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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE	GRAPH
1	ChinaChina	2.29 million	2006
2	United StatesUnited States	1.43 million	2012
3	IndiaIndia	1.32 million	2014
4	UkraineUkraine	1.16 million	2014
5	North KoreaNorth Korea	1.11 million	2014
6	RussiaRussia	766,000	2013
7	South KoreaSouth Korea	687,000	2014
8	TurkeyTurkey	664,049	2014
9	PakistanPakistan	617,000	1973
10	IranIran	523,000	2013
11	EgyptEgypt	468,500	2014
12	VietnamVietnam	455,000	2014
13	ColombiaColombia	444,518	2014
14	IndonesiaIndonesia	438,410	2014
15	BurmaBurma	406,000	2014
16	SyriaSyria	325,000	2014
17	ThailandThailand	305,860	2013
18	BangladeshBangladesh	280,000	2014
19	IraqIraq	271,400	2013
20	MexicoMexico	267,506	2014
21	Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia	233,500	2014
22	JapanJapan	230,300	2014
23	Sri LankaSri Lanka	223,100	2014
24	FranceFrance	222,215	2013
25	PhilippinesPhilippines	220,000	2014
26	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	205,850	2014
27	EritreaEritrea	201,750	2014
28	AfghanistanAfghanistan	200,000	2012
29	MoroccoMorocco	195,800	2014
30	GermanyGermany	182,927	2012
31	ItalyItaly	180,270	2013
32	GreeceGreece	177,600	2012
33	IsraelIsrael	176,500	2012
34	Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR.	151,251	2014
35	AlgeriaAlgeria	147,000	2014
36	EthiopiaEthiopia	138,000	2014
37	CambodiaCambodia	124,300	2014
38	SpainSpain	123,300	2014
39	PolandPoland	120,000	2011
40	VenezuelaVenezuela	115,000	2014
41	PeruPeru	114,000	2014
42	SudanSudan	109,300	2014
43	MalaysiaMalaysia	109,000	2014
44	AngolaAngola	107,000	2014
45	JordanJordan	100,500	2014
46	NepalNepal	95,753	2014
47	NigeriaNigeria	80,000	2014
48	LibyaLibya	76,000	2014
49	RomaniaRomania	73,350	2014
50	ArgentinaArgentina	73,100	2014
51	BelarusBelarus	72,940	2014
52	SingaporeSingapore	72,500	2014
53	CanadaCanada	68,250	2014
54	UzbekistanUzbekistan	67,000	2014
55	AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	66,940	2014
56	YemenYemen	66,700	2014
57	South AfricaSouth Africa	62,082	2014
58	SomaliaSomalia	62,000	2012
59	NetherlandsNetherlands	61,302	2011
60	ChileChile	60,560	2014
61	LebanonLebanon	59,100	2014
62	EcuadorEcuador	57,983	2014
63	United Arab EmiratesUAE	51,000	2014
64	Dominican RepublicDominican Rep.	49,910	2014
=65	CubaCuba	49,000	2014
=65	KazakhstanKazakhstan	49,000	2014
67	ArmeniaArmenia	46,684	2014
68	BoliviaBolivia	46,100	2014
69	UgandaUganda	45,000	2014
70	PortugalPortugal	43,330	2014
71	OmanOman	42,600	2014
72	BelgiumBelgium	38,452	2014
73	GeorgiaGeorgia	37,461	2013
74	SerbiaSerbia	36,000	2011
75	TunisiaTunisia	35,800	2014
76	BulgariaBulgaria	35,000	2014
77	RwandaRwanda	33,000	2014
78	HungaryHungary	29,450	2014
79	AustriaAustria	29,300	2014
80	LaosLaos	29,100	2014
81	ZimbabweZimbabwe	29,000	2014
82	TanzaniaTanzania	27,000	2014
83	DenmarkDenmark	26,585	2014
84	ChadChad	25,350	2014
85	UruguayUruguay	24,621	2014
86	KenyaKenya	24,120	2014
87	NorwayNorway	24,025	2014
88	FinlandFinland	22,600	2014
89	SwitzerlandSwitzerland	22,059	2014
