t.)

Niger
males: 122,363 (2004 est.)

Nigeria
males: 1,452,231 (2004 est.)

Norway
males: 27,252 (2004 est.)

Oman
males: 31,274 (2004 est.)

Pakistan
males: 1,891,101 (2004 est.)

Paraguay
males: 63,386 (2004 est.)

Peru
males: 277,931 (2004 est.)

Philippines
males: 851,009 (2004 est.)

Poland
males: 329,743 (2004 est.)

Portugal
males: 72,821 (2004 est.)

Qatar
males: 7,496 (2004 est.)

Reunion
males: 7,070 (2004 est.)

Romania
males: 163,577 (2004 est.)

Russia
males: 1,262,339 (2004 est.)

Saudi Arabia
males: 246,343 (2004 est.)

Senegal
males: 119,833 (2004 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro
males: 81,245 (2004 est.)

Slovakia
males: 43,029 (2004 est.)

Slovenia
males: 13,315 (2004 est.)

South Africa
males: 471,221 (2004 est.)

Spain
males: 245,007 (2004 est.)

Sri Lanka
males: 179,869 (2004 est.)

Sudan
males: 442,242 (2004 est.)

Sweden
males: 56,859 (2004 est.)

Switzerland
males: 45,654 (2004 est.)

Syria
males: 216,077 (2004 est.)

Taiwan
males: 182,677 (2004 est.)

Tajikistan
males: 86,761 (2004 est.)

Thailand
males: 531,511 (2004 est.)

Tunisia
males: 106,565 (2004 est.)

Turkey
males: 680,673 (2004 est.)

Turkmenistan
males: 55,866 (2004 est.)

Ukraine
males: 386,945 (2004 est.)

United Arab Emirates
males: 29,183 (2004 est.)

United States
males: 2,124,164 (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan
males: 321,886 (2004 est.)

Venezuela
males: 250,730 (2004 est.)

Vietnam
males: 853,197 (2004 est.)

Yemen
males: 255,426 (2004 est.)

This page was last updated on 10 February, 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 civil war which gripped the
country. The Taliban seized Kabul in 1996 and were able to capture
most of the country outside of Northern Alliance srongholds
primarily in the northeast. Following the 11 September 2001
terrorist attacks, a