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1
Canada
4.44M
2
Russian Federation
4.2M
3
Brazil
2.18M
4
Bolivia
1.46M
5
United States
530,978.1
6
Australia
139,860.9
7
Mexico
122,734.2
8
Paraguay
93,184.1
9
Guyana
71,294.8
10
Congo, Dem. Rep.
64,821.9
11
Indonesia
51,984.6
12
Guatemala
50,584.7
13
Venezuela, RB
48,257.7
14
Peru
41,994.2
15
Congo, Rep.
40,994.5
16
Ukraine
37,381.2
17
Argentina
36,956.4
18
China
32,898.2
19
Madagascar
25,990.8
20
Nicaragua
23,055.3
21
Portugal
19,582.8
22
South Africa
16,149.3
23
Belize
15,768
24
Suriname
14,965.8
25
Spain
14,605
26
Greece
9,415.3
27
Turkiye
8,374
28
Chile
7,199.1
29
Honduras
6,701
30
Papua New Guinea
4,651.3
31
Malaysia
4,250.6
32
Angola
4,147.3
33
Algeria
3,616.3
34
Cuba
3,472.6
35
Zambia
3,222.9
36
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
3,025.7
37
Mongolia
2,478.2
38
Italy
2,466.9
39
Mozambique
2,284.1
40
Chad
1,874.2
41
India
1,853.5
42
Tanzania
1,697.6
43
France
1,533
44
Colombia
1,476.8
45
New Zealand
1,472.7
46
Bahamas, The
1,419.1
47
Tunisia
1,417.2
48
Ecuador
1,415.2
49
New Caledonia
1,396.7
50
Kazakhstan
1,393.5
51
Bulgaria
1,251.8
52
Ethiopia
1,105.9
53
Myanmar
1,049.1
54
Cambodia
969.9
55
Cameroon
965.1
56
Syrian Arab Republic
881.1
57
Viet Nam
835.5
58
North Macedonia
816.7
59
Morocco
812.5
60
Philippines
750.9
61
Eswatini
619.2
62
Dominican Republic
586.4
63
Albania
552.2
64
Nepal
504.4
65
Croatia
446.1
66
Central African Republic
436.3
67
Liberia
365.1
68
Belarus
353.7
69
Malawi
342.2
70
Korea, Rep.
297.2
71
Germany
275.8
72
Lebanon
249.1
73
Finland
239.1
74
Hungary
224.3
75
Norway
215.9
76
Thailand
213.9
77
Gabon
198.2
78
Zimbabwe
172.5
79
Nigeria
166
80
Bhutan
154.4
81
Japan
153
82
Sweden
152.8
83
Cyprus
151.7
84
Lao PDR
150
85
Brunei Darussalam
125.9
86
Uganda
119.8
87
Costa Rica
112.6
88
Bosnia and Herzegovina
103.5
89
Panama
100.9
90
Kenya
87.2
91
Serbia
86.8
92
Ghana
74.8
93
United Kingdom
70.3
94
Vanuatu
69.3
95
Austria
61.7
96
Bangladesh
52.3
97
Fiji
49.4
98
Haiti
44.1
99
Taiwan
39.5
100
Uruguay
37.4
101
Montenegro
33.7
102
Kyrgyz Republic
32.4
103
South Sudan
30.9
104
Comoros
30
105
Slovenia
26.1
106
Sierra Leone
17.7
107
Timor-Leste
17.5
108
Pakistan
17.5
109
Jamaica
16.4
110
Netherlands
15.4
111
Sri Lanka
14.7
112
Georgia
13.8
113
Romania
13.6
114
Israel
13
115
Switzerland
10.5
116
Solomon Islands
10.2
117
Guinea
8.7
118
Moldova
8.7
119
Lithuania
7.3
120
Azerbaijan
6.9
121
Latvia
5.7
122
Afghanistan
5.1
123
Denmark
3.2
124
Ireland
2.6
125
Libya
2.1
126
Uzbekistan
2
127
Poland
1.9
128
Cote d'Ivoire
1.9
129
Estonia
1.8
130
Czechia
1.4
131
Jordan
1.1
132
Guinea-Bissau
1.1
133
Armenia
1
134
Rwanda
0.92
135
Belgium
0.83
136
El Salvador
0.67
137
Burundi
0.31
138
Slovak Republic
0.1
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