Covid Rising Again, Jamaica in 5th Wave, Some Americans Say Pandemic Over, World Covid Stats, More

May 20, 2022

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COVID is rising in the Americas, virus ‘not going away anytime soon’ -PAHO

COVID-19 picks up pace in Americas as Omicron spreads

People walk in a crowded street as new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), driven by the Omicron variant, are surging, in Lima, Peru January 12, 2022. Picture taken January 12, 2022. REUTERS/Angela Ponce

SAO PAULO, May 18 (Reuters) – COVID-19 is on the rise again in the Americas as many countries have abandoned measures like masking and social distancing and many lag in vaccination rates, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday.

Cases in the Americas surged 27.2% last week from the prior one, driven primarily by a spike in infections in the United States, according to PAHO.

More than half of a total 918,000 infections came from North America as U.S. cases jumped by 33% to 605,000 in the last week. Infections in North America have now been climbing for the past seven weeks.

PAHO Director Dr. Carissa Etienne noted that many countries and local governments are giving up measures to protect against the virus and have reopened borders after a period of lower transmission.

“Masking and social distancing have served us well since the start of the pandemic and are still valid measures to lower virus transmission,” she said, adding that governments should be ready to scale up these measures whenever there is an increase in cases or deaths.

Too many people remain at risk, PAHO said, as only 14 of the 51 countries and territories in the Americas have reached the World Health Organization’s goal of vaccinating 70% of their population, she added during a news conference.

PAHO said new COVID-19 infections and deaths in the region have been rising steadily over the past four weeks, with over 3,500 fatalities reported last week.

Central America saw the largest percentage rise in cases, with infections soaring by 80%. In Brazil, the second most populated country in the Americas, infections increased by 9% to 120,000.

“It is time to take stock of these numbers and act. COVID is again on the rise in the Americas,” Etienne said. “The truth is this virus is not going away anytime soon.”

Reporting by Gabriel Araujo and Steven Grattan; Editing by Bill Berkrot

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Jamaica Experiencing 5th Wave of COVID-19

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Jamaica’s Minister of Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton has confirmed that the island is now experiencing a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections.

He made the revelation during a COVID-19 press conference on May 18.

“Upon reviewing the epidemiology data, we can confirm that Jamaica is currently experiencing the fifth wave of COVID-19. Based on a review of the epidemiological curves for confirmed cases and reproductive rates to identify the inflection point for increased cases. The inflection point for the fifth wave occurred around April 20,” the minister explained.

Dr. Tufton noted that the Omicron BA2 variant is likely driving the wave.

In the last 24 hours, Jamaica saw 147 new COVID-19 cases. Minister Tufton added that the positivity rate is 17.6 per cent.

Despite the declaration of the fifth wave, Dr. Tufton urged Jamaicans not to panic. He did however urge Jamaicans to get vaccinated against the virus.

“All persons 12 years and older should visit any of the over 100 vaccination centers to be vaccinated if they have not already done so,” he said.

According to COVID.Vax.Live, some 23 percent of Jamaica’s population is fully vaccinated. Despite the low vaccination rate, the government has reiterated that it will not be going back to strict measures like lockdowns but has urged residents to take personal responsibility.

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Officials: US falling behind for new vaccines

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha warned on Wednesday that every day that goes by without Congress providing funding to fight the virus, the United States falls further in line to buy updated vaccines.

“My take is every day we wait, every week we wait, we just fall a little further behind in line,” Jha said at the first formal press briefing of the COVID-19 response team since he took over last month.

Pfizer and Moderna are working on new versions of their vaccines that are aimed at working better against the omicron variant that is currently circulating, and those vaccines are expected to be ready by the fall.

But the White House warns that it will not have enough money to purchase those new vaccines for all Americans unless lawmakers provide new COVID-19 funding, a request that has been stalled for months in Congress.

Officials say the clock is ticking, because there is a limited supply of the new vaccines and other countries are also angling to get them.

“The truth is other countries are in conversations with the manufacturers,” Jha said.

“It takes about three months to manufacture these and if we want to be ready for the fall, it’s not too early to start thinking about this stuff,” he noted. “And in fact, we’ve had some very preliminary conversations with the manufacturers, but the negotiations around it have not yet begun partly because we’re waiting for resources.”

