DEFINITION
Total businesses registered. Because of underreporting of firms that have closed or exited, especially in developing countries, the data on total registered firms may be biased upward.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Russia :
8,946,500
2003
# 2
Zimbabwe :
6,330,047
2003
# 3
Italy :
5,904,883
2003
# 4
China :
4,123,620
2003
# 5
Poland :
3,581,593
2003
# 6
Australia :
3,162,025
2003
# 7
Spain :
3,068,552
2003
# 8
Germany :
2,915,482
2003
# 9
Peru :
2,675,500
2003
# 10
Japan :
2,665,350
2001
# 11
France :
2,498,100
2003
# 12
Czech Republic :
2,325,977
2003
# 13
Turkey :
2,111,086
2003
# 14
United Kingdom :
2,016,700
2003
# 15
South Africa :
1,783,719
2003
# 16
Brazil :
1,365,136
2003
# 17
Netherlands :
1,137,000
2003
# 18
Romania :
1,119,124
2003
# 19
Portugal :
1,103,198
2003
# 20
Canada :
997,500
2001
# 21
Nigeria :
981,709
2003
# 22
Hungary :
948,403
2003
# 23
Greece :
879,377
2002
# 24
Belgium :
687,762
2003
# 25
Hong Kong :
672,275
2003
# 26
Serbia and Montenegro :
504,954
2003
# 27
Denmark :
492,540
2003
# 28
Thailand :
446,972
2003
# 29
Madagascar :
430,095
2003
# 30
Slovakia :
420,812
2003
# 31
Argentina :
388,658
2003
# 32
Norway :
321,874
2003
# 33
Singapore :
312,231
2003
# 34
Switzerland :
311,324
2003
# 35
New Zealand :
307,461
2002
# 36
Sweden :
295,197
2003
# 37
Finland :
250,873
2003
# 38
Lithuania :
230,868
2003
# 39
Morocco :
192,966
2003
# 40
Kazakhstan :
190,045
2003
# 41
Austria :
161,732
2003
# 42
Macedonia, Republic of :
158,555
2003
# 43
Ireland :
148,759
2003
# 44
Oman :
141,175
2003
# 45
Jordan :
140,337
2003
# 46
Slovenia :
139,163
2003
# 47
Latvia :
134,783
2003
# 48
Albania :
134,177
2003
# 49
Moldova :
128,061
2003
# 50
Cyprus :
115,744
2003
# 51
Armenia :
113,486
2003
# 52
Georgia :
95,671
2003
# 53
Estonia :
86,816
2003
# 54
Algeria :
79,908
2003
# 55
Malawi :
74,308
2003
# 56
Vietnam :
72,012
2003
# 57
Bolivia :
51,240
2003
# 58
Sri Lanka :
49,785
2003
# 59
Puerto Rico :
45,642
2002
# 60
Jamaica :
45,050
2003
# 61
Ecuador :
43,987
2003
# 62
Panama :
41,119
1999
# 63
Pakistan :
40,631
2003
# 64
Mongolia :
35,181
2003
# 65
Indonesia :
32,337
2003
# 66
Iceland :
24,418
2003
# 67
Zambia :
23,193
2003
# 68
El Salvador :
21,637
2003
# 69
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
17,883
2003
# 70
Mozambique :
14,797
2003
# 71
Uganda :
14,021
2003
# 72
Benin :
7,091
1999
# 73
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
5,264
2003
# 74
Azerbaijan :
3,389
2003
# 75
Sierra Leone :
2,871
2003
# 76
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,744
1997
# 77
Senegal :
2,488
2003
# 78
Yemen :
1,783
2003
# 79
Cameroon :
1,693
1999
# 80
Togo :
1,684
2003
# 81
Gabon :
934
2001
# 82
Burkina Faso :
221
1997
# 83
Central African Republic :
207
1992
Total :
71,553,465
Weighted average:
862,089.9
DEFINITION: Total businesses registered. Because of underreporting of firms that have closed or exited, especially in developing countries, the data on total registered firms may be biased upward.
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