Fascinating interactive map reveals just how much migration has increased across the world in the last three decades

  • Experts from the Pew Research Center in Washington DC used UN figures to depict the movement of people
  • The figures in their interactive feature refer to the total number of migrants living around the world from 1990 
  • The map reveals that migration into the US has increased from 23,250,000 in 1990 to 49,780,000 in 2017
  • In the UK this number was 3,650,000 in 1990 but has since risen to 8,840,000 in 2017, figures show

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An incredible new interactive map lets you see exactly how levels of migration have increased across the globe in the last three decades.

Experts used United Nations figures to depict the numbers of people moving into and out of nations across the globe from 1990 to the present day.

Some countries, including the United States the United Kingdom, have seen a doubling of the number of immigrants in the last 30 years. 

The map also shows exactly where in the world immigrants to each country have come from and where emigrants from specific nations have ended up. 

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The findings were made by experts from the Pew Research Center in Washington DC, a nonpartisan think tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.

The figures in their interactive feature refer to the total number, or cumulative 'stocks' of migrants living around the world as of 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2017 rather than to the annual rate of migration, or current 'flows', in a given year.

Since migrants have both an origin and a destination, international migrants can be viewed from two directions – as an emigrant leaving an origin country or as an immigrant entering a destination country. 

The map reveals that migration into the US has increased from 23,250,000 in 1990 to 49,780,000 in 2017. In the UK, this number was 3,650,000 in 1990, rising to 8,840,000 in 2017.

Emigration out of the US by residents also increased, from 1,740,000 in 1990 to 3,020,000 in 2017, while in the UK this rose from 2,680,000 to 4,920,000.

According to the United Nations Population Division, an international migrant is someone who has been living for one year or longer in a country other than the one in which he or she was born. 

This means that many foreign workers and international students are counted as migrants.

Additionally, the UN considers refugees and, in some cases, their descendants  - such as Palestinians born in refugee camps outside of the Palestinian territories - to be international migrants.

For the purposes of the interactive feature, Pew estimates of the number of unauthorised immigrants living in various countries also are included in the total counts. 

On the other hand, tourists, foreign-aid workers, temporary workers employed abroad for less than a year and overseas military personnel typically are not counted as migrants. 

The United Nations uses a taxonomy of nations and territories and classifies migrants born in territories as international migrants, even if their citizenship is different from their territory of birth.

THE TEN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF FOREIGN BORN RESIDENTS AS OF 2015 
Country Number
United States 46,630,000
Germany 12,010,000
Russia 11,640,000
Saudi Arabia 10,190,000
United Kingdom 8,540,000
United Arab Emirates 8,100,000
Canada 7,840,000
France 7,780,000
Australia 6,760,000
Spain 5,850,000
The findings were made by experts from the Pew Research Center in Washington DC, a nonpartisan think tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in the UK as of 1990

The findings were made by experts from the Pew Research Center in Washington DC, a nonpartisan think tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in the UK as of 1990

The figures in their interactive feature refer to the total number, or cumulative 'stocks' of migrants living around the world as of 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2017 rather than to the annual rate of migration, or current 'flows', in a given year. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in the UK as of 2017

The figures in their interactive feature refer to the total number, or cumulative 'stocks' of migrants living around the world as of 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2017 rather than to the annual rate of migration, or current 'flows', in a given year. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in the UK as of 2017

Since migrants have both an origin and a destination, international migrants can be viewed from two directions ¿ as an emigrant leaving an origin country or as an immigrant entering a destination country. This image depicts the number of UK born people living in countries around the world as of 1990

Since migrants have both an origin and a destination, international migrants can be viewed from two directions – as an emigrant leaving an origin country or as an immigrant entering a destination country. This image depicts the number of UK born people living in countries around the world as of 1990

According to the United Nations Population Division, an international migrant is someone who has been living for one year or longer in a country other than the one in which he or she was born. This image depicts the number of UK born people living in countries around the world as of 2017

According to the United Nations Population Division, an international migrant is someone who has been living for one year or longer in a country other than the one in which he or she was born. This image depicts the number of UK born people living in countries around the world as of 2017

For example, UN data counts people born in Puerto Rico, a US commonwealth, as international migrants even though they are US citizens by birth.

For this reason, some UN estimates of the foreign-born population shown here may differ from other estimates published by the US Census Bureau or Pew Research Center.

