Table 2. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Region and Country of Last Residence: Fiscal Years 2014 to 2023

By Region of Last Residence

Region of last residence	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	1,016,520	1,051,030	1,183,510	1,127,170	1,096,610	1,031,770	707,360	740,000	1,018,350	1,172,910
Africa	94,830	98,680	110,750	116,670	112,750	110,050	76,790	64,980	82,120	96,620
Asia	419,380	405,850	442,850	404,370	383,150	352,590	260,710	283,900	377,940	392,140
Europe	86,940	89,980	97,240	88,960	84,680	89,810	69,340	60,740	69,150	81,690
North America	327,930	369,150	427,050	414,070	413,430	364,860	215,550	231,750	288,170	407,620
Oceania	5,980	6,230	6,490	5,990	5,390	6,190	4,750	4,720	4,980	5,930
South America	72,140	70,050	75,570	75,600	75,810	88,020	60,240	69,060	81,400	100,560
Unknown	9,320	11,090	23,550	21,510	21,410	20,240	20,000	24,850	114,600	88,350

By Country of Last Residence

Country of last residence	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	1,016,520	1,051,030	1,183,510	1,127,170	1,096,610	1,031,770	707,360	740,000	1,018,350	1,172,910
Afghanistan	9,850	7,530	11,620	18,320	10,960	9,270	10,640	8,840	10,130	25,590
Albania	3,630	4,350	5,360	5,360	4,750	5,020	3,340	2,440	5,140	4,730
Algeria	1,580	1,660	2,630	2,080	2,070	2,230	1,530	1,810	2,920	4,950
Angola	150	160	190	200	200	230	190	230	420	540
Anguilla	20	20	20	30	30	10	20	10	20	30
Antigua and Barbuda	400	320	370	370	370	380	220	230	330	320
Argentina	3,760	3,540	3,780	3,190	2,860	3,750	2,900	3,150	3,390	4,560
Armenia	2,920	3,010	3,600	3,490	3,210	3,050	2,130	1,870	2,750	4,670
Aruba	40	40	30	40	60	50	30	30	50	90
Australia	3,580	3,800	4,170	3,820	3,390	3,820	2,840	3,050	2,930	3,810
Austria	1,090	1,930	1,620	1,960	2,290	1,200	420	410	400	500
Azerbaijan	510	510	560	710	880	1,050	680	460	890	1,070
Bahamas	710	800	680	790	800	960	630	1,050	620	870
Bahrain	170	200	200	220	230	310	210	250	280	420
Bangladesh	14,340	13,210	18,200	14,250	15,410	14,890	9,010	6,180	10,140	18,240
Barbados	420	400	380	410	350	360	240	300	310	320
Belarus	2,020	1,990	2,080	1,890	1,920	2,250	1,690	1,390	1,950	2,360
Belgium	780	810	820	740	630	770	650	650	550	760
Belize	820	800	880	750	640	820	500	690	490	620
Benin	510	490	570	650	580	610	450	450	690	670
Bermuda	140	150	140	120	100	110	70	110	100	130
Bhutan	120	90	190	130	80	100	60	70	160	190
Bolivia	1,660	1,550	1,480	1,400	1,400	1,430	920	1,050	1,340	1,370
Bosnia and Herzegovina	590	770	860	750	620	580	430	440	390	350
Botswana	110	110	120	180	100	80	50	70	50	80
Brazil	10,250	11,250	13,530	14,830	15,290	19,610	16,570	18,100	20,810	26,790
Brunei	20	20	30	20	30	20	10	20	20	30
Bulgaria	2,890	2,590	2,560	2,070	1,720	1,700	1,080	960	1,020	870
Burkina Faso	640	610	700	580	570	680	460	530	720	780
Burma	1,770	1,880	2,260	1,930	1,670	1,950	1,180	800	2,550	3,700
Burundi	180	290	410	1,380	630	890	1,750	1,210	690	720
Cabo Verde	1,120	1,240	2,220	2,590	1,880	1,820	940	880	930	1,610
Cambodia	2,470	1,780	2,980	3,920	3,060	2,590	1,500	1,700	3,050	2,300
Cameroon	3,830	4,250	4,730	4,510	4,110	4,260	2,550	3,110	5,170	5,410
Canada	17,670	19,310	19,350	18,470	14,340	14,720	11,300	12,050	13,920	18,590
Cayman Islands	70	100	120	110	100	120	70	80	70	150
Central African Republic	80	50	70	70	40	40	30	50	130	110
Chad	130	300	200	370	620	380	190	160	140	230
