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Country name 2008 2009 2010 2011
Afghanistan 8,416,926 8,720,342 9,059,629 9,369,824
Albania 1,459,412 1,478,121 1,496,374 1,511,518
Algeria 10,681,404 10,911,507 11,203,918 11,482,258
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola 6,591,744 6,842,909 7,106,053 7,360,043
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina 18,219,196 18,357,012 18,369,196 18,650,941
Armenia 1,399,821 1,423,879 1,436,509 1,452,225
Aruba
Australia 11,334,307 11,544,219 11,708,563 11,851,955
Austria 4,291,083 4,325,608 4,335,561 4,355,941
Azerbaijan 4,368,198 4,510,050 4,605,721 4,705,374
Bahamas, The 187,959 192,896 197,120 200,565
Bahrain 559,226 643,828 711,371 750,225
Bangladesh 69,410,991 70,773,866 72,321,086 73,864,860
Barbados 156,448 158,053 159,184 160,061
Belarus 4,487,208 4,454,425 4,476,950 4,496,433
Belgium 4,790,895 4,802,612 4,891,256 4,946,091
Belize 130,741 137,884 144,868 151,858
Benin 3,385,160 3,500,390 3,617,605 3,731,556
Bermuda
Bhutan 344,328 352,699 364,265 375,624
Bolivia 4,352,545 4,467,269 4,582,822 4,698,859
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,455,750 1,454,556 1,478,995 1,481,641
Botswana 992,345 1,015,141 1,036,754 1,055,689
Brazil 98,227,293 99,958,637 101,586,446 103,111,132
Brunei Darussalam 186,677 190,847 195,222 198,605
Bulgaria 3,658,839 3,591,355 3,510,500 3,430,596
Burkina Faso 7,077,339 7,307,244 7,544,166 7,788,194
Burundi 4,006,567 4,167,504 4,312,174 4,442,444
Cambodia 7,608,143 7,793,045 7,972,361 8,146,027
Cameroon 7,767,036 7,987,439 8,209,836 8,433,884
Canada 18,654,165 18,792,354 18,996,484 19,222,182
Cape Verde 212,388 218,523 224,609 230,983
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic 1,965,396 2,014,107 2,064,816 2,114,846
Chad 4,180,645 4,299,501 4,423,062 4,551,979
Chile 7,451,903 7,560,948 8,037,178 8,165,927
China 786,794,551 793,808,852 799,469,989 806,026,432
Colombia 20,394,299 21,581,575 22,136,190 22,657,971
Comoros 229,076 235,799 242,469 249,526
Congo, Dem. Rep. 23,687,077 24,464,252 25,266,057 26,091,121
Congo, Rep. 1,589,966 1,642,628 1,693,324 1,739,038
Costa Rica 2,098,078 2,136,018 2,193,769 2,247,625
Cote d'Ivoire 7,434,440 7,603,567 7,787,523 7,999,543
Croatia 1,997,520 1,992,009 1,972,036 1,968,601
Cuba 5,072,498 5,244,888 5,268,560 5,291,066
Curacao
Cyprus 560,467 571,275 584,452 594,588
Czech Republic 5,242,194 5,290,928 5,291,486 5,284,528
Denmark 2,964,441 2,968,828 2,938,344 2,947,168
Djibouti 273,751 282,949 292,107 301,204
Dominica
Dominican Republic 4,280,923 4,363,001 4,430,038 4,515,861
Ecuador 6,577,279 6,679,446 6,852,291 7,028,126
Egypt, Arab Rep. 25,761,985 26,427,507 27,103,631 27,735,268
El Salvador 2,504,045 2,540,515 2,594,719 2,641,881
Equatorial Guinea 346,055 357,159 368,904 380,463
Eritrea 2,438,149 2,515,486 2,595,940 2,680,247
Estonia 703,391 700,741 697,881 700,333
Ethiopia 38,318,559 39,508,743 40,780,619 42,136,267
Faeroe Islands
Fiji 355,698 360,898 364,608 368,609
Finland 2,736,042 2,692,125 2,694,739 2,695,836
France 29,585,099 29,851,458 29,962,185 30,074,267
French Polynesia 113,091 114,826 116,454 118,412
Gabon 553,303 570,091 587,728 605,224
Gambia, The 704,037 727,659 751,345 776,045
Georgia 2,314,170 2,343,212 2,377,680 2,408,484
Germany 42,090,308 42,179,953 42,170,276 42,237,922
