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				Afghanistan | 7.5% (2004 est.) | 14% (2005 est.) | 
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				Albania | 5.6% (2004 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Algeria | 6.1% (2004 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				American Samoa | NA | 3% NA% | 
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				Andorra | 2% (2003 est.) | 4% (2004 est.) | 
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				Angola | 11.7% (2004 est.) | 19.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Anguilla | 2.8% (2001 est.) | 10.2% (2004 est.) | 
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				Antigua and Barbuda | 3% (2002 est.) | 3.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Argentina | 8.3% (2004 est.) | 9.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Armenia | 9% (2004 est.) | 13.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Aruba | -1.5% (2002 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Australia | 3.5% (2004 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Austria | 1.9% (2004 est.) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Azerbaijan | 9.8% (2004 est.) | 26.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bahamas, The | 3% (2004 est.) | 3.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bahrain | 5.6% (2004 est.) | 5.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bangladesh | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 6.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Barbados | 2.3% (2004 est.) | 4.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Belarus | 6.4% (2004 est.) | 9.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Belgium | 2.6% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Belize | 3.5% (2004 est.) | 3.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Benin | 5% (2004 est.) | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bermuda | 2% (2003 est.) | 4.6% (2004 est.) | 
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				Bhutan | 5.3% (2003 est.) | 5.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bolivia | 3.7% (2004 est.) | 4.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5% (2004 est.) | 5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Botswana | 3.5% (2004 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Brazil | 5.1% (2004 est.) | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Brunei | 3.2% (2003 est.) | 1.7% (2004 est.) | 
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				Bulgaria | 5.3% (2004 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Burkina Faso | 4.8% (2004 est.) | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Burma | -1.3% (2004 est.) | 5.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Burundi | 3% (2004 est.) | 1.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cambodia | 5.4% (2004 est.) | 13.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cameroon | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Canada | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 2.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cape Verde | 5% (2004 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cayman Islands | 1.7% (2002 est.) | 0.9% (2004 est.) | 
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				Central African Republic | 0.5% (2004 est.) | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Chad | 38% (2004 est.) | 6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Chile | 5.8% (2004 est.) | 6.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				China | 9.1% (official data) (2004 est.) | 10.2% (official data) (2005 est.) | 
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				Christmas Island | NA | - | 
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				Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA% | - | 
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				Colombia | 3.6% (2004 est.) | 5.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Comoros | 2% (2002 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 7.5% (2004 est.) | 7.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Congo, Republic of the | 3.7% (2004 est.) | 8.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cook Islands | 7.1% (2001 est.) | 0.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Costa Rica | 3.9% (2004 est.) | 5.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cote d'Ivoire | -1% (2004 est.) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Croatia | 3.7% (2004 est.) | 4.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cuba | 3% (2004 est.) | 8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 3.2% north Cyprus: 2.6% (2004 est.) | Republic of Cyprus: 3.8%; north Cyprus: 10.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Czech Republic | 3.7% (2004 est.) | 6.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Denmark | 2.1% (2004 est.) | 3.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Djibouti | 3.5% (2002 est.) | 3.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Dominica | -1% (2003 est.) | 3.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Dominican Republic | 1.7% (2004 est.) | 9.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				East Timor | 1% (2004 est.) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ecuador | 5.8% (2004 est.) | 4.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Egypt | 4.5% (2004 est.) | 4.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				El Salvador | 1.8% (2004 est.) | 2.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Equatorial Guinea | 20% (2002 est.) | 18.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Eritrea | 2.5% (2004 est.) | 2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Estonia | 6% (2004 est.) | 10.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ethiopia | 11.6% (2004 est.) | 8.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				European Union | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Fiji | 3.6% (2004 est.) | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Finland | 3% (2004 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				France | 2.1% (2004 est.) | 1.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Gabon | 1.9% (2004 est.) | 2.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Gambia, The | 6% (2004 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Georgia | 9.5% (2004 est.) | 9.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Germany | 1.7% (2004 est.) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ghana | 5.4% (2004 est.) | 5.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Greece | 3.7% (2004 est.) | 3.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Grenada | 2.5% (2002 est.) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guam | NA | NA% | 
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				Guatemala | 2.6% (2004 est.) | 3.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guinea | 1% (2004 est.) | 2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guinea-Bissau | 2.6% (2004 est.) | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guyana | 1.9% (2004 est.) | -3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Haiti | -3.5% (2004 est.) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Honduras | 4.2% (2004 est.) | 4.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Hong Kong | 7.9% (2004 est.) | 7.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Hungary | 3.9% (2004 est.) | 4.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Iceland | 1.8% (2004 est.) | 5.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				India | 6.2% (2004 est.) | 8.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Indonesia | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 5.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Iran | 6.3% (2004 est.) | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Iraq | 52.3% (2004 est.) | -3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ireland | 5.1% (2004 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Isle of Man | NA% | 6.3% NA% | 
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				Israel | 3.9% (2004 est.) | 5.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Italy | 1.3% (2004 est.) | 0.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Jamaica | 1.9% (2004 est.) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Japan | 2.9% (2004 est.) | 2.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Jordan | 5.1% (2004 est.) | 5.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kazakhstan | 9.1% (2004 est.) | 9.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kenya | 2.2% (2004 est.) | 5.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kiribati | 1.5% (2001 est.) | 0.3% (2005) | 
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				Korea, North | 1% (2004 est.) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Korea, South | 4.6% (2004 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kuwait | 6.8% (2004 est.) | 8.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | 6% (2004 est.) | -0.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Laos | 6% (2004 est.) | 7.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Latvia | 7.6% (2004 est.) | 10.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Lebanon | 4% (2004 est.) | 0.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Lesotho | 3.3% (2004 est.) | 1.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Liberia | 21.8% (2004 est.) | 9.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Libya | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 8.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Lithuania | 6.6% (2004 est.) | 7.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Luxembourg | 2.3% (2004 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Macau | 15.6% (2003) | 2.8% (3rd Quarter 2005) | 
