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Table 21. Persons Naturalized by Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2014

By Region of Birth

Region of Birth	2012	2013	2014
Total	757,434	779,929	653,416
Africa	74,775	71,872	62,175
Asia	257,035	275,700	233,163
Europe	82,714	80,333	71,325
North America	261,673	271,807	222,547
Oceania	3,886	3,849	3,399
South America	76,992	76,167	60,665
Unknown	359	201	142

By Country of Birth

Country of Birth	2012	2013	2014
Total	757,434	779,929	653,416
Afghanistan	1,758	2,074	1,853
Albania	3,615	3,538	3,131
Algeria	891	841	928
American Samoa	180	265	187
Angola	166	143	145
Anguilla	30	26	18
Antigua-Barbuda	390	366	358
Argentina	3,909	4,177	3,683
Armenia	3,285	3,203	2,488
Aruba	27	42	28
Australia	1,312	1,296	1,159
Austria	241	248	223
Azerbaijan	958	786	585
Bahamas	647	681	545
Bahrain	93	76	90
Bangladesh	8,417	9,571	7,475
Barbados	687	683	550
Belarus	1,896	1,797	1,437
Belgium	522	513	408
Belize	817	966	773
Benin	210	206	229
Bermuda	65	59	67
Bhutan	42	275	2,639
Bolivia	2,063	1,961	1,527
Bosnia-Herzegovina	4,904	3,662	2,509
Botswana	11	29	24
Brazil	9,884	9,565	8,625
British Virgin Islands	41	45	49
Brunei	17	11	15
Bulgaria	2,964	2,646	2,226
Burkina Faso	166	230	235
Burma	2,384	3,489	4,225
Burundi	209	379	415
Cambodia	6,189	4,161	2,866
Cameroon	2,459	2,541	2,120
Canada	9,077	8,690	8,385
Cape Verde	1,037	1,014	979
Cayman Islands	29	17	13
Central African Republic	56	54	44
Chad	69	64	74
Chile	1,586	1,649	1,435
China, People's Republic	31,868	35,387	30,284
Colombia	23,972	22,196	16,478
Congo, Democratic Republic	1,173	1,250	1,246
Congo, Republic	381	402	438
Costa Rica	1,597	1,661	1,461
Cote d'Ivoire	868	958	910
Croatia	725	561	428
Cuba	31,244	30,482	24,092
Curacao	-	-	11
Cyprus	92	112	112
Czech Republic	477	562	565
Czechoslovakia (former)	291	232	303
Denmark	133	127	129
Djibouti	26	39	26
Dominica	597	642	520
Dominican Republic	33,351	39,590	23,775
Ecuador	8,783	9,470	6,952
Egypt	6,191	6,213	5,094
El Salvador	16,685	18,401	15,598
Equatorial Guinea	19	14	12
Eritrea	1,059	1,145	1,045
Estonia	234	213	183
Ethiopia	8,803	8,323	7,002
Fiji	1,134	1,003	770
Finland	329	300	274
France	2,358	2,534	2,589
French Polynesia	15	8	20
Gabon	80	72	63
Gambia	556	573	510
Georgia	1,271	1,205	898
Germany	4,192	4,066	4,375
Ghana	5,344	5,105	5,108
Greece	867	938	780
Grenada	683	717	544
Guatemala	8,797	9,530	8,549
Guinea	787	958	908
Guinea-Bissau	30	24	27
Guyana	6,201	6,295	4,327
Haiti	19,114	23,480	13,676
Honduras	5,294	5,462	4,433
Hong Kong	1,980	2,093	1,801
Hungary	1,014	984	891
Iceland	97	75	70
India	42,928	49,897	37,854
Indonesia	2,123	2,190	1,568
Iran	9,627	11,623	9,620
Iraq	3,523	7,771	12,377
Ireland	1,239	1,295	1,413
Israel	2,859	3,466	3,015
