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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE	GRAPH	HISTORY
1	China	285.12 million	2011
2	European Union	238 million	2005
3	United States	146 million	2011
4	Japan	64.67 million	2011
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	53.7 million	2011
5	Germany	51.8 million	2011
6	Russia	44.15 million	2011
7	Brazil	43.03 million	2011
8	France	39.88 million	2011
9	Indonesia	38.62 million	2011
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	35.94 million	2011
10	United Kingdom	33.23 million	2011
11	India	32.69 million	2011
12	South Korea	29.47 million	2011
13	Iran	27.77 million	2011
	Emerging markets average (profile)	22.63 million	2011
14	Italy	22.12 million	2011
15	Spain	19.87 million	2011
16	Mexico	19.68 million	2011
17	Canada	18.2 million	2011
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	17.66 million	2011
18	Taiwan	16.91 million	2011
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	16.08 million	2011
	Cold countries average (profile)	15.59 million	2011
19	Turkey	15.21 million	2011
20	Ukraine	12.68 million	2011
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	11.38 million	2011
21	Australia	10.57 million	2011
22	Vietnam	10.18 million	2011
23	Argentina	10.14 million	2011
	Western Europe average (profile)	9.8 million	2010
	NATO countries average (profile)	9.32 million	2011
	Eurozone average (profile)	9.23 million	2011
24	Egypt	8.71 million	2011
	European Union average (profile)	8.14 million	2011
	South Asia average (profile)	7.89 million	2011
25	Venezuela	7.33 million	2011
26	Netherlands	7.13 million	2011
27	Colombia	7.13 million	2011
28	Poland	6.85 million	2011
	Europe average (profile)	6.81 million	2011
29	Thailand	6.66 million	2011
	Catholic countries average (profile)	5.81 million	2011
30	Greece	5.75 million	2011
31	Pakistan	5.72 million	2011
	Religious countries average (profile)	5.49 million	2011
	Former British colonies average (profile)	5.39 million	2011
	Christian countries average (profile)	5.25 million	2011
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	5.16 million	2011
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	5.01 million	2011
32	Romania	4.68 million	2011
33	Saudi Arabia	4.63 million	2011
34	Belgium	4.63 million	2011
35	Switzerland	4.61 million	2011
36	Sweden	4.6 million	2011
37	Portugal	4.53 million	2011
	OPEC countries average (profile)	4.48 million	2011
38	Syria	4.34 million	2011
39	Hong Kong	4.34 million	2011
40	Kazakhstan	4.27 million	2011
41	Malaysia	4.24 million	2011
42	Belarus	4.21 million	2011
43	South Africa	4.13 million	2011
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	3.96 million	2011
44	Peru	3.69 million	2011
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	3.62 million	2011
45	Sri Lanka	3.61 million	2011
46	Morocco	3.57 million	2011
47	Philippines	3.56 million	2011
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	3.52 million	2011
48	Israel	3.5 million	2011
49	Austria	3.39 million	2011
50	Chile	3.37 million	2011
	Muslim countries average (profile)	3.14 million	2011
51	Serbia and Montenegro	3.11 million	2009
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	3.06 million	2010
52	Algeria	3.06 million	2011
53	Serbia	3.03 million	2011
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	2.94 million	2010
54	Hungary	2.93 million	2011
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	2.86 million	2011
	Hot countries average (profile)	2.54 million	2011
55	Denmark	2.52 million	2011
56	Bulgaria	2.36 million	2011
57	Czech Republic	2.29 million	2011
58	Ecuador	2.21 million	2011
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	2.18 million	2010
59	Ireland	2.05 million	2011
60	Singapore	2.02 million	2011
61	Uzbekistan	1.93 million	2011
62	New Zealand	1.88 million	2011
63	United Arab Emirates	1.82 million	2011
64	Iraq	1.79 million	2011
65	Croatia	1.76 million	2011
66	Azerbaijan	1.68 million	2011
67	Guatemala	1.63 million	2011
68	Norway	1.53 million	2011
69	Georgia	1.34 million	2011
70	Costa Rica	1.23 million	2011
71	Tunisia	1.22 million	2011
72	Cuba	1.19 million	2011
=73	Moldova	1.18 million	2011
=73	North Korea	1.18 million	2011
	Former French colonies average (profile)	1.1 million	2011
75	Finland	1.08 million	2011
76	Yemen	1.07 million	2011
77	Slovakia	1.06 million	2011
78	Dominican Republic	1.04 million	2011
79	El Salvador	1.03 million	2011
80	Libya	1,000,000	2011
81	Bangladesh	977,700	2011
82	Uruguay	964,900	2011
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina	955,900	2011
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	926,365.85	2011
