005 est.)

Nepal
males: 308,031 (2005 est.)

Netherlands
males: 99,934 (2005 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
males: 1,720 (2005 est.)

New Zealand
males: 29,738 (2005 est.)

Nicaragua
males: 65,170 (2005 est.)

Niger
males: 126,719 (2005 est.)

Nigeria
males: 1,353,161 (2005 est.)

Norway
males: 29,179 (2005 est.)

Oman
males: 26,391 (2005 est.)

Pakistan
males: 1,969,055 (2005 est.)

Paraguay
males: 63,058 (2005 est.)

Peru
males: 277,105 (2005 est.)

Philippines
males: 907,542 (2005 est.)

Poland
males: 275,521 (2005 est.)

Portugal
males: 67,189 (2005 est.)

Qatar
males: 7,851 (2005 est.)

Reunion
males: 7,339 (2005 est.)

Romania
males: 172,093 (2005 est.)

Russia
males: 1,286,069 (2005 est.)

Saudi Arabia
males: 247,334 (2005 est.)

Senegal
males: 124,096 (2005 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro
males: 81,033 (2005 est.)

Slovakia
males: 41,544 (2005 est.)

Slovenia
males: 12,816 (2005 est.)

South Africa
males: 512,407 (2005 est.)

Spain
males: 233,384 (2005 est.)

Sri Lanka
males: 174,049 (2005 est.)

Sudan
males: 442,915 (2005 est.)

Sweden
males: 58,724 (2005 est.)

Switzerland
males: 46,319 (2005 est.)

Syria
males: 225,113 (2005 est.)

Taiwan
males: 174,173 (2005 est.)

Tajikistan
males: 87,846 (2005 est.)

Thailand
males: 530,493 (2005 est.)

Tunisia
males: 108,817 (2005 est.)

Turkey
males: 679,734 (2005 est.)

Turkmenistan
males: 56,532 (2005 est.)

Ukraine
males: 378,176 (2005 est.)

United Arab Emirates
males: 30,706 (2005 est.)

United States
males: 2,143,873
females: 2,036,201 (2005 est.)

Uzbekistan
males: 324,722 (2005 est.)

Venezuela
males: 252,396 (2005 est.)

Vietnam
males: 915,572 (2005 est.)

Yemen
males: 236,517 (2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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@2028 Background

Afghanistan
Afghanistan's recent history is a story of war and civil
unrest. The Soviet Union invaded in 1979, but was forced to withdraw
10 years later by anti-Communist mujahidin forces. The Communist
regime in Kabul collapsed in 1992. Fighting that subsequently
erupted among the various mujahidin factions eventually helped to
spawn the Taliban, a hardline Pakistani-sponsored movement that
fought to end the warlordism and