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Table 17. Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2014

By Region of Nationality

Region of Nationality	2012	2013	2014
Total	17,400	15,155	14,758
Africa	5,035	4,833	4,296
Asia	8,026	7,520	7,494
Europe	1,211	775	581
North America	1,647	1,136	1,618
Oceania	20	10	21
South America	1,423	841	713
Unknown	38	40	35

By Country of Nationality

Country of Nationality	2012	2013	2014
Total	17,400	15,155	14,758
Afghanistan	157	95	107
Albania	20	12	29
Algeria	12	3	8
Angola	9	8	12
Armenia	36	77	91
Azerbaijan	28	23	15
Bahrain	22	4	3
Bangladesh	29	41	147
Belarus	200	106	48
Bhutan	-	-	D
Bolivia	21	8	D
Bosnia-Herzegovina	8	5	3
Brazil	46	27	24
Bulgaria	19	13	18
Burkina Faso	58	66	66
Burma	98	55	34
Burundi	20	25	71
Cambodia	D	D	9
Cameroon	253	150	105
Central African Republic	8	10	13
Chad	12	5	10
China, People's Republic	4,744	4,047	3,904
Colombia	335	173	264
Congo, Democratic Republic	71	50	42
Congo, Republic	79	72	45
Cote d'Ivoire	109	58	24
Cuba	24	24	11
Djibouti	15	12	13
Dominican Republic	16	4	3
Ecuador	18	13	15
Egypt	2,571	3,072	2,616
El Salvador	135	71	189
Eritrea	122	85	151
Estonia	-	-	D
Ethiopia	664	491	507
Fiji	17	10	20
Gambia	110	57	53
Georgia	11	12	17
Ghana	8	5	7
Guatemala	313	231	315
Guinea	59	26	20
Guyana	6	3	10
Haiti	632	440	486
Honduras	138	105	89
India	93	94	118
Indonesia	88	44	24
Iran	608	612	577
Iraq	314	411	550
Israel	5	4	4
Jamaica	48	36	33
Jordan	48	26	46
Kazakhstan	88	66	62
Kenya	127	89	65
Kosovo	28	18	31
Kyrgyzstan	127	79	99
Laos	3	D	3
Lebanon	20	14	21
Liberia	16	39	17
Libya	43	30	19
Macedonia	D	11	11
Madagascar	5	-	D
Malaysia	7	8	8
Mali	60	61	39
Mauritania	28	25	38
Mexico	301	203	467
Moldova	172	96	60
Mongolia	80	38	30
Morocco	9	4	4
Nepal	573	473	256
Nicaragua	21	7	9
Niger	3	5	4
Nigeria	64	62	55
Pakistan	234	263	269
Peru	27	13	11
Philippines	14	9	4
Romania	8	5	10
Russia	542	345	220
Rwanda	85	56	58
Saudi Arabia	17	39	39
Senegal	17	8	11
Serbia and Montenegro	34	20	28
Sierra Leone	14	6	15
Somalia	53	28	16
South Africa	9	5	D
Sri Lanka	33	34	29
Sudan	122	83	58
Syria	327	750	868
Tajikistan	24	23	20
Tanzania	12	D	10
Togo	21	24	20
Turkey	31	25	5
Turkmenistan	10	6	5
Uganda	87	49	58
Ukraine	152	120	98
United Arab Emirates	3	9	10
Uzbekistan	83	62	60
Venezuela	960	601	382
Vietnam	15	8	13
Yemen	31	45	29
Zambia	D	D	D
Zimbabwe	56	38	20
All other countries	104	86	85
Unknown	38	40	35

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