Chile	1,590	1,620	1,710	1,660	1,570	1,820	1,570	1,800	1,620	2,290
China, People's Republic	72,490	70,980	77,660	66,480	61,850	60,030	39,640	48,070	62,020	54,690
Colombia	17,610	16,510	16,830	16,340	15,950	18,720	11,380	14,610	16,760	21,930
Congo, Democratic Republic	3,060	3,480	4,120	3,990	3,440	3,760	2,450	1,120	4,200	4,360
Congo, Republic	400	340	290	400	380	400	300	200	490	420
Costa Rica	2,020	2,120	2,300	2,260	2,240	2,470	1,760	2,060	1,880	2,320
Cote d'Ivoire	1,360	1,390	1,420	1,660	1,260	1,460	960	1,090	1,280	1,270
Croatia	270	310	350	340	270	330	230	310	190	210
Cuba	46,510	54,180	66,120	64,750	75,160	39,580	15,610	22,490	31,020	77,870
Curacao	30	20	40	40	60	60	40	30	20	10
Cyprus	150	150	160	150	130	140	130	120	120	190
Czechia	580	620	640	570	520	750	480	520	480	630
Denmark	530	630	560	540	410	470	440	350	410	530
Djibouti	410	1,930	3,230	4,070	1,210	2,150	3,990	3,440	4,340	1,520
Dominica	330	220	280	470	470	460	270	260	380	350
Dominican Republic	44,550	50,380	60,610	58,380	57,290	49,820	29,720	24,230	36,010	66,630
Ecuador	10,870	9,820	10,780	10,830	11,780	11,190	6,170	7,540	10,620	10,350
Egypt	12,040	13,910	13,370	11,170	11,660	10,420	6,720	4,320	7,380	9,860
El Salvador	18,960	18,700	21,270	21,920	22,880	24,330	15,390	15,810	25,610	20,890
Equatorial Guinea	20	30	30	20	20	30	30	30	50	50
Eritrea	790	770	920	810	770	920	580	460	1,230	1,080
Estonia	210	180	200	170	150	190	120	140	130	150
Eswatini	50	30	30	20	20	40	30	30	20	30
Ethiopia	12,930	12,570	13,700	15,680	13,970	10,110	6,470	3,900	5,270	6,220
Fiji	760	840	800	750	680	690	390	370	1,040	870
Finland	370	400	510	480	460	520	330	350	290	390
France	4,540	5,030	5,470	4,970	4,540	5,010	4,210	4,230	4,350	4,930
French Polynesia	30	10	20	20	10	130	20	20	50	20
Gabon	190	180	180	170	110	130	90	120	100	150
Gambia	1,090	1,150	1,240	1,110	1,020	1,370	610	680	820	910
Georgia	1,150	1,320	1,490	1,510	1,540	1,590	1,120	1,190	2,090	2,490
Germany	6,390	5,970	5,900	5,370	5,020	5,280	4,220	4,290	4,300	5,950
Ghana	7,190	6,320	6,920	8,380	8,360	8,470	4,480	3,760	4,580	5,890
Greece	1,390	1,330	1,660	1,500	1,370	1,540	1,000	860	970	1,160
Grenada	620	520	560	530	500	530	300	360	400	390
Guatemala	9,870	11,470	12,550	12,790	15,170	13,110	7,370	8,200	15,330	14,330
Guinea	1,400	1,420	1,450	1,310	1,230	1,540	750	590	1,120	1,340
Guinea-Bissau	30	30	30	40	20	60	20	20	30	30
Guyana	6,030	5,310	4,910	4,680	4,570	4,840	2,750	3,210	2,690	5,290
Haiti	15,110	16,790	23,190	21,500	21,090	16,990	9,120	11,090	8,550	13,700
Honduras	8,030	9,070	13,000	11,150	13,490	15,540	7,840	9,430	14,760	12,050
Hong Kong	2,520	2,430	2,980	2,890	2,480	2,380	2,140	1,600	2,560	2,890
Hungary	970	1,040	1,000	920	870	1,050	730	700	750	790
Iceland	80	110	100	80	90	80	80	80	60	60
India	74,450	61,380	61,690	57,160	56,760	51,140	44,370	90,970	120,120	72,310
Indonesia	2,000	1,940	2,010	1,850	2,220	2,020	1,520	1,600	1,410	1,650
Iran	8,890	9,070	9,600	9,310	5,330	4,460	7,920	4,980	8,010	9,950
Iraq	8,760	10,260	12,020	8,930	8,170	4,150	1,730	1,290	2,120	3,100
Ireland	1,720	1,800	1,900	1,690	1,480	1,910	1,530	1,420	1,410	1,510
Israel	4,250	4,320	4,650	4,230	4,010	4,700	3,990	3,280	3,390	3,970
Italy	3,650	3,830	4,390	4,060	3,550	4,070	3,350	3,210	3,550	3,940
Jamaica	18,800	17,360	22,830	21,520	19,990	21,340	12,520	13,050	13,600	19,650
