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1370:Switzerland
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1115:Philippines
1095:North Korea
975:Afghanistan
879:Puerto Rico
802:El Salvador
694:South Sudan
579:Ivory Coast
1820:Categories
1456:San Marino
1436:Montenegro
1401:Azerbaijan
1315:Luxembourg
1180:Uzbekistan
1150:Tajikistan
1055:Kyrgyzstan
1050:Kazakhstan
1010:East Timor
985:Bangladesh
807:Greenland
782:Costa Rica
684:Somaliland
669:Seychelles
634:Mozambique
619:Mauritania
604:Madagascar
559:The Gambia
494:Cape Verde
343:2020-11-01
309:References
47:Long title
1694:By result
1496:Australia
1310:Lithuania
1140:Sri Lanka
1130:Singapore
1110:Palestine
1020:Indonesia
955:Venezuela
900:Argentina
860:St. Lucia
845:Nicaragua
820:Guatemala
624:Mauritius
1804:Category
1716:Internal
1711:Passport
1677:Ius soli
1607:Mercosur
1516:Kiribati
1355:Slovenia
1350:Slovakia
1340:Portugal
1230:Bulgaria
1160:Thailand
1105:Pakistan
1080:Mongolia
1075:Malaysia
1000:Cambodia
945:Suriname
935:Paraguay
920:Colombia
830:Honduras
792:Dominica
767:Barbados
743:Americas
734:Zimbabwe
704:Tanzania
549:Ethiopia
544:Eswatini
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489:Cameroon
474:Botswana
403:See also
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381:Archived
247:Children
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1752:Defunct
1579:Vanuatu
1489:Oceania
1471:Ukraine
1426:Moldova
1416:Georgia
1406:Belarus
1396:Andorra
1391:Armenia
1386:Albania
1345:Romania
1290:Ireland
1285:Iceland
1280:Hungary
1270:Germany
1260:Finland
1255:Estonia
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1225:Belgium
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1185:Vietnam
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762:Bahamas
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679:Somalia
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649:Nigeria
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629:Morocco
594:Liberia
589:Lesotho
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459:Algeria
332:ADISA.
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1466:Turkey
1461:Serbia
1451:Russia
1431:Monaco
1421:Kosovo
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1541:Samoa
1531:Palau
1511:Nauru
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1090:Nepal
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