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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)    Date  
#1   China: 3,755,000   2005 ...
#2   India: 3,047,000   2005 ...
#3   United States: 1,546,000   2005 ...
#4   Russia: 1,452,000   2005 ...
#5   Korea, North: 1,295,000   2005 ...
#6   Pakistan: 921,000   2005 ...
#7   Egypt: 799,000   2005 ...
#8   Korea, South: 693,000   2005 ...
#9   Brazil: 673,000   2005 ...
#10   Turkey: 617,000   2005 ...
#11   Iran: 585,000   2005 ...
#12   Indonesia: 582,000   2005 ...
#13   Vietnam: 495,000   2005 ...
#14   Burma: 483,000   2005 ...
#15   Italy: 445,000   2005 ...
#16   Thailand: 421,000   2005 ...
#17   Syria: 416,000   2005 ...
#18   France: 359,000   2005 ...
#19   Colombia: 336,000   2005 ...
#20   Algeria: 319,000   2005 ...
#21   Germany: 285,000   2005 ...
#22   Ukraine: 273,000   2005 ...
#23   Japan: 272,000   2005 ...
#24   Bangladesh: 252,000   2005 ...
#25   Morocco: 251,000   2005 ...
#26   Iraq: 227,000   2005 ...
#27   Spain: 220,000   2005 ...
#28   United Kingdom: 217,000   2005 ...
#29   Saudi Arabia: 216,000   2005 ...
#30   Mexico: 204,000   2005 ...
#31   Eritrea: 202,000   2005 ...
#32   Sri Lanka: 200,000   2005 ...
#33   Cambodia: 191,000   2005 ...
#34   Ethiopia: 183,000   2005 ...
#35   Belarus: 183,000   2005 ...
#36   Romania: 177,000   2005 ...
#37   Israel: 176,000   2005 ...
#38   Greece: 168,000   2005 ...
#39   Singapore: 167,000   2005 ...
#40   Poland: 162,000   2005 ...
#41   Nigeria: 161,000   2005 ...
#42   Peru: 157,000   2005 ...
#43   Philippines: 147,000   2005 ...
#44   Yemen: 138,000   2005 ...
#45   Malaysia: 135,000   2005 ...
#46   Nepal: 131,000   2005 ...
#47   Laos: 129,000   2005 ...
#48   Sudan: 123,000   2005 ...
#49   Angola: 118,000   2005 ...
#50   Chile: 116,000   2005 ...
#51   Jordan: 111,000   2005 ...
#52   Serbia and Montenegro: 110,000   2004 ...
#53   Switzerland: 109,000   2005 ...
#54   Argentina: 102,000   2005 ...
#55   Kazakhstan: 101,000   2005 ...
#56   Portugal: 93,000   2005 ...
#57   Uzbekistan: 91,000   2005 ...
#58   Lebanon: 85,000   2005 ...
#59   Bulgaria: 85,000   2005 ...
#60   Azerbaijan: 82,000   2005 ...
#61   Venezuela: 82,000   2005 ...
#62   Burundi: 82,000   2005 ...
#63   Cuba: 76,000   2005 ...
#64   Libya: 76,000   2005 ...
#65   Canada: 71,000   2005 ...
#66   Bolivia: 70,000   2005 ...
#67   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 65,000   2005 ...
#68   Netherlands: 60,000   2005 ...
#69   South Africa: 56,000   2005 ...
#70   Australia: 53,000   2005 ...
#71   Rwanda: 53,000   2005 ...
#72   United Arab Emirates: 51,000   2005 ...
#73   Zimbabwe: 51,000   2005 ...
#74   Somalia: 50,000   2000 ...
#75   Armenia: 49,000   2005 ...
#76   Guatemala: 48,000   2005 ...
#77   Ecuador: 47,270   2005 ...
#78   Uganda: 47,000   2005 ...
#79   Tunisia: 47,000   2005 ...
#80   Norway: 47,000   2005 ...
#81   Oman: 46,000   2005 ...
#82   Hungary: 44,000   2005 ...
#83   Dominican Republic: 40,000   2005 ...
#84   Austria: 40,000   2005 ...
#85   Belgium: 37,000   2005 ...
#86   Chad: 35,000   2005 ...
#87   Finland: 31,000   2005 ...
#88   Croatia: 31,000   2005 ...
#89   Kenya: 29,000   2005 ...
#90   Lithuania: 29,000   2005 ...
#91   Sweden: 28,600   2005 ...
#92   Czech Republic: 28,000   2005 ...
#93   Tanzania: 28,000   2005 ...
#94   Afghanistan: 27,000   2005 ...
#95   Turkmenistan: 26,000   2005 ...
#96   Paraguay: 25,000   2005 ...
#97   Uruguay: 24,920   2005 ...
#98   Georgia: 23,000   2005 ...
#99   Cameroon: 23,000   2005 ...
#100   Kuwait: 23,000   2005 ...
#101   Albania: 22,500   2005 ...
#102   Madagascar: 22,000   2005 ...
#103   Mauritania: 21,000   2005 ...
#104   Bahrain: 21,000   2005 ...
#105   Denmark: 21,000   2005 ...
#106   Honduras: 20,000   2005 ...
#107   Slovakia: 20,000   2005 ...
#108   Senegal: 19,000   2005 ...
#109   Côte d'Ivoire: 19,000   2005 ...
#110   Macedonia, Republic of: 19,000   2005 ...
#111   Kyrgyzstan: 18,000   2005 ...
#112   Costa Rica: 17,000   2003 ...
#113   Zambia: 16,000   2005 ...
#114   Mongolia: 16,000   2005 ...
#115   El Salvador: 16,000   2005 ...
#116   Liberia: 15,000   2005 ...
#117   Namibia: 15,000   2005 ...
#118   Nicaragua: 14,000   2005 ...
#119   Tajikistan: 13,000   2005 ...
#120   Guinea: 13,000   2005 ...
#121   Djibouti: 13,000   2005 ...
#122   Sierra Leone: 13,000   2005 ...
#123   Panama: 12,000   2005 ...
#124   Congo, Republic of the: 12,000   2005 ...
#125   Qatar: 12,000   2005 ...
#126   Mali: 12,000   2005 ...
#127   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 12,000   2005 ...
#128   Slovenia: 12,000   2005 ...
#129   Burkina Faso: 11,250   2005 ...
#130   Botswana: 11,000   2005 ...
#131   Mozambique: 11,000   2005 ...
#132   Brunei: 11,000   2005 ...
#133   Cyprus: 10,750   2005 ...
#134   Niger: 10,000   2005 ...
#135   Ireland: 10,000   2005 ...
#136   Moldova: 10,000   2005 ...
#137   Togo: 9,750   2005 ...
#138   Guinea-Bissau: 9,000   2005 ...
#139   New Zealand: 9,000   2005 ...
#140   Benin: 8,000   2005 ...