Table 40. Noncitizens Returned by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2020

By Region of Nationality

Region of nationality	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[1]	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total	322,046	231,106	178,975	163,838	129,661	106,454	100,694	159,933	171,126	167,327
Africa	2,399	1,745	1,506	1,730	2,200	2,097	2,408	3,790	3,418	3,774
Asia	56,713	46,413	44,610	46,580	45,466	32,555	21,440	64,412	66,558	82,188
Europe	17,195	13,326	12,348	12,216	11,518	8,988	9,071	17,708	17,779	21,675
North America	241,881	166,618	117,531	100,626	67,372	59,548	63,358	67,708	76,498	53,989
Oceania	622	600	598	605	668	711	895	830	878	641
South America	2,944	2,256	2,291	1,975	2,330	2,414	3,378	5,359	5,835	5,032
Unknown	292	148	91	106	107	141	144	126	160	28

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[2]	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total	322,046	231,106	178,975	163,838	129,661	106,454	100,694	159,933	171,126	167,327
Afghanistan	92	55	44	37	48	44	56	55	63	35
Albania	35	49	23	32	15	26	56	84	50	48
Algeria	52	62	39	29	88	200	52	188	250	517
Angola	10	22	17	37	21	14	21	29	30	16
Antigua and Barbuda	7	16	8	11	10	9	9	10	9	5
Argentina	86	66	70	83	80	58	93	79	104	168
Armenia	5	12	7	4	13	8	27	20	31	37
Australia	353	346	393	385	460	467	566	471	518	387
Austria	56	54	46	34	32	32	53	60	59	36
Azerbaijan	53	14	26	22	23	18	18	31	33	23
Bahamas	433	415	486	552	449	142	222	316	320	1,064
Bahrain	4	8	3	11	D	7	22	7	5	5
Bangladesh	243	240	172	169	198	120	159	336	308	482
Barbados	42	39	24	20	19	13	12	16	18	14
Belarus	72	43	25	22	31	16	25	38	37	66
Belgium	111	103	100	106	71	80	102	146	133	94
Belize	41	38	35	35	28	25	31	25	28	15
Benin	22	11	19	17	16	19	8	43	23	57
Bolivia	97	91	46	35	19	28	37	39	33	24
Bosnia and Herzegovina	22	25	10	17	15	20	19	33	42	23
Brazil	721	566	513	490	481	387	520	854	845	1,032
Bulgaria	204	185	119	54	137	82	58	152	191	266
Burkina Faso	9	18	12	22	23	37	16	61	19	28
Burma	2,582	2,337	1,920	1,888	2,012	1,444	625	2,603	3,122	2,808
Burundi	11	12	12	7	6	8	9	9	10	9
Cabo Verde	25	29	10	9	5	6	10	35	20	16
Cambodia	16	16	13	11	8	13	13	6	11	9
Cameroon	67	48	49	35	73	69	62	115	56	157
Canada	28,271	27,041	23,962	23,268	22,542	18,415	18,538	18,141	18,521	14,050
Chad	D	4	D	9	4	7	9	5	8	10
Chile	121	86	118	174	268	363	496	474	592	592
China, People's Republic	16,331	11,854	11,753	12,324	12,865	8,693	5,246	16,546	17,843	15,016
Colombia	655	439	474	387	530	596	794	814	990	695
Congo, Democratic Republic	11	29	17	32	74	36	33	63	71	48
Congo, Republic	33	14	19	16	6	7	11	22	12	22
Costa Rica	131	99	54	54	59	61	78	103	85	78
Cote d'Ivoire	43	19	19	24	30	26	20	97	68	91
Croatia	157	88	79	87	101	107	62	190	202	428
Cuba	106	90	79	64	56	106	208	146	136	251
Cyprus	5	10	5	11	15	12	7	25	14	19
Czechia	105	144	133	104	130	88	142	126	122	72
Czechoslovakia (former)	23	4	6	D	D	-	-	-	-	-
Denmark	72	74	59	46	52	48	64	62	66	109
Dominica	33	29	27	9	18	40	9	24	16	24
