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| Rank | Country | Date of Information | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 181,908,000 | 2020 |
| 2 | United States | 103,052,000 | 2020 |
| 3 | Japan | 62,252,837 | 2020 |
| 4 | Germany | 38,300,000 | 2020 |
| 5 | France | 37,759,000 | 2020 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 32,078,000 | 2020 |
| 7 | Brazil | 30,653,813 | 2020 |
| 8 | Iran | 29,093,587 | 2020 |
| 9 | Russia | 27,674,128 | 2019 |
| 10 | Korea, South | 23,858,239 | 2020 |
| 11 | Mexico | 23,800,105 | 2020 |
| 12 | India | 20,052,162 | 2020 |
| 13 | Spain | 19,455,779 | 2020 |
| 14 | Italy | 19,430,559 | 2020 |
| 15 | Canada | 13,926,000 | 2020 |
| 16 | Taiwan | 12,750,429 | 2020 |
| 17 | Turkey | 12,448,604 | 2020 |
| 18 | Egypt | 9,858,331 | 2020 |
| 19 | Indonesia | 9,186,370 | 2020 |
| 20 | Malaysia | 7,467,900 | 2020 |
| 21 | Argentina | 7,356,165 | 2020 |
| 22 | Colombia | 7,248,026 | 2020 |
| 23 | Australia | 6,200,000 | 2020 |
| 24 | Poland | 5,777,428 | 2020 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 5,749,058 | 2020 |
| 26 | Venezuela | 5,276,274 | 2020 |
| 27 | Portugal | 5,212,507 | 2020 |
| 28 | Thailand | 5,003,000 | 2020 |
| 29 | Netherlands | 4,937,000 | 2020 |
| 30 | Algeria | 4,784,306 | 2020 |
| 31 | Greece | 4,743,310 | 2020 |
| 32 | Belarus | 4,406,585 | 2020 |
| 33 | Philippines | 4,255,808 | 2019 |
| 34 | Iraq | 4,166,461 | 2020 |
| 35 | Hong Kong | 3,934,129 | 2020 |
| 36 | Austria | 3,786,725 | 2020 |
| 37 | Belgium | 3,634,639 | 2020 |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 3,550,069 | 2020 |
| 39 | Ukraine | 3,314,263 | 2020 |
| 40 | Vietnam | 3,205,775 | 2020 |
| 41 | Peru | 3,082,040 | 2018 |
| 42 | Israel | 3,080,000 | 2020 |
| 43 | Romania | 3,025,000 | 2020 |
| 44 | Hungary | 2,970,347 | 2020 |
| 45 | Switzerland | 2,952,000 | 2020 |
| 46 | Syria | 2,892,515 | 2020 |
| 47 | Pakistan | 2,876,794 | 2020 |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 2,616,500 | 2020 |
| 49 | Serbia | 2,572,169 | 2020 |
| 50 | Chile | 2,567,938 | 2020 |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 2,428,957 | 2020 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 2,380,866 | 2020 |
| 53 | Morocco | 2,357,286 | 2020 |
| 54 | Guatemala | 2,272,467 | 2020 |
| 55 | South Africa | 2,098,802 | 2020 |
| 56 | Ecuador | 2,063,044 | |
| 57 | Singapore | 1,891,600 | 2020 |
| 58 | New Zealand | 1,760,000 | 2018 |
| 59 | Ireland | 1,678,651 | 2020 |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 1,652,688 | 2020 |
| 61 | Sweden | 1,624,271 | 2020 |
| 62 | Libya | 1,576,000 | 2018 |
| 63 | Tunisia | 1,533,273 | 2020 |
| 64 | Cuba | 1,502,230 | 2020 |
| 65 | Laos | 1,490,831 | 2019 |
| 66 | Bangladesh | 1,450,321 | 2020 |
| 67 | Czechia | 1,316,316 | 2020 |
| 68 | Croatia | 1,300,105 | 2020 |
| 69 | Yemen | 1,190,000 | 2018 |
| 70 | Korea, North | 1,183,806 | |
| 71 | Uruguay | 1,165,373 | 2019 |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 1,155,493 | 2020 |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 1,140,000 | 2018 |
