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627:Saudi Arabia
520:Turkmenistan
308:South Africa
291:Sierra Leone
275:
96:Burkina Faso
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1709:recognition
1662:South Sudan
1552:Ivory Coast
1084:New Zealand
1019:Saint Lucia
969:El Salvador
872:Switzerland
807:Netherlands
543:Middle East
490:Philippines
438:South Korea
433:North Korea
368:Afghanistan
313:South Sudan
196:Ivory Coast
1932:Categories
1764:(Portugal)
1722:Somaliland
1642:Seychelles
1607:Mozambique
1592:Mauritania
1577:Madagascar
1532:The Gambia
1467:Cape Verde
1344:References
1074:Micronesia
949:Costa Rica
842:San Marino
802:Montenegro
782:Luxembourg
555:Azerbaijan
525:Uzbekistan
510:Tajikistan
445:Kyrgyzstan
423:Kazakhstan
398:East Timor
373:Bangladesh
301:Somaliland
286:Seychelles
251:Mozambique
236:Mauritania
221:Madagascar
111:Cape Verde
1597:Mauritius
1194:Venezuela
1139:Argentina
1054:Australia
1004:Nicaragua
979:Guatemala
777:Lithuania
612:Palestine
500:Sri Lanka
495:Singapore
413:Indonesia
403:Hong Kong
241:Mauritius
1788: /
1784: /
1777:(France)
1771: /
1749: /
1745: /
1697:Zimbabwe
1672:Tanzania
1522:Ethiopia
1517:Eswatini
1497:Djibouti
1462:Cameroon
1447:Botswana
1322:See also
1316:São Tomé
1266:religion
1184:Suriname
1174:Paraguay
1159:Colombia
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989:Honduras
959:Dominica
934:Barbados
897:Scotland
857:Slovenia
852:Slovakia
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697:Bulgaria
575:Abkhazia
515:Thailand
485:Pakistan
470:Mongolia
465:Maldives
460:Malaysia
388:Cambodia
348:Zimbabwe
323:Tanzania
166:Ethiopia
161:Eswatini
141:Djibouti
106:Cameroon
91:Botswana
43:a series
41:Part of
1773:Réunion
1769:Mayotte
1760:Madeira
1755:(Spain)
1751:Melilla
1682:Tunisia
1652:Somalia
1637:Senegal
1622:Nigeria
1612:Namibia
1602:Morocco
1567:Liberia
1562:Lesotho
1512:Eritrea
1482:Comoros
1457:Burundi
1432:Algeria
1277:diocese
1189:Uruguay
1164:Ecuador
1144:Bolivia
1119:Vanuatu
1047:Oceania
994:Jamaica
974:Grenada
929:Bahamas
887:England
877:Ukraine
832:Romania
792:Moldova
752:Ireland
747:Iceland
742:Hungary
732:Germany
722:Finland
717:Estonia
712:Denmark
707:Czechia
702:Croatia
687:Belgium
682:Belarus
677:Austria
672:Andorra
667:Albania
607:Lebanon
570:Georgia
560:Bahrain
550:Armenia
530:Vietnam
475:Myanmar
333:Tunisia
296:Somalia
281:Senegal
266:Nigeria
256:Namibia
246:Morocco
211:Liberia
206:Lesotho
156:Eritrea
126:Comoros
101:Burundi
76:Algeria
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1692:Zambia
1687:Uganda
1627:Rwanda
1582:Malawi
1542:Guinea
1437:Angola
1304:Nuncio
1169:Guyana
1149:Brazil
1114:Tuvalu
1009:Panama
999:Mexico
944:Canada
939:Belize
867:Sweden
847:Serbia
837:Russia
822:Poland
817:Norway
797:Monaco
767:Latvia
762:Kosovo
737:Greece
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660:Europe
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602:Kuwait
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565:Cyprus
505:Taiwan
383:Brunei
378:Bhutan
343:Zambia
338:Uganda
271:Rwanda
226:Malawi
186:Guinea
176:Gambia
81:Angola
69:Africa
45:on the
1883:This
1826:This
1747:Ceuta
1667:Sudan
1617:Niger
1572:Libya
1557:Kenya
1537:Ghana
1527:Gabon
1502:Egypt
1442:Benin
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1099:Samoa
1089:Palau
1079:Nauru
984:Haiti
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408:India
393:China
318:Sudan
261:Niger
216:Libya
201:Kenya
181:Ghana
171:Gabon
146:Egypt
86:Benin
1889:stub
1832:stub
1677:Togo
1587:Mali
1477:Chad
1302:The
1262:Rome
1258:Pope
1248:The
1179:Peru
1059:Fiji
954:Cuba
617:Oman
587:Iraq
582:Iran
450:Laos
361:Asia
328:Togo
231:Mali
121:Chad
1314:in
1260:in
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