Dominican Republic	764	777	546	329	386	415	532	786	637	554
Ecuador	325	323	215	189	245	203	284	262	413	375
Egypt	324	303	189	188	166	164	194	279	306	308
El Salvador	1,045	937	647	505	435	471	595	876	1,048	791
Eritrea	10	10	10	9	18	21	20	33	20	11
Estonia	41	29	35	26	44	29	33	67	35	53
Ethiopia	52	36	48	62	58	51	77	135	123	111
Fiji	73	50	57	47	33	63	80	51	55	39
Finland	50	39	32	41	46	103	109	75	76	53
France	853	662	610	688	596	653	730	1,444	998	1,639
Gabon	10	4	6	5	12	5	16	14	9	12
Gambia	15	10	9	D	3	11	9	16	11	8
Georgia	111	82	80	71	72	96	26	104	257	390
Germany	624	554	493	432	413	408	511	650	542	490
Ghana	152	134	84	65	93	72	93	150	149	214
Greece	292	295	372	453	436	376	242	658	712	782
Grenada	16	22	22	18	14	16	13	62	37	23
Guatemala	3,010	2,346	1,390	1,140	813	899	1,338	2,211	2,679	2,160
Guinea	25	16	5	12	15	9	22	30	21	37
Guyana	167	88	81	45	78	82	117	319	474	338
Haiti	212	163	156	196	191	164	209	258	184	158
Honduras	1,563	1,285	931	949	751	669	884	1,560	1,949	1,518
Hungary	150	212	169	191	179	126	217	173	167	142
Iceland	9	19	8	8	6	10	8	11	17	D
India	4,113	3,288	2,480	2,806	2,391	2,426	2,350	5,443	5,434	14,184
Indonesia	1,586	1,185	721	469	554	368	307	833	873	990
Iran	308	312	354	556	541	521	646	1,166	1,792	1,203
Iraq	107	119	131	154	203	240	262	142	188	91
Ireland	182	178	202	146	136	153	239	545	784	427
Israel	338	280	235	186	190	125	166	355	206	174
Italy	737	697	624	637	746	532	736	912	924	803
Jamaica	460	348	333	384	548	475	507	572	418	396
Japan	461	355	380	347	366	288	381	318	421	394
Jordan	138	122	123	166	341	247	350	306	198	129
Kazakhstan	33	45	27	22	25	27	35	47	38	50
Kenya	121	89	96	68	80	48	108	116	98	69
Kiribati	46	40	24	14	30	33	13	101	60	42
Korea, South	1,630	1,195	1,265	1,241	1,186	899	916	1,787	1,880	2,411
Kosovo	D	8	12	14	11	16	11	17	11	10
Kuwait	42	22	41	30	56	47	52	56	53	32
Kyrgyzstan	12	7	9	13	8	6	13	11	7	4
Laos	7	11	5	3	6	-	10	3	D	D
Latvia	167	112	95	102	100	63	64	124	128	499
Lebanon	124	92	94	121	134	107	109	124	144	147
Liberia	25	24	14	27	16	13	23	27	15	8
Libya	39	34	18	25	42	31	24	46	62	53
Lithuania	472	373	151	133	104	74	77	112	116	114
Madagascar	40	9	4	9	16	10	D	19	D	11
Malaysia	156	122	55	61	57	29	60	142	108	152
Maldives	58	92	12	53	10	18	5	-	15	D
Mali	22	17	8	11	23	14	24	50	90	57
Malta	14	5	4	5	6	D	4	3	3	3
Mauritania	6	4	5	3	5	4	5	8	12	3
Mauritius	246	33	18	36	21	19	24	16	27	37
Mexico	205,049	132,447	88,384	72,720	40,662	37,298	39,802	42,148	49,540	32,071
Micronesia, Federated States	6	9	3	3	14	4	15	13	8	5
Moldova	61	44	44	27	38	19	48	36	42	42
Mongolia	54	34	41	35	48	28	56	54	28	26
Montenegro	13	22	13	17	37	21	29	59	73	163
Morocco	149	99	108	88	67	188	94	229	429	502
Nepal	64	38	25	30	39	34	29	44	54	33
Netherlands	302	290	275	302	266	217	264	331	313	282
New Zealand	103	98	94	105	103	97	170	164	165	127
Nicaragua	215	169	126	115	86	75	110	172	558	564
Niger	10	10	6	8	3	3	D	15	27	28
Nigeria	295	270	289	490	787	572	996	1,160	568	330
