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Table 19. Individuals Granted Asylum Defensively 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	10,138	10,575	9,767	8,636	8,140	8,693	10,565	13,194	18,904	14,565
Africa	2,340	2,078	1,897	1,643	1,372	1,308	1,535	1,600	2,315	1,552
Asia	5,855	6,707	6,088	5,413	4,769	4,217	4,251	5,653	7,683	4,661
Europe	864	817	850	636	532	360	398	597	794	546
North America	535	618	678	707	1,277	2,541	4,004	4,868	7,134	6,557
Oceania	23	12	5	D	D	-	D	D	6	4
South America	406	251	205	201	155	114	219	337	772	1,102
Unknown	115	92	44	D	D	153	D	D	200	143

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total	10,138	10,575	9,767	8,636	8,140	8,693	10,565	13,194	18,904	14,565
Afghanistan	18	33	16	18	14	23	28	28	31	20
Albania	101	67	60	64	75	94	118	180	122	79
Angola	D	D	D	D	D	6	11	19	29	22
Armenia	114	72	51	49	21	18	36	58	106	57
Azerbaijan	11	16	6	10	11	D	14	21	21	13
Bangladesh	39	57	65	51	92	91	120	287	367	289
Belarus	69	71	72	54	34	25	25	38	37	24
Benin	D	5	10	4	10	D	D	-	D	D
Bolivia	4	7	4	D	D	-	D	D	11	D
Brazil	18	13	14	5	D	5	10	21	38	50
Bulgaria	19	16	5	10	D	6	D	4	10	-
Burkina Faso	34	53	58	60	51	71	78	63	81	58
Burma	60	62	33	24	20	16	10	15	26	12
Burundi	8	10	12	31	18	28	20	22	47	16
Cameroon	160	150	136	110	92	114	219	312	659	591
Central African Republic	D	4	8	D	D	D	7	11	D	D
Chad	21	25	4	7	D	4	10	7	17	5
China, People's Republic	4,299	5,000	4,510	3,981	3,585	3,077	2,731	3,048	3,459	1,949
Colombia	175	97	67	67	51	24	38	40	46	37
Congo, Democratic Republic	13	14	25	25	22	8	32	50	56	42
Congo, Republic	49	42	41	21	16	33	24	40	30	18
Cote d'Ivoire	62	56	58	47	36	17	19	23	30	20
Cuba	13	6	6	9	11	7	62	161	711	1,226
Djibouti	4	5	9	D	12	D	11	6	10	6
Dominican Republic	7	4	4	11	6	8	6	8	6	22
Ecuador	18	15	25	19	43	39	77	119	121	103
Egypt	252	277	293	240	148	148	140	164	146	108
El Salvador	137	156	181	187	300	758	1,343	1,773	2,320	1,721
Eritrea	461	331	234	162	138	151	238	271	320	122
Ethiopia	446	406	387	317	252	185	155	121	181	74
Fiji	17	10	D	D	-	-	D	D	6	-
Gambia	38	70	74	76	51	45	32	32	24	8
Georgia	24	18	10	13	8	9	11	8	34	30
Ghana	7	7	10	14	36	65	74	36	48	27
Guatemala	145	192	149	164	363	631	953	1,016	1,544	1,435
Guinea	144	124	92	57	43	49	79	85	87	33
Haiti	44	34	54	50	62	27	91	49	77	47
Honduras	58	73	93	151	303	620	956	1,181	1,291	1,013
India	208	250	311	368	301	308	457	951	1,927	1,179
Indonesia	97	98	75	47	19	10	11	17	27	27
Iran	87	88	57	58	37	56	51	53	107	55
Iraq	101	91	52	79	52	26	45	74	105	94
Israel	12	5	D	D	D	-	D	D	4	D
Jamaica	6	11	5	5	7	7	8	10	15	4
Jordan	D	11	13	6	5	D	D	7	29	8
Kazakhstan	13	13	28	31	16	15	30	25	27	20
Kenya	81	69	38	49	21	11	14	22	28	26
Kosovo	12	32	34	28	18	19	32	31	43	15
Kyrgyzstan	14	25	36	35	48	48	37	64	80	55
Lebanon	14	21	17	4	D	6	4	8	28	5
Liberia	16	10	10	13	6	9	8	12	15	18
Libya	D	6	-	D	-	5	5	D	14	14
Mali	72	68	74	56	33	25	31	32	26	11
Mauritania	42	26	39	24	29	13	20	13	26	22
Mexico	92	117	154	105	200	456	551	631	802	717
Moldova	67	88	73	70	40	32	30	38	76	38
Mongolia	48	37	40	21	6	8	5	15	34	11
Nepal	310	379	385	282	250	260	290	469	605	307
Nicaragua	18	9	17	15	20	19	27	35	357	364
Nigeria	21	26	29	59	64	66	70	53	194	151
Pakistan	116	150	122	96	55	69	93	135	181	92
Peru	20	14	8	13	19	17	19	26	46	17
Philippines	5	8	4	-	D	D	D	11	7	8
Romania	9	8	38	20	28	37	38	44	40	31
Russia	170	155	192	115	100	81	59	118	299	244
Rwanda	13	20	28	43	15	19	22	39	28	24
Saudi Arabia	D	9	7	7	4	7	10	9	10	11
Senegal	19	25	19	16	18	7	23	12	14	11
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	70	45	49	31	17	D	5	D	D	4
Sierra Leone	14	20	11	10	4	4	10	21	21	8
Somalia	189	82	81	117	177	154	90	41	32	16
South Africa	13	D	D	D	D	-	D	D	5	D
Soviet Union (former)	238	255	228	158	159	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Sri Lanka	100	101	96	74	46	32	41	56	70	57
Sudan	29	36	32	14	21	25	25	25	37	9
Syria	6	28	46	65	104	77	145	157	135	62
Tajikistan	10	8	13	13	8	10	6	15	14	10
Togo	28	13	14	11	10	D	13	11	13	10
Turkey	11	22	D	D	14	D	13	26	60	54
Turkmenistan	7	9	D	4	4	D	4	8	12	5
Uganda	21	24	27	24	11	14	19	28	59	46
Ukraine	45	52	55	55	41	48	68	106	142	83
Uzbekistan	62	36	54	37	25	15	32	45	89	90
Venezuela	159	100	76	90	32	27	68	123	501	890
Vietnam	12	10	4	4	D	D	D	6	36	89
Yemen	28	14	9	18	7	9	4	21	21	20
Zimbabwe	39	34	20	7	D	D	13	8	12	8
All other countries ^[1]	157	122	116	79	72	55	65	79	96	95
Unknown ^[2]	115	92	44	D	D	153	D	D	200	143

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