ONE-THIRD OF AMERICANS IN NEW SURVEY SAY PANDEMIC IS OVER

Nearly 1 in 3 Americans questioned in a new survey said that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, with many stating their top concern now is spreading the virus to people who are at higher risk of serious illness.

In the Axios-Ipsos poll, 31 percent of respondents said that the pandemic is over and 69 percent disagreed.

Perception of the pandemic varied across party lines, with 59 percent of Republicans, 27 percent of independents and 10 percent of Democrats surveyed saying the pandemic is over.

Additionally, 32 percent of respondents said their top current concern with the virus is spreading it to people who are at higher risk of serious illness, which was consistent regardless of party affiliation.

Among those who were unvaccinated, 31 percent said their top concern is dealing with restrictions in their daily life.

Overall, 74 percent say that the pandemic is still a problem, but manageable, while 14 percent describe it as a serious problem.

US: Becerra tests positive for COVID during trip to Berlin

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday while traveling in Berlin, the department announced.

“This morning in Berlin, ahead of G7 meetings for health ministers, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for COVID-19 after taking a PCR test,” said HHS spokeswoman Sarah Lovenheim. “He is fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, and is experiencing mild symptoms. He will continue to perform his duties as HHS Secretary, working in isolation.”

Becerra most recently visited the White House on Thursday. However, President Biden is not considered a close contact, according to HHS.

Becerra is the latest in a string of high-profile Biden administration officials to contract the virus, as the United States sees a surge in cases. Vice President Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken both recently had the virus.

Biden so far has avoided having a known case of the virus, but the White House has acknowledged it is possible he will be infected as well. The administration argues that tools like vaccines, booster shots, and treatments now exist that make the virus much more management.

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WORLD COVID STATS

Coronavirus Cases:

526,027,276

view by country

Deaths:

6,297,317

Recovered:

