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31 countries

Asia

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Afghanistan 0 Bangladesh 0 Bhutan 0 Brunei 0 Cambodia 0 China 2 Hong Kong 0 India 20 Indonesia 0 Japan 1 Kazakhstan 0 Kyrgyzstan 0 Laos 0 Malaysia 0 Maldives 0 Mongolia 0 Myanmar 0 Nepal 0 North Korea 0 Pakistan 0 Philippines 0 Singapore 0 South Korea 0 Sri Lanka 0 Taiwan 0 Tajikistan 0 Thailand 0 Timor-Leste 0 Turkmenistan 0 Uzbekistan 0 Vietnam 0
16 countries

Middle East

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Bahrain 0 Egypt 1 Iran 2 Iraq 0 Israel 5 Jordan 1 Kuwait 0 Lebanon 0 Oman 0 Palestine 0 Qatar 0 Saudi Arabia 1 Syria 0 Türkiye 1 United Arab Emirates 0 Yemen 0
49 countries

Europe

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Albania 0 Andorra 0 Armenia 0 Austria 0 Azerbaijan 0 Belarus 0 Belgium 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 Bulgaria 0 Croatia 0 Cyprus 0 Czechia 0 Denmark 0 Estonia 0 Finland 0 France 1 Georgia 0 Germany 1 Greece 1 Hungary 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Italy 0 Kosovo 0 Latvia 0 Liechtenstein 0 Lithuania 0 Luxembourg 0 Malta 0 Moldova 0 Monaco 0 Montenegro 0 Netherlands 0 North Macedonia 0 Norway 0 Poland 0 Portugal 0 Romania 0 Russia 0 San Marino 0 Serbia 0 Slovakia 0 Slovenia 0 Spain 1 Sweden 0 Switzerland 0 Ukraine 2 United Kingdom 7 Vatican City 0
3 countries

North America

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Canada 1 Greenland 0 United States 9
33 countries

Latin America

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Antigua and Barbuda 0 Argentina 0 Bahamas 0 Barbados 0 Belize 0 Bolivia 0 Brazil 4 Chile 0 Colombia 0 Costa Rica 0 Cuba 0 Dominica 0 Dominican Republic 0 Ecuador 0 El Salvador 0 Grenada 0 Guatemala 0 Guyana 0 Haiti 0 Honduras 0 Jamaica 0 Mexico 0 Nicaragua 0 Panama 0 Paraguay 0 Peru 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 Saint Lucia 0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 Suriname 0 Trinidad and Tobago 0 Uruguay 0 Venezuela 0
53 countries

Africa

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Algeria 0 Angola 0 Benin 0 Botswana 0 Burkina Faso 0 Burundi 0 Cameroon 0 Cape Verde 0 Central African Republic 0 Chad 0 Comoros 0 Côte d'Ivoire 0 DR Congo 1 Djibouti 0 Equatorial Guinea 0 Eritrea 0 Eswatini 0 Ethiopia 0 Gabon 0 Gambia 0 Ghana 0 Guinea 0 Guinea-Bissau 0 Kenya 0 Lesotho 0 Liberia 0 Libya 0 Madagascar 0 Malawi 0 Mali 0 Mauritania 0 Mauritius 0 Morocco 0 Mozambique 0 Namibia 0 Niger 0 Nigeria 1 Republic of the Congo 0 Rwanda 0 Senegal 0 Seychelles 0 Sierra Leone 0 Somalia 0 South Africa 0 South Sudan 0 Sudan 0 São Tomé and Príncipe 0 Tanzania 0 Togo 0 Tunisia 0 Uganda 0 Zambia 0 Zimbabwe 0
14 countries

Oceania

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Australia 1 Fiji 0 Kiribati 0 Marshall Islands 0 Micronesia 0 Nauru 0 New Zealand 1 Palau 0 Papua New Guinea 0 Samoa 0 Solomon Islands 0 Tonga 0 Tuvalu 0 Vanuatu 0