| 74 | Moldova | 1,027,689 | 2020 |
| 75 | Denmark | 937,469 | 2020 |
| 76 | El Salvador | 893,630 | 2019 |
| 77 | Cameroon | 883,015 | 2020 |
| 78 | Lebanon | 875,480 | 2020 |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 872,323 | 2020 |
| 80 | Nepal | 799,368 | 2018 |
| 81 | Puerto Rico | 711,512 | 2020 |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 706,135 | 2020 |
| 83 | Slovenia | 704,909 | 2020 |
| 84 | Turkmenistan | 682,000 | 2018 |
| 85 | Panama | 616,698 | 2020 |
| 86 | Slovakia | 616,148 | 2020 |
| 87 | Bolivia | 598,082 | 2020 |
| 88 | Oman | 594,550 | 2020 |
| 89 | Kuwait | 583,463 | 2020 |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 559,882 | 2020 |
| 91 | Honduras | 531,763 | 2020 |
| 92 | Burma | 520,863 | 2018 |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 479,000 | 2018 |
| 94 | Mauritius | 478,700 | 2020 |
| 95 | Gaza Strip | 472,293 | est. |
| 96 | West Bank | 472,293 | est. |
| 97 | Qatar | 454,701 | 2020 |
| 98 | Jamaica | 436,249 | 2020 |
| 99 | Armenia | 427,539 | 2020 |
| 101 | Jordan | 391,486 | 2020 |
| 102 | Georgia | 378,498 | 2020 |
| 103 | Norway | 348,808 | 2020 |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 323,905 | 2020 |
| 105 | Lithuania | 322,108 | 2020 |
| 106 | Cyprus | 311,439 | 2020 |
| 107 | Ghana | 307,668 | 2020 |
| 108 | Estonia | 304,728 | 2020 |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 298,855 | 2019 |
| 110 | Mali | 281,638 | 2020 |
| 111 | Paraguay | 272,656 | 2019 |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 268,090 | 2020 |
| 113 | Bahrain | 266,659 | 2020 |
| 114 | Cote d'Ivoire | 264,073 | 2020 |
| 115 | Malta | 256,838 | |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 252,067 | 2020 |
| 117 | Finland | 225,000 | 2020 |
| 118 | Albania | 223,469 | 2020 |
| 119 | Latvia | 211,849 | 2020 |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 210,981 | 2020 |
| 121 | Senegal | 207,592 | 2019 |
| 122 | Montenegro | 191,768 | 2020 |
| 123 | Mongolia | 160,153 | 2020 |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 158,000 | 2018 |
| 125 | Botswana | 142,587 | 2020 |
| 126 | Namibia | 141,334 | 2020 |
| 127 | Guyana | 135,795 | 2018 |
| 128 | Afghanistan | 134,636 | |
| 129 | Sudan | 129,408 | 2020 |
| 130 | Barbados | 128,043 | 2019 |
| 131 | Macau | 123,469 | 2018 |
| 132 | Angola | 119,164 | 2020 |
| 133 | Kosovo | 117,317 | |
| 134 | Niger | 114,352 | 2018 |
| 135 | Iceland | 107,032 | 2020 |
| 136 | Nigeria | 107,031 | 2020 |
| 137 | Brunei | 103,885 | 2020 |
| 138 | Suriname | 103,240 | 2020 |
| 139 | Bahamas, The | 91,129 | 2019 |
| 140 | Uganda | 90,774 | 2020 |
| 141 | Mozambique | 80,791 | 2019 |
| 142 | New Caledonia | 77,719 | 2018 |
| 143 | Fiji | 76,522 | 2018 |
| 144 | Virgin Islands | 76,000 | 2017 |
| 145 | Burkina Faso | 75,039 | 2020 |
| 146 | Somalia | 74,800 | 2018 |
| 147 | Tanzania | 72,469 | 2020 |
| 148 | Zambia | 71,844 | 2020 |
| 149 | Madagascar | 69,046 | 2018 |
| 150 | Guam | 68,000 | 2018 |
| 151 | Kenya | 66,646 | 2020 |