495,802,774

#	Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Total Recovered	New Recovered	Active Cases	Serious, Critical	Tot Cases/ 1M pop	Deaths/ 1M pop	Total Tests	Tests/ 1M pop	Population
	World	526,027,276	+483,608	6,297,317	+338	495,802,774	+474,200	23,927,185	38,409	67,484	807.9
1	USA	84,799,040		1,028,337		81,491,282		2,279,421	2,269	253,401	3,073	1,020,873,035	3,050,623	334,644,090
2	India	43,131,822		524,323		42,592,455		15,044	698	30,689	373	845,404,172	601,515	1,405,458,235
3	Brazil	30,752,226		665,491		29,746,640		340,095	8,318	142,772	3,090	63,776,166	296,091	215,394,113
4	France	29,291,146		147,715		28,448,088		695,343	1,173	446,890	2,254	271,490,188	4,142,076	65,544,470
5	Germany	26,013,283		138,488		24,526,300	+100,800	1,348,495	944	308,629	1,643	122,332,384	1,451,387	84,286,530
6	UK	22,232,377		177,890		21,791,382	+17,318	263,105	188	324,300	2,595	522,526,476	7,622,001	68,555,028
7	Russia	18,283,706	+5,089	378,168	+96	17,676,801	+6,173	228,737	2,300	125,186	2,589	273,400,000	1,871,938	146,051,848
8	S. Korea	17,914,957	+25,108	23,885	+43	17,271,891	+20,044	619,181	251	348,866	465	15,804,065	307,760	51,351,956
9	Italy	17,178,199		165,738		16,119,286		893,175	308	284,902	2,749	218,805,421	3,628,911	60,295,056
10	Turkey	15,060,112		98,918		14,957,668		3,526	975	175,033	1,150	161,284,037	1,874,488	86,041,641
11	Spain	12,179,234		105,642		11,588,576		485,016	339	260,303	2,258	471,036,328	10,067,299	46,788,750
12	Vietnam	10,704,524		43,073		9,382,881		1,278,570	333	108,147	435	85,813,173	866,960	98,981,674
13	Argentina	9,135,308		128,776		8,895,999		110,533	300	198,707	2,801	35,716,069	776,878	45,973,834
14	Japan	8,513,463	+38,812	30,211	+36	8,131,023	+34,198	352,229	106	67,701	240	51,147,901	406,742	125,750,222
15	Netherlands	8,074,152		22,301		8,004,179		47,672	42	469,264	1,296	21,107,399	1,226,747	17,205,997
16	Iran	7,229,354		141,253		7,028,491		59,610	731	84,053	1,642	51,877,878	603,163	86,009,781
17	Australia	6,863,827	+49,921	8,028	+52	6,427,331		428,468	118	263,437	308	71,065,415	2,727,522	26,054,940
18	Colombia	6,099,111		139,833		5,930,545		28,733	342	117,516	2,694	34,792,844	670,378	51,900,355
19	Indonesia	6,051,850		156,510		5,891,574		3,766	2,771	21,695	561	97,850,450	350,782	278,949,805
20	Poland	6,004,786		116,242		5,335,196		553,348	981	158,988	3,078	36,258,589	960,013	37,768,856
21	Mexico	5,752,441		324,617		5,050,420		377,404	4,798	43,753	2,469	15,897,804	120,920	131,474,101
22	Ukraine	5,009,301		108,497		N/A	N/A	N/A	177	115,846	2,509	19,521,252	451,453	43,240,982
23	Malaysia	4,485,419		35,633		4,419,997		29,789	35	135,331	1,075	59,480,955	1,794,625	33,143,949
24	Thailand	4,401,378	+6,463	29,681	+41	4,312,790	+7,091	58,907	1,496	62,762	423	17,270,775	246,273	70,128,552
25	Austria	4,225,674		18,328		4,156,309		51,037	58	464,217	2,013	185,987,121	20,431,843	9,102,807
26	Belgium	4,134,293		31,675		3,979,453	+12,443	123,165	105	353,835	2,711	33,947,485	2,905,406	11,684,249
27	Israel	4,117,079		10,826		4,083,611		22,642	150	441,462	1,161	41,373,364	4,436,346	9,326,000
28	Portugal	4,066,674		22,583		N/A	N/A	N/A	61	401,015	2,227	42,123,558	4,153,811	10,140,942
29	Czechia	3,917,653	+359	40,262		3,874,553	+1,087	2,838	6	364,560	3,747	55,353,939	5,151,000	10,746,251
