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Table 17. Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2020

By Region of Nationality

Region of nationality	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total	13,493	17,337	15,099	14,447	17,673	11,472	15,653	24,317	27,226	16,864
Africa	3,108	5,036	4,812	4,230	3,702	2,022	2,757	4,343	5,326	3,478
Asia	6,470	7,993	7,493	7,411	6,581	4,326	5,675	7,814	9,322	6,549
Europe	941	1,152	748	547	701	464	655	1,538	1,845	1,075
North America	1,534	1,638	1,121	1,563	5,741	4,111	5,804	4,280	3,849	1,887
Oceania	18	16	10	20	4	7	5	3	3	4
South America	1,332	1,429	844	625	892	502	678	6,240	6,766	3,796
Unknown	90	73	71	51	52	40	79	99	115	75

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total	13,493	17,337	15,099	14,447	17,673	11,472	15,653	24,317	27,226	16,864
Afghanistan	122	157	96	104	160	85	86	78	79	46
Albania	21	21	11	27	24	6	18	45	48	14
Algeria	8	12	3	9	6	4	6	18	29	11
Angola	15	9	8	7	29	7	14	36	31	20
Armenia	47	41	75	89	47	15	32	107	124	63
Azerbaijan	21	28	21	14	15	11	17	72	94	75
Bahrain	4	22	4	D	3	-	D	D	D	D
Bangladesh	30	29	41	137	131	43	109	142	67	45
Belarus	142	249	132	56	79	18	40	136	178	70
Benin	3	D	3	4	5	D	10	3	3	6
Bolivia	18	20	8	D	3	4	D	5	8	-
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	8	5	3	7	3	D	9	11	5
Brazil	38	45	27	25	30	17	29	110	185	130
Bulgaria	13	19	12	18	12	4	5	6	12	3
Burkina Faso	57	60	68	67	42	29	64	115	72	40
Burma	147	103	51	32	44	7	17	74	129	102
Burundi	20	21	24	72	75	47	35	42	40	36
Cambodia	-	D	-	9	-	-	D	10	10	D
Cameroon	245	257	154	94	92	33	70	178	261	158
Central African Republic	6	8	9	14	11	4	10	18	17	6
Chad	8	13	6	8	8	6	7	30	7	15
China, People's Republic	3,893	4,668	4,051	3,904	2,575	1,385	2,820	3,750	3,989	2,855
Colombia	326	340	176	243	244	72	72	321	278	282
Congo, Democratic Republic	51	69	51	36	68	32	51	75	83	59
Congo, Republic	106	75	64	45	61	27	52	92	93	57
Cote d'Ivoire	107	111	59	26	39	17	27	41	29	28
Cuba	19	24	24	9	6	4	D	D	10	16
Djibouti	46	15	13	8	50	39	16	23	35	34
Dominican Republic	D	11	4	3	7	3	D	5	15	9
Ecuador	6	18	12	15	137	82	64	61	36	24
Egypt	754	2,577	3,081	2,593	1,522	686	1,014	1,401	2,125	1,336
El Salvador	99	136	71	182	1,857	1,379	2,110	1,141	875	291
Eritrea	162	122	96	154	244	256	348	335	254	178
Ethiopia	558	666	468	501	612	297	291	406	301	222
Fiji	18	16	10	20	4	7	5	3	3	D
Gabon	-	4	-	5	3	-	D	9	6	10
Gambia	69	109	56	52	79	61	82	64	52	33
Georgia	8	17	12	17	22	27	26	46	57	31
Ghana	8	7	5	4	5	12	5	10	8	7
Guatemala	292	312	231	313	1,695	1,273	1,997	1,303	1,041	441
Guinea	82	62	29	27	60	25	52	66	59	52
Guyana	D	6	3	10	3	-	4	13	21	4
Haiti	819	635	436	456	340	99	55	164	185	152
