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Rank(2001)
Country
Screen count
1989
1990
1991
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
1
China
152,300
146,184
139,639
67,000
65,000
65,500
2
USA
23,132
23,689
24,750
31,865
34,168
37,185
37,396
36,764
3
India
13,151
13,181
13,020
13,000
12,900
13,400
11,962
4
France
4,658
4,518
4,441
4,661
4,762
5,000
5,103
5,236
5
Germany
3,216
3,754
3,686
4,284
4,435
4,651
4,783
4,792
6
Spain
1,802
1,173
1,806
2,565
2,997
3,343
3,505
3,770
7
UK
1,559
1,685
1,789
2,383
2,638
2,825
2,954
3,248
8
Italy
2,373
2,276
2,241
2,401
2,619
2,740
2,950
3,050
9
Canada
1,723
1,713
1,754
2,301
2,467
2,685
2,817
2,900
10
Japan
1,912
1,836
1,804
1,884
1,993
2,221
2,524
2,585
11
Indonesia1
2,124
2,173
n.a.
2,150
2,100
2,050
12
Mexico1
1,913
1,955
2,329
1,979
1,980
13
Australia
784
851
885
1,422
1,576
1,748
1,817
1,855
14
Russia1
1,716
1,650
1,600
15
Brazil
1,048
1,530
1,350
1,550
16
Sweden
1,134
1,138
1,144
1,165
1,167
1,132
1,131
1,155
17
Argentina
536
427
342
608
810
900
956
1,061
18
Philippines
1,200
1,216
1,380
970
950
940
19
Poland
1,467
1,195
829
841
855
860
866
20
South Korea
772
789
774
497
528
507
720
818