As another example, recent Pew Research Center estimates show that fewer new Mexican immigrants enter the US and a greater number return to Mexico.

The UN migration estimates do not reflect this recent Mexico-US trend and thus differ from previously published Pew Research Center estimates of the Mexican immigrant population in the US.

Data for individual countries are based on the UN's list of countries in 2017, even if some of these countries did not exist or had different boundaries in earlier years. 

Estimates in the interactive do not list the origins of the world's migrants - numbering about 10.6 million, or four pert cent of the world's international migrant population in 2017 - that are unknown.

Pew has revealed in March that nearly 1.5 million people have left sub-Saharan Africa for Europe and the United States since 2010, while millions more are making plans to follow in their footsteps

'The survey results do indicate a certain restlessness among people who want to leave their countries or plan to in the next years,' said Phillip Connor, senior researcher of the report, speaking to Reuters.

Sub-Saharan African nations account for eight of the 10 fastest growing international migrant populations since 2010.

The number of emigrants from each of these sub-Saharan countries grew by 50 per cent or more between 2010 and 2017, significantly more than the 17 per cent worldwide average increase for the same period. 

Many foreign workers and international students are counted as migrants. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in the US as of 1990

Many foreign workers and international students are counted as migrants. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in the US as of 1990

Additionally, the UN considers refugees and, in some cases, their descendants - such as Palestinians born in refugee camps outside of the Palestinian territories - to be international migrants. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in the US as of 2017

Additionally, the UN considers refugees and, in some cases, their descendants - such as Palestinians born in refugee camps outside of the Palestinian territories - to be international migrants. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in the US as of 2017

For the purposes of the interactive feature, Pew estimates of the number of unauthorised immigrants living in various countries also are included in the total counts. This image depicts the number of US born people living in countries around the world as of 1990

For the purposes of the interactive feature, Pew estimates of the number of unauthorised immigrants living in various countries also are included in the total counts. This image depicts the number of US born people living in countries around the world as of 1990

On the other hand, tourists, foreign-aid workers, temporary workers employed abroad for less than a year and overseas military personnel typically are not counted as migrants. This image depicts the number of US born people living in countries around the world as of 2017

On the other hand, tourists, foreign-aid workers, temporary workers employed abroad for less than a year and overseas military personnel typically are not counted as migrants. This image depicts the number of US born people living in countries around the world as of 2017

At the country level, only Syria had a higher rate of growth in its number of people living in other countries.

The total number of emigrants worldwide from all sub-Saharan African countries combined grew by 31 per cent between 2010 and 2017, outpacing the rate of increase from both the Asia-Pacific (15 per cent) and Latin America-Caribbean (nine per cent) regions. 

Only the Middle East-North Africa region saw a larger increase (39 per cent) of people living outside of their birth country during the same span, driven largely by people fleeing conflict in Syria.

Some 25 million sub-Saharan migrants lived outside their countries of birth in 2017. 

Sub-Saharan Africa includes all countries and territories in continental Africa except Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara. 

The United Nations uses a taxonomy of nations and territories and classifies migrants born in territories as international migrants, even if their citizenship is different from their territory of birth. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in Australia as of 1990

The United Nations uses a taxonomy of nations and territories and classifies migrants born in territories as international migrants, even if their citizenship is different from their territory of birth. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in Australia as of 1990

For example, UN data counts people born in Puerto Rico, a US commonwealth, as international migrants even though they are US citizens by birth. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in Australia as of 2017

For example, UN data counts people born in Puerto Rico, a US commonwealth, as international migrants even though they are US citizens by birth. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in Australia as of 2017

For this reason, some UN estimates of the foreign-born population shown here may differ from other estimates published by the US Census Bureau or Pew Research Center. This image depicts the number of Australian born people living in countries around the world as of 1990

For this reason, some UN estimates of the foreign-born population shown here may differ from other estimates published by the US Census Bureau or Pew Research Center. This image depicts the number of Australian born people living in countries around the world as of 1990

As another example, recent Pew Research Center estimates show that fewer new Mexican immigrants enter the US and a greater number return to Mexico. This image depicts the number of Australian born people living in countries around the world as of 2017

As another example, recent Pew Research Center estimates show that fewer new Mexican immigrants enter the US and a greater number return to Mexico. This image depicts the number of Australian born people living in countries around the world as of 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa also includes islands Cape Verde, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and St. Helena.

