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Table 21. Persons Naturalized by Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Years 2016 to 2018

The 2018 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provide data on foreign nationals who are granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., immigrants who receive a “green card”), admitted as temporary nonimmigrants, granted asylum or refugee status, or are naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data on immigration enforcement actions, including apprehensions and arrests, removals, and returns.

Table 21. Persons Naturalized by Region of Birth: Fiscal Years 2016 to 2018
Region of Birth 2016 2017 2018
   Total 753,060 707,265 761,901
Africa 72,338 61,851 64,934
Asia 271,733 255,306 275,621
Europe 74,344 65,141 71,436
North America 259,845 258,371 277,592
Oceania 3,953 3,327 3,792
South America 70,821 63,063 67,892
Unknown 26 206 634

 

Table 21. Persons Naturalized by Country of Birth: Fiscal Years 2016 to 2018
Country of Birth 2016 2017 2018
   Total 753,060 707,265 761,901
Afghanistan 1,444 1,414 1,569
Albania 2,813 2,169 2,203
Algeria 1,035 949 918
American Samoa 285 216 182
Angola 131 125 147
Anguilla 16 20 34
Antigua and Barbuda 383 311 356
Argentina 4,015 3,486 3,977
Armenia 2,516 1,994 2,085
Aruba 28 32 33
Australia 1,389 1,235 1,545
Austria 221 177 238
Azerbaijan 574 483 512
Bahamas 590 481 590
Bahrain 80 77 86
Bangladesh 9,949 8,629 7,797
Barbados 651 645 555
Belarus 1,518 1,313 1,393
Belgium 514 493 520
Belize 870 810 859
Benin 317 309 249
Bermuda 61 65 70
Bhutan 5,563 5,557 6,180
Bolivia 1,862 1,806 1,575
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,257 1,780 1,805
Botswana 29 27 38
Brazil 10,268 9,701 10,538
Brunei 10 11 15
Bulgaria 2,086 1,887 1,825
Burkina Faso 322 303 347
Burma 6,956 6,825 7,858
Burundi 406 266 284
Cabo Verde 1,207 1,355 1,429
Cambodia 2,756 2,184 2,467
Cameroon 3,088 2,416 2,319
Canada 9,346 7,829 9,379
Cayman Islands 20 23 23
Central African Republic 80 61 73
Chad 105 78 72
Chile 1,666 1,620 1,752
China, People's Republic 35,794 37,674 39,600
Colombia 18,601 16,184 17,564
Congo, Democratic Republic 1,707 1,437 1,776
Congo, Republic 395 322 316
Costa Rica 1,862 1,720 1,860
Cote d'Ivoire 1,127 907 908
Croatia 438 351 371
Cuba 32,101 25,961 32,089
Curacao 13 16 20
Cyprus 105 84 125
Czechia 692 595 644
Czechoslovakia (former) 344 251 260
Denmark 1,193 769 650
Djibouti 52 48 65
Dominica 610 539 612
Dominican Republic 31,320 29,734 22,970
Ecuador 8,568 7,748 7,996
Egypt 5,696 5,154 6,549
El Salvador 17,213 16,941 17,300
Equatorial Guinea 18 8 9
Eritrea 1,797 1,424 1,457
Estonia 183 157 190
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) 8 16 13
Ethiopia 8,725 7,370 6,769
Fiji 996 841 875
Finland 303 279 283
France 2,841 2,812 2,854
French Polynesia 18 14 13
Gabon 83 67 81
Gambia 724 586 650
Georgia 988 889 751
Germany 4,329 3,879 4,284
Ghana 6,411 5,777 6,047
Greece 1,013 945 1,074
Grenada 658 629 463
Guatemala 9,764 9,131 9,566
Guinea 1,077 957 924
Guinea-Bissau 20 25 28
Guyana 5,284 4,527 4,625
Haiti 15,276 12,794 14,389
Honduras 5,819 5,310 5,645
Hong Kong 1,662 1,623 1,768
Hungary 934 729 922
Iceland 88 83 69
India 46,188 50,802 52,194
