Countries colored in brown represent about 3.4 billion people, more than half the world’s population. All have a permissive or flexible policy on human embryonic stem cell research and all have banned human reproductive cloning. M = million.

World Stem Cell Map


Australia - 20 M
Belgium - 10.4 M

Brazil - 184 M
Canada - 31.8 M
China - 1,288 M
Czech Republic* - 10.2 M
Denmark - 5.4 M
Estonia - 1.4 M
Finland - 5.2 M

France - 60.4 M
Greece - 10.6 M
Hong Kong - 6.8 M
Hungary - 10 M
Iceland - .3 M
India - 1,068 M
Iran - 69 M

Israel - 6.7 M
Japan - 128 M
Latvia - 2.4 M
The Netherlands - 16.3 M
New Zealand - 4 M
Russia - 146 M
Singapore - 4.2 M

Slovenia - 1.9 M
South Africa - 44 M
South Korea - 48 M
Spain - 40.3 M
Sweden - 9 M
Switzerland - 7.3 M
Taiwan - 22.6 M

Thailand - 65 M
United Kingdom - 59.2 M

Source


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  • Global stem cell Summit to be organized in Madison, United States
  • World Stem Cell Flooded With Patient Applications for Research
  • Russian clinics and beauty salons peddling stem cell therapy
  • Stem-Cell Research has Enormous Potential to Help the Developing World
  • Toronto Attracted Top-Tier U.S. Stem Cell Researcher
  • Massachusetts launched new stem cell inventory in UMass
  • Massachusetts launched world's most comprehensive stem cell database
  • Parkinson's and Spinal Cord Injury (Paralysis) Patients Application Seeked for World Stem Cell Center Research
  • Leading Stem Cell Scientist & IVF Pioneer Moves To USA