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Table 17. Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2014 to 2023

By Region of Nationality

Region of nationality	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	14,420	17,800	11,610	15,800	24,490	26,880	16,100	9,130	13,170	22,300
Africa	4,220	3,800	2,140	2,910	4,500	5,200	3,300	1,980	2,580	1,520
Asia	7,410	6,570	4,360	5,710	7,870	9,230	6,330	3,270	5,320	18,270
Europe	560	730	470	660	1,560	1,880	1,080	600	830	540
North America	1,590	5,750	4,100	5,800	4,280	3,820	1,790	1,560	1,610	860
Oceania	20	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
South America	590	900	510	670	6,210	6,660	3,540	1,680	2,750	1,050
Unknown	40	50	30	40	70	100	60	50	80	60

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	14,420	17,800	11,610	15,800	24,490	26,880	16,100	9,130	13,170	22,300
Afghanistan	100	160	80	90	80	80	40	100	1,180	14,330
Albania	30	30	10	20	50	50	10	20	20	10
Algeria	10	10	0	10	20	30	10	20	0	0
Angola	10	30	10	20	40	30	20	10	10	20
Armenia	90	50	10	30	110	130	60	20	90	40
Azerbaijan	20	20	10	20	70	90	70	20	50	40
Bangladesh	140	130	40	110	140	60	40	20	50	30
Belarus	50	70	20	30	130	170	70	60	70	30
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	10	0	0	10	10	10	0	10	0
Brazil	20	30	20	30	110	190	120	60	50	20
Bulgaria	20	10	0	10	10	10	10	0	10	0
Burkina Faso	60	40	30	60	110	70	40	30	70	80
Burma	40	40	10	30	70	130	90	80	140	50
Burundi	70	80	50	30	40	40	30	10	20	10
Cambodia	10	0	0	0	10	10	0	10	0	0
Cameroon	110	110	50	100	200	240	140	120	150	90
Central African Republic	10	20	0	10	20	20	10	0	10	10
Chad	10	10	10	10	30	10	10	10	10	0
China, People's Republic	3,890	2,590	1,410	2,820	3,760	3,950	2,800	1,080	1,480	1,360
Colombia	230	250	70	70	310	280	270	140	440	170
Congo, Democratic Republic	40	70	40	60	80	80	50	30	40	30
Congo, Republic	50	70	30	70	100	80	50	30	20	10
Cote d'Ivoire	20	40	20	40	50	30	20	20	20	10
Cuba	10	10	0	0	0	10	10	20	100	30
Djibouti	10	50	40	20	20	30	30	20	30	30
Dominican Republic	0	10	0	0	10	20	10	0	0	0
Ecuador	20	140	80	70	60	40	20	20	40	20
Egypt	2,580	1,510	680	1,000	1,380	2,100	1,300	590	660	470
El Salvador	180	1,850	1,380	2,110	1,130	860	250	260	290	130
Eritrea	150	240	260	350	330	250	170	60	90	50
Ethiopia	500	620	300	290	390	300	200	250	560	280
Fiji	20	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabon	10	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	10
Gambia	50	90	60	90	70	50	30	20	30	20
Georgia	20	20	30	30	50	50	30	20	10	10
Ghana	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	10	0
Guatemala	320	1,690	1,270	2,000	1,300	1,030	410	410	300	210
Guinea	20	70	30	60	80	50	50	30	30	20
Guyana	10	0	0	0	20	20	0	10	10	0
Haiti	470	360	100	60	170	180	150	90	190	100
Honduras	90	1,100	860	1,080	810	510	240	380	270	150
India	110	170	160	220	350	330	160	70	110	80
Indonesia	20	10	20	40	60	80	40	10	20	20
Iran	580	640	380	310	300	340	190	160	180	480
Iraq	530	700	580	450	380	350	160	130	160	120
Israel	0	0	10	20	20	10	0	0	10	0
Jamaica	30	40	30	40	90	90	40	20	50	30
Jordan	50	50	40	50	110	120	70	60	70	40
Kazakhstan	60	70	40	50	120	230	150	50	100	40
Kenya	60	50	30	80	100	120	60	30	60	20
Kosovo	30	50	20	30	20	20	10	0	0	10
Kuwait	10	10	10	10	20	10	10	0	10	0
Kyrgyzstan	100	100	70	90	90	90	70	60	80	20
Laos	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0	0
Lebanon	20	20	30	30	40	30	40	20	50	30
Liberia	10	50	40	60	100	100	50	30	20	10
Libya	20	50	40	20	90	60	50	20	40	20
Malaysia	10	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0
Mali	40	70	40	20	40	20	10	20	20	10
Mauritania	40	50	30	30	90	70	70	30	30	10
Mexico	460	650	440	480	720	790	490	290	290	110
Moldova	50	70	70	50	100	80	30	20	30	40
Mongolia	30	40	30	30	60	70	50	20	30	10
Montenegro	0	0	0	0	10	20	10	0	10	0
Morocco	0	10	10	10	10	20	0	10	0	0
Nepal	260	350	240	150	100	40	20	20	10	20
Nicaragua	10	30	20	30	30	310	180	90	110	70
Niger	0	0	10	10	30	10	10	0	10	0
Nigeria	50	100	70	120	450	750	400	280	240	150
North Macedonia	10	0	0	0	10	20	0	0	10	0
Pakistan	270	260	260	250	460	380	220	140	230	140
Peru	10	20	10	30	30	30	10	10	10	10
Philippines	0	0	10	10	30	20	0	10	0	10
Romania	10	0	10	10	20	20	20	0	10	0
Russia	220	300	200	280	730	1,090	720	390	430	260
Rwanda	50	70	50	70	80	120	90	50	80	30
Saudi Arabia	30	40	50	60	110	90	50	30	40	20
Senegal	10	10	10	20	30	20	20	10	10	0
Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	30	10	10	10	0
Serbia and Montenegro (former) ^[1]	20	10	10	10	40	20	0	X	X	X
Sierra Leone	10	20	10	20	40	20	20	20	10	10
Somalia	20	20	20	30	40	20	10	20	0	10
South Africa	0	10	0	0	10	20	10	0	10	0
South Sudan	0	0	0	0	10	20	0	0	10	0
Soviet Union (former) ^[2]	0	0	0	0	0	20	10	X	X	X
Sri Lanka	30	30	20	30	40	40	20	10	10	10
Sudan	50	100	50	70	90	110	80	70	90	30
Syria	850	860	640	610	510	480	260	210	210	250
Tajikistan	20	20	20	10	20	10	10	0	10	10
Tanzania	10	0	0	10	10	10	10	0	0	0
Thailand	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	10	0	0
Togo	20	10	20	20	40	40	30	30	20	10
Tunisia	10	10	10	0	10	10	10	10	10	10
Turkey	10	20	10	20	470	1,680	1,500	850	910	1,020
Turkmenistan	10	10	10	10	30	50	40	20	10	30
Uganda	60	80	60	70	170	160	140	90	90	50
Ukraine	90	140	130	200	380	290	160	70	200	160
United Arab Emirates	10	20	10	20	40	20	10	10	0	10
Uzbekistan	60	70	70	50	110	90	30	30	30	10
Venezuela	300	460	320	470	5,670	6,080	3,110	1,430	2,180	830
Vietnam	10	10	10	20	30	40	20	10	10	10
Yemen	30	60	40	50	60	120	50	20	20	40
Zimbabwe	20	30	10	30	70	70	50	30	50	20
All other countries ^[3]	70	60	40	70	90	120	70	50	80	60
Unknown ^[4]	40	50	30	40	70	100	60	50	80	60

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