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				Afghanistan | NA% | 29% (2003 est.) 
 note: this high growth rate reflects the extremely low levels of activity between 1999 and 2002, as well as the end of a four-year drought and the impact of donor assistance  | 
				
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				Albania | 7.5% (2000 est.) | 7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Algeria | 5% (2000 est.) | 7.4% (2003 est.) | 
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				American Samoa | NA% | NA | 
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				Andorra | NA% | 3.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Angola | 4.9% (2000 est.) | 1.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Anguilla | 7% (1999 est.) | 2.8% (2001 est.) | 
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				Antigua and Barbuda | 4.6% (1999 est.) | 3% (2002 est.) | 
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				Argentina | 0.8% (2000 est.) | 8.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Armenia | 5% (2000 est.) | 9.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Aruba | 3.5% (2000 est.) | -1.5% (2002 est.) | 
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				Australia | 4.7% (2000 est.) | 3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Austria | 3.1% (2000 est.) | 0.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Azerbaijan | 11.4% (2000 est.) | 11.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Bahamas, The | 4.5% (2000 est.) | 0% (2003 est.) | 
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				Bahrain | 5% (2000 est.) | 4.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Bangladesh | 5.3% (2000 est.) | 5.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Barbados | 2.8% (2000 est.) | 2.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Belarus | 4% (2000 est.) | 6.8% (2003 est.) | 
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				Belgium | 4.1% (2000 est.) | 1.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Belize | 4% (2000 est.) | 3.7% (2002 est.) | 
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				Benin | 5% (2000 est.) | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Bermuda | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Bhutan | 6% (2000 est.) | 7.7% (2002 est.) | 
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				Bolivia | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 2.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8% (2000 est.) | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Botswana | 6% (2000 est.) | 7.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Brazil | 4.2% (2000 est.) | -0.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				British Virgin Islands | 6% (2000 est.) | 1% (2002 est.) | 
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				Brunei | 3% (2000 est.) | 3% (2002 est.) | 
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				Bulgaria | 5% (2000 est.) | 4.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Burkina Faso | 5% (2000 est.) | 5.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Burma | 4.9% (2000 est.) | -0.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Burundi | 1.8% (2000 est.) | -1.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Cambodia | 4% (2000 est.) | 5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Cameroon | 4.4% (2000 est.) | 4.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Canada | 4.3% (2000 est.) | 1.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Cape Verde | 6% (2000 est.) | 4% (2002 est.) | 
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				Cayman Islands | 4.9% (1999 est.) | 1.7% (2002 est.) | 
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				Central African Republic | 3.5% (2000 est.) | -7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Chad | 4% (2000 est.) | 15% (2003 est.) | 
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				Chile | 5.5% (2000 est.) | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				China | 8% (2000 est.) | 9.1% (official data) (2003 est.) | 
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				Christmas Island | NA% | NA | 
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				Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA% | NA | 
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				Colombia | 3% (2000 est.) | 3.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Comoros | 0.5% (2000 est.) | 2% (2002 est.) | 
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				Congo, Democratic Republic of the | -15% (2000 est.) | 6.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Congo, Republic of the | 3.8% (2000 est.) | 1.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Cook Islands | NA% | 7.1% (2001 est.) | 
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				Costa Rica | 3% (2000 est.) | 5.6% (2003 est.) | 
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				Cote d'Ivoire | -0.3% (2000 est.) | -1.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Croatia | 3.2% (2000 est.) | 4.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Cuba | 5.6% (2000 est.) | 2.6% (2003 est.) | 
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				Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 4.2% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 4.9% (1999 est.) | Republic of Cyprus: 1.9% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 2.6% (2003 est.) | 
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				Czech Republic | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 2.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Denmark | 2.8% (2000 est.) | 0% (2003 est.) | 
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				Djibouti | 2% (2000 est.) | 3.5% (2002 est.) | 
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				Dominica | 0.5% (2000 est.) | -1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Dominican Republic | 8% (2000 est.) | -0.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				East Timor | - | -3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Ecuador | 0.8% (2000 est.) | 2.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Egypt | 5% (2000 est.) | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				El Salvador | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Equatorial Guinea | 12% (2000 est.) | 20% (2002 est.) | 
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				Eritrea | -1% (2000 est.) | 2% (2002 est.) | 
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				Estonia | 6.4% (2000 est.) | 4.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Ethiopia | 2% (2000 est.) | -3.8% (2003 est.) | 
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				European Union | - | 1% (2004 est.) | 
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				Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1% (FY95/96 est.) | NA | 
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				Faroe Islands | 5% (2000 est.) | 10% (2001 est.) | 
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				Fiji | -8% (1999 est.) | 4.8% (2003 est.) | 
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				Finland | 5.6% (2000 est.) | 1.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				France | 3.1% (2000 est.) | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				French Guiana | NA% | NA | 