Ghana 9,793,470 10,077,810 10,366,146 10,673,659
Greece 5,173,517 5,238,438 5,268,509 5,286,247
Greenland
Grenada
Guam 77,108 78,267 79,435 80,608
Guatemala 5,302,414 5,492,468 5,682,480 5,871,744
Guinea 3,870,458 3,979,447 4,092,106 4,208,830
Guinea-Bissau 614,910 631,872 648,346 665,155
Guyana 292,379 296,794 301,690 307,534
Haiti 3,966,400 4,062,551 4,160,894 4,261,797
Honduras 2,795,427 2,889,181 2,989,726 3,082,536
Hong Kong SAR, China 3,690,939 3,713,528 3,696,471 3,706,033
Hungary 4,269,735 4,269,884 4,315,634 4,313,415
Iceland 189,549 186,727 187,627 188,729
India 470,827,221 471,872,607 472,615,193 481,718,093
Indonesia 114,325,144 116,407,260 117,961,804 119,852,909
Iran, Islamic Rep. 23,860,816 24,537,116 25,251,669 25,894,278
Iraq 6,996,719 7,257,939 7,537,568 7,809,542
Ireland 2,199,432 2,151,326 2,126,185 2,178,019
Isle of Man
Israel 3,007,030 3,101,261 3,178,244 3,238,498
Italy 25,248,369 25,089,951 25,105,074 25,252,975
Jamaica 1,256,272 1,228,415 1,222,697 1,233,329
Japan 66,707,220 66,472,480 66,696,963 66,615,344
Jordan 1,486,037 1,541,038 1,553,052 1,615,961
Kazakhstan 8,394,386 8,646,150 8,788,417 8,914,239
Kenya 14,552,111 15,005,893 15,456,039 15,950,924
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep. 14,330,560 14,471,191 14,569,324 14,699,004
Korea, Rep. 24,550,819 24,547,228 24,898,258 25,188,237
Kosovo
Kuwait 1,260,863 1,309,153 1,358,033 1,397,193
Kyrgyz Republic 2,443,054 2,485,145 2,530,520 2,576,965
Lao PDR 3,001,725 3,087,525 3,167,603 3,249,331
Latvia 1,219,676 1,190,142 1,155,439 1,072,368
Lebanon 1,404,787 1,428,601 1,453,155 1,478,757
Lesotho 859,896 876,412 894,462 911,364
Liberia 1,255,475 1,317,799 1,374,476 1,428,748
Libya 2,306,727 2,352,625 2,379,116 2,379,578
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 1,611,019 1,638,981 1,628,492 1,513,974
Luxembourg 220,716 234,785 238,344 244,059
Macao SAR, China 317,202 326,137 337,271 346,860
Macedonia, FYR 922,495 935,983 945,545 952,764
Madagascar 9,487,682 9,812,380 10,148,340 10,495,443
Malawi 6,318,143 6,506,181 6,708,275 6,925,099
Malaysia 11,548,873 11,748,309 11,969,964 12,215,497
Maldives 142,428 147,453 152,554 157,486
Mali 4,009,715 4,150,256 4,296,554 4,448,914
Malta 174,572 176,627 181,090 181,312
Marshall Islands
Mauritania 1,039,331 1,079,914 1,116,898 1,149,875
Mauritius 570,116 578,460 595,289 601,482
Mexico 47,906,134 47,938,339 49,616,582 50,654,168
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova 1,303,411 1,262,366 1,216,973 1,232,536
Monaco
Mongolia 1,129,564 1,152,774 1,183,147 1,213,042
Montenegro
Morocco 11,302,985 11,324,687 11,386,087 11,560,103
Mozambique 10,572,448 10,826,465 11,076,983 11,349,606
Myanmar 27,182,428 27,585,537 27,961,865 28,384,303
Namibia 878,061 903,614 929,045 955,745
Nepal 15,151,692 15,591,278 16,039,658 16,495,722
Netherlands 8,937,259 9,029,032 8,860,997 8,904,979
New Caledonia 105,011 105,845 107,698 109,754
New Zealand 2,301,420 2,322,055 2,351,135 2,374,706
Nicaragua 2,252,807 2,313,086 2,374,650 2,441,511
Niger 4,761,451 4,933,713 5,113,649 5,301,570
Nigeria 47,558,735 48,851,361 50,280,307 51,669,297
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway 2,600,679 2,604,581 2,614,782 2,657,454
Oman 1,073,990 1,149,328 1,216,003 1,273,583
