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1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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China | 4,305 | 26,560 | 79,842 | 98,111 | 1,10,583 | 1,17,464 | 1,20,200 | 1,27,042 | 1,33,612 | 1,33,522 | 1,35,885 | 1,48,187 | 1,57,093 | 1,52,342 | 1,59,019 |
France | 4,260 | 3,483 | 2,948 | 1,832 | 2,099 | 2,092 | 2,196 | 2,033 | 1,994 | 2,012 | 1,832 | 1,919 | 1,766 | 1,542 | 1,373 |
Russian Federation | 8,960 | 8,609 | 13,778 | 14,919 | 15,510 | 16,149 | 16,236 | 16,248 | 14,792 | 14,106 | 13,031 | 12,174 | 11,225 | 11,408 | |
United Kingdom | 8,928 | 10,697 | 10,155 | 6,439 | 6,916 | 7,865 | 7,966 | 7,844 | 7,934 | 8,183 | 8,771 | 8,076 | 7,189 | 8,659 | 7,263 |
United States of America | 80,520 | 1,31,100 | 1,82,866 | 2,48,249 | 2,55,832 | 2,74,033 | 2,83,781 | 2,93,706 | 3,01,075 | 3,10,244 | 3,13,052 | 3,12,046 | 3,36,340 | 3,27,586 | 3,29,229 |