The number of international migrants from sub-Saharan Africa between 2010 and 2017 has grown at a higher rate (31 per cent) than in the 2000s (25 per cent) and the 1990s (one per cent).

And as international migration has increased, the breakdown of where sub-Saharan emigrants live has changed. 

In 1990, 75 per cent of emigrants from the region lived in other sub-Saharan countries, a share that dropped to 68 per cent by 2017. 

Over the same period, the share of sub-Saharan emigrants who live in the United States climbed from two per cent to six per cent. 

Data for individual countries are based on the UN's list of countries in 2017, even if some of these countries did not exist or had different boundaries in earlier years. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in India as of 1990

Data for individual countries are based on the UN's list of countries in 2017, even if some of these countries did not exist or had different boundaries in earlier years. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in India as of 1990

Estimates in the interactive do not list the origins of the world's migrants - numbering about 10.6 million, or four pert cent of the world's international migrant population in 2017 - that are unknown. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in India as of 2017

Estimates in the interactive do not list the origins of the world's migrants - numbering about 10.6 million, or four pert cent of the world's international migrant population in 2017 - that are unknown. This image depicts the number of foreign born people living in India as of 2017

Pew revealed in March that nearly 1.5 million people have left sub-Saharan Africa for Europe and the United States since 2010, while millions more are making plans to follow in their footsteps. This image depicts the number of Indian born people living in countries around the world as of 1990

Pew revealed in March that nearly 1.5 million people have left sub-Saharan Africa for Europe and the United States since 2010, while millions more are making plans to follow in their footsteps. This image depicts the number of Indian born people living in countries around the world as of 1990

Sub-Saharan African nations account for eight of the 10 fastest growing international migrant populations since 2010. This image depicts the number of Indian born people living in countries around the world as of 2017

Sub-Saharan African nations account for eight of the 10 fastest growing international migrant populations since 2010. This image depicts the number of Indian born people living in countries around the world as of 2017

How the migration crisis has fanned the flames of extremism in Italy

Italy's geographical position in the Mediterranean and its proximity to North Africa means that it has been at the frontline in dealing with mass migration to Europe.

Tighter controls, fences, and an EU deal with Turkey have helped stem the flow of migrants through the Balkans into Central and Western Europe, leaving Italy as one of the remaining routes.

The resulting wave of migration has seen it has become one of the key issues in Italian politics, with populist and far-right parties seeking to exploit anxiety about the large numbers that continue to arrive.

Italy has been on the frontline in coping with the large number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean 

Italy has been on the frontline in coping with the large number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean 

Italy first began to experience waves of migration during the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s.

But it took off in the 2000s, as people smugglers began talking migrants to the island of Lempadusa, just 100 miles from the Libyan coast.

What had been a problem soon became a crisis after 2011 when the collapse of the Gaddafi regime in Libya lead to the country descending into lawlessness.

Italy's hard pressed navy and border forces struggled to stem the tide as people smugglers changed their tactics and simply left migrants in barely seaworthy vessels in international waters to be rescued.

The numbers have recently begun to fall, partly as a result of a deal struck between the EU and the Libyan coastguard which sees migrants returned to Libya, where they are placed in camps.

While migrants who made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean in rickety boats still numbered nearly 119,000 in 2017, it was a roughly one-third drop over the previous year.

Migrants yelling for assistance after a wooden boat bound for Italy carrying more than 500 people capsized

Migrants yelling for assistance after a wooden boat bound for Italy carrying more than 500 people capsized

Ordinary Italians, alarmed by the arrival of some 600,000 migrants in the past four years, have welcomed the trend.

A poll at the end of 2017 month showed two thirds of Italians do not want more immigrants, fearing they will take away jobs and increase crime.

The Northern League, tapping into the anti-immigrant mood, has seen its popularity more than double to about 15 percent in three years.

Its leader, Matteo Salvini, has accused 'fake refugees' of 'invading' Italy and bringing crime with them.

'Our culture, our society, our traditions and our way of life are threatened. An invasion is under way,' he said. 

Not to be outdone, the 5-Star Movement's candidate for prime minister, Luigi Di Maio, accused charity ships rescuing migrants piled onto overcrowded and unseaworthy boats of being a 'taxi service'.

