List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
137		Afghanistan	28.10		2000 est.
140		Akrotiri	NA		NA
12		Albania	98.70		2001 census
94		Algeria	69.90		2002 est.
24		American Samoa	97.00		1980 est.
1		Andorra	100.00		NA
102		Angola	67.40		2001 est.
33		Anguilla	95.00		1984 est.
140		Antarctica	NA		NA
68		Antigua and Barbuda	85.80		2003 est.
22		Argentina	97.20		2001 census
6		Armenia	99.40		2001 census
21		Aruba	97.30		2000 census
140		Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
9		Australia	99.00		2003 est.
17		Austria	98.00		NA
11		Azerbaijan	98.80		1999 census
32		Bahamas, The	95.60		2003 est.
66		Bahrain	86.50		2001 census
124		Bangladesh	47.90		2001 Census
3		Barbados	99.70		2002 est.
4		Belarus	99.60		1999 census
9		Belgium	99.00		2003 est.
86		Belize	76.90		2000 census
134		Benin	34.70		2002 census
17		Bermuda	98.00		2005 est.
126		Bhutan	47.00		2003 est.
65		Bolivia	86.70		2001 census
25		Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.70		2000 est.
78		Botswana	81.20		2003 est.
140		Bouvet Island	NA		NA
61		Brazil	88.60		2004 est.
140		British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
19		British Virgin Islands	97.80		NA
43		Brunei	92.70		2001 census
15		Bulgaria	98.20		2001 census
139		Burkina Faso	21.80		2003 est.
57		Burma	89.90		2006 est.
110		Burundi	59.30		2000 est.
91		Cambodia	73.60		2004 est.
100		Cameroon	67.90		2001 est.
9		Canada	99.00		2003 est.
87		Cape Verde	76.60		2003 est.
17		Cayman Islands	98.00		1970 est.
123		Central African Republic	48.60		2000 est.
138		Chad	25.70		2000 est.
31		Chile	95.70		2002 census
52		China	90.90		2000 census
140		Christmas Island	NA		NA
140		Clipperton Island	NA		NA
140		Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
54		Colombia	90.40		2005 census
115		Comoros	56.50		2003 est.
103		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	67.20		2001 est.
