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CIA World Factbook 2008

China 1,775

Russia 1,130

Indonesia 965

Greece 824

South Korea 738

Norway 715

Japan 676

Italy 604

Turkey 565

India 477

United Kingdom 474

United States of America 446

Thailand 405

Philippines 383

Germany 382

Sweden 194

Ukraine 193

North Korea 171

Canada 171

Spain 167

France 141

Brazil 135

Iran 131

Taiwan 102

Syria 96

Egypt 77

Mexico 60

Venezuela 59

Saudi Arabia 59

Australia 52

Argentina 47

Lebanon 35

Israel 18

Libya 17

Pakistan 14

Iraq 13

Poland 11

Afghanistan 0

Nepal 0

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