Japan	5,980	5,810	5,710	5,180	4,760	4,900	4,150	4,340	4,250	4,650
Jordan	9,030	7,840	7,350	8,220	15,420	7,440	3,330	3,280	3,830	6,500
Kazakhstan	1,010	980	1,090	1,100	1,170	1,330	1,160	1,250	1,500	2,600
Kenya	8,300	8,030	8,590	9,810	11,570	9,620	5,390	3,320	4,500	4,720
Korea, North	200	70	20	10	20	20	10	10	20	10
Korea, South	20,110	16,910	21,310	18,550	17,230	18,100	16,010	12,340	14,880	14,860
Kosovo	780	790	980	990	870	900	630	300	460	470
Kuwait	800	850	1,020	1,100	1,040	1,290	790	1,200	1,210	1,370
Kyrgyzstan	710	800	790	700	900	790	520	680	1,500	2,580
Laos	770	880	810	650	850	820	470	340	520	650
Latvia	370	460	370	340	310	290	210	260	250	230
Lebanon	5,170	4,500	3,570	2,990	3,550	2,950	2,120	2,140	2,820	3,170
Lesotho	10	30	20	30	20	20	10	20	10	20
Liberia	3,680	3,580	3,550	4,090	3,010	3,420	1,600	2,280	1,870	2,400
Libya	310	330	420	560	350	420	420	330	560	700
Lithuania	710	700	660	580	580	680	420	460	410	460
Luxembourg	30	40	70	40	70	60	30	60	40	70
Macau	160	120	130	170	120	90	60	40	70	130
Madagascar	80	60	70	50	70	70	80	70	70	60
Malawi	200	280	290	430	510	450	370	240	160	190
Malaysia	9,010	9,340	11,750	13,060	7,960	4,900	4,440	2,540	1,500	1,790
Maldives	20	10	20	0	10	10	10	0	10	20
Mali	630	590	610	540	460	580	360	350	400	430
Malta	230	470	480	540	500	230	160	50	60	80
Marshall Islands	60	30	30	20	30	30	10	10	10	10
Mauritania	260	260	290	250	200	220	120	120	270	360
Mauritius	50	70	80	80	60	90	70	60	70	60
Mexico	133,110	157,230	172,730	168,980	160,130	153,500	96,900	102,730	117,710	150,490
Micronesia, Federated States	10	10	10	10	20	20	10	10	20	10
Moldova	2,240	2,410	2,740	2,210	2,100	1,830	1,290	730	930	930
Monaco	10	10	10	10	20	10	10	10	10	10
Mongolia	610	630	730	650	610	740	520	730	900	710
Montenegro	280	250	370	300	290	370	300	210	180	240
Montserrat	30	10	10	10	20	30	10	10	20	10
Morocco	3,500	3,570	4,450	4,070	2,960	3,660	2,770	3,620	4,310	5,810
Mozambique	120	170	190	130	170	110	70	60	60	50
Namibia	50	170	190	300	160	210	220	90	80	90
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	20	250	50	0	10
Nepal	19,320	18,940	16,700	14,200	14,080	11,490	8,720	7,070	10,970	11,110
Netherlands	1,370	1,510	1,550	1,290	1,150	1,350	1,020	1,080	950	1,490
New Caledonia	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	10	10
New Zealand	940	980	940	900	830	980	700	820	650	880
Nicaragua	2,770	3,260	3,400	3,010	2,970	3,690	2,440	3,750	2,910	3,190
Niger	90	60	110	110	110	210	150	200	170	160
Nigeria	12,430	11,120	13,920	13,150	13,570	15,510	11,990	12,520	10,600	13,870
North Macedonia	950	1,040	1,210	990	1,060	1,090	570	720	860	820
Norway	330	360	400	380	300	350	270	240	280	440
Oman	160	210	220	280	280	320	230	450	600	600
Pakistan	18,170	17,600	18,650	16,490	15,490	13,230	9,790	8,950	10,780	10,810
Palau	20	20	20	10	10	20	10	10	10	10
Panama	1,160	1,130	1,130	1,020	990	1,140	640	950	890	1,230
Papua New Guinea	10	20	20	10	30	40	160	90	30	40
Paraguay	360	350	400	360	360	440	240	340	260	370
Peru	10,450	9,970	10,520	9,770	9,490	9,870	5,450	4,940	6,650	11,250
Philippines	48,630	54,310	50,610	46,540	44,780	43,480	24,110	24,380	27,690	42,360
Poland	5,440	4,920	5,290	4,590	4,160	4,560	3,220	2,860	2,670	3,140
Portugal	920	870	1,020	910	910	960	700	770	720	1,040
Qatar	480	500	650	610	620	660	480	1,060	1,320	2,500
Romania	3,020	3,160	3,320	2,720	2,400	2,530	1,860	1,730	1,450	1,530
