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Screen 1c : Estimated numbers of individuals in annual aquaculture production (FAO) of selected fish species

Year   : 2015       Species   : Nile tilapia

Data for Nile tilapia (2015)

Country	Production (t)	Estimated mean weight (EMW) (g)	EMWid	Generic Mean Weight (g)	Estimated Numbers (millions)
China	1,334,482	250-800	129		1,668 - 5,338
Indonesia	1,084,281	250-800	129		1,355 - 4,337
Egypt	875,513	250-800	129		1,094 - 3,502
Thailand	177,509	250-800	129		222 - 710
Philippines	168,501	250-800	129		211 - 674
Uganda	57,329	250-800	129		72 - 229
Ghana	43,300	250-800	129		54 - 173
Honduras	30,100	250-800	129		38 - 120
Lao People's Dem. Rep.	27,100	250-800	129		34 - 108
Ecuador	17,400	250-800	129		22 - 70
Costa Rica	16,803	250-800	129		21 - 67
Zambia	15,447	250-800	129		19 - 62
Kenya	13,991	250-800	129		17 - 56
Colombia	12,521	250-800	129		16 - 50
Paraguay	6,877	250-800	129		9 - 28
El Salvador	5,639	250-800	129		7 - 23
Saudi Arabia	5,143	250-800	129		6 - 21
Malaysia	5,072	250-800	129		6 - 20
Rwanda	4,760	250-800	129		6 - 19
Cambodia	4,300	250-800	129		5 - 17
Tanzania, United Rep. of	3,500	250-800	129		4 - 14
Peru	3,250	250-800	129		4 - 13
Sudan	2,000	250-800	129		3 - 8
Mali	1,960	250-800	129		2 - 8
Côte d'Ivoire	1,900	250-800	129		2 - 8
Papua New Guinea	1,625	250-800	129		2 - 7
Burundi	1,260	250-800	129		2 - 5
Madagascar	1,220	250-800	129		2 - 5
Haiti	1,100	250-800	129		1 - 4
Benin	847	250-800	129		1 - 3
Jamaica	650	250-800	129		1 - 3
Cameroon	600	250-800	129		1 - 2
Senegal	511	250-800	129		1 - 2
Poland	500	250-800	129		1 - 2
Dominican Republic	400	250-800	129		1 - 2
China, Hong Kong SAR	350	250-800	129		<1 - 1
Nepal	300	250-800	129		<1 - 1
Kuwait	260	250-800	129		<1 - 1
Pakistan	235	250-800	129		<1 - 1
Niger	200	250-800	129		<1 - 1
Morocco	200	250-800	129		<1 - 1
Burkina Faso	190	250-800	129		<1 - 1
Fiji, Republic of	170	250-800	129		<1 - 1
Congo	149	250-800	129		<1 - 1
United Kingdom	130	250-800	129		<1 - 1
United Arab Emirates	130	250-800	129		<1 - 1
Central African Republic	100	250-800	129		<1
Singapore	97	250-800	129		<1
Panama	72	250-800	129		<1
Sierra Leone	70	250-800	129		<1
Guam	70	250-800	129		<1
Switzerland	60	250-800	129		<1
Korea, Dem. People's Rep	50	250-800	129		<1
Togo	40	250-800	129		<1
Gabon	40	250-800	129		<1
Bolivia (Plurinat.State)	30	250-800	129		<1
Liberia	30	250-800	129		<1
Palestine, Occupied Tr.	28	250-800	129		<1
South Sudan	20	250-800	129		<1
Barbados	20	250-800	129		<1
Oman	20	250-800	129		<1
American Samoa	20	250-800	129		<1
Namibia	20	250-800	129		<1
Samoa	13	250-800	129		<1
Saint Lucia	13	250-800	129		<1
Spain	12	250-800	129		<1
Gambia	12	250-800	129		<1
Qatar	10	250-800	129		<1
Tunisia	9	250-800	129		<1
Dominica	5	250-800	129		<1
US Virgin Islands	4	250-800	129		<1
Brunei Darussalam	3	250-800	129		<1
Vanuatu	3	250-800	129		<1
Chad	2	250-800	129		<1
Uruguay	<1	250-800	129		<1
Total	3,930,579				4,913 - 15,722

   Source of production tonnage : FAO FishStat "Aquaculture Production (Quantities and values) 1950-2015 (Release date: 7th March 2017)".