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1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Japan | 3,33,230 | 3,87,364 | 3,67,960 | 2,90,081 | 2,87,580 | 2,87,013 | 2,71,731 | 2,65,959 | 2,58,839 | 2,60,244 | 2,60,292 | 2,53,630 | 2,45,372 | 2,27,348 | 2,22,452 |
France | 12,378 | 13,870 | 14,327 | 14,748 | 14,655 | 14,540 | 14,690 | 14,500 | 14,306 | 14,206 | 14,415 | 14,303 | 14,103 | 12,771 | 13,386 |
Germany | 30,724 | 51,736 | 48,367 | 47,047 | 46,986 | 46,620 | 47,353 | 48,154 | 47,384 | 48,480 | 47,785 | 46,617 | 46,632 | 42,260 | 39,822 |
Italy | 7,877 | 8,877 | 8,794 | 8,439 | 8,307 | 8,601 | 8,848 | 8,643 | 8,921 | 9,229 | 10,061 | 10,281 | |||
United Kingdom | 19,310 | 22,050 | 17,833 | 15,490 | 15,343 | 15,370 | 14,972 | 15,196 | 14,867 | 13,876 | 13,301 | 12,865 | 12,061 | 11,990 | 11,592 |
Canada | 2,549 | 4,187 | 5,183 | 4,550 | 4,754 | 4,709 | 4,567 | 4,198 | 4,277 | 4,078 | 4,053 | 4,349 | 4,238 | 4,452 | 4,710 |
United States of America | 90,643 | 1,64,795 | 2,07,867 | 2,41,977 | 2,47,750 | 2,68,782 | 2,87,831 | 2,85,096 | 2,88,335 | 2,95,327 | 2,93,904 | 2,85,095 | 2,85,113 | 2,69,586 | 2,62,244 |