And you are right..if you want to know about the top 10 countries that execute -- you'll find we're in some interesting company..
From the Good ol' Wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment)
1 People's Republic of China People's Republic of China Officially not released.[48][49] At least 1700 (estimated), may be as many as 10,000 per year.[50] 2 Iran Iran At least 388 3 Iraq Iraq At least 120 4 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia At least 69 5 United States United States 52 6 Yemen Yemen At least 30 7 Sudan Sudan At least 9 8 Vietnam Vietnam At least 9 9 Syria Syria At least 8 10 Japan Japan 7 11 Egypt Egypt at least 5
What this shows is that there are still a few countries left who execute, and most have ceased doing it.