spain
726,266
84
France
666,529
85
Georgia
580,857
86
Chile
569,895
87
Serbia
567,812
88
Paraguay
536,299
89
Guinea-Bissau
534,493
90
Turkmenistan
462,484
91
Germany
452,139
92
Tunisia
451,427
93
Greece
439,284
94
Belarus
434,868
95
Kyrgyz Republic
424,603
96
Saudi Arabia
416,386
97
Albania
407,084
98
El Salvador
400,427
99
Equatorial Guinea
374,240
100
Mongolia
367,670
101
Dominican Republic
366,644
102
Mauritania
359,675
103
Panama
336,207
104
Armenia
333,787
105
Australia
308,277
106
Timor-Leste
287,785
107
United Kingdom
287,295
108
Costa Rica
259,730
109
Lesotho
229,838
110
Canada
226,258
111
Jamaica
217,443
112
Libya
212,549
113
Gambia, The
207,930
114
Namibia
207,835
115
Bosnia and Herzegovina
199,225
116
Hungary
196,255
117
Gabon
194,556
118
Solomon Islands
187,738
119
Netherlands
171,899
120
Bhutan
168,630
121
Oman
163,617
122
Botswana
163,301
123
New Zealand
156,029
124
Bulgaria
145,884
125
Czechia
143,081
126
Portugal
137,645
127
Uruguay
134,656
128
Fiji
131,658
129
Austria
122,839
130
Switzerland
108,612
131
United Arab Emirates
105,389
132
Ireland
103,573
133
Comoros
100,325
134
Sweden
92,468
135
Finland
90,914
136
Jordan
83,763
137
Norway
73,944
138
Croatia
71,175
139
Lithuania
66,198
140
Latvia
59,225
141
North Macedonia
58,659
142
Slovak Republic
57,169
143
Kuwait
55,956
144
Vanuatu
51,075
145
Denmark
50,371
146
Belgium
49,829
147
Eswatini
41,241
148
Qatar
37,293
149
Slovenia
36,892
150
Guyana
35,124
151
Israel
33,271
152
Trinidad and Tobago
31,287
153
Maldives
29,396
154
Mauritius
28,208
155
Belize
27,098
156
Estonia
20,108
157
Cabo Verde
18,436
158
Suriname
16,529
159
Cyprus
15,777
160
Samoa
14,753
161
Puerto Rico (US)
13,142
162
Montenegro
10,912
163
Iceland
8,554
164
Bahrain
7,791
165
Tonga
7,782
166
St. Lucia
6,887
167
Hong Kong SAR, China
6,618
168
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
3,995
169
Sao Tome and Principe
3,844
170
Singapore
3,348
171
Luxembourg
2,899
172
Brunei Darussalam
2,705
173
Malta
2,586
174
Djibouti
2,279
175
New Caledonia
2,081
176
French Polynesia
2,044
177
Barbados
1,765
178
Bahamas, The
1,725
179
Macao SAR, China
1,543
180
Guam
1,150
181
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
537
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