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This has helped make African immigrants a small but fast-growing slice of the overall US immigrant population. As of 2017, nearly 1.5 million sub-Saharan immigrants lived in the US, according to UN data.

More substantially, the share of sub-Saharan migrants living in European Union countries, Norway and Switzerland rose from 11 per cent in 1990 to 17 per cent in 2017.

Sub-Saharan emigrants are only part of Africa’s international migration story. North African nations have also experienced decades of significant migration to Europe and other parts of the world. 

In 2017, about 5.2 million North African immigrants lived in EU countries, Norway and Switzerland, compared with about three million in 1990. 

Despite the large increase, the North Africa-to-Europe migration corridor is dwarfed by the world’s largest corridor – Mexico to the US Some 12 million Mexican immigrants live in the US as of 2017.

TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN A COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY WERE NOT BORN BY YEAR 
Country 1990 2000 2010 2015
Afghanistan 60,000 80,000 100,000 380,000
Albania 70,000 80,000 50,000 60,000
Algeria 270,000 250,000 240,000 240,000
American Samoa 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Andorra 40,000 40,000 50,000 40,000
Angola 30,000 50,000 80,000 110,000
Anguilla <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Antigua and Barbuda 10,000 20,000 30,000 30,000
Argentina 1,650,000 1,540,000 1,810,000 2,090,000
Armenia 660,000 660,000 220,000 190,000
Aruba 10,000 30,000 30,000 40,000
Australia 3,960,000 4,390,000 5,880,000 6,760,000
Austria 790,000 1,000,000 1,280,000 1,490,000
Azerbaijan 360,000 330,000 280,000 260,000
Bahamas 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000
Bahrain 170,000 240,000 660,000 700,000
Bangladesh 880,000 990,000 1,350,000 1,420,000
Barbados 20,000 30,000 30,000 30,000
Belarus 1,250,000 1,120,000 1,090,000 1,080,000
Belgium 890,000 850,000 1,050,000 1,390,000
Belize 30,000 40,000 50,000 50,000
Benin 80,000 130,000 210,000 250,000
Bermuda 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Bhutan 20,000 30,000 50,000 50,000
Bolivia 70,000 90,000 120,000 140,000
Bosnia-Herzegovina 60,000 80,000 40,000 30,000
Botswana 30,000 60,000 120,000 160,000
Brazil 800,000 680,000 590,000 710,000
British Virgin Islands <10,000 10,000 20,000 20,000
Brunei 70,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
Bulgaria 20,000 40,000 80,000 100,000
Burkina Faso 350,000 520,000 670,000 700,000
Burma (Myanmar) 130,000 100,000 80,000 70,000
Burundi 330,000 130,000 240,000 290,000
Cambodia 40,000 150,000 80,000 70,000
Cameroon 270,000 230,000 290,000 380,000
Canada 4,330,000 5,510,000 7,010,000 7,840,000
Cape Verde <10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Cayman Islands <10,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Central African Republic 70,000 120,000 90,000 80,000
Chad 70,000 100,000 420,000 520,000
Channel Islands 60,000 60,000 80,000 80,000
Chile 110,000 180,000 370,000 470,000
China 380,000 510,000 850,000 980,000
Colombia 100,000 110,000 120,000 130,000
Comoros 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Republic of the Congo 130,000 310,000 420,000 390,000
Cook Islands <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Costa Rica 420,000 310,000 410,000 420,000
Croatia 480,000 590,000 570,000 580,000
Cuba 30,000 20,000 10,000 10,000
Curacao < 1,000 < 1,000 30,000 40,000
Cyprus 40,000 80,000 190,000 200,000
Czech Republic 110,000 220,000 400,000 410,000
Democratic Republic of the Congo 750,000 740,000 590,000 550,000
Denmark 240,000 370,000 510,000 570,000
Djibouti 120,000 100,000 100,000 110,000
Dominica <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Dominican Republic 290,000 360,000 390,000 420,000
Ecuador 80,000 150,000 330,000 390,000
Egypt 170,000 170,000 300,000 490,000
El Salvador 50,000 30,000 40,000 40,000
