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Table 17. Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2014 to 2016

By Region of Nationality

Region of Nationality	2014	2015	2016
Total	14,624	17,787	11,729
Africa	4,335	3,755	2,067
Asia	7,433	6,589	4,407
Europe	574	724	482
North America	1,597	5,767	4,218
Oceania	21	4	7
South America	629	901	520
Unknown	35	47	28

By Country of Nationality

Country of Nationality	2014	2015	2016
Total	14,624	17,787	11,729
Afghanistan	105	156	81
Albania	32	22	7
Algeria	8	6	4
Angola	8	35	7
Armenia	88	46	12
Azerbaijan	15	16	14
Bahrain	3	D	-
Bangladesh	137	131	44
Belarus	48	72	17
Bhutan	D	4	-
Bolivia	D	4	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	6	D
Brazil	24	30	18
Bulgaria	18	12	4
Burkina Faso	64	42	29
Burma	34	43	7
Burundi	70	74	47
Cambodia	9	-	-
Cameroon	114	101	36
Central African Republic	15	14	4
Chad	10	9	6
China, People's Republic	3,914	2,580	1,382
Colombia	245	242	76
Congo, Democratic Republic	46	66	34
Congo, Republic	55	61	28
Cote d'Ivoire	27	39	17
Cuba	11	6	4
Djibouti	13	46	39
Dominican Republic	3	7	3
Ecuador	15	137	82
Egypt	2,580	1,513	690
El Salvador	183	1,860	1,404
Eritrea	151	244	255
Ethiopia	510	616	304
Fiji	20	4	7
Gambia	55	80	61
Georgia	17	22	27
Ghana	7	5	12
Guatemala	311	1,700	1,317
Guinea	23	60	25
Guyana	10	3	-
Haiti	473	346	100
Honduras	89	1,099	885
India	113	174	174
Indonesia	26	13	13
Iran	572	639	381
Iraq	533	697	611
Israel	4	D	10
Jamaica	33	41	25
Jordan	46	48	44
Kazakhstan	60	71	45
Kenya	62	54	32
Kosovo	32	51	16
Kuwait	6	14	7
Kyrgyzstan	96	100	68
Laos	5	D	D
Lebanon	21	23	29
Liberia	32	37	19
Libya	19	47	40
Macedonia	11	4	D
Madagascar	D	-	-
Malaysia	8	3	3
Mali	38	68	39
Mauritania	44	50	30
Mexico	469	662	455
Moldova	55	67	67
Mongolia	30	41	29
Morocco	4	9	6
Nepal	256	361	236
Nicaragua	11	32	20
Niger	5	3	12
Nigeria	51	98	71
Pakistan	269	264	268
Peru	11	18	9
Philippines	4	4	9
Romania	10	D	8
Russia	218	305	209
Rwanda	55	67	56
Saudi Arabia	33	39	47
Senegal	11	9	9
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	28	16	7
Sierra Leone	29	13	7
Somalia	31	13	10
Sri Lanka	30	30	21
Sudan	58	103	49
Syria	849	865	660
Tajikistan	20	17	20
Tanzania	10	3	3
Togo	22	24	12
Tunisia	6	8	10
Turkey	5	17	11
Turkmenistan	5	10	7
Uganda	63	82	45
Ukraine	95	143	125
United Arab Emirates	10	15	14
Uzbekistan	58	63	71
Venezuela	318	466	328
Vietnam	12	12	8
Yemen	30	58	45
Zimbabwe	19	33	10
All other countries ¹	71	70	43
Unknown	35	47	28

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