Honduras	59	134	105	86	1,098	855	1,085	815	524	256
India	100	93	92	112	175	163	214	351	329	158
Indonesia	88	87	43	25	13	12	33	54	84	37
Iran	367	612	610	570	644	381	313	301	341	203
Iraq	264	315	411	546	701	597	469	397	375	184
Israel	5	5	3	-	-	3	15	18	6	D
Jamaica	49	48	36	32	41	25	38	92	89	40
Jordan	9	42	19	36	41	34	51	114	103	54
Kazakhstan	50	91	60	61	64	39	41	107	245	152
Kenya	106	129	89	61	55	27	70	90	125	60
Kosovo	18	28	18	34	50	16	29	22	27	7
Kuwait	3	4	D	7	16	3	9	14	8	3
Kyrgyzstan	150	145	84	101	106	71	97	90	91	76
Laos	5	D	D	3	D	D	3	10	D	11
Lebanon	22	22	13	17	25	23	27	38	30	32
Liberia	28	13	28	12	31	16	34	43	106	52
Libya	64	44	27	17	46	39	19	104	63	48
Malaysia	6	7	12	8	3	D	3	10	6	7
Mali	57	60	60	39	67	37	22	39	17	12
Mauritania	30	26	25	41	42	27	29	74	71	76
Mexico	165	299	202	464	654	449	476	715	783	490
Moldova	135	166	94	56	67	70	51	98	68	32
Mongolia	94	81	38	29	42	32	35	56	72	53
Montenegro	D	D	3	3	4	D	D	6	15	7
Morocco	8	9	4	4	8	5	5	9	17	3
Nepal	415	580	474	263	355	235	147	91	36	16
Nicaragua	12	25	5	8	31	20	30	32	313	188
Niger	D	4	D	3	4	9	7	21	4	5
Nigeria	32	67	64	49	98	70	123	452	764	411
North Macedonia	3	D	10	12	4	-	4	12	19	D
Pakistan	257	243	266	274	271	260	242	458	386	249
Peru	30	26	13	11	18	9	26	26	30	6
Philippines	D	11	7	D	3	9	7	19	11	D
Romania	12	8	D	9	D	5	10	15	16	14
Russia	451	488	335	208	300	206	286	756	1,097	741
Rwanda	70	82	56	52	67	51	69	83	131	89
Saudi Arabia	9	17	45	21	23	31	48	68	82	45
Senegal	16	18	7	11	13	9	14	22	15	20
Serbia	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	6
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	11	23	17	19	10	4	11	45	16	D
Sierra Leone	21	14	6	18	13	5	16	36	19	23
Somalia	28	42	29	22	12	9	13	12	20	15
South Africa	D	8	D	-	5	D	-	8	15	6
South Sudan	-	-	-	-	-	-	D	5	18	4
Soviet Union (former)	-	-	D	-	-	-	-	-	25	18
Sri Lanka	53	26	29	28	30	22	28	41	38	22
Sudan	102	123	85	59	104	52	65	97	122	97
Syria	46	331	758	870	891	671	630	545	501	286
Tajikistan	31	25	23	21	15	20	8	20	13	13
Tanzania	10	12	D	12	4	3	5	8	6	7
Togo	26	16	20	20	11	10	13	29	39	28
Tunisia	3	7	9	6	6	8	D	12	4	10
Turkey	29	29	26	6	17	12	15	475	1,714	1,568
Turkmenistan	16	11	6	5	10	8	15	26	54	41
Uganda	100	93	50	57	70	44	57	165	170	142
Ukraine	123	129	100	93	137	124	191	368	280	150
Uzbekistan	118	84	65	54	60	72	48	122	81	34
Venezuela	909	967	602	315	457	316	477	5,701	6,200	3,349
Vietnam	18	15	8	9	12	8	14	34	36	23
Yemen	33	36	43	26	55	39	47	56	109	48
Zimbabwe	79	57	40	17	32	13	27	60	73	49
All other countries ^[1]	54	58	32	38	30	21	40	65	69	37
Unknown	90	73	71	51	52	40	79	99	115	75

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