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				Macedonia | 1.3% (2004 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Madagascar | 5.5% (2004 est.) | 5.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Malawi | 4% (2004 est.) | 1.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Malaysia | 7.1% (2004 est.) | 5.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Maldives | 2.3% (2002 est.) | -3.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mali | 4% (2004 est.) | 6.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Malta | 1% (2004 est.) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Marshall Islands | 1% (2001 est.) | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mauritania | 3% (2004 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mauritius | 4.7% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mexico | 4.1% (2004 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Micronesia, Federated States of | 1% (2002 est.) | 0.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Moldova | 6.8% (2004 est.) | 7.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mongolia | 10.6% according to official estimate (2004 est.) | 6.2% according to official estimate (2005 est.) | 
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				Montenegro | - | NA | 
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				Morocco | 4.4% (2004 est.) | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mozambique | 8.2% (2004 est.) | 7.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Namibia | 4.8% (2004 est.) | 3.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Nauru | NA | NA% | 
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				Nepal | 3% (2004 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Netherlands | 1.2% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Netherlands Antilles | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 1% (2004 est.) | 
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				New Zealand | 4.8% (2004 est.) | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Nicaragua | 4% (2004 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Niger | 3.5% (2004 est.) | 7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Nigeria | 6.2% (2004 est.) | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Niue | -0.3% (2000 est.) | 6.2% | 
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				Norfolk Island | NA | - | 
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				Northern Mariana Islands | NA | NA% | 
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				Norway | 3.3% (2004 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Oman | 1.2% (2004 est.) | 5.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Pakistan | 6.1% (2004 est.) | 6.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Palau | 1% (2001 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Panama | 6% (2004 est.) | 6.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Papua New Guinea | 0.9% (2004 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Paraguay | 2.8% (2004 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Peru | 4.5% (2004 est.) | 6.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Philippines | 5.9% (2004 est.) | 4.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Pitcairn Islands | NA | - | 
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				Poland | 5.6% (2004 est.) | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Portugal | 1.1% (2004 est.) | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Puerto Rico | 2.7% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Qatar | 8.7% (2004 est.) | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Reunion | 2.5% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Romania | 8.1% (2004 est.) | 4.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Russia | 6.7% (2004 est.) | 6.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Rwanda | 0.9% (2004 est.) | 5.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Saint Helena | NA | NA% | 
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				Saint Kitts and Nevis | -1.9% (2002 est.) | 4.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Saint Lucia | 3.3% (2002 est.) | 5.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.7% (2002 est.) | 4.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Samoa | 5% (2002 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				San Marino | 7.5% (2001 est.) | 2.3% (2002 est.) | 
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				Saudi Arabia | 5% (2004 est.) | 6.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Senegal | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 6.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Serbia | - | 5.9% for Serbia alone (excluding Kosovo) (2005 est.) | 
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				Serbia and Montenegro | 6.5% (2004 est.) | - | 
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				Seychelles | 1.5% (2004 est.) | -3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Sierra Leone | 6% (2004 est.) | 7.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Singapore | 8.1% (2004 est.) | 6.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Slovakia | 5.3% (2004 est.) | 6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Slovenia | 3.9% (2004 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Solomon Islands | 5.8% (2003 est.) | 4.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Somalia | 2.8% (2004 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				South Africa | 3.5% (2004 est.) | 4.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Spain | 2.6% (2004 est.) | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Sri Lanka | 5.2% (2004 est.) | 6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Sudan | 6.4% (2004 est.) | 8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Suriname | 4.2% (2004 est.) | 5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Swaziland | 2.5% (2004 est.) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Sweden | 3.6% (2004 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Switzerland | 1.8% (2004 est.) | 1.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Syria | 2.3% (2004 est.) | 2.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Taiwan | 6% (2004 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tajikistan | 10.5% (2004 est.) | 6.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tanzania | 5.8% (2004 est.) | 6.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Thailand | 6.1% (2004 est.) | 4.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Togo | 3% (2004 est.) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tokelau | NA | NA% | 
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				Tonga | 1.5% (2002 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Trinidad and Tobago | 5.7% (2004 est.) | 7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tunisia | 5.1% (2004 est.) | 4.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Turkey | 8.2% (2004 est.) | 7.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Turkmenistan | IMF estimate: 7.5% 
 note: official government statistics show 21.4% growth, but these estimates are notoriously unreliable (2004 est.)  | 
				IMF estimate: 6% 
 note: official government statistics show 21.4% growth, but these estimates are widely regarded as unreliable (2005 est.)  | 
				
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				Tuvalu | 3% (2000 est.) | 1.2% (2002 est.) | 
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				Uganda | 5% (2004 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ukraine | 12% (2004 est.) | 2.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				United Arab Emirates | 5.7% (2004 est.) | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				United Kingdom | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 1.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				United States | 4.4% (2004 est.) | 3.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Uruguay | 10.2% (2004 est.) | 6.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Uzbekistan | 4.4% (2004 est.) | 7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Vanuatu | 1.1% (2003 est.) | 6.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Venezuela | 16.8% (2004 est.) | 9.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Vietnam | 7.7% (2004 est.) | 8.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				West Bank | 6% (2003 est.) | 6.2% (2004 est.) | 
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				Western Sahara | NA | NA% | 
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				World | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 4.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Yemen | 1.9% (2004 est.) | 2.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Zambia | 4.6% (2004 est.) | 5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Zimbabwe | -8.2% (2004 est.) | -7.7% (2005 est.) |