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1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Australia | 1,712 | 1,928 | 2,555 | 2,409 | 2,383 | 2,627 | 3,061 | 1,988 | 2,291 | 2,620 | 2,503 | 2,757 | 2,637 | 2,368 | 2,966 |
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 |
Republic of Korea | 9,082 | 72,831 | 1,22,188 | 1,31,805 | 1,38,034 | 1,48,136 | 1,59,978 | 1,64,073 | 1,67,275 | 1,63,424 | 1,59,084 | 1,62,561 | 1,71,603 | 1,80,477 | 1,86,245 |
New Zealand | 802 | 1,463 | 1,893 | 1,585 | 1,501 | 1,425 | 1,614 | 1,636 | 1,184 | 1,075 | 1,014 | 1,017 | 324 | 348 | 330 |
Austria | 2,025 | 1,961 | 2,270 | 2,424 | 2,154 | 2,258 | 2,162 | 2,092 | 2,205 | 2,078 | 2,073 | 2,039 | 2,066 | 2,124 | 1,872 |
Belgium | 643 | 577 | 517 | 620 | 636 | 755 | 715 | 889 | 949 | 1,054 | 1,001 | 892 | 876 | 862 | 799 |
Denmark | 1,218 | 1,730 | 1,658 | 1,626 | 1,574 | 1,406 | 1,341 | 1,377 | 1,462 | 1,552 | 1,490 | 1,262 | 1,351 | 1,261 | 1,090 |
Finland | 2,059 | 2,579 | 1,830 | 1,731 | 1,650 | 1,698 | 1,596 | 1,419 | 1,289 | 1,260 | 1,390 | 1,387 | 1,321 | 1,588 | 1,557 |
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 |
Greece | 241 | 306 | 462 | 728 | 722 | 628 | 698 | 651 | 550 | 606 | 498 | 430 | 356 | 400 | 394 |
Hungary | 2,477 | 810 | 705 | 649 | 662 | 692 | 642 | 546 | 569 | 616 | 496 | 407 | 427 | 428 | 433 |
Iceland | 17 | 51 | 47 | 57 | 50 | 37 | 33 | 51 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 56 | 47 | 44 | 34 |
Ireland | 734 | 79 | 62 | 76 | 58 | 75 | 75 | ||||||||
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 | |||
Luxembourg | 41 | 85 | 24 | 79 | 85 | 109 | 113 | 128 | 128 | 143 | 156 | 152 | 117 | 129 | 112 |
Norway | 899 | 1,311 | 1,143 | 1,117 | 1,122 | 1,009 | 1,101 | 1,106 | 1,153 | 1,227 | 1,152 | 1,082 | 957 | 880 | 946 |
Poland | 4,106 | 2,404 | 2,028 | 3,203 | 3,879 | 4,410 | 4,237 | 3,941 | 4,676 | 4,261 | 3,924 | 4,207 | 3,887 | 4,010 | 3,377 |
Portugal | 101 | 81 | 158 | 499 | 571 | 621 | 647 | 722 | 925 | 724 | 644 | 661 | 703 | 695 | 711 |
Netherlands | 2,147 | 2,465 | 2,217 | 2,527 | 2,585 | 2,375 | 2,315 | 2,294 | 2,207 | 2,290 | 2,241 | 2,111 | 2,228 | 2,198 | 2,080 |
Spain | 2,218 | 2,710 | 3,040 | 3,566 | 3,430 | 3,266 | 3,026 | 2,953 | 2,799 | 2,745 | 2,167 | 1,525 | 1,288 | 1,431 | 1,308 |
Turkey | 138 | 277 | 928 | 3,180 | 3,885 | 4,434 | 4,392 | 4,766 | 5,352 | 6,230 | 8,175 | 7,156 | 7,871 | 7,920 | 8,234 |
Sweden | 3,108 | 4,224 | 2,522 | 2,196 | 2,004 | 2,288 | 2,332 | 1,984 | 2,038 | 2,032 | 1,992 | 1,838 | 1,802 | 1,764 | 1,771 |
Switzerland | 2,987 | 2,083 | 1,643 | 1,622 | 1,597 | 1,480 | 1,525 | 1,480 | 1,477 | 1,462 | 1,337 | 1,283 | 1,369 | 1,384 | 1,288 |
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 |
Chile | 169 | 241 | 361 | 328 | 339 | 336 | 340 | 452 | 443 | 386 | 425 | 406 | 438 | 372 | 402 |
Mexico | 661 | 431 | 584 | 951 | 1,065 | 1,294 | 1,210 | 1,246 | 1,364 | 1,310 | 1,334 | 1,555 | 1,305 | 1,132 | 1,117 |
Israel | 1,052 | 1,599 | 1,669 | 1,450 | 1,360 | 1,319 | 1,201 | 1,125 | 1,285 | 1,300 | 1,436 | 1,506 | 1,368 | 1,642 | 1,592 |
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 |
Slovenia | 307 | 344 | 442 | 470 | 255 | 232 | 222 | ||||||||
Czech Republic | 555 | 586 | 868 | 783 | 867 | 984 | 910 | 880 | 792 | 794 | 678 | 765 | 673 | 541 | |
Estonia | 13 | 23 | 84 | 62 | 20 | 25 | 44 | 30 | 29 | 37 | 24 | 31 | 21 | 25 | |
Slovakia | 236 | 155 | 234 | 224 | 168 | 184 | 211 | 228 | 220 | 183 | 217 | 206 | 206 | 146 |