Equatorial Guinea <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 10,000
Eritrea 10,000 10,000 20,000 20,000
Estonia 380,000 250,000 220,000 200,000
Ethiopia 1,160,000 610,000 570,000 1,070,000
Faeroe Islands <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) < 1,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Federated States of Micronesia <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Fiji 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Finland 60,000 140,000 250,000 320,000
France 5,900,000 6,280,000 7,200,000 7,780,000
French Guiana 60,000 80,000 100,000 110,000
French Polynesia 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000
Gabon 130,000 200,000 240,000 270,000
Gambia 120,000 180,000 190,000 190,000
Georgia 340,000 220,000 180,000 170,000
Germany 5,940,000 8,990,000 11,610,000 12,010,000
Ghana 160,000 190,000 340,000 400,000
Gibraltar <10,000 <10,000 10,000 10,000
Greece 620,000 1,110,000 1,270,000 1,240,000
Greenland <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Grenada <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Guadeloupe 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000
Guam 70,000 70,000 80,000 80,000
Guatemala 260,000 50,000 70,000 80,000
Guinea 400,000 560,000 210,000 230,000
Guinea Bissau 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Guyana <10,000 <10,000 10,000 20,000
Haiti 20,000 30,000 40,000 40,000
Honduras 270,000 30,000 30,000 30,000
Hong Kong 2,220,000 2,670,000 2,780,000 2,840,000
Hungary 350,000 300,000 440,000 450,000
Iceland <10,000 20,000 40,000 40,000
India 7,490,000 6,410,000 5,440,000 5,240,000
Indonesia 470,000 290,000 310,000 330,000
Iran 4,290,000 2,800,000 2,760,000 2,730,000
Iraq 80,000 210,000 120,000 350,000
Ireland 230,000 350,000 730,000 750,000
Isle of Man 30,000 40,000 40,000 50,000
Israel 1,630,000 1,850,000 1,950,000 2,010,000
Italy 1,430,000 2,120,000 5,790,000 5,790,000
Ivory Coast 1,820,000 1,990,000 2,100,000 2,180,000
Jamaica 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Japan 1,080,000 1,690,000 2,130,000 2,040,000
Jordan 1,150,000 1,930,000 2,720,000 3,110,000
Kazakhstan 3,620,000 2,870,000 3,330,000 3,550,000
Kenya 300,000 700,000 930,000 1,080,000
Kiribati <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Kuwait 1,070,000 1,130,000 1,870,000 2,870,000
Kyrgyzstan 620,000 390,000 230,000 200,000
Laos 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Latvia 650,000 430,000 310,000 260,000
Lebanon 520,000 690,000 820,000 2,000,000
Lesotho <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Liberia 90,000 150,000 100,000 110,000
Libya 460,000 570,000 680,000 770,000
Liechtenstein 10,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Lithuania 350,000 210,000 160,000 140,000
Luxembourg 110,000 140,000 160,000 250,000
Macau 210,000 240,000 320,000 340,000
Madagascar 20,000 20,000 30,000 30,000
Malawi 1,130,000 230,000 220,000 220,000
Malaysia 700,000 1,280,000 2,410,000 2,510,000
Maldives <10,000 30,000 70,000 90,000
Mali 160,000 190,000 340,000 360,000
Malta 20,000 20,000 30,000 40,000
Marshall Islands <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Martinique 40,000 50,000 60,000 60,000
Mauritania 110,000 60,000 80,000 140,000
Mauritius <10,000 20,000 20,000 30,000
Mayotte 20,000 50,000 70,000 80,000
Mexico 700,000 540,000 970,000 1,190,000
Moldova 540,000 250,000 160,000 140,000
Monaco 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Mongolia <10,000 <10,000 20,000 20,000
Montenegro < 1,000 < 1,000 80,000 80,000
Montserrat <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Morocco 50,000 50,000 70,000 90,000
Mozambique 120,000 200,000 210,000 220,000
Namibia 120,000 130,000 100,000 90,000
Nauru <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Nepal 430,000 720,000 580,000 520,000
Netherlands 1,180,000 1,560,000 1,830,000 1,980,000
New Caledonia 40,000 50,000 60,000 60,000
New Zealand 520,000 680,000 950,000 1,040,000
Nicaragua 40,000 30,000 40,000 40,000
Niger 120,000 120,000 130,000 190,000