90	TurkmenistanTurkmenistan	22,000	2014
91	BurundiBurundi	20,000	2014
92	CroatiaCroatia	18,600	2014
93	Czech RepublicCzech Republic	17,932	2014
94	SlovakiaSlovakia	16,531	2014
95	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina	16,000	2014
96	MauritaniaMauritania	15,870	2014
=97	El SalvadorEl Salvador	15,500	2014
=97	GhanaGhana	15,500	2014
=97	KuwaitKuwait	15,500	2014
100	SwedenSweden	15,400	2014
101	GuatemalaGuatemala	15,212	2014
102	ZambiaZambia	15,100	2014
103	AlbaniaAlbania	14,295	2014
104	CameroonCameroon	14,100	2014
105	SenegalSenegal	13,620	2014
106	MadagascarMadagascar	13,500	2014
107	GuineaGuinea	12,300	2014
=108	DjiboutiDjibouti	12,000	2014
=108	NicaraguaNicaragua	12,000	2014
=108	HondurasHonduras	12,000	2014
111	QatarQatar	11,800	2014
=112	Burkina FasoBurkina Faso	11,200	2014
=112	MozambiqueMozambique	11,200	2014
114	KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan	10,900	2014
115	ParaguayParaguay	10,650	2014
116	Sierra LeoneSierra Leone	10,500	2014
117	IrelandIreland	10,460	2014
118	CyprusCyprus	10,050	2014
=119	Republic of the CongoCongo Rep.	10,000	2014
=119	MongoliaMongolia	10,000	2014
121	New ZealandNew Zealand	9,702	2014
122	NamibiaNamibia	9,200	2014
123	BotswanaBotswana	9,000	2014
124	LithuaniaLithuania	8,850	2014
125	TajikistanTajikistan	8,800	2014
126	TogoTogo	8,550	2014
127	BahrainBahrain	8,200	2014
=128	Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia Rep.	8,000	2014
=128	BhutanBhutan	8,000	2014
130	MaliMali	7,350	2014
131	SloveniaSlovenia	7,200	2014
132	BruneiBrunei	7,000	2014
133	MoldovaMoldova	5,998	2014
134	LatviaLatvia	5,745	2014
=135	MalawiMalawi	5,300	2014
=135	NigerNiger	5,300	2014
=137	EstoniaEstonia	4,750	2014
=137	BeninBenin	4,750	2014
139	GabonGabon	4,700	2014
140	Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau	4,450	2014
141	Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+	4,063	2014
142	FijiFiji	3,500	2014
143	MontenegroMontenegro	3,127	2014
144	Papua New GuineaPapua NG	3,100	2014
145	SwazilandSwaziland	3,000	1968
146	JamaicaJamaica	2,830	2014
=147	KosovoKosovo	2,500	2009
=147	South OssetiaSouth Ossetia	2,500	1941
149	LiberiaLiberia	2,400	2014
150	Central African RepublicCentral Africa	2,150	2014
151	LesothoLesotho	2,000	2014
152	MaltaMalta	1,954	2014
153	SurinameSuriname	1,840	2014
154	East TimorEast Timor	1,332	2014
155	Equatorial GuineaEqu. Guinea	1,320	2014
156	Cape VerdeCape Verde	1,200	2014
157	GuyanaGuyana	1,100	2014
158	BelizeBelize	1,050	2014
159	LuxembourgLuxembourg	900	2014
160	The BahamasThe Bahamas	860	2014
161	GambiaGambia	800	2014
162	BarbadosBarbados	610	2014
163	TongaTonga	220	2013
164	SeychellesSeychelles	200	2014
165	Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda	170	2014
166	Saint Kitts and NevisSt Kitts+	70	2012
=167	PalestinePalestine	0.0	2014
=167	MauritiusMauritius	0.0	2014
=167	PanamaPanama	0.0	2014
=167	Costa RicaCosta Rica	0.0	2014
=167	HaitiHaiti	0.0	2014
=167	IcelandIceland	0.0	2014
=167	MonacoMonaco	0.0	2013
=167	VanuatuVanuatu	0.0	2012

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