84	Lebanon	900,000	2011
85	Bolivia	879,000	2011
86	Slovenia	872,800	2011
87	Nepal	845,500	2011
88	Ethiopia	829,000	2011
89	Puerto Rico	826,100	2011
90	Lithuania	723,000	2011
91	Nigeria	719,400	2011
92	Cameroon	669,000	2011
93	Honduras	609,200	2011
94	Armenia	577,500	2011
	failed states average (profile)	567,340	2010
95	Panama	560,200	2011
96	Turkmenistan	547,000	2011
97	Cambodia	530,000	2011
98	Burma	521,100	2011
99	Latvia	516,300	2011
100	Kuwait	514,700	2011
101	Kyrgyzstan	502,000	2011
102	Sudan	483,600	2011
103	Estonia	471,900	2011
104	Jordan	465,400	2011
105	Uganda	464,800	2011
106	Republic of Macedonia	422,100	2011
107	Cyprus	405,000	2011
108	Tajikistan	380,000	2011
109	Mauritius	374,600	2011
110	Paraguay	372,400	2011
111	Zimbabwe	356,000	2011
112	Senegal	346,400	2011
113	Albania	338,800	2011
=114	Gaza Strip	337,000	2010
=114	West Bank	337,000	2010
116	Qatar	306,700	2011
117	Angola	303,200	2011
118	Reunion	300,000	2001
119	Trinidad and Tobago	292,000	2011
=120	Oman	287,600	2011
=120	Nicaragua	287,600	2011
122	Ghana	284,700	2011
123	Kenya	283,500	2011
124	Luxembourg	279,100	2011
125	Bahrain	276,500	2011
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	274,988.37	2011
126	Jamaica	272,100	2011
127	Cote d'Ivoire	268,200	2011
128	Togo	240,000	2011
129	Malta	232,300	2011
130	Guadeloupe	210,000	2001
131	Iceland	191,100	2011
132	Mongolia	187,600	2011
133	Malawi	173,500	2011
134	Martinique	172,000	2001
135	Montenegro	169,500	2010
136	Macau	165,500	2011
137	Tanzania	161,100	2011
138	Benin	152,700	2011
139	Guyana	152,600	2011
140	Botswana	149,600	2011
141	Burkina Faso	141,500	2011
142	Barbados	140,700	2011
143	Namibia	140,000	2011
144	Madagascar	138,100	2011
145	The Bahamas	133,000	2011
146	Papua New Guinea	130,000	2011
147	Fiji	129,800	2011
148	Laos	107,600	2011
149	Kosovo	106,300	2006
150	Mali	104,700	2011
151	Somalia	100,000	2010
152	Mozambique	88,100	2011
153	Niger	85,900	2011
154	Zambia	85,700	2011
155	Suriname	85,500	2011
156	Netherlands Antilles	81,000	2001
157	Brunei	79,800	2011
158	New Caledonia	76,200	2011
=159	Swaziland	75,800	2011
=159	Virgin Islands	75,800	2010
161	Cape Verde	74,500	2011
162	Jersey	73,800	2010
163	Mauritania	72,300	2011
164	Guam	65,500	2010
165	Eritrea	58,500	2011
166	Bermuda	57,800	2010
167	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57,000	2011
168	French Polynesia	55,000	2011
=169	French Guiana	51,000	2001
=169	Isle of Man	51,000	1999
171	The Gambia	50,400	2011
172	Haiti	50,000	2010
173	Guernsey	45,100	2010
174	Monaco	44,500	2011
175	Rwanda	38,900	2011
176	Lesotho	38,600	2011
177	Andorra	38,400	2011
178	Cayman Islands	37,200	2011
179	Saint Lucia	35,900	2011
180	Antigua and Barbuda	35,500	2011
181	Samoa	35,300	2010
182	Aruba	35,000	2010
183	Chad	31,200	2011
=184	Tonga	30,000	2011
=184	Burundi	30,000	2011
186	Belize	28,800	2011
187	Grenada	28,400	2010
188	Seychelles	27,900	2011
189	Bhutan	27,500	2011
190	British Virgin Islands	26,800	2010
191	Northern Mariana Islands	25,500	2010
192	Maldives	24,100	2011
193	Gibraltar	24,000	2010
194	Comoros	23,600	2011
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,700	2011
196	Gabon	22,500	2011
197	Saint Kitts and Nevis	20,600	2010
198	Faroe Islands	20,200	2010
199	Greenland	19,900	2011
200	Liechtenstein	19,600	2011
201	San Marino	18,700	2011
202	Djibouti	18,400	2011
203	Guinea	18,000	2011
204	Dominica	15,500	2010
205	Congo, Republic of the	14,200	2011
206	Sierra Leone	14,000	2010
=207	Afghanistan	13,500	2011
=207	Equatorial Guinea	13,500	2010
209	American Samoa	10,400	2010
210	Mayotte	10,000	2009
=211	Kiribati	8,500	2011
=211	Federated States of Micronesia	8,500	2010
213	Solomon Islands	8,400	2011
214	Sao Tome and Principe	8,000	2011
215	Cook Islands	7,200	2010
216	Palau	6,900	2011
=217	Vanuatu	6,200	2011
=217	Anguilla	6,200	2011
219	Central African Republic	5,400	2011
220	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120	2005
221	Guinea-Bissau	5,000	2010
222	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800	2010
223	Marshall Islands	4,400	2010
224	Turks and Caicos Islands	3,700	2010
225	Liberia	3,200	2011
=226	East Timor	3,100	2011
=226	Wallis and Futuna	3,100	2010
=228	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	3,000	2011
=228	Saint Helena	3,000	2010
230	Montserrat	2,600	2010
231	Norfolk Island	2,532	2010
232	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,000	2010
233	Nauru	1,900	2009
234	Tuvalu	1,400	2011
235	Niue	1,200	2010
236	Tokelau	300	2010
237	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287	1992
238	Pitcairn Islands	1	2004
239	Antarctica	0.0	2001

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