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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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8.95 million
862,090
207
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Russia :
8,946,500
2003
Russian Government
# 2
Zimbabwe :
6,330,047
2003
Zimbabwean Government
# 3
Italy :
5,904,883
2003
Italian Government
# 4
China :
4,123,620
2003
Chinese Government
# 5
Poland :
3,581,593
2003
Polish Government
# 6
Australia :
3,162,025
2003
Australian Government
# 7
Spain :
3,068,552
2003
Spanish Government
# 8
Germany :
2,915,482
2003
German Government
# 9
Peru :
2,675,500
2003
Peruvian Government
# 10
Japan :
2,665,350
2001
Japanese Government
# 11
France :
2,498,100
2003
French Government
# 12
Czech Republic :
2,325,977
2003
Czech Government
# 13
Turkey :
2,111,086
2003
Turkish Government
# 14
United Kingdom :
2,016,700
2003
British Government
# 15
South Africa :
1,783,719
2003
South African Government
# 16
Brazil :
1,365,136
2003
Brazilian Government
# 17
Netherlands :
1,137,000
2003
Dutch Government
# 18
Romania :
1,119,124
2003
Romanian Government
# 19
Portugal :
1,103,198
2003
Portuguese Government
# 20
Canada :
997,500
2001
Canadian Government
# 21
Nigeria :
981,709
2003
Nigerian Government
# 22
Hungary :
948,403
2003
Hungarian Government
# 23
Greece :
879,377
2002
Greek Government
# 24
Belgium :
687,762
2003
Belgian Government
# 25
Hong Kong :
672,275
2003
Hong Kong Government
# 26
Serbia and Montenegro :
504,954
2003
Serbian Government
# 27
Denmark :
492,540
2003
Danish Government
# 28
Thailand :
446,972
2003
Thai Government
# 29
Madagascar :
430,095
2003
Malagasy Government
# 30
Slovakia :
420,812
2003
Slovak Government
# 31
Argentina :
388,658
2003
Argentine Government
# 32
Norway :
321,874
2003
Norwegian Government
# 33
Singapore :
312,231
2003
Singapore Government
# 34
Switzerland :
311,324
2003
Swiss Government
# 35
New Zealand :
307,461
2002
New Zealand Government
# 36
Sweden :
295,197
2003
Swedish Government
# 37
Finland :
250,873
2003
Finnish Government
# 38
Lithuania :
230,868
2003
Lithuanian Government
# 39
Morocco :
192,966
2003
Moroccan Government
# 40
Kazakhstan :
190,045
2003
Kazakhstani Government
# 41
Austria :
161,732
2003
Austrian Government
# 42
Macedonia, Republic of :
158,555
2003
Macedonian Government
# 43
Ireland :
148,759
2003
Irish Government
# 44
Oman :
141,175
2003
Omani Government
# 45
Jordan :
140,337
2003
Jordanian Government
# 46
Slovenia :
139,163
2003
Slovenian Government
# 47
Latvia :
134,783
2003
Latvian Government
# 48
Albania :
134,177
2003
Albanian Government
# 49
Moldova :
128,061
2003
Moldovan Government
# 50
Cyprus :
115,744
2003
Cypriot Government
# 51
Armenia :
113,486
2003
Armenian Government
# 52
Georgia :
95,671
2003
Georgian Government
# 53
Estonia :
86,816
2003
Estonian Government
# 54
Algeria :
79,908
2003
Algerian Government
# 55
Malawi :
74,308
2003
Malawian Government
# 56
Vietnam :
72,012
2003
Vietnamese Government
# 57
Bolivia :
51,240
2003
Bolivian Government
# 58
Sri Lanka :
49,785
2003
Sri Lankan Government
# 59
Puerto Rico :
45,642
2002
Puerto Rican Government
# 60
Jamaica :
45,050
2003
Jamaican Government
# 61
Ecuador :
43,987
2003
Ecuadorian Government
# 62
Panama :
41,119
1999
Panamanian Government
# 63
Pakistan :
40,631
2003
Pakistani Government
# 64
Mongolia :
35,181
2003
Mongolian Government
# 65
Indonesia :
32,337
2003
Indonesian Government
# 66
Iceland :
24,418
2003
Icelandic Government
# 67
Zambia :
23,193
2003
Zambian Government
# 68
El Salvador :
21,637
2003
Salvadoran Government
# 69
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
17,883
2003
Herzegovinian Government
# 70
Mozambique :
14,797
2003
Mozambican Government
# 71
Uganda :
14,021
2003
Ugandan Government
# 72
Benin :
7,091
1999
Beninese Government
# 73
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
5,264
2003
Congolese Government
# 74
Azerbaijan :
3,389
2003
Azerbaijani Government
# 75
Sierra Leone :
2,871
2003
Sierra Leonean Government
# 76
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,744
1997
Ivoirian Government
# 77
Senegal :
2,488
2003
Senegalese Government
# 78
Yemen :
1,783
2003
Yemeni Government
# 79
Cameroon :
1,693
1999
Cameroonian Government
# 80
Togo :
1,684
2003
Togolese Government
# 81
Gabon :
934
2001
Gabonese Government
# 82
Burkina Faso :
221
1997
Burkinabe Government
# 83
Central African Republic :
207
1992
Central African Government
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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