74		Congo, Republic of the	83.80		2003 est.
33		Cook Islands	95.00		NA
140		Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
34		Costa Rica	94.90		2000 census
122		Cote d'Ivoire	48.70		2000 est.
16		Croatia	98.10		2001 census
2		Cuba	99.80		2002 census
20		Cyprus	97.60		2001 census
9		Czech Republic	99.00		2003 est.
9		Denmark	99.00		2003 est.
140		Dhekelia	NA		NA
100		Djibouti	67.90		2003 est.
36		Dominica	94.00		2003 est.
64		Dominican Republic	87.00		2002 census
51		Ecuador	91.00		2001 census
92		Egypt	71.40		2005 est.
80		El Salvador	80.20		2003 est.
64		Equatorial Guinea	87.00		2000 est.
111		Eritrea	58.60		2003 est.
2		Estonia	99.80		2000 census
128		Ethiopia	42.70		2003 est.
140		European Union	NA		NA
140		Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
140		Faroe Islands	NA		NA
37		Fiji	93.70		2003 est.
1		Finland	100.00		2000 est.
9		France	99.00		2003 est.
17		French Polynesia	98.00		1977 est.
140		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
105		Gabon	63.20		1995 est.
130		Gambia, The	40.10		2003 est.
46		Gaza Strip	92.40		2004 est.
1		Georgia	100.00		2004 est.
9		Germany	99.00		2003 est.
112		Ghana	57.90		2000 census
81		Gibraltar	80.00		NA
30		Greece	96.00		2001 census
1		Greenland	100.00		2001 est.
30		Grenada	96.00		2003 est.
140		Guam	NA		NA
96		Guatemala	69.10		2002 census
140		Guernsey	NA		NA
135		Guinea	29.50		2003 est.
129		Guinea-Bissau	42.40		2003 est.
11		Guyana	98.80		2003 est.
116		Haiti	52.90		2003 est.
140		Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
1		Holy See (Vatican City)	100.00		NA
81		Honduras	80.00		2001 census
38		Hong Kong	93.50		2002
6		Hungary	99.40		2003 est.
9		Iceland	99.00		2003 est.
108		India	61.00		2001 census
54		Indonesia	90.40		2004 est.
85		Iran	77.00		2002 est.
89		Iraq	74.10		2000 est.
9		Ireland	99.00		2003 est.
140		Isle of Man	NA		NA
23		Israel	97.10		2004 est.
14		Italy	98.40		2001 census
62		Jamaica	87.90		2003 est.
140		Jan Mayen	NA		NA
9		Japan	99.00		2002
140		Jersey	NA		NA
57		Jordan	89.90		2003 est.
5		Kazakhstan	99.50		1999 est.
69		Kenya	85.10		2003 est.
140		Kiribati	NA		NA
9		Korea, North	99.00		NA
18		Korea, South	97.90		2002
48		Kosovo	91.90		2007 Census
39		Kuwait	93.30		2005 census
12		Kyrgyzstan	98.70		1999 census
98		Laos	68.70		2001 est.
3		Latvia	99.70		2000 census
63		Lebanon	87.40		2003 est.
72		Lesotho	84.80		2003 est.
113		Liberia	57.50		NA
75		Libya	82.60		2003 est.
1		Liechtenstein	100.00		NA
4		Lithuania	99.60		2001 census
1		Luxembourg	100.00		2000 est.
50		Macau	91.30		2001 census
29		Macedonia	96.10		2002 census
97		Madagascar	68.90		2003 est.
106		Malawi	62.70		2003 est.
60		Malaysia	88.70		2000 census
27		Maldives	96.30		2000 census
127		Mali	46.40		2003 est.
42		Malta	92.80		2003 est.
37		Marshall Islands	93.70		1999
118		Mauritania	51.20		2000 census
73		Mauritius	84.40		2000 census
140		Mayotte	NA		NA
51		Mexico	91.00		2004 est.
59		Micronesia, Federated States of	89.00		1980 est.
8		Moldova	99.10		2005 est.
9		Monaco	99.00		2003 est.
19		Mongolia	97.80		2000 census
140		Montenegro	NA		NA
24		Montserrat	97.00		1970 est.
117		Morocco	52.30		2004 census
125		Mozambique	47.80		2003 est.
70		Namibia	85.00		2001 census
140		Nauru	NA		NA
140		Navassa Island	NA		NA
123		Nepal	48.60		2001 census
9		Netherlands	99.00		2003 est.
25		Netherlands Antilles	96.70		2003 est.
28		New Caledonia	96.20		1996 census
9		New Zealand	99.00		2003 est.
101		Nicaragua	67.50		2003 est.
136		Niger	28.70		2005 est.
99		Nigeria	68.00		2003 est.
33		Niue	95.00		NA
140		Norfolk Island	NA		NA
24		Northern Mariana Islands	97.00		1980 est.
1		Norway	100.00		NA
77		Oman	81.40		2003 census
121		Pakistan	49.90		2005 est.
47		Palau	92.00		1980 est.
48		Panama	91.90		2000 census
114		Papua New Guinea	57.30		2000 census
140		Paracel Islands	NA		NA
36		Paraguay	94.00		2003 est.
41		Peru	92.90		2007 Census
44		Philippines	92.60		2000 census
140		Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
2		Poland	99.80		2003 est.
39		Portugal	93.30		2003 est.
35		Puerto Rico	94.10		2002 est.
59		Qatar	89.00		2004 census
21		Romania	97.30		2002 census
6		Russia	99.40		2002 census
93		Rwanda	70.40		2003 est.
140		Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
24		Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	97.00		1987 est.
19		Saint Kitts and Nevis	97.80		2003 est.
56		Saint Lucia	90.10		2001 est.
140		Saint Martin	NA		NA
9		Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.00		1982 est.
30		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96.00		1970 est.
3		Samoa	99.70		2003 est.
30		San Marino	96.00		NA
71		Sao Tome and Principe	84.90		2001 census
83		Saudi Arabia	78.80		2003 est.
131		Senegal	39.30		2002 est.
26		Serbia	96.40		NA
49		Seychelles	91.80		2002 census
133		Sierra Leone	35.10		2004 est.
45		Singapore	92.50		2000 census
4		Slovakia	99.60		2004
3		Slovenia	99.70		NA
140		Solomon Islands	NA		NA
132		Somalia	37.80		2001 est.
67		South Africa	86.40		2003 est.
140		South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
18		Spain	97.90		2003 est.
140		Spratly Islands	NA		NA
53		Sri Lanka	90.70		2001 census
107		Sudan	61.10		2003 est.
58		Suriname	89.60		2004 census
140		Svalbard	NA		NA
76		Swaziland	81.60		2003 est.
9		Sweden	99.00		2003 est.
9		Switzerland	99.00		2003 est.
82		Syria	79.60		2004 census
29		Taiwan	96.10		2003
5		Tajikistan	99.50		2000 census
95		Tanzania	69.40		2002 census
44		Thailand	92.60		2000 census
111		Timor-Leste	58.60		2002
109		Togo	60.90		2003 est.
140		Tokelau	NA		NA
10		Tonga	98.90		1999 est.
13		Trinidad and Tobago	98.60		2003 est.
88		Tunisia	74.30		2004 census
63		Turkey	87.40		2004 est.
11		Turkmenistan	98.80		1999 est.
17		Turks and Caicos Islands	98.00		1970 est.
140		Tuvalu	NA		NA
104		Uganda	66.80		2002 census
6		Ukraine	99.40		2001 census
84		United Arab Emirates	77.90		2003 est.
9		United Kingdom	99.00		2003 est.
9		United States	99.00		2003 est.
140		United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
17		Uruguay	98.00		2003 est.
7		Uzbekistan	99.30		2003 est.
90		Vanuatu	74.00		1999 census
40		Venezuela	93.00		2001 census
55		Vietnam	90.30		2002 est.
140		Virgin Islands	NA		NA
140		Wake Island	NA		NA
120		Wallis and Futuna	50.00		1969 est.
46		West Bank	92.40		2004 est.
140		Western Sahara	NA		NA
140		World	NA		NA
119		Yemen	50.20		2003 est.
79		Zambia	80.60		2003 est.
53		Zimbabwe	90.70		2003 est.

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