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Table 19. Individuals Granted Asylum Defensively by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2022

By Region of Nationality

Region of nationality	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	9,745	8,614	8,139	8,695	10,565	13,198	18,912	14,604	7,416	22,481
Africa	1,907	1,637	1,372	1,308	1,535	1,600	2,315	1,560	787	2,019
Asia	6,091	5,385	4,768	4,218	4,251	5,655	7,686	4,671	2,262	8,313
Europe	572	456	356	357	393	596	791	544	369	1,526
North America	644	711	1,277	2,542	4,004	4,870	7,138	6,575	3,331	7,716
Oceania	5	D	D	0	D	D	6	4	0	0
South America	207	202	155	114	219	337	773	1,103	616	2,714
Unknown	319	D	D	156	D	D	203	147	51	193

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	9,745	8,614	8,139	8,695	10,565	13,198	18,912	14,604	7,416	22,481
Afghanistan	17	15	14	23	28	28	31	20	11	55
Albania	62	67	75	94	118	180	122	79	28	204
Angola	D	D	D	6	11	19	29	22	24	57
Armenia	43	40	21	18	36	58	106	61	38	212
Azerbaijan	6	10	11	D	14	21	21	13	22	39
Bangladesh	67	51	92	91	120	287	367	290	109	617
Belarus	72	58	34	25	25	38	37	24	36	129
Benin	10	4	10	D	D	0	D	D	0	D
Bolivia	4	D	D	0	D	D	11	D	D	6
Brazil	14	5	D	5	10	21	38	51	30	233
Bulgaria	5	10	D	6	D	4	10	0	4	D
Burkina Faso	58	62	51	71	78	63	81	58	20	102
Burma	34	28	20	16	10	15	26	12	21	73
Burundi	13	31	18	28	20	22	47	16	7	27
Cameroon	136	108	92	114	219	312	659	591	144	303
Central African Republic	7	D	D	D	7	11	D	D	D	D
Chad	4	7	D	4	10	7	17	5	D	11
Chile	D	D	D	0	D	D	D	D	D	26
China, People's Republic	4,521	3,970	3,584	3,078	2,731	3,049	3,459	1,950	782	3,051
Colombia	69	66	51	24	38	40	46	37	47	158
Congo, Democratic Republic	26	25	22	8	32	50	56	42	26	86
Congo, Republic	42	21	16	33	24	40	30	18	13	39
Cote d'Ivoire	57	47	36	17	19	23	30	20	7	24
Cuba	6	10	11	7	62	161	711	1,227	95	154
Djibouti	9	D	12	D	11	6	10	6	D	14
Dominican Republic	4	11	6	8	6	8	6	22	4	8
Ecuador	24	19	43	39	77	119	121	103	47	747
Egypt	293	240	148	148	140	164	146	111	70	210
El Salvador	180	189	300	758	1,343	1,773	2,323	1,731	1,160	2,339
Eritrea	233	159	138	151	238	271	320	122	72	122
Ethiopia	388	316	252	185	155	121	181	74	59	193
Gambia	74	75	51	45	32	32	24	8	5	27
Georgia	11	10	8	9	11	8	34	31	23	90
Ghana	10	14	36	65	74	36	48	28	14	33
Guatemala	143	166	363	631	953	1,018	1,545	1,437	885	2,001
Guinea	93	57	43	49	79	85	87	33	23	54
Haiti	56	50	62	27	91	49	77	47	28	116
Honduras	88	151	303	621	956	1,181	1,291	1,016	609	1,536
India	299	360	301	308	457	951	1,929	1,179	632	2,074
Indonesia	74	38	19	10	11	17	27	27	9	39
Iran	58	58	37	56	51	53	107	56	36	123
Iraq	53	79	52	26	45	74	105	94	74	173
Jamaica	6	4	7	7	8	10	15	4	4	19
Jordan	13	6	5	D	D	7	29	8	8	25
Kazakhstan	28	32	16	15	30	25	27	20	21	86
Kenya	41	49	21	11	14	22	28	26	12	28
Kosovo	36	28	18	19	32	31	43	15	13	76
Kyrgyzstan	38	36	48	48	37	64	80	55	30	88
Lebanon	14	4	D	6	4	8	28	5	12	18
Liberia	11	13	6	9	8	12	15	18	6	14
Libya	0	D	0	5	5	D	14	14	D	20
Mali	78	56	33	25	31	32	26	11	11	22
Mauritania	38	23	29	13	20	13	26	22	10	38
Mexico	131	106	200	456	551	631	802	719	374	677
Moldova	73	70	40	32	30	38	76	38	28	56
Mongolia	40	19	6	8	5	15	34	11	8	36
Nepal	381	292	250	260	290	470	606	308	143	488
Nicaragua	15	13	20	19	27	35	357	364	163	853
Nigeria	28	58	64	66	70	53	194	154	132	318
Pakistan	124	93	55	69	93	135	181	92	56	226
Peru	7	15	19	17	19	26	46	17	9	71
Philippines	D	0	D	D	D	11	7	8	4	4
Romania	38	16	28	37	38	44	40	31	29	54
Russia	189	120	100	81	59	118	299	246	156	708
Rwanda	29	43	15	19	22	39	28	24	24	19
Saudi Arabia	7	7	4	7	10	9	10	11	6	25
Senegal	19	16	18	7	23	12	14	11	6	35
Sierra Leone	12	9	4	4	10	21	21	8	4	17
Somalia	80	119	177	154	90	41	32	16	11	28
Sri Lanka	97	73	46	32	41	56	70	57	14	57
Sudan	33	14	21	25	25	25	37	9	23	39
Syria	48	66	104	77	145	157	135	62	41	100
Tajikistan	13	13	8	10	6	15	14	11	8	34
Togo	14	11	10	D	13	11	13	10	6	21
Turkey	D	D	14	D	13	26	60	54	52	248
Turkmenistan	D	4	4	D	4	8	12	5	D	6
Uganda	27	23	11	14	19	28	59	47	30	65
Ukraine	53	54	41	48	68	106	142	83	59	266
United Arab Emirates	0	D	0	0	D	4	8	5	0	13
Uzbekistan	57	40	25	15	32	45	89	90	29	209
Venezuela	78	89	32	27	68	123	502	890	479	1,463
Vietnam	D	4	D	D	D	6	36	89	45	45
Yemen	15	18	7	9	4	21	21	20	13	28
Zimbabwe	20	8	D	D	13	8	12	8	0	15
All other countries ^[1]	120	84	73	55	66	77	100	91	62	121
Unknown ^[2]	319	D	D	156	D	D	203	147	51	193

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