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293:Muslims
31:(69.6%)
1571:Jersey
1513:Kosovo
1475:Turkey
1465:Sweden
1445:Serbia
1435:Russia
1420:Poland
1415:Norway
1395:Monaco
1365:Latvia
1333:Greece
1318:France
1293:Cyprus
1152:Sports
1110:Anthem
1064:Energy
933:Rivers
809:
701:Llv.li
655:
616:
558:
521:
465:9 June
459:PX-Web
242:10.3%
219:85.8%
107:Turkey
99:Muslim
79:(9.6%)
75:
73:
67:
61:
57:(6.0%)
53:
51:
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41:(8.1%)
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1620:This
1546:Ă…land
1460:Spain
1385:Malta
1355:Italy
1178:Index
1137:Music
1054:Banks
593:(PDF)
586:(PDF)
311:1.7%
288:0.8%
216:84.9%
213:78.4%
210:75.9%
207:73.4%
204:69.6%
196:1980
166:Islam
55:Islam
1626:stub
1125:Flag
991:LGBT
755:2024
708:2017
666:2012
653:ISBN
627:2012
614:ISBN
569:2012
556:ISBN
532:2012
519:ISBN
495:2024
467:2023
377:0.9%
374:4.1%
371:2.6%
368:3.3%
365:4.0%
354:1.5%
351:2.8%
348:5.4%
345:7.0%
342:9.6%
331:0.2%
328:0.3%
325:0.8%
322:0.8%
319:1.0%
308:2.4%
305:4.8%
302:5.4%
299:5.9%
296:6.0%
285:0.2%
282:0.1%
279:0.3%
276:0.3%
273:0.3%
262:0.7%
259:1.1%
256:1.1%
253:1.3%
250:1.5%
239:9.2%
236:8.3%
233:8.5%
230:8.2%
227:8.1%
193:1990
190:2000
187:2010
184:2015
181:2020
121:The
105:and
85:The
649:392
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