Pakistan 56,333,079 58,041,389 59,687,684 61,502,263
Palau
Panama 1,581,716 1,616,322 1,648,976 1,684,650
Papua New Guinea 2,874,543 2,952,815 3,026,122 3,111,138
Paraguay 2,893,270 3,011,277 3,088,803 3,166,620
Peru 14,795,050 15,220,208 15,475,964 15,782,470
Philippines 36,722,588 37,791,478 38,712,925 39,660,339
Poland 17,611,623 17,907,014 18,188,775 18,376,490
Portugal 5,621,302 5,579,478 5,598,278 5,563,535
Puerto Rico 1,371,539 1,374,607 1,302,063 1,310,213
Qatar 992,932 1,170,904 1,314,670 1,399,070
Romania 10,182,019 10,147,325 10,181,445 10,230,181
Russian Federation 75,766,370 75,757,632 75,850,869 76,307,744
Rwanda 4,920,718 5,075,365 5,228,059 5,380,030
Samoa 68,366 68,813 69,433 69,881
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe 55,608 57,096 58,635 60,437
Saudi Arabia 8,999,065 9,237,806 9,558,815 9,811,883
Senegal 5,063,857 5,221,302 5,384,662 5,554,242
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone 2,155,757 2,208,538 2,260,968 2,320,198
Singapore 2,620,628 2,715,349 2,805,435 2,866,526
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic 2,707,235 2,705,654 2,723,790 2,721,714
Slovenia 1,031,998 1,039,719 1,040,543 1,040,512
Solomon Islands 203,951 210,222 216,941 223,802
Somalia 2,803,680 2,863,311 2,923,767 2,995,871
South Africa 18,699,288 18,398,878 18,163,019 18,549,606
South Sudan
Spain 22,881,596 23,106,628 23,232,546 23,247,453
Sri Lanka 8,535,608 8,573,246 8,518,000 8,621,008
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia 86,376 88,646 90,564 92,524
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 52,900 53,455 53,926 54,233
Sudan 10,280,859 10,517,716 10,791,075 11,095,605
Suriname 195,852 199,954 203,506 207,261
Swaziland 350,415 359,630 367,968 376,683
Sweden 4,928,885 4,932,800 4,986,010 5,021,261
Switzerland 4,402,190 4,473,947 4,496,724 4,541,780
Syrian Arab Republic 5,391,742 5,309,939 5,457,098 5,642,965
Tajikistan 2,715,452 2,781,258 2,847,413 2,918,063
Tanzania 20,935,013 21,536,457 22,137,648 22,763,284
Thailand 39,173,749 38,638,034 39,383,539 39,787,310
Timor-Leste 330,507 338,820 348,448 360,453
Togo 2,774,056 2,855,942 2,939,361 3,020,612
Tonga 41,145 41,479 41,771 41,942
Trinidad and Tobago 685,469 693,930 700,894 707,457
Tunisia 3,676,336 3,749,458 3,827,350 3,899,941
Turkey 24,594,573 25,574,890 26,517,893 26,984,806
Turkmenistan 2,071,432 2,116,621 2,162,347 2,208,215
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 12,578,057 12,994,413 13,426,420 13,856,303
Ukraine 23,201,009 23,214,637 23,221,176 23,219,871
United Arab Emirates 3,960,741 4,489,618 4,929,831 5,190,874
United Kingdom 31,547,411 31,693,358 31,847,836 32,112,393
United States 158,012,165 157,816,054 157,492,706 158,415,787
Uruguay 1,670,604 1,692,126 1,700,990 1,717,607
Uzbekistan 11,411,953 11,762,701 12,266,717 12,737,390
Vanuatu 99,489 101,392 104,483 107,802
Venezuela, RB 12,743,288 13,072,388 13,404,563 13,715,868
Vietnam 49,288,104 50,190,072 51,140,464 51,998,588
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 54,826 54,746 54,711 54,639
West Bank and Gaza 864,936 871,649 894,154 932,939
Yemen, Rep. 5,955,322 6,208,352 6,465,382 6,739,892
Zambia 5,309,786 5,442,037 5,510,918 5,724,097
Zimbabwe 6,497,315 6,531,446 6,616,907 6,776,895

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