30	South Africa	3,915,258		100,898		3,733,569		80,791	192	64,490	1,662	24,992,827	411,665	60,711,507
31	Canada	3,842,433		40,627		3,511,781		290,025	370	100,160	1,059	61,642,137	1,606,813	38,362,980
32	Philippines	3,688,295		60,452		3,625,704		2,139	480	32,838	538	29,943,879	266,601	112,317,196
33	Switzerland	3,642,604		13,934		3,566,520	+2,313	62,150	71	415,189	1,588	20,991,820	2,392,677	8,773,363
34	Chile	3,623,889		57,767		3,474,882		91,240	147	186,567	2,974	37,888,654	1,950,605	19,424,051
35	Peru	3,574,182		213,077		N/A	N/A	N/A	196	105,640	6,298	30,358,848	897,302	33,833,487
36	Greece	3,410,481		29,642		3,328,965		51,874	160	330,231	2,870	81,638,554	7,904,919	10,327,563
37	Denmark	2,979,238		6,312		2,963,690		9,236	11	510,978	1,083	127,377,418	21,846,860	5,830,468
38	Romania	2,905,055		65,640		N/A	N/A	N/A	125	152,922	3,455	23,024,767	1,212,021	18,997,008
39	Sweden	2,506,607		18,908		2,478,858		8,841	7	245,327	1,851	18,573,144	1,817,794	10,217,408
40	Iraq	2,326,965		25,216		2,300,511		1,238	11	55,516	602	18,546,470	442,475	41,915,340
41	DPRK	2,241,610	+263,380	65	+2	1,486,730	+248,730	754,815		86,246	3			25,990,762
42	Serbia	2,014,317		16,057		1,990,640		7,620	10	232,295	1,852	9,632,413	1,110,831	8,671,359
43	Bangladesh	1,953,138		29,127		1,900,354		23,657	1,259	11,642	174	14,071,400	83,874	167,767,559
44	Hungary	1,914,697		46,446		1,830,803		37,448	21	199,150	4,831	11,394,556	1,185,163	9,614,340
45	Slovakia	1,788,133	+214	20,075	+2	1,764,337	+500	3,721	30	327,221	3,674	7,135,046	1,305,684	5,464,603
46	Jordan	1,694,216		14,048		1,678,941		1,227	124	163,013	1,352	16,670,254	1,603,964	10,393,162
47	Georgia	1,655,221		16,811		1,637,293		1,117		416,428	4,229	16,920,079	4,256,834	3,974,804
48	Ireland	1,551,835		7,244		1,519,930		24,661	23	307,827	1,437	12,174,702	2,415,011	5,041,262
49	Pakistan	1,529,639	+81	30,379		1,494,141		5,119	75	6,681	133	28,427,126	124,170	228,937,482
50	Norway	1,430,844		3,061		N/A	N/A	N/A	20	260,117	556	11,002,430	2,000,162	5,500,770
51	Kazakhstan	1,305,683	+16	13,661		1,291,861	+8	161	24	68,011	712	11,575,012	602,926	19,198,054
52	Singapore	1,258,691		1,371		1,178,334		78,986	8	212,020	231	23,875,083	4,021,634	5,936,662
53	Hong Kong	1,209,688		9,366		N/A	N/A	N/A	5	158,938	1,231	44,972,952	5,908,871	7,611,090
54	Morocco	1,166,224		16,075		1,149,340		809	293	30,909	426	11,237,010	297,817	37,731,312
55	Bulgaria	1,162,986		37,078		1,039,980		85,928	50	169,770	5,413	9,953,628	1,453,010	6,850,350
56	Taiwan	1,156,291	+85,761	1,284	+49	114,635	+15,077	1,040,372		48,385	54	16,901,650	707,252	23,897,643
57	Croatia	1,133,139		15,950		1,113,292		3,897	11	279,251	3,931	4,851,253	1,195,542	4,057,786
58	Cuba	1,104,830		8,529		1,095,895		406	23	97,655	754	12,920,253	1,142,006	11,313,647
59	Lebanon	1,098,313		10,414		1,085,397		2,502	186	162,278	1,539	4,795,578	708,554	6,768,116
60	New Zealand	1,087,466	+7,909	990	+17	1,029,742	+7,519	56,734		217,402	198	7,149,108	1,429,221	5,002,100
61	Finland	1,081,225		4,406		N/A	N/A	N/A	21	194,575	793	10,873,312	1,956,734	5,556,867
62	Lithuania	1,061,364	+118	9,129		1,034,822	+387	17,413	12	400,353	3,444	9,965,040	3,758,870	2,651,073
63	Tunisia	1,041,789		28,628		N/A	N/A	N/A	29	86,451	2,376	4,607,327	382,331	12,050,625
64	Slovenia	1,021,550		6,628		1,007,419		7,503	8	491,254	3,187	2,660,308	1,279,318	2,079,474