Indonesia 1,641 1,566 1,807
Iran 9,507 8,324 8,409
Iraq 12,130 7,875 12,448
Ireland 1,383 1,405 1,621
Israel 3,071 2,466 2,743
Italy 2,692 2,501 2,920
Jamaica 16,772 15,087 17,213
Japan 1,758 1,713 1,869
Jordan 2,552 2,239 2,630
Kazakhstan 760 729 823
Kenya 4,834 4,348 4,302
Korea, North 16 15 30
Korea, South 1 14,347 14,643 16,031
Kosovo 530 410 451
Kuwait 790 677 789
Kyrgyzstan 408 412 483
Laos 1,999 1,726 2,027
Latvia 356 306 315
Lebanon 2,284 2,081 2,339
Lesotho 9 8 9
Liberia 3,022 2,421 2,752
Libya 210 207 308
Lithuania 626 584 699
Luxembourg 18 14 20
Macau 101 70 79
Macedonia 704 582 669
Madagascar 75 61 53
Malawi 95 84 114
Malaysia 1,189 1,170 1,388
Mali 456 391 398
Malta 43 47 51
Marshall Islands 27 16 21
Mauritania 323 288 252
Mauritius 63 65 70
Mexico 103,550 118,559 131,977
Micronesia, Federated States 67 53 34
Moldova 1,689 1,442 1,680
Mongolia 437 416 468
Montenegro 222 187 205
Montserrat 45 45 52
Morocco 3,684 2,943 2,644
Mozambique 51 38 43
Namibia 33 27 29
Nepal 5,004 4,509 5,352
Netherlands 829 699 851
Netherlands Antilles (former) 45 42 48
New Zealand 565 468 577
Nicaragua 4,663 4,181 4,277
Niger 140 126 110
Nigeria 9,520 7,652 8,459
Norway 93 60 93
Oman 58 30 44
Pakistan 11,729 10,166 10,414
Palau 43 32 28
Panama 1,458 1,266 1,308
Papua New Guinea 19 13 17
Paraguay 396 343 401
Peru 11,319 10,014 10,043
Philippines 41,285 36,828 38,816
Poland 7,198 5,840 6,370
Portugal 1,665 1,807 2,031
Qatar 98 95 92
Romania 3,379 2,986 3,104
Russia 6,067 5,534 6,225
Rwanda 369 267 343
Saint Kitts and Nevis 345 317 281
Saint Lucia 791 697 604
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 500 507 401
Samoa 192 164 168
Saudi Arabia 869 872 990
Senegal 969 882 848
Serbia 532 476 596
Serbia and Montenegro (former) 1,164 820 805
Seychelles 17 5 11
Sierra Leone 1,662 1,328 1,177
Singapore 308 279 332
Sint Maarten 33 21 22
Slovakia 428 384 394
Slovenia 63 52 57
Somalia 3,998 3,774 3,979
South Africa 2,197 1,901 2,262
South Sudan 101 74 109
Soviet Union (former) 2,268 2,123 2,252
Spain 1,515 1,469 1,674
Sri Lanka 1,497 1,364 1,480
Sudan 1,776 1,348 1,611
Suriname 164 143 176
Sweden 795 708 797
Switzerland 375 333 436
Syria 2,043 1,789 2,475
Taiwan 4,043 4,151 4,576
Tajikistan 212 222 261
Tanzania 639 547 561
Thailand 5,211 4,672 5,324
Togo 1,099 907 893
Tonga 337 262 319
Trinidad and Tobago 4,867 4,504 4,378
Tunisia 352 344 306
Turkey 3,201 3,108 3,275
Turkmenistan 102 109 117
Turks and Caicos Islands 31 26 40
Uganda 823 742 703
Ukraine 8,374 6,644 6,990
United Arab Emirates 473 475 542
United Kingdom 9,562 9,049 10,530
United States 95 84 122
Uruguay 1,044 1,028 1,073
Uzbekistan 1,685 1,498 1,532
Venezuela 7,633 6,463 8,172
Vietnam 24,848 19,323 21,082
Virgin Islands, British 46 42 54
Yemen 1,490 1,445 1,544
Zambia 404 401 402
Zimbabwe 843 675 709
All other countries 2 42 38 42
Unknown 26 206 634

D Data withheld to limit disclosure.
- Represents zero.
1 Data for South Korea prior to Fiscal Year 2009 include a small number of cases from North Korea.
2 Includes countries with fewer than 10 naturalizations per year.
Note: Based on N-400 data for persons aged 18 and over.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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