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Table 37. Noncitizens Determined Inadmissible 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 ^[1]
Total	213,345	195,804	205,623	225,016	254,714	274,617	216,257	281,928	287,977	241,763
Africa	4,306	3,625	4,009	4,758	6,314	6,665	6,745	7,580	8,580	7,355
Asia	64,505	56,686	61,958	61,047	60,710	48,338	35,880	77,819	81,149	101,496
Europe	21,218	18,286	18,029	17,871	18,085	16,011	15,065	22,893	22,730	28,128
North America	117,701	112,303	115,984	135,514	162,030	192,214	146,000	155,048	153,044	91,515
Oceania	836	842	911	919	1,015	1,193	1,344	1,127	1,142	940
South America	4,303	3,826	4,567	4,720	6,383	9,950	10,962	17,226	21,104	12,275
Unknown	476	236	165	187	177	246	261	235	228	54

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 ^[2]
Total	213,345	195,804	205,623	225,016	254,714	274,617	216,257	281,928	287,977	241,763
Afghanistan	128	94	74	77	92	109	118	79	85	52
Albania	76	69	85	83	79	83	132	163	104	77
Algeria	68	73	43	43	110	228	78	203	268	707
Angola	24	27	54	50	39	51	124	188	279	219
Antigua and Barbuda	39	43	26	27	17	25	21	19	18	15
Argentina	150	133	181	174	230	239	252	302	407	532
Armenia	61	67	60	115	299	512	458	620	413	174
Australia	449	464	575	556	676	764	814	650	645	577
Austria	86	77	72	79	71	68	76	77	75	46
Azerbaijan	63	31	37	42	26	29	26	64	63	31
Bahamas	469	462	519	598	499	189	244	354	440	1,095
Bahrain	6	13	6	12	8	13	22	8	8	5
Bangladesh	311	326	294	644	981	383	333	489	505	692
Barbados	73	65	49	46	42	32	31	35	42	32
Belarus	89	62	48	52	54	55	68	85	104	103
Belgium	137	123	135	140	110	114	138	190	157	114
Belize	117	129	114	104	139	166	129	128	105	71
Benin	39	19	27	30	38	28	19	56	32	72
Bhutan	6	3	D	6	D	8	5	5	D	10
Bolivia	86	79	69	82	62	112	125	93	107	68
Bosnia and Herzegovina	35	51	61	55	62	52	45	66	64	72
Botswana	4	13	5	D	4	9	6	3	5	9
Brazil	804	738	824	881	1,164	2,537	3,081	6,231	3,548	2,125
Bulgaria	273	282	232	146	228	155	113	221	256	374
Burkina Faso	12	22	23	39	79	126	37	81	37	57
Burma	2,673	2,543	2,048	2,026	2,069	1,548	693	2,730	3,202	3,061
Burundi	24	23	32	17	23	11	41	20	18	12
Cabo Verde	62	50	22	31	31	25	29	54	38	21
Cambodia	35	31	25	19	36	28	20	17	22	12
Cameroon	138	153	335	318	294	558	545	770	1,899	1,290
Canada	32,182	30,786	29,403	28,100	26,347	22,120	22,353	23,917	24,696	20,576
Chad	3	4	5	25	14	19	27	10	13	16
Chile	163	113	189	258	413	536	607	582	861	693
China, People's Republic	17,175	13,346	13,812	14,601	15,640	12,180	9,151	18,575	20,295	17,172
Colombia	1,320	1,186	1,338	1,385	1,860	2,419	2,459	3,219	3,836	2,394
Congo, Democratic Republic	26	65	59	71	118	116	264	379	852	251
Congo, Republic	65	18	27	27	17	23	79	103	101	76
Costa Rica	220	229	219	215	247	279	287	354	344	300
Cote d'Ivoire	64	27	33	49	56	67	45	111	80	128
Croatia	244	197	178	204	191	183	165	292	313	624
Cuba	7,794	12,290	17,717	24,301	43,146	54,226	20,263	9,415	22,367	4,108
Cyprus	8	12	10	15	19	17	10	27	21	24
Czechia	124	218	184	160	171	126	177	166	146	82
Czechoslovakia (former)	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denmark	92	101	83	92	87	93	101	83	86	130
Djibouti	3	7	D	5	8	7	33	10	4	3
Dominica	58	47	52	32	43	55	32	44	42	34
Dominican Republic	1,681	1,689	1,564	1,324	1,253	1,241	1,178	1,407	1,226	1,199