| 152 | Eritrea | 66,170 | 2017 |
| 153 | Mauritania | 62,099 | 2020 |
| 154 | French Polynesia | 60,123 | 2018 |
| 155 | Cabo Verde | 57,668 | 2020 |
| 156 | Cambodia | 56,445 | 2019 |
| 157 | Jersey | 55,938 | est. |
| 158 | Curacao | 53,500 | 2019 |
| 159 | Togo | 46,499 | 2020 |
| 160 | Gambia, The | 44,000 | 2018 |
| 161 | Monaco | 43,706 | 2020 |
| 162 | Eswatini | 41,000 | 2018 |
| 163 | Andorra | 39,657 | 2019 |
| 164 | Djibouti | 38,866 | 2020 |
| 165 | Guernsey | 36,547 | est. |
| 166 | Saint Lucia | 36,469 | 2018 |
| 167 | Aruba | 35,000 | 2018 |
| 168 | Cayman Islands | 34,768 | 2018 |
| 169 | Grenada | 32,491 | 2018 |
| 170 | Benin | 32,386 | 2020 |
| 171 | Gabon | 25,428 | 2020 |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24,000 | 2018 |
| 173 | Bhutan | 22,987 | 2020 |
| 174 | Northern Mariana Islands | 22,000 | 2018 |
| 175 | Bermuda | 21,883 | 2018 |
| 176 | Seychelles | 18,882 | 2020 |
| 177 | Belize | 18,500 | 2019 |
| 178 | Burundi | 18,300 | 2020 |
| 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17,293 | 2018 |
| 180 | Congo, Republic of the | 17,000 | 2017 |
| 181 | Gibraltar | 16,968 | 2019 |
| 182 | San Marino | 16,000 | 2019 |
| 183 | Faroe Islands | 15,341 | 2020 |
| 184 | Maldives | 14,508 | 2020 |
| 185 | Liechtenstein | 12,723 | 2020 |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12,483 | 2020 |
| 187 | Malawi | 12,465 | 2020 |
| 188 | Rwanda | 11,671 | 2020 |
| 189 | Lesotho | 11,574 | 2020 |
| 190 | Equatorial Guinea | 10,848 | 2018 |
| 191 | American Samoa | 8,984 | |
| 192 | Samoa | 8,454 | 2018 |
| 193 | Liberia | 8,000 | 2018 |
| 194 | Comoros | 7,573 | |
| 195 | British Virgin Islands | 7,311 | 2019 |
| 196 | Palau | 7,204 | 2018 |
| 197 | Greenland | 7,133 | 2019 |
| 198 | Solomon Islands | 7,104 | 2019 |
| 199 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6,947 | 2018 |
| 200 | Tonga | 6,637 | 2019 |
| 201 | Cook Islands | 6,576 | 2017 |
| 202 | Anguilla | 6,000 | 2018 |
| 203 | Haiti | 5,952 | 2019 |
| 204 | Chad | 5,340 | 2020 |
| 205 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,086 | |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,000 | 2018 |
| 207 | Vanuatu | 3,472 | 2020 |
| 208 | Wallis and Futuna | 3,132 | 2017 |
| 209 | Montserrat | 3,000 | 2018 |
| 210 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 3,000 | 2018 |
| 211 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,720 | 2020 |
| 212 | Dominica | 2,660 | 2018 |
| 213 | Marshall Islands | 2,361 | 2018 |
| 214 | Central African Republic | 2,193 | 2018 |
| 215 | Timor-Leste | 2,012 | 2020 |
| 216 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 2,000 | 2018 est. |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 2,000 | 2018 |
| 218 | Niue | 1,000 | 2018 |
| 219 | Sierra Leone | 189 | 2020 |
| 220 | Kiribati | 33 | 2020 |
| 221 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 | 2019 |
| 222 | Guinea | 0 | 2018 |
| 223 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2018 |
| 224 | Nauru | 0 | 2018 est. |
| 225 | Tokelau | 0 | 2018 est. |