North Macedonia	38	15	12	10	25	9	21	23	18	9
Norway	79	88	71	63	41	49	68	80	62	70
Oman	D	D	D	5	6	20	17	9	18	15
Pakistan	595	481	302	383	458	380	443	591	449	555
Palau	7	10	5	5	6	5	5	D	10	D
Panama	95	56	48	47	56	40	51	52	59	54
Papua New Guinea	D	D	5	21	D	5	D	D	4	D
Paraguay	8	16	16	11	9	7	11	14	22	18
Peru	517	371	531	375	337	445	456	838	1,547	1,233
Philippines	23,161	20,904	21,533	22,164	20,434	13,604	6,564	28,275	27,618	37,766
Poland	893	520	562	499	498	245	310	402	397	857
Portugal	201	299	265	261	252	203	217	310	291	193
Qatar	3	6	12	12	19	9	18	10	12	4
Romania	814	481	319	379	472	299	279	739	525	782
Russia	3,514	2,444	1,994	1,908	1,492	886	516	2,815	2,617	4,565
Rwanda	18	13	14	21	26	14	12	32	27	31
Saint Kitts and Nevis	21	8	18	9	14	7	11	11	3	8
Saint Lucia	38	25	27	15	17	36	23	24	19	14
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41	40	32	37	32	18	28	71	97	57
Samoa	10	10	D	D	4	9	7	11	17	20
Saudi Arabia	297	292	345	432	508	418	332	320	247	107
Senegal	58	37	86	63	57	54	36	103	75	98
Serbia	33	25	112	24	64	36	53	54	63	37
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	47	9	5	D	D	D	-	D	D	D
Seychelles	-	3	-	11	9	5	-	8	9	9
Sierra Leone	31	17	11	5	4	3	14	9	16	30
Singapore	69	74	64	49	46	35	48	72	62	41
Slovakia	82	77	66	56	75	53	65	82	62	44
Slovenia	16	16	21	33	23	11	21	44	23	13
Somalia	8	7	10	18	17	15	10	21	25	12
South Africa	102	121	106	101	157	96	103	128	129	124
Soviet Union (former)	61	4	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain	649	874	1,131	919	925	789	1,454	1,366	1,468	1,048
Sri Lanka	183	149	130	162	138	157	164	490	651	761
Sudan	32	26	13	20	23	25	56	32	43	63
Sweden	145	118	143	113	140	130	175	167	194	127
Switzerland	87	104	85	75	76	55	81	94	89	67
Syria	69	74	81	107	91	150	320	281	255	112
Taiwan	289	373	473	462	578	407	573	670	845	700
Tajikistan	22	15	6	4	6	3	3	4	3	4
Tanzania	149	39	34	22	29	24	34	123	120	148
Thailand	539	230	206	285	176	164	165	263	398	480
Togo	18	12	13	9	9	16	23	29	9	43
Tonga	9	10	5	14	8	16	20	7	20	13
Trinidad and Tobago	137	110	74	51	63	43	46	66	77	60
Tunisia	38	21	22	33	23	120	55	189	320	391
Turkey	1,880	1,229	1,036	1,096	1,097	982	438	2,233	2,125	2,046
Turkmenistan	6	3	8	13	53	31	43	34	17	-
Tuvalu	5	20	-	D	D	3	3	D	D	-
Uganda	41	22	20	19	14	13	20	33	35	17
Ukraine	4,112	2,589	2,606	3,052	2,660	2,062	890	3,893	4,366	6,255
United Arab Emirates	10	13	13	23	31	25	19	32	37	29
United Kingdom	1,747	1,473	1,339	1,194	1,146	969	1,118	1,589	1,817	1,013
Uruguay	29	20	22	6	10	10	15	9	18	11
Uzbekistan	42	21	22	20	16	9	19	25	10	17
Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	D	-	5	-	11	-
Venezuela	215	188	203	177	270	233	547	1,650	792	544
Vietnam	840	566	332	501	372	262	280	476	659	689
Yemen	22	27	12	16	24	25	43	58	21	6
Zambia	16	11	8	8	7	11	11	15	16	6
Zimbabwe	35	19	22	27	21	12	14	21	33	12
All other countries ^[3]	52	42	38	45	44	46	61	56	45	43
Unknown	292	148	91	106	107	141	144	126	160	28

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