Nigeria 460,000 490,000 920,000 1,200,000
Niue < 1,000 < 1,000 < 1,000 < 1,000
North Korea 30,000 40,000 40,000 50,000
Northern Mariana Islands 30,000 40,000 20,000 20,000
Norway 190,000 290,000 530,000 740,000
Oman 300,000 620,000 820,000 1,840,000
Pakistan 6,210,000 4,180,000 3,940,000 3,630,000
Palau <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Palestinian territories 290,000 280,000 260,000 260,000
Panama 60,000 80,000 160,000 180,000
Papua New Guinea 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000
Paraguay 200,000 180,000 160,000 160,000
Peru 70,000 70,000 80,000 90,000
Philippines 150,000 320,000 210,000 210,000
Poland 1,130,000 830,000 640,000 620,000
Portugal 440,000 650,000 760,000 840,000
Puerto Rico 320,000 360,000 300,000 270,000
Qatar 310,000 360,000 1,460,000 1,690,000
Republic of Macedonia 100,000 130,000 130,000 130,000
Reunion 60,000 100,000 120,000 130,000
Romania 140,000 130,000 160,000 230,000
Russia 11,520,000 11,900,000 11,190,000 11,640,000
Rwanda 160,000 350,000 440,000 440,000
Samoa <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
San Marino <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Sao Tome and Principe <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Saudi Arabia 5,000,000 5,260,000 8,430,000 10,190,000
Senegal 270,000 230,000 260,000 260,000
Serbia 100,000 860,000 830,000 810,000
Seychelles <10,000 <10,000 10,000 10,000
Sierra Leone 220,000 100,000 100,000 90,000
Singapore 730,000 1,350,000 2,160,000 2,540,000
Slovakia 40,000 120,000 150,000 180,000
Slovenia 180,000 170,000 250,000 240,000
Solomon Islands <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Somalia 480,000 20,000 20,000 30,000
South Africa 1,160,000 1,000,000 1,940,000 3,140,000
South Korea 40,000 240,000 920,000 1,330,000
South Sudan < 1,000 < 1,000 260,000 820,000
Spain 820,000 1,660,000 6,280,000 5,850,000
Sri Lanka 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000
St. Helena < 1,000 < 1,000 < 1,000 < 1,000
St. Kitts and Nevis <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
St. Lucia <10,000 <10,000 10,000 10,000
St. Pierre and Miquelon <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 < 1,000
St. Vincent and the Grenadines <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Sudan 1,400,000 800,000 580,000 500,000
Suriname 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000
Swaziland 70,000 20,000 30,000 30,000
Sweden 790,000 1,000,000 1,380,000 1,640,000
Switzerland 1,390,000 1,570,000 2,080,000 2,440,000
Syria 710,000 830,000 1,660,000 880,000
Tajikistan 430,000 300,000 280,000 280,000
Tanzania 570,000 930,000 310,000 260,000
Thailand 530,000 1,260,000 3,220,000 3,910,000
Timor-Leste <10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Togo 80,000 140,000 260,000 280,000
Tokelau < 1,000 < 1,000 < 1,000 < 1,000
Tonga <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Trinidad and Tobago 50,000 40,000 50,000 50,000
Tunisia 40,000 40,000 40,000 60,000
Turkey 1,160,000 1,280,000 1,370,000 2,960,000
Turkmenistan 310,000 220,000 200,000 200,000
Turks and Caicos Islands <10,000 <10,000 10,000 10,000
Tuvalu < 1,000 < 1,000 < 1,000 < 1,000
US Virgin Islands 50,000 60,000 60,000 60,000
Uganda 560,000 630,000 530,000 750,000
Ukraine 6,890,000 5,530,000 4,820,000 4,830,000
United Arab Emirates 1,310,000 2,450,000 7,320,000 8,100,000
United Kingdom 3,650,000 4,730,000 7,600,000 8,540,000
United States 23,250,000 34,810,000 44,180,000 46,630,000
Uruguay 100,000 90,000 80,000 70,000
Uzbekistan 1,650,000 1,410,000 1,220,000 1,170,000
Vanuatu <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Venezuela 1,030,000 1,010,000 1,330,000 1,400,000
Vietnam 30,000 60,000 60,000 70,000
Wallis and Futuna <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Western Sahara <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000
Yemen 120,000 140,000 290,000 340,000
Zambia 280,000 320,000 150,000 130,000
Zimbabwe 630,000 410,000 400,000 400,000

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