65	Belarus	982,867		6,978		N/A	N/A	N/A		104,079	739	13,220,483	1,399,957	9,443,492
66	Nepal	979,040		11,952		966,938		150		32,505	397	5,679,687	188,570	30,119,817
67	Bolivia	906,743	+146	21,943		865,071	+268	19,729	220	75,740	1,833	2,705,422	225,984	11,971,730
68	UAE	903,731		2,302		887,546		13,883		89,349	228	159,818,065	15,800,758	10,114,582
69	Uruguay	902,540		7,213		892,434		2,893	18	258,140	2,063	6,114,822	1,748,933	3,496,315
70	Costa Rica	877,533		8,472		848,035		21,026	38	169,363	1,635	4,487,906	866,159	5,181,388
71	Ecuador	873,609		35,613		N/A	N/A	N/A	759	48,144	1,963	2,470,170	136,130	18,145,624
72	Guatemala	854,891		17,892		834,528		2,471	5	46,118	965	4,585,934	247,391	18,537,204
73	Latvia	826,735		5,813		817,952		2,970	6	447,587	3,147	7,233,627	3,916,218	1,847,095
74	Panama	821,500		8,211		783,811		29,478	16	184,932	1,848	6,090,843	1,371,138	4,442,181
75	Azerbaijan	792,695		9,710		782,936		49		76,881	942	6,865,181	665,835	10,310,630
76	Saudi Arabia	761,624		9,124		746,013		6,487	81	21,256	255	42,232,307	1,178,655	35,830,934
77	Sri Lanka	663,735		16,512		646,930		293		30,755	765	6,486,117	300,538	21,581,686
78	Paraguay	649,929		18,881		624,673		6,375	2	89,069	2,588	2,633,737	360,939	7,296,902
79	Kuwait	632,474		2,555		629,392		527	3	144,103	582	8,088,043	1,842,778	4,389,050
80	Myanmar	613,186		19,434		592,130		1,622		11,130	353	8,110,213	147,207	55,094,108
81	Palestine	582,246		5,355		576,764		127	17	109,366	1,006	3,078,533	578,256	5,323,827
82	Dominican Republic	581,044		4,377		576,006		661	1	52,574	396	3,317,138	300,139	11,051,995
83	Bahrain	579,932		1,480		573,497		4,955	4	319,968	817	9,805,270	5,409,891	1,812,471
84	Estonia	575,046		2,561		516,588		55,897	4	432,948	1,928	3,357,306	2,527,694	1,328,209
85	Venezuela	523,174		5,715		516,409		1,050	230	18,497	202	3,359,014	118,757	28,284,813
86	Moldova	517,753		11,503		504,142		2,108	49	128,910	2,864	3,216,305	800,798	4,016,377
87	Egypt	515,645		24,613		442,182		48,850	122	4,867	232	3,693,367	34,858	105,954,794
88	Libya	501,904		6,430		490,973		4,501	101	71,227	912	2,477,219	351,549	7,046,577
89	Cyprus	477,711		1,032		124,370		352,309	60	390,335	843	9,477,138	7,743,721	1,223,848
90	Ethiopia	471,145		7,512		455,809		7,824	6	3,916	62	4,855,390	40,359	120,304,131
91	Mongolia	469,885		2,179		313,256		154,450	192	139,129	645	4,030,048	1,193,267	3,377,322
92	Honduras	424,771		10,896		132,401		281,474	105	41,644	1,068	1,369,816	134,294	10,200,113
93	Armenia	422,917		8,623		412,071		2,223		142,222	2,900	3,078,174	1,035,156	2,973,633
94	Réunion	411,363		770		403,795		6,798	10	453,393	849	1,603,660	1,767,510	907,299
95	Oman	389,473		4,260		384,669		544	2	72,796	796	25,000,000	4,672,731	5,350,190
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	377,677		15,783		N/A	N/A	N/A		116,475	4,867	1,770,766	546,104	3,242,546
97	Qatar	366,724		677		365,033		1,014		130,609	241	3,500,885	1,246,841	2,807,805
98	Kenya	324,129		5,649		318,224		256		5,789	101	3,642,521	65,053	55,992,771
99	Zambia	320,945		3,984		316,263		698	1	16,587	206	3,461,971	178,918	19,349,442
100	North Macedonia	311,113		9,296		301,275		542		149,343	4,462	2,040,024	979,268	2,083,214
101	Botswana	306,614		2,692		303,619		303	1	125,626	1,103	2,026,898	830,462	2,440,687