Russia	9,460	9,030	9,280	8,840	8,880	10,010	8,210	5,340	7,560	11,350
Rwanda	770	1,110	2,270	2,260	2,700	2,330	1,730	1,390	1,720	2,350
Saint Kitts and Nevis	270	230	240	250	250	240	110	130	140	180
Saint Lucia	830	740	770	770	700	720	450	440	520	490
Saint Martin (French)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	10
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	440	390	390	340	300	370	170	210	250	210
Samoa	230	190	190	180	170	170	150	120	90	50
Saudi Arabia	1,980	2,110	2,810	2,950	2,780	3,110	2,220	2,020	4,190	4,050
Senegal	1,320	1,270	1,550	1,500	1,430	1,670	910	880	1,080	1,220
Serbia	1,180	1,280	1,340	1,380	1,220	1,570	1,100	820	480	690
Seychelles	10	10	20	10	0	10	10	0	10	10
Sierra Leone	1,630	1,490	1,400	1,990	1,450	1,370	650	1,110	2,080	1,990
Singapore	1,510	1,680	1,730	1,870	1,500	1,240	1,070	1,360	1,460	1,540
Sint Maarten	60	60	90	70	70	100	40	20	20	70
Slovakia	510	540	580	490	560	450	340	290	270	320
Slovenia	80	100	110	90	90	110	70	80	70	110
Somalia	610	520	660	500	500	500	300	220	340	450
South Africa	2,870	3,300	3,440	3,440	3,580	3,340	2,930	2,770	3,570	4,050
South Sudan	40	70	70	70	70	100	70	40	50	60
Spain	3,340	3,710	4,020	3,560	3,210	3,470	2,830	3,020	3,120	4,620
Sri Lanka	1,630	1,530	1,730	1,480	1,700	1,700	1,550	1,180	2,370	2,040
Sudan	1,400	1,620	2,200	2,510	2,330	1,970	1,490	640	870	2,130
Suriname	160	120	130	110	160	150	100	120	90	130
Sweden	1,150	1,190	1,330	1,150	1,050	1,100	910	860	880	1,110
Switzerland	890	1,010	1,090	840	730	730	690	700	680	810
Syria	4,680	5,460	3,800	3,010	1,880	1,710	2,070	1,020	2,160	2,570
Taiwan	4,710	4,810	5,060	4,790	5,090	5,770	4,760	4,230	4,710	5,190
Tajikistan	480	520	530	560	820	1,050	450	490	820	1,930
Tanzania	910	940	910	1,970	4,830	4,450	3,300	1,920	1,560	1,750
Thailand	9,340	12,090	10,300	9,100	7,720	6,740	5,120	4,510	3,850	4,900
Togo	1,600	1,490	1,900	1,540	1,540	1,540	1,230	1,100	1,790	2,060
Tonga	300	320	260	240	210	240	190	160	140	180
Trinidad and Tobago	3,980	3,210	3,450	3,110	2,780	3,160	1,700	1,840	2,090	2,280
Tunisia	1,160	1,380	570	520	480	470	430	480	450	550
Turkey	7,250	8,760	8,640	9,140	13,100	9,140	5,000	4,810	6,820	8,270
Turkmenistan	220	180	190	200	250	280	210	130	790	580
Turks and Caicos Islands	60	50	60	50	50	70	40	60	50	90
Uganda	2,200	3,200	2,940	3,760	4,810	4,270	3,360	1,810	1,440	1,530
Ukraine	7,560	7,810	10,150	9,940	11,730	11,520	9,770	7,440	10,150	9,670
United Arab Emirates	2,210	2,710	3,050	3,250	3,390	3,780	2,520	2,800	6,920	4,810
United Kingdom	14,400	14,650	14,890	13,320	11,870	12,950	10,400	9,980	10,330	12,250
Uruguay	1,100	1,020	910	950	900	1,060	670	830	580	640
Uzbekistan	4,930	3,680	4,140	3,840	4,410	2,340	1,150	880	4,480	5,150
Vanuatu	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Venezuela	8,290	8,990	10,590	11,470	11,480	15,160	11,520	13,360	16,600	15,590
Vietnam	29,830	30,330	40,410	37,540	33,240	38,940	29,330	16,000	22,600	34,510
Virgin Islands, British	90	80	80	60	60	100	50	50	80	90
Yemen	3,470	1,640	7,450	660	390	400	340	370	580	2,780
Zambia	510	490	590	720	720	700	600	430	310	450
Zimbabwe	830	820	700	860	830	680	570	650	950	920
All other countries ^[1]	60	40	40	30	30	40	20	30	40	50
Unknown	9,320	11,090	23,550	21,510	21,410	20,240	20,000	24,850	114,600	88,350

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