Table 40. Noncitizen Returns by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2021

By Region of Nationality

Region of nationality	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[1]	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	231,105	178,973	163,836	129,636	106,479	100,454	159,960	171,125	167,453	178,227
Africa	1,745	1,506	1,730	2,199	2,098	2,405	3,785	3,424	3,775	1,783
Asia	46,413	44,610	46,580	45,466	32,555	21,425	64,414	66,558	82,192	97,391
Europe	13,326	12,348	12,216	11,518	8,988	9,066	17,708	17,779	21,663	21,858
North America	166,617	117,529	100,624	67,351	59,569	63,145	67,751	76,487	54,112	52,562
Oceania	600	598	605	668	711	895	830	878	640	174
South America	2,256	2,291	1,975	2,327	2,417	3,374	5,346	5,839	5,043	4,364
Unknown	148	91	106	107	141	144	126	160	28	95

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[2]	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	231,105	178,973	163,836	129,636	106,479	100,454	159,960	171,125	167,453	178,227
Afghanistan	55	44	37	48	44	56	55	63	35	49
Albania	49	23	32	15	26	56	84	50	48	29
Algeria	62	39	29	88	200	52	188	250	517	60
Angola	22	17	37	21	14	21	29	30	16	17
Antigua and Barbuda	16	8	11	10	9	9	10	9	5	6
Argentina	66	70	83	80	58	93	79	104	168	82
Armenia	12	7	4	13	8	27	20	31	37	33
Australia	346	393	385	460	467	566	471	518	386	113
Austria	54	46	34	32	32	53	60	59	36	26
Azerbaijan	14	26	22	23	18	18	31	33	23	37
Bahamas	415	486	552	449	142	222	316	320	1,064	988
Bahrain	8	3	11	D	7	22	7	5	5	4
Bangladesh	240	172	169	198	120	158	337	308	482	393
Barbados	39	24	20	19	13	12	16	18	14	D
Belarus	43	25	22	31	16	25	38	37	66	59
Belgium	103	100	106	71	80	102	146	133	94	38
Belize	38	35	35	28	25	31	25	28	15	11
Benin	11	19	17	16	19	8	43	23	57	8
Bolivia	91	46	35	19	28	37	39	33	24	21
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25	10	17	15	20	19	32	43	23	11
Brazil	566	513	490	481	387	520	852	844	1,035	533
Bulgaria	185	119	54	137	82	58	152	191	266	173
Burkina Faso	18	12	22	23	37	16	61	19	28	7
Burma	2,337	1,920	1,888	2,012	1,444	625	2,603	3,122	2,808	3,500
Burundi	12	12	7	6	8	9	9	10	9	7
Cabo Verde	29	10	9	5	6	10	35	20	16	4
Cambodia	16	13	11	8	13	13	6	11	9	4
Cameroon	48	49	35	73	69	62	115	56	157	25
Canada	27,041	23,962	23,268	22,542	18,415	18,534	18,144	18,522	14,047	11,984
Chad	4	D	9	4	7	9	5	8	10	D
Chile	86	118	174	268	363	496	472	594	592	897
China, People's Republic	11,854	11,753	12,324	12,865	8,693	5,243	16,543	17,844	15,016	21,256
Colombia	439	474	387	529	597	793	811	989	700	739
Congo, Democratic Republic	29	17	32	74	36	33	63	71	48	19
Congo, Republic	14	19	16	6	7	11	22	12	22	7
Costa Rica	99	54	54	59	61	78	102	86	77	84
Cote d'Ivoire	19	19	24	30	26	19	98	68	91	76
Croatia	88	79	87	101	107	62	190	202	428	213
Cuba	90	79	64	56	106	208	146	134	253	138
Cyprus	10	5	11	15	12	7	25	14	19	17
Czechia	144	133	104	130	88	142	126	122	72	28