102	Albania	275,732		3,497		271,975		260	2	96,010	1,218	1,819,846	633,673	2,871,903
103	Algeria	265,841		6,875		178,376		80,590	6	5,864	152	230,861	5,092	45,336,349
104	Nigeria	255,924		3,143		249,977		2,804	11	1,186	15	5,152,011	23,883	215,721,432
105	Zimbabwe	250,206		5,487		242,815		1,904	12	16,387	359	2,302,045	150,768	15,268,806
106	Luxembourg	244,182		1,073		235,939		7,170		378,529	1,663	4,248,188	6,585,501	645,082
107	Uzbekistan	238,868	+13	1,637		237,107	+21	124	23	6,948	48	1,377,915	40,080	34,379,144
108	Montenegro	236,569		2,719		233,238		612	6	376,573	4,328	2,468,757	3,929,796	628,215
109	Mozambique	225,546		2,201		223,274		71	13	6,856	67	1,321,766	40,178	32,897,535
110	China	222,775	+193	5,218		212,651	+309	4,906	280	155	4	160,000,000	111,163	1,439,323,776
111	Laos	209,607		754		N/A	N/A	N/A		28,046	101	1,232,128	164,864	7,473,612
112	Kyrgyzstan	200,993		2,991		196,406		1,596	131	29,883	445	1,907,195	283,551	6,726,110
113	Iceland	186,969		153		N/A	N/A	N/A		541,315	443	1,925,385	5,574,395	345,398
114	Afghanistan	179,624	+10	7,695		162,603	+2	9,326	1,124	4,427	190	956,413	23,573	40,572,642
115	Maldives	179,560		298		163,687		15,575	25	321,560	534	2,213,831	3,964,583	558,402
116	Uganda	164,069		3,596		100,205		60,268	2	3,386	74	2,612,795	53,928	48,449,652
117	El Salvador	162,089		4,130		150,662		7,297	8	24,755	631	1,950,448	297,887	6,547,604
118	Ghana	161,325		1,445		159,826		54	1	4,996	45	2,445,003	75,721	32,289,496
119	Namibia	160,640		4,031		153,662		2,947		61,144	1,534	1,022,171	389,069	2,627,220
120	Trinidad and Tobago	156,940		3,886		143,789		9,265	18	111,464	2,760	733,972	521,291	1,407,990
121	Martinique	153,253		926		104		152,223	8	408,981	2,471	828,928	2,212,132	374,719
122	Brunei	145,783		221		143,620		1,942		327,354	496	717,784	1,611,774	445,338
123	Guadeloupe	140,130		854		2,250		137,026	19	350,104	2,134	938,039	2,343,621	400,252
124	Cambodia	136,262		3,056		133,201	+3	5		7,944	178	2,964,029	172,799	17,153,029
125	Jamaica	133,538		3,018		85,664		44,856		44,730	1,011	1,048,410	351,177	2,985,414
126	Rwanda	129,945		1,459		45,522		82,964		9,587	108	5,368,092	396,042	13,554,356
127	Cameroon	119,780		1,927		117,791		62	13	4,311	69	1,751,774	63,047	27,785,108
128	Angola	99,194		1,900		97,149		145		2,852	55	1,499,795	43,118	34,783,309
129	Malta	93,843		716		90,649		2,478	4	211,478	1,614	1,910,344	4,305,010	443,749
130	DRC	87,633		1,338		50,930		35,365		926	14	846,704	8,944	94,667,102
131	Senegal	86,058		1,966		84,073		19		4,898	112	1,085,119	61,755	17,571,397
132	Malawi	85,909		2,637		82,788		484	67	4,283	131	580,199	28,928	20,056,987
133	French Guiana	82,313		397		11,254		70,662	1	262,812	1,268	635,980	2,030,581	313,201
134	Ivory Coast	82,034		799		81,204		31		2,972	29	1,513,880	54,844	27,603,297
135	Suriname	80,240		1,339		49,466		29,435		134,520	2,245	236,652	396,739	596,493
136	Barbados	78,138		435		73,480		4,223		271,280	1,510	676,596	2,349,006	288,035
137	Channel Islands	75,767		176		74,979		612		428,379	995	1,252,808	7,083,254	176,869
138	French Polynesia	72,847		649		N/A	N/A	N/A	7	256,545	2,286			283,954
139	Eswatini	72,024		1,404		69,931		689	11	60,898	1,187	1,023,290	865,215	1,182,700
140	Fiji	64,841		862		62,931		1,048		71,361	949	520,908	573,288	908,632
