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Estimated numbers of individuals in aquaculture production (FAO) of selected fish species 2017

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Data for Silver barb (Barbonymus gonionotus) in 2017
Country Production (t)¹ Estimated
mean weight²
(EMW) g EMW id² Estimated Numbers
(millions)³
Bangladesh          41,388 100-200 181 207 - 414

Cambodia          33,950 100-200 181 170 - 340

Indonesia          28,300 100-200 181 142 - 283

Lao People's Dem. Rep.           7,550 100-200 181 38 - 76

Malaysia             657 100-200 181 3 - 7

Myanmar          11,091 100-200 181 55 - 111

Thailand          17,371 100-200 181 87 - 174

Total         140,307 702 - 1,403

Estimated by A Mood and P Brooke, Sep 2019

Notes
1. Source of production tonnage: FAO FishStat "Aquaculture Production (Quantities and values) 1950-2017 (Release date: 25th March 2019)".
2. Source of estimated mean weights (EMWs) : as for our earlier estimate, see Estimating the Number of Farmed Fish Killed in Global Aquaculture Each Year.
3. The estimated numbers are calculated as the production tonnage divided by estimated mean weight (EMW) where a mean weight has been estimated for the species.
4. The fish numbers for species without an estimated mean weight (EMW) have not been estimated for each individual species or country.

Country	Production (t)¹	Estimated mean weight² (EMW) g	EMW id²	Estimated Numbers (millions)³
Bangladesh	41,388	100-200	181	207 - 414
Cambodia	33,950	100-200	181	170 - 340
Indonesia	28,300	100-200	181	142 - 283
Lao People's Dem. Rep.	7,550	100-200	181	38 - 76
Malaysia	657	100-200	181	3 - 7
Myanmar	11,091	100-200	181	55 - 111
Thailand	17,371	100-200	181	87 - 174
Total	140,307			702 - 1,403