Terrorism > Number of Known Terrorist Organizations Present per million: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Title 22 of the US Code, Section 2656f, which requires the Department of State to provide an annual report to Congress on terrorism, requires the report to include, inter alia, information on terrorist groups and umbrella groups under which any terrorist group falls, known to be responsible for the kidnapping or death of any US citizen during the preceding five years; groups known to be financed by state sponsors of terrorism about which Congress was notified during the past year in accordance with Section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act; and any other known international terrorist group that the Secretary of State determined should be the subject of the report. The list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) below is followed by a list of other selected terrorist groups also deemed of relevance in the global war on terrorism. Does not include US domestic groups. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	LebanonLebanon	2.51	2005
2	IrelandIreland	1.92	2005
3	BhutanBhutan	1.54	2005
4	IsraelIsrael	0.866	2005
5	MauritaniaMauritania	0.636	2005
6	AfghanistanAfghanistan	0.523	2005
	South Asia averageSouth Asia average (profile)	0.43	2005
7	KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan	0.387	2005
8	PanamaPanama	0.297	2005
	South and Central Asia averageSouth and Central Asia average (profile)	0.265	2005
9	SyriaSyria	0.22	2005
10	IraqIraq	0.219	2005
11	GreeceGreece	0.18	2005
12	LibyaLibya	0.179	2005
13	MaliMali	0.167	2005
14	YemenYemen	0.149	2005
15	TajikistanTajikistan	0.147	2005
16	AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	0.119	2005
17	SomaliaSomalia	0.118	2005
18	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	0.116	2005
19	PeruPeru	0.108	2005
20	RwandaRwanda	0.106	2005
21	TunisiaTunisia	0.0997	2005
22	MalaysiaMalaysia	0.0774	2005
23	UzbekistanUzbekistan	0.0764	2005
24	PakistanPakistan	0.076	2005
25	NigerNiger	0.0759	2005
26	CambodiaCambodia	0.0749	2005
27	VenezuelaVenezuela	0.0748	2005
28	TurkeyTurkey	0.0738	2005
29	EcuadorEcuador	0.0726	2005
30	ColombiaColombia	0.0695	2005
31	KazakhstanKazakhstan	0.066	2005
32	CanadaCanada	0.0619	2005
33	AlgeriaAlgeria	0.0589	2005
34	PhilippinesPhilippines	0.0583	2005
35	ItalyItaly	0.0512	2005
36	Sri LankaSri Lanka	0.0509	2005
37	SpainSpain	0.0461	2005
	Group of 7 countries (G7) averageGroup of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	0.0427	2005
38	NepalNepal	0.0395	2005
39	UgandaUganda	0.0348	2005
40	MoroccoMorocco	0.0332	2005
41	SudanSudan	0.0317	2005
42	IranIran	0.0285	2005
43	KenyaKenya	0.0279	2005
44	RussiaRussia	0.0279	2005
45	EgyptEgypt	0.0279	2005
46	South AfricaSouth Africa	0.0212	2005
47	Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR.	0.0185	2005
48	FranceFrance	0.0158	2005
49	EthiopiaEthiopia	0.0131	2005
50	IndonesiaIndonesia	0.00891	2005
51	IndiaIndia	0.00798	2005
52	JapanJapan	0.00783	2005
53	BangladeshBangladesh	0.00699	2005
54	BrazilBrazil	0.00537	2005
55	United StatesUnited States	0.00338	2005
56	ChinaChina	0.000767	2005

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