Even as part of the rest of the world warms up for iPhone launch, here is a quick look at where the first 1 million iPhones went. (source: Medialet)

Among the 22 countries where the iPhone 3G was launched initially, US topped the chart with a reported sale of over 600,000 units. Japan was a surprising second place holder, though a distant second, with 70,000 units. Germany and France follow Japan closely with the sales of 69,000 and 67,000 units respectively. Spain comes fifth with 55,000 unit sales. The last major sales place was the UK with 29,000 units. Ireland, New Zealand and Hong Kong account for the last spot with only 2000 unit sales each.

It is interesting to see what happens to this phenomenal sales spree now as Apple gears up for launching the iPhone in 20 more countries on August 22. Note that this includes the vast and (legally) untapped Asian markets –China and India. These two might become Apple’s next two biggest markets. Consider Japan’s case where the iPhone sales surprisingly skyrocketed–probably because Japan didn’t get the first generation of iPhones.