Ecuador	316	378	413	456	694	1,063	957	802	1,125	940
Egypt	438	450	335	350	304	301	335	375	407	439
El Salvador	862	1,040	2,198	3,160	2,828	9,738	7,931	6,310	3,371	1,086
Equatorial Guinea	6	6	5	7	7	10	15	21	15	21
Eritrea	337	189	140	187	263	354	665	514	301	187
Estonia	59	40	48	46	66	38	48	74	45	67
Eswatini	D	D	D	5	10	3	3	4	3	-
Ethiopia	167	135	256	315	296	206	176	206	181	203
Fiji	99	65	72	61	54	97	119	83	82	74
Finland	71	57	48	53	60	135	142	92	97	71
France	1,158	883	863	972	925	983	1,061	1,646	1,207	1,831
Gabon	16	5	8	8	14	8	20	22	14	19
Gambia	40	31	33	24	25	118	102	25	21	11
Georgia	135	118	95	102	122	152	75	190	614	530
Germany	838	779	742	714	709	738	781	816	684	629
Ghana	256	280	359	396	778	780	347	324	395	374
Greece	418	367	481	565	552	520	366	773	808	977
Grenada	47	47	47	49	67	45	33	75	57	54
Guatemala	1,627	1,783	1,934	4,637	6,278	13,490	11,700	18,669	7,116	1,605
Guinea	54	40	40	62	90	198	299	111	93	97
Guyana	286	184	167	128	188	190	256	515	805	515
Haiti	1,746	1,439	1,562	1,097	968	6,974	9,921	1,059	1,861	760
Honduras	1,084	1,457	2,197	5,922	3,235	7,996	7,327	13,270	8,609	2,881
Hungary	224	266	249	251	255	182	287	228	216	210
Iceland	24	29	17	20	11	20	8	19	20	5
India	5,998	6,947	11,864	8,585	7,207	7,115	5,644	8,597	8,531	18,655
Indonesia	1,942	1,421	1,030	854	889	681	689	1,207	1,422	1,711
Iran	504	488	535	760	736	711	805	1,272	1,895	1,286
Iraq	214	198	298	308	354	351	330	231	246	132
Ireland	244	258	286	224	230	257	395	689	912	493
Israel	509	463	403	358	393	375	455	494	390	331
Italy	1,028	1,050	1,037	1,110	1,280	987	1,058	1,287	1,240	1,154
Jamaica	966	858	794	1,004	1,249	1,244	1,180	1,181	1,334	1,506
Japan	731	544	620	598	626	560	660	528	582	466
Jordan	208	204	208	244	462	389	503	437	321	216
Kazakhstan	29	43	30	40	45	51	59	84	129	109
Kenya	116	94	90	78	103	111	173	206	211	169
Kiribati	58	41	33	29	42	40	24	112	61	43
Korea, North	5	3	9	-	4	9	-	D	13	-
Korea, South	1,965	1,519	1,718	1,670	1,757	1,513	1,386	2,012	2,093	2,661
Kosovo	D	19	18	26	28	18	28	30	18	22
Kuwait	42	29	53	50	74	82	69	75	70	41
Kyrgyzstan	19	6	9	27	7	9	78	176	77	44
Laos	38	34	16	10	21	17	25	14	7	5
Latvia	220	140	144	158	150	88	100	172	171	642
Lebanon	214	146	185	186	220	168	158	189	195	202
Liberia	68	60	29	72	35	40	43	72	50	22
Libya	50	33	18	44	47	38	29	43	65	58
Lithuania	520	399	181	155	126	103	102	133	147	162
Madagascar	41	9	5	10	20	10	4	20	5	21
Malawi	6	8	3	8	7	8	10	16	7	3
Malaysia	258	405	316	313	370	392	469	747	851	890
Maldives	58	92	13	54	10	18	9	-	15	D
Mali	43	32	26	36	41	57	65	57	108	78
Malta	16	9	7	6	6	3	6	4	7	5
Marshall Islands	3	15	7	9	5	18	10	12	11	9
Mauritania	16	23	14	20	18	23	20	36	47	22
Mauritius	252	66	40	56	34	42	52	49	71	152
Mexico	67,590	58,945	56,504	63,805	74,473	73,338	62,439	77,570	78,888	54,575
Micronesia, Federated States	14	26	12	15	15	15	21	21	16	8
Moldova	75	65	51	58	62	41	80	63	75	61
Mongolia	59	54	45	55	88	70	96	85	75	55
Montenegro	26	37	32	32	52	36	52	100	144	260
Morocco	171	124	135	131	101	221	119	244	457	557
Namibia	3	D	D	8	3	4	5	13	12	6
Nepal	105	67	77	51	196	273	99	96	97	76
Netherlands	410	383	395	422	392	334	363	415	395	365
New Zealand	139	126	153	160	180	193	263	202	208	143
Nicaragua	329	325	382	419	484	510	369	683	1,842	1,008
