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Afrikaans

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Arabic

6%

11%

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Hindi

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Ibo/Igbo

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Nepali

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Other

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Russian

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Telugu

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1%

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4%

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27%

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Thai

7%

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5%

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7%

14%

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Ukrainian

9%

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8%

9%

16%

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4%

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19%

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9%

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Vietnamese

5%

5%

7%

11%

18%

21%

16%

9%

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Yoruba

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Bangladesh

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Brazil

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China (People's Republic)

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Colombia

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8%

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Cyprus

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Egypt

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Greece

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India

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Iran

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Iraq

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Italy

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Japan

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Jordan

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Kazakhstan

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11%

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Korea, South

1%

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Kuwait

4%

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Malaysia

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1%

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Mexico

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14%

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Myanmar

0%

1%

4%

11%

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21%

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15%

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Nepal

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1%

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10%

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Nigeria

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18%

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Oman

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Pakistan

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10%

16%

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Philippines

0%

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1%

2%

6%

15%

25%

26%

17%

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1%

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Qatar

7%

13%

25%

28%

15%

7%

3%

1%

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Russia

0%

1%

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5%

11%

19%

22%

19%

13%

6%

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Saudi Arabia

5%

9%

20%

26%

22%

12%

5%

1%

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Spain

0%

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1%

4%

10%

19%

24%

21%

14%

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Sri Lanka

1%

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4%

9%

14%

17%

19%

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Sudan

1%

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8%

14%

18%

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Taiwan

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5%

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18%

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Thailand

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7%

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23%

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Turkey

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6%

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United Arab Emirates

4%

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28%

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Vietnam

1%

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6%

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22%

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Bangladesh

2%

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5%

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Brazil

1%

1%

3%

6%

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18%

20%

16%

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China (People's Republic)

2%

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16%

22%

20%

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Colombia

2%

3%

9%

15%

19%

21%

14%

9%

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Egypt

1%

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Hong Kong

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India

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Indonesia

2%

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Iran

2%

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21%

23%

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Iraq

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15%

21%

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18%

8%

3%

1%

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Italy

2%

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6%

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16%

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Japan

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8%

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Jordan

3%

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Kenya

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Korea, South

4%

5%

9%

16%

23%

22%

12%

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Lebanon

3%

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6%

9%

12%

19%

17%

14%

11%

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Malaysia

1%

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1%

3%

6%

10%

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Mauritius

1%

2%

3%

8%

14%

19%

16%

15%

12%

7%

3%

0%

Mexico

2%

2%

3%

9%

12%

16%

18%

16%

11%

8%

2%

0%

Nepal

1%

1%

3%

7%

20%

29%

21%

11%

5%

1%

0%

0%

Nigeria

2%

2%

4%

8%

13%

17%

18%

16%

11%

6%

2%

0%

Pakistan

3%

3%

5%

8%

15%

20%

19%

14%

9%

4%

1%

0%

Palestine

1%

3%

8%

13%

21%

23%

16%

8%

5%

2%

1%

0%

Philippines

2%

3%

6%

10%

14%

18%

19%

15%

9%

3%

1%

0%

Romania

2%

2%

4%

9%

10%

16%

19%

18%

10%

7%

2%

0%

Russia

2%

2%

4%

8%

12%

18%

18%

15%

11%

7%

3%

0%

Saudi Arabia

22%

23%

21%

14%

8%

4%

3%

3%

1%

0%

0%

0%

Singapore

0%

0%

0%

1%

3%

6%

12%

18%

19%

24%

14%

2%

South Africa

0%

0%

0%

1%

3%

5%

8%

14%

20%

24%

20%

5%

Sri Lanka

3%

3%

5%

8%

15%

21%

19%

14%

8%

4%

1%

0%

Taiwan

1%

2%

4%

12%

16%

21%

19%

13%

7%

3%

1%

0%

Thailand

7%

5%

10%

15%

20%

21%

12%

6%

3%

1%

1%

0%

Turkey

5%

4%

7%

14%

19%

21%

14%

8%

5%

2%

1%

0%

Ukraine

7%

6%

7%

10%

15%

15%

16%

12%

7%

3%

1%

0%

United Arab Emirates

16%

28%

35%

15%

15%

5%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Venezuela

1%

1%

3%

7%

13%

20%

23%

15%

11%

5%

1%

0%

Vietnam

5%

5%

6%

11%

18%

21%

16%

9%

5%

2%

0%

0%