141	Madagascar	64,276		1,393		59,370		3,513	6	2,214	48	435,827	15,015	29,026,048
142	Guyana	64,082		1,229		62,400		453		80,741	1,548	616,015	776,158	793,672
143	Sudan	62,211		4,937		N/A	N/A	N/A		1,359	108	562,941	12,300	45,769,402
144	New Caledonia	61,514		312		60,620		582	9	211,645	1,073	98,964	340,496	290,647
145	Bhutan	59,574		21		59,509		44		75,645	27	2,303,734	2,925,198	787,548
146	Mauritania	58,939		982		57,738		219		12,080	201	821,558	168,392	4,878,856
147	Belize	58,332		677		56,861		794	6	141,869	1,647	554,293	1,348,094	411,168
148	Cabo Verde	56,127		401		55,640		86	23	98,934	707	400,982	706,805	567,316
149	Syria	55,875		3,150		52,570		155		3,054	172	146,269	7,994	18,297,967
150	Gabon	47,608		304		47,297		7		20,483	131	1,594,523	686,043	2,324,231
151	Papua New Guinea	44,394		651		43,726		17	7	4,792	70	249,149	26,892	9,264,924
152	Seychelles	43,235		167		42,553		515		434,571	1,679			99,489
153	Curaçao	43,017		275		42,203		539	3	260,154	1,663	496,693	3,003,852	165,352
154	Andorra	42,572		153		41,757		662	14	549,337	1,974	249,838	3,223,841	77,497
155	Burundi	41,530		38		N/A	N/A	N/A		3,308	3	345,742	27,539	12,554,858
156	Mauritius	37,930		996		36,274		660		29,732	781	358,675	281,153	1,275,727
157	Mayotte	37,523		187		2,964		34,372		131,586	656	176,919	620,420	285,160
158	Togo	37,034		273		36,740		21		4,285	32	737,135	85,291	8,642,624
159	Guinea	36,597		442		36,113		42	8	2,652	32	660,107	47,831	13,800,815
160	Aruba	35,693		213		35,199		281		331,670	1,979	177,885	1,652,961	107,616
161	Tanzania	35,354		840		N/A	N/A	N/A	7	562	13			62,924,793
162	Faeroe Islands	34,658		28		N/A	N/A	N/A	5	704,273	569	778,000	15,809,473	49,211
163	Bahamas	34,060		810		32,553		697		85,088	2,024	233,473	583,255	400,293
164	Lesotho	32,910		697		24,155		8,058		15,137	321	431,221	198,344	2,174,109
165	Mali	31,043		734		30,144		165		1,454	34	677,891	31,759	21,344,614
166	Haiti	30,734		835		29,643		256		2,635	72	132,422	11,354	11,663,300
167	Isle of Man	28,416		105		26,794		1,517		330,892	1,223	150,753	1,755,453	85,877
168	Benin	26,952		163		25,506		1,283	5	2,119	13	604,310	47,514	12,718,693
169	Somalia	26,521		1,350		13,182		11,989		1,586	81	400,466	23,945	16,724,724
170	Saint Lucia	24,780		368		23,578		834	1	133,801	1,987	143,281	773,651	185,201
171	Cayman Islands	24,477		28		8,553		15,896	1	364,404	417	222,773	3,316,555	67,170
172	Congo	24,079		385		20,178		3,516		4,171	67	347,815	60,251	5,772,810
173	Timor-Leste	22,890		131		22,748		11		16,763	96	265,125	194,153	1,365,547
174	Burkina Faso	20,853		382		20,439		32		949	17	248,995	11,329	21,978,155
175	Nicaragua	18,491		225		4,225		14,041		2,730	33			6,772,414
176	Gibraltar	18,273		102		16,579		1,592		542,676	3,029	534,283	15,867,278	33,672
177	Solomon Islands	18,174		146		16,357		1,671	2	25,295	203	5,117	7,122	718,474
178	South Sudan	17,551		138		13,514		3,899	1	1,534	12	392,400	34,301	11,439,928
179	Liechtenstein	17,392	+15	84		17,248	+1	60		453,708	2,191	102,174	2,665,432	38,333
180	Tajikistan	17,388		124		17,264		0		1,749	12			9,939,427
181	Grenada	17,061		223		15,597		1,241	4	150,316	1,965	161,021	1,418,675	113,501
182	San Marino	16,852		115		16,454		283	4	494,701	3,376	152,231	4,468,839	34,065
183	Equatorial Guinea	15,910		183		15,704		23	5	10,682	123	320,949	215,487	1,489,411
