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Table 19. Individuals Granted Asylum Defensively by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2014 to 2023

By Region of Nationality

Region of nationality	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	8,610	8,140	8,700	10,570	13,200	18,920	14,610	7,420	22,550	32,050
Africa	1,640	1,370	1,310	1,540	1,600	2,320	1,560	790	2,020	2,770
Asia	5,390	4,770	4,220	4,250	5,660	7,690	4,670	2,260	8,340	10,280
Europe	460	360	360	390	600	800	540	370	1,530	2,910
North America	710	1,280	2,540	4,010	4,870	7,140	6,580	3,330	7,740	9,810
Oceania	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
South America	200	160	110	220	340	770	1,100	620	2,730	6,060
Unknown	220	210	160	160	140	200	150	50	190	210

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	8,610	8,140	8,700	10,570	13,200	18,920	14,610	7,420	22,550	32,050
Afghanistan	20	10	20	30	30	30	20	10	60	140
Albania	70	80	90	120	180	120	80	30	200	210
Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Angola	0	0	10	10	20	30	20	20	60	90
Armenia	40	20	20	40	60	110	60	40	210	230
Azerbaijan	10	10	0	10	20	20	10	20	40	40
Bangladesh	50	90	90	120	290	370	290	110	620	840
Belarus	60	30	30	30	40	40	20	40	130	260
Benin	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Bolivia	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	10	10
Brazil	10	0	10	10	20	40	50	30	230	760
Bulgaria	10	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Burkina Faso	60	50	70	80	60	80	60	20	100	100
Burma	30	20	20	10	20	30	10	20	70	90
Burundi	30	20	30	20	20	50	20	10	30	20
Cameroon	110	90	110	220	310	660	590	140	300	400
Central African Republic	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Chad	10	0	0	10	10	20	10	0	10	10
Chile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	60
China, People's Republic	3,970	3,580	3,080	2,730	3,050	3,460	1,950	780	3,060	3,510
Colombia	70	50	20	40	40	50	40	50	160	970
Congo, Democratic Republic	30	20	10	30	50	60	40	30	90	100
Congo, Republic	20	20	30	20	40	30	20	10	40	50
Cote d'Ivoire	50	40	20	20	20	30	20	10	20	50
Cuba	10	10	10	60	160	710	1,230	100	160	500
Djibouti	0	10	0	10	10	10	10	0	10	10
Dominican Republic	10	10	10	10	10	10	20	0	10	30
Ecuador	20	40	40	80	120	120	100	50	750	1,010
Egypt	240	150	150	140	160	150	110	70	210	200
El Salvador	190	300	760	1,340	1,770	2,320	1,730	1,160	2,350	2,850
Eritrea	160	140	150	240	270	320	120	70	120	190
Ethiopia	320	250	190	160	120	180	70	60	190	250
Gambia	80	50	50	30	30	20	10	10	30	10
Georgia	10	10	10	10	10	30	30	20	90	150
Ghana	10	40	70	70	40	50	30	10	30	140
Guatemala	170	360	630	950	1,020	1,550	1,440	890	2,010	2,370
Guinea	60	40	50	80	90	90	30	20	50	80
Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Haiti	50	60	30	90	50	80	50	30	120	220
Honduras	150	300	620	960	1,180	1,290	1,020	610	1,540	1,970
India	360	300	310	460	950	1,930	1,180	630	2,080	2,630
Indonesia	40	20	10	10	20	30	30	10	40	110
Iran	60	40	60	50	50	110	60	40	120	140
Iraq	80	50	30	50	70	110	90	70	170	160
Jamaica	0	10	10	10	10	20	0	0	20	40
Jordan	10	10	0	0	10	30	10	10	30	40
Kazakhstan	30	20	20	30	30	30	20	20	90	80
Kenya	50	20	10	10	20	30	30	10	30	40
Kosovo	30	20	20	30	30	40	20	10	80	70
Kyrgyzstan	40	50	50	40	60	80	60	30	90	90
Lebanon	0	0	10	0	10	30	10	10	20	30
Liberia	10	10	10	10	10	20	20	10	10	10
Libya	0	0	10	10	0	10	10	0	20	20
Mali	60	30	30	30	30	30	10	10	20	20
Mauritania	20	30	10	20	10	30	20	10	40	50
Mexico	110	200	460	550	630	800	720	370	680	780
Moldova	70	40	30	30	40	80	40	30	60	80
Mongolia	20	10	10	10	20	30	10	10	40	20
Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Nepal	290	250	260	290	470	610	310	140	490	610
Nicaragua	10	20	20	30	40	360	370	160	850	1,020
Nigeria	60	60	70	70	50	190	150	130	320	520
Pakistan	90	60	70	90	140	180	90	60	230	230
Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Peru	20	20	20	20	30	50	20	10	70	300
Philippines	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	10
Romania	20	30	40	40	40	40	30	30	50	80
Russia	120	100	80	60	120	300	250	160	710	1,800
Rwanda	40	20	20	20	40	30	20	20	20	30
Saudi Arabia	10	0	10	10	10	10	10	10	30	20
Senegal	20	20	10	20	10	10	10	10	40	50
Sierra Leone	10	0	0	10	20	20	10	0	20	20
Somalia	120	180	150	90	40	30	20	10	30	70
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	10	20
Sri Lanka	70	50	30	40	60	70	60	10	60	60
Sudan	10	20	30	30	30	40	10	20	40	50
Syria	70	100	80	150	160	140	60	40	100	130
Tajikistan	10	10	10	10	20	10	10	10	30	50
Togo	10	10	0	10	10	10	10	10	20	20
Tunisia	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Turkey	0	10	0	10	30	60	50	50	250	470
Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	10	10
Uganda	20	10	10	20	30	60	50	30	70	90
Ukraine	50	40	50	70	110	150	80	60	270	340
United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	10	10
Uzbekistan	40	30	20	30	50	90	90	30	210	280
Venezuela	90	30	30	70	120	500	890	480	1,470	2,940
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	10	40	90	50	50	70
Yemen	20	10	10	0	20	20	20	10	30	30
Zimbabwe	10	0	0	10	10	10	10	0	20	20
All other countries ^[1]	80	70	50	60	70	80	80	50	80	150
Unknown ^[2]	220	210	160	160	140	200	150	50	190	210

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