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				French Polynesia | 2.5% (1997 est.) | 4% (2001 est.) | 
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				Gabon | 1.2% (2000 est.) | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Gambia, The | 4.9% (2000 est.) | 3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Gaza Strip | -7.5% (2000 est.) | 4.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Georgia | 1.9% (2000 est.) | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Germany | 3% (2000 est.) | -0.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Ghana | 3% (2000 est.) | 4.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Gibraltar | NA% | NA | 
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				Greece | 3.8% (2000 est.) | 4.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Greenland | NA% | 1.8% (2001 est.) | 
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				Grenada | 7% (2000 est.) | 2.5% (2002 est.) | 
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				Guadeloupe | NA% | NA | 
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				Guam | NA% | NA | 
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				Guatemala | 3% (2000 est.) | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Guinea | 5% (2000 est.) | 3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Guinea-Bissau | 7.6% (2000 est.) | -7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Guyana | 3% (2000 est.) | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Haiti | 1.2% (2000 est.) | 0% (2003 est.) | 
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				Honduras | 5% (2000 est.) | 3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Hong Kong | 10% (2000 est.) | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Hungary | 5.5% (2000 est.) | 2.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Iceland | 4.3% (2000 est.) | 2.6% (2003 est.) | 
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				India | 6% (2000 est.) | 8.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Indonesia | 4.8% (2000 est.) | 4.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Iran | 3% (2000 est.) | 6.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Iraq | 15% (2000 est.) | -21.8% (2003 est.) | 
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				Ireland | 9.9% (2000 est.) | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Isle of Man | 13.5% (1999 est.) | 13.5% | 
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				Israel | 5.9% (2000 est.) | 1.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Italy | 2.7% (2000 est.) | 0.4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Jamaica | 0.2% (2000 est.) | 1.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Japan | 1.3% (2000 est.) | 2.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Jersey | NA% | NA | 
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				Jordan | 2% (2000 est.) | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Kazakhstan | 10.5% (2000 est.) | 9.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Kenya | 0.4% (2000 est.) | 1.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Kiribati | 1% (2000 est.) | 1.5% (2001 est.) | 
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				Korea, North | -3% (2000 est.) | 1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Korea, South | 9% (2000 est.) | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Kuwait | 6% (2000 est.) | 4.6% (2003 est.) | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | 5.7% (2000 est.) | 6.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Laos | 4% (2000 est.) | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Latvia | 5.5% (2000 est.) | 7.4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Lebanon | 1% (2000 est.) | 3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Lesotho | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Liberia | 15% (2000 est.) | 3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Libya | 6.5% (2000 est.) | 3.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Liechtenstein | NA% | 11% (1999 est.) | 
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				Lithuania | 2.9% (2000 est.) | 9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Luxembourg | 5.7% (2000 est.) | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Macau | 2% (2000 est.) | 4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Macedonia | - | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 
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				Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 5% (2000 est.) | - | 
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				Madagascar | 4.8% (2000 est.) | 6% (2003 est.) | 
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				Malawi | 3% (2000 est.) | 1.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Malaysia | 8.6% (2000 est.) | 5.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Maldives | 7.6% (2000 est.) | 2.3% (2002 est.) | 
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				Mali | 4.8% (2000 est.) | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Malta | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 0.8% (2003 est.) | 
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				Marshall Islands | -5% (1998 est.) | 1% (2001 est.) | 
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				Martinique | NA% | NA | 
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				Mauritania | 5% (2000 est.) | 4.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Mauritius | 7.5% (2000 est.) | 4.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Mayotte | NA% | NA | 
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				Mexico | 7.1% (2000 est.) | 1.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.3% (1999 est.) | 1% (2002 est.) | 
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				Moldova | -1.5% (2000 est.) | 6.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Monaco | NA% | NA (2000 est.) | 
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				Mongolia | -1% (2000 est.) | 5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Montserrat | -1.5% (1999 est.) | -1% (2002 est.) | 
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				Morocco | 0.8% (2000 est.) | 6% (2003 est.) | 
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				Mozambique | 3.8% (2000 est.) | 7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Namibia | 4% (2000 est.) | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Nauru | NA% | NA | 
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				Nepal | 3.7% (2000 est.) | 3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Netherlands | 4% (2000 est.) | -0.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Netherlands Antilles | -3.5% (2000 est.) | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				New Caledonia | 3.5% (1998 est.) | NA | 
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				New Zealand | 3.6% (2000 est.) | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Nicaragua | 5% (2000 est.) | 2.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Niger | 3.5% (2000 est.) | 3.8% (2003 est.) | 
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				Nigeria | 3.5% (2000 est.) | 7.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Niue | NA% | -0.3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Norfolk Island | NA% | NA | 