184	Djibouti	15,631		189		15,427		15		15,401	186	305,941	301,434	1,014,953
185	CAR	14,649		113		6,859		7,677	2	2,937	23	81,294	16,300	4,987,285
186	Bermuda	14,442		137		13,945		360		233,516	2,215	903,163	14,603,418	61,846
187	Dominica	13,116		63		12,465		588		181,358	871	196,777	2,720,883	72,321
188	Samoa	12,051		24		1,605		10,422	4	59,989	119	93,905	467,452	200,887
189	Monaco	12,035		54		11,922		59	4	302,661	1,358	54,960	1,382,155	39,764
190	Gambia	11,999		365		11,591		43		4,717	143	155,686	61,198	2,543,985
191	Greenland	11,971		21		2,761		9,189	4	210,183	369	164,926	2,895,725	56,955
192	Yemen	11,819		2,149		9,009		661	23	381	69	265,253	8,541	31,058,009
193	Tonga	11,394		11		10,693		690		105,557	102	535,009	4,956,449	107,942
194	Saint Martin	10,602		63		1,399		9,140	7	265,694	1,579	112,382	2,816,380	39,903
195	Sint Maarten	10,189		86		10,068		35	10	232,684	1,964	62,056	1,417,160	43,789
196	Caribbean Netherlands	9,986		35		9,886		65		374,288	1,312	30,126	1,129,160	26,680
197	Eritrea	9,751		103		9,633		15		2,680	28	23,693	6,512	3,638,499
198	Niger	9,031		310		8,628		93	1	349	12	254,538	9,847	25,849,515
199	Vanuatu	8,659		14		8,287		358		27,008	44	24,976	77,902	320,606
200	Guinea-Bissau	8,240		171		8,011		58	6	4,009	83	137,045	66,681	2,055,236
201	Comoros	8,100		160		7,933		7		8,957	177			904,345
202	Antigua and Barbuda	7,910		138		7,597		175	1	79,537	1,388	18,901	190,055	99,450
203	Sierra Leone	7,682		125		N/A	N/A	N/A		928	15	259,958	31,391	8,281,248
204	Liberia	7,455		294		5,747		1,414	2	1,412	56	139,824	26,479	5,280,627
205	Chad	7,415		193		4,874		2,348		428	11	191,341	11,054	17,309,725
206	St. Vincent Grenadines	6,825		106		6,641		78		61,155	950	99,290	889,687	111,601
207	British Virgin Islands	6,690		62		N/A	N/A	N/A	1	218,570	2,026	103,895	3,394,374	30,608
208	Turks and Caicos	6,097		36		6,026		35	4	153,577	907	512,050	12,897,985	39,700
209	Sao Tome and Principe	5,973		73		5,897		3		26,337	322	29,036	128,029	226,793
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5,643		43		5,560		40		104,684	798	70,707	1,311,697	53,905
211	Cook Islands	5,508		1		5,401		106		313,061	57	17,835	1,013,698	17,594
212	Palau	4,936		6		4,200		730	1	270,377	329	50,415	2,761,558	18,256
213	St. Barth	4,611		6		N/A	N/A	N/A		464,210	604	78,646	7,917,648	9,933
214	Anguilla	3,116		9		3,042		65	4	204,274	590	51,382	3,368,428	15,254
215	Kiribati	3,098		13		2,602		483	3	25,210	106			122,887
216	Saint Pierre Miquelon	2,739		1		2,449		289	1	477,095	174	23,687	4,125,936	5,741
217	Falkland Islands	1,512				N/A	N/A	N/A		411,989		8,632	2,352,044	3,670
218	Montserrat	861		4		552		305		172,269	800	11,827	2,366,347	4,998
219	Diamond Princess	712		13		699		0
220	Wallis and Futuna	454		7		438		9		41,766	644	20,508	1,886,661	10,870
221	Macao	82				82		0		123		5,375	8,071	665,940
222	Vatican City	29				29		0		36,025				805
223	Marshall Islands	17				14		3		284				59,939
224	Western Sahara	10		1		9		0		16	2			624,882
225	MS Zaandam	9		2		7		0
226	Niue	9				9		0		5,464				1,647
227	Nauru	8				5		3		730				10,952
228	Micronesia	7				1		6		60				117,285
229	Saint Helena	2				2		0		327				6,111
	Total:	526,027,276	+483,608	6,297,317	+338	495,802,774	+474,200	23,927,185	38,409	67,484.4	807.9

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