Denmark	74	59	46	52	48	64	62	66	109	62
Dominica	29	27	9	18	40	9	24	16	24	13
Dominican Republic	777	546	329	386	415	530	786	639	544	435
Ecuador	323	215	189	244	204	283	259	414	376	238
Egypt	303	189	188	166	164	193	280	306	308	214
El Salvador	937	647	505	435	471	590	875	1,041	804	354
Eritrea	10	10	9	18	21	20	33	20	11	31
Estonia	29	35	26	44	29	33	67	35	53	45
Ethiopia	36	48	62	57	52	77	135	123	111	92
Fiji	50	57	47	33	63	80	51	55	39	15
Finland	39	32	41	46	103	109	75	76	53	37
France	662	610	688	596	653	730	1,444	998	1,637	447
Gabon	4	6	5	12	5	16	14	8	13	D
Gambia	10	9	D	3	11	9	16	11	8	6
Georgia	82	80	71	72	96	26	104	257	390	829
Germany	554	493	432	413	408	511	650	542	488	229
Ghana	134	84	65	93	72	93	148	151	214	307
Greece	295	372	453	436	376	242	658	711	783	724
Grenada	22	22	18	14	16	13	62	37	23	18
Guatemala	2,346	1,390	1,140	810	902	1,316	2,212	2,688	2,170	781
Guinea	16	5	12	15	9	22	30	21	37	3
Guyana	88	81	45	78	82	117	319	474	338	124
Haiti	163	156	196	191	164	209	258	184	158	92
Honduras	1,285	931	949	749	671	876	1,551	1,954	1,525	740
Hungary	212	169	191	179	126	217	173	166	143	50
Iceland	19	8	8	6	10	8	11	17	D	57
India	3,288	2,480	2,806	2,391	2,426	2,348	5,444	5,434	14,185	21,493
Indonesia	1,185	721	469	554	368	307	832	873	991	1,294
Iran	312	354	556	541	521	646	1,166	1,792	1,203	224
Iraq	119	131	154	203	240	262	142	188	91	46
Ireland	178	202	146	136	153	239	545	784	427	155
Israel	280	235	186	190	125	165	356	206	174	166
Italy	697	624	637	746	532	736	912	924	802	594
Jamaica	348	333	384	548	475	507	570	419	397	239
Japan	355	380	347	366	288	381	318	420	395	284
Jordan	122	123	166	341	247	349	307	197	130	92
Kazakhstan	45	27	22	25	27	35	47	38	50	32
Kenya	89	96	68	80	48	108	113	101	69	55
Kiribati	40	24	14	30	33	13	101	60	42	6
Korea, South	1,195	1,265	1,241	1,186	899	915	1,788	1,880	2,407	2,811
Kosovo	8	12	14	11	16	11	17	11	10	D
Kuwait	22	41	30	56	47	52	56	53	32	9
Kyrgyzstan	7	9	13	8	6	13	11	7	4	11
Laos	11	5	3	6	-	10	D	D	D	-
Latvia	112	95	102	100	63	64	124	128	499	339
Lebanon	92	94	121	134	107	109	124	144	147	58
Liberia	24	14	27	16	13	23	26	16	8	9
Libya	34	18	25	42	31	24	46	62	53	D
Lithuania	373	151	133	104	74	77	112	116	114	78
Madagascar	9	4	9	16	10	D	19	D	11	D
Malaysia	122	55	61	57	29	60	142	108	152	95
Maldives	92	12	53	10	18	5	-	15	D	3
Mali	17	8	11	23	14	24	50	90	57	7
Mauritania	4	5	3	5	4	5	8	12	3	D
Mauritius	33	18	36	21	19	24	16	27	37	4
Mexico	132,446	88,382	72,718	40,646	37,314	39,630	42,202	49,517	32,176	36,269
Micronesia, Federated States	9	3	3	14	4	15	13	8	5	4
Moldova	44	44	27	38	19	48	36	42	42	32
Mongolia	34	41	35	48	28	55	55	28	26	14
Montenegro	22	13	17	37	21	29	59	73	163	210
Morocco	99	108	88	67	188	94	229	429	502	29
Nepal	38	25	30	39	34	29	44	54	33	33
Netherlands	290	275	302	266	217	264	330	314	282	319
New Zealand	98	94	105	103	97	170	164	165	127	30
Nicaragua	169	126	115	86	75	110	170	560	563	228