Italy	2,234	2,355	2,313
Jamaica	15,531	16,442	13,547
Japan	1,663	1,837	1,635
Jordan	2,436	2,816	2,427
Kazakhstan	1,040	909	789
Kenya	4,170	4,257	3,885
Korea, North	19	27	24
Korea, South¹	13,790	15,786	13,587
Kosovo	510	487	392
Kuwait	820	920	791
Kyrgyzstan	420	395	305
Laos	7,027	3,932	2,564
Latvia	392	364	366
Lebanon	2,914	3,002	2,528
Lesotho	7	10	8
Liberia	4,322	3,923	3,035
Libya	195	206	228
Lithuania	938	933	744
Luxembourg	23	16	34
Macau	106	97	102
Macedonia	635	665	625
Madagascar	37	50	50
Malawi	85	83	76
Malaysia	1,150	1,169	1,052
Mali	288	332	352
Malta	44	59	40
Marshall Islands	21	17	20
Mauritania	495	520	376
Mauritius	57	67	69
Mexico	102,181	99,385	94,889
Micronesia, Federated States	73	96	62
Moldova	1,602	1,594	1,279
Mongolia	286	347	335
Montenegro	227	231	202
Montserrat	51	65	47
Morocco	3,872	3,768	3,538
Mozambique	48	51	34
Namibia	42	40	31
Nepal	2,448	2,711	2,888
Netherlands	919	786	665
Netherlands Antilles (former)	76	82	43
New Zealand	563	482	453
Nicaragua	5,870	5,064	3,775
Niger	143	167	161
Nigeria	9,322	9,545	8,667
Norway	87	80	92
Oman	48	39	41
Pakistan	11,150	12,948	11,210
Palau	72	64	50
Panama	1,532	1,598	1,277
Papua New Guinea	16	20	7
Paraguay	338	331	256
Peru	11,814	11,782	9,572
Philippines	44,958	43,489	34,591
Poland	8,715	8,697	8,304
Portugal	1,607	1,585	1,587
Qatar	101	107	69
Romania	4,253	4,050	3,267
Russia	8,154	8,222	6,824
Rwanda	285	374	302
Saint Kitts-Nevis	319	315	270
Saint Lucia	724	856	635
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	511	574	405
Samoa	178	206	181
Saudi Arabia	779	927	795
Senegal	790	869	806
Serbia	109	117	276
Serbia and Montenegro	2,012	1,830	1,338
Seychelles	8	15	9
Sierra Leone	1,861	1,613	1,406
Singapore	293	263	258
Slovakia	401	413	317
Slovenia	64	58	52
Somalia	9,286	6,875	4,097
South Africa	2,294	2,283	2,083
South Sudan	81	139	132
Soviet Union (former)	2,610	2,807	2,334
Spain	1,242	1,367	1,326
Sri Lanka	1,146	1,258	1,104
Sudan	2,291	1,924	1,482
Suriname	189	160	127
Swaziland	10	15	7
Sweden	798	783	724
Switzerland	427	452	388
Syria	1,814	2,196	1,832
Taiwan	4,573	5,255	4,326
Tajikistan	142	168	146
Tanzania	543	647	525
Thailand	6,585	5,544	4,805
Togo	1,448	1,380	1,141
Tonga	306	371	473
Trinidad and Tobago	5,596	5,784	4,147
Tunisia	345	362	310
Turkey	3,329	3,390	2,925
Turkmenistan	136	160	110
Turks and Caicos Islands	49	47	26
Uganda	820	763	724
Ukraine	9,459	8,624	6,984
United Arab Emirates	431	499	435
United Kingdom	9,145	9,459	8,906
United States	60	55	31
Uruguay	849	933	812
Uzbekistan	3,071	2,482	1,725
Venezuela	7,404	7,648	6,871
Vietnam	23,490	24,277	18,837
Yemen	1,452	1,355	1,160
Zambia	338	352	318
Zimbabwe	691	658	734
All other countries	40	41	48
Unknown	359	201	142

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