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				Northern Mariana Islands | NA% | NA | 
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				Norway | 2.7% (2000 est.) | 0.6% (2003 est.) | 
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				Oman | 4.6% (2000 est.) | 1.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Pakistan | 4.8% (2000 est.) | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Palau | -1.4% (1998 est.) | 1% (2001 est.) | 
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				Panama | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 4.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Papua New Guinea | 2.9% (2000 est.) | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Paraguay | 1% (2000 est.) | 1.8% (2003 est.) | 
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				Peru | 3.6% (2000 est.) | 4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Philippines | 3.6% (2000 est.) | 4.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Pitcairn Islands | NA% | NA | 
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				Poland | 4.8% (2000 est.) | 3.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Portugal | 2.7% (2000 est.) | -1.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Puerto Rico | 2.8% (2000 est.) | 1.6% (2003 est.) | 
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				Qatar | 4% (2000 est.) | 8.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Reunion | 3.8% (1998 est.) | 2.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Romania | 2.2% (2000 est.) | 4.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Russia | 6.3% (2000 est.) | 7.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Rwanda | 5.8% (2000 est.) | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Saint Helena | NA% | NA | 
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				Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5% (2000 est.) | -1.9% (2002 est.) | 
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				Saint Lucia | 0.5% (2000 est.) | 3.3% (2002 est.) | 
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				Saint Pierre and Miquelon | NA% | NA | 
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				Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2% (2000 est.) | 0.7% (2002 est.) | 
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				Samoa | 6.8% (2000 est.) | 5% (2002 est.) | 
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				San Marino | 8% (2000 est.) | 7.5% (2001 est.) | 
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				Sao Tome and Principe | 3% (2000 est.) | 5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Saudi Arabia | 4% (2000 est.) | 5.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Senegal | 5.7% (2000 est.) | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Serbia and Montenegro | - | 1.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Seychelles | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 1.5% (2002 est.) | 
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				Sierra Leone | 4.2% (2000 est.) | 6.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Singapore | 10.1% (2000 est.) | 1.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Slovakia | 2.2% (2000 est.) | 3.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Slovenia | 4.5% (2000 est.) | 2.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Solomon Islands | 1% (2000 est.) | -10% (2001 est.) | 
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				Somalia | NA% | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				South Africa | 3% (2000 est.) | 1.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Spain | 4% (2000 est.) | 2.4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Sri Lanka | 5.6% (2000 est.) | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Sudan | 7% (2000 est.) | 5.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Suriname | -1% (1999 est.) | 5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Svalbard | NA% | NA | 
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				Swaziland | 2.4% (2000 est.) | 2.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Sweden | 4.3% (2000 est.) | 1.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Switzerland | 3% (2000 est.) | -0.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Syria | 3.5% (2000 est.) | 0.9% (2003 est.) | 
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				Taiwan | 6.3% (2000 est.) | 3.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Tajikistan | 5.1% (2000 est.) | 7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Tanzania | 5.2% (2000 est.) | 5.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Thailand | 4.2% (2000 est.) | 6.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Togo | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 
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				Tokelau | NA% | NA | 
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				Tonga | 5% (2000 est.) | 3% (2001 est.) | 
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				Trinidad and Tobago | 5% (2000 est.) | 3.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Tunisia | 5% (2000 est.) | 5.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Turkey | 6% (2000 est.) | 5.8% (2003 est.) | 
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				Turkmenistan | 16% (2000 est.) | 23.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.7% (1999 est.) | 4.9% (2000 est.) | 
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				Tuvalu | 3% (1999 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Uganda | 6% (2000 est.) | 4.4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Ukraine | 6% (2000 est.) | 9.4% (2003 est.) | 
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				United Arab Emirates | 4% (2000 est.) | 5.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				United Kingdom | 3% (2000 est.) | 2.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				United States | 5% (2000 est.) | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Uruguay | -1.1% (2000 est.) | 2.5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Uzbekistan | 2.1% (2000 est.) | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 
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				Vanuatu | -2.5% (1999 est.) | -0.3% (2002 est.) | 
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				Venezuela | 3.2% (2000 est.) | -9.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Vietnam | 5.5% (2000 est.) | 7.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Virgin Islands | NA% | 2% (2002 est.) | 
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				Wallis and Futuna | NA% | NA | 
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				West Bank | -7.5% (2000 est.) | -22% (2002 est.) | 
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				Western Sahara | NA% | NA | 
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				World | 4.8% (2000 est.) | 3.8% (2003 est.) | 
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				Yemen | 6% (2000 est.) | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 
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				Yugoslavia | 15% (2000 est.) | - | 
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				Zambia | 4% (2000 est.) | 4% (2003 est.) | 
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				Zimbabwe | -6.1% (2000 est.) | -13.6% (2003 est.) |