Niger	10	6	8	3	3	D	15	27	28	D
Nigeria	270	289	490	787	572	996	1,159	569	330	128
North Macedonia	15	12	10	25	9	21	22	19	9	4
Norway	88	71	63	41	49	68	80	62	70	34
Oman	D	D	5	6	20	17	9	18	15	19
Pakistan	481	302	383	458	380	442	592	449	555	517
Palau	10	5	5	6	5	5	D	10	D	-
Panama	56	48	47	56	40	51	52	59	54	41
Papua New Guinea	D	5	21	D	5	D	D	4	D	-
Paraguay	16	16	11	9	7	11	14	22	18	13
Peru	371	531	375	336	446	454	837	1,549	1,234	1,347
Philippines	20,904	21,533	22,164	20,434	13,604	6,564	28,274	27,618	37,767	37,863
Poland	520	562	499	498	245	310	402	395	859	249
Portugal	299	265	261	252	203	217	310	291	193	97
Qatar	6	12	12	19	9	18	10	12	4	3
Romania	481	319	379	472	299	276	741	526	782	625
Russia	2,444	1,994	1,908	1,492	886	515	2,816	2,617	4,565	8,158
Rwanda	13	14	21	26	14	12	32	27	31	8
Saint Kitts and Nevis	8	18	9	14	7	11	11	3	8	D
Saint Lucia	25	27	15	17	36	23	24	19	14	6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	40	32	37	32	18	28	71	97	57	33
Samoa	10	D	D	4	9	7	11	17	20	4
Saudi Arabia	292	345	432	508	418	329	321	249	107	62
Senegal	37	86	63	57	54	36	103	75	98	20
Serbia	25	112	24	64	36	53	54	63	37	23
Seychelles	3	-	11	9	5	-	8	9	9	D
Sierra Leone	17	11	5	4	3	14	9	16	30	8
Singapore	74	64	49	46	35	48	72	62	41	14
Slovakia	77	66	56	75	53	65	82	62	43	26
Slovenia	16	21	33	23	11	21	44	23	13	12
Somalia	7	10	18	17	15	10	21	25	12	17
South Africa	121	106	101	157	96	103	128	129	124	90
Spain	874	1,131	919	925	789	1,453	1,366	1,468	1,044	893
Sri Lanka	149	130	162	138	157	164	490	650	762	1,173
Sudan	26	13	20	23	25	56	32	43	63	12
Sweden	118	143	113	140	130	175	167	194	121	68
Switzerland	104	85	75	76	55	81	94	89	67	32
Syria	74	81	107	91	150	320	281	255	112	55
Taiwan	373	473	462	578	407	573	669	846	700	580
Tajikistan	15	6	4	6	3	3	4	3	4	D
Tanzania	39	34	22	29	24	34	123	120	148	427
Thailand	230	206	285	176	164	165	263	398	480	405
Togo	12	13	9	9	16	23	29	9	43	4
Tonga	10	5	14	8	16	20	7	20	13	-
Trinidad and Tobago	110	74	51	63	43	46	66	77	60	61
Tunisia	21	22	33	23	120	55	189	320	390	32
Turkey	1,229	1,036	1,096	1,097	982	437	2,234	2,124	2,047	2,959
Turkmenistan	3	8	13	53	31	43	34	17	-	D
Tuvalu	20	-	D	D	3	3	D	D	-	-
Uganda	22	20	19	14	13	19	34	35	17	9
Ukraine	2,589	2,606	3,052	2,660	2,062	890	3,893	4,366	6,255	7,210
United Arab Emirates	13	13	23	31	25	19	32	37	29	19
United Kingdom	1,473	1,339	1,194	1,146	969	1,118	1,589	1,817	1,013	505
Uruguay	20	22	6	10	10	15	9	18	11	12
Uzbekistan	21	22	20	16	9	19	25	9	18	5
Vanuatu	-	-	-	D	-	5	-	11	-	-
Venezuela	188	203	177	270	233	547	1,648	793	545	358
Vietnam	566	332	501	372	262	280	475	660	689	922
Yemen	27	12	16	24	25	43	58	21	6	6
Zambia	11	8	8	7	11	11	14	17	6	8
Zimbabwe	19	22	27	21	12	14	21	32	13	10
All other countries ^[3]	64	54	53	53	49	65	61	49	47	19
Unknown	148	91	106	107	141	144	126	160	28	95

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