Niger	20	9	4	16	8	17	9	16	28	30
Nigeria	660	692	847	1,162	1,613	1,382	1,851	2,022	959	488
North Macedonia	64	54	56	68	64	40	60	58	45	50
Norway	110	123	123	96	82	96	91	103	87	97
Oman	4	5	9	8	10	20	16	10	22	17
Pakistan	729	604	467	575	782	688	677	859	623	691
Palau	9	12	7	6	7	6	20	3	17	3
Panama	158	131	150	132	149	123	134	127	170	193
Papua New Guinea	D	6	7	21	D	6	4	D	3	D
Paraguay	21	25	28	31	33	38	34	37	56	50
Peru	756	577	892	778	729	1,044	948	1,347	2,102	1,648
Philippines	25,305	22,893	23,722	24,313	22,731	15,842	8,988	31,432	31,002	45,847
Poland	1,152	866	764	682	714	461	485	525	566	1,350
Portugal	295	477	373	398	351	309	283	384	365	241
Qatar	7	7	18	14	21	20	28	16	16	4
Romania	981	727	591	681	751	1,039	1,154	1,450	728	1,126
Russia	3,934	2,880	2,443	2,331	2,097	1,483	1,082	3,807	3,910	5,917
Rwanda	59	56	81	50	35	24	23	48	69	53
Saint Kitts and Nevis	57	23	41	27	25	15	33	22	9	19
Saint Lucia	78	64	94	96	106	89	54	61	56	79
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	78	65	64	82	101	57	66	118	154	104
Samoa	24	26	21	20	8	17	13	17	30	32
Saudi Arabia	311	312	372	474	613	532	395	339	280	104
Senegal	85	61	111	107	121	298	146	131	115	163
Serbia	87	98	186	96	139	109	134	139	173	180
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	60	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seychelles	-	4	-	11	9	5	-	8	9	9
Sierra Leone	60	33	28	40	25	42	56	27	38	43
Singapore	94	145	130	106	120	105	132	137	107	72
Slovakia	135	105	119	94	84	74	98	104	74	56
Slovenia	22	32	28	44	38	19	40	48	29	16
Somalia	166	181	268	333	879	434	187	58	53	53
South Africa	189	244	212	249	300	233	251	295	386	304
Soviet Union (former)	83	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain	993	1,724	2,431	2,072	2,603	2,494	2,413	1,669	1,724	1,234
Sri Lanka	254	191	183	211	196	203	225	555	691	885
Sudan	80	55	43	57	64	52	102	64	62	78
Suriname	7	D	4	10	8	5	34	18	11	7
Sweden	202	170	220	182	220	237	258	203	236	162
Switzerland	114	145	122	121	130	93	119	126	117	83
Syria	108	169	417	295	273	310	436	319	298	189
Taiwan	371	476	655	670	827	684	833	750	967	787
Tajikistan	6	15	3	4	6	8	9	20	22	25
Tanzania	162	51	50	33	43	43	36	133	124	164
Thailand	658	320	280	392	316	323	290	398	622	632
Togo	33	17	22	29	51	78	64	45	35	63
Tonga	25	34	14	36	23	32	46	19	52	42
Trinidad and Tobago	244	224	187	198	167	123	135	143	204	130
Tunisia	57	36	43	45	39	147	76	205	340	437
Turkey	1,937	1,353	1,165	1,242	1,186	1,117	600	2,568	2,744	2,501
Turkmenistan	6	6	30	53	99	105	122	96	86	-
Tuvalu	7	24	-	D	D	3	3	D	D	-
Uganda	54	42	33	38	34	29	52	88	153	65
Ukraine	4,368	2,968	2,915	3,415	3,123	2,612	1,345	4,383	4,985	7,679
United Arab Emirates	13	18	22	37	32	27	28	34	40	29
United Kingdom	2,299	2,107	2,138	1,903	1,897	1,669	1,747	2,100	2,288	1,441
Uruguay	47	43	54	37	41	52	63	38	68	47
Uzbekistan	50	24	29	61	29	41	83	496	557	217
Vanuatu	-	-	D	-	D	-	5	-	11	-
Venezuela	347	367	408	500	961	1,715	2,146	4,042	8,178	3,256
Vietnam	1,101	841	511	717	663	486	496	670	789	829
Yemen	48	56	50	51	53	63	76	71	42	22
Zambia	15	12	12	18	11	19	23	25	32	18
Zimbabwe	39	39	38	36	42	42	43	54	74	65
All other countries ^[3]	27	15	25	18	15	26	24	17	25	34
Unknown	476	236	165	187	177	246	261	235	228	54

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