diversity visa program, dv 2007-2013: number of entries

Diversity Visa Program, DV 2007-2013: Number of Entries Received During Each

Online Registration Period by Country of Chargeability

The totals below DO NOT represent the number of diversity visas issued or the number of selected entrants

Foreign State of Chargeability Entrants Spouse & Children Total Entrants Spouse & Children Total Entrants Spouse & Children Total

Afghanistan 9,051 10,783 19,834 5,090 7,305 12,395 9,255 10,046 19,301

Albania 70,390 102,622 173,012 67,381 94,979 162,360 68,584 92,226 160,810

Algeria 57,496 21,794 79,290 59,146 22,457 81,603 71,364 26,185 97,549

Andorra 90 26 116 94 30 124 92 42 134

Angola 748 869 1,617 764 819 1,583 886 1,175 2,061

Antigua and Barbuda 308 165 473 316 244 560 324 251 575

Argentina 8,433 8,563 16,996 7,897 7,862 15,759 6,657 6,552 13,209

Armenia 24,887 33,169 58,056 26,575 35,935 62,510 29,487 38,714 68,201

Aruba 141 109 250 205 184 389 240 239 479

Australia 8,945 4,294 13,239 9,838 4,288 14,126 9,765 4,448 14,213

Austria 4,141 2,180 6,321 4,440 2,591 7,031 4,721 2,650 7,371

Azerbaijan 7,068 8,195 15,263 6,736 8,224 14,960 7,255 8,569 15,824

Bahamas 1,184 784 1,968 1,489 1,158 2,647 1,778 1,415 3,193

Bahrain 568 384 952 959 582 1,541 1,589 764 2,353

Bangladesh 1,023,428 413,518 1,436,946 1,754,789 409,799 2,164,588 4,313,346 805,330 5,118,676

Barbados 670 315 985 910 418 1,328 1,440 569 2,009

Belarus 32,196 30,025 62,221 30,678 29,098 59,776 35,293 31,964 67,257

Belgium 2,798 2,241 5,039 3,123 2,242 5,365 3,555 2,600 6,155

Belize 511 493 1,004 601 509 1,110 480 526 1,006

Benin 12,481 6,234 18,715 12,489 6,269 18,758 11,883 5,599 17,482

Bhutan 439 402 841 351 367 718 295 285 580

Bolivia 6,603 7,398 14,001 7,031 7,993 15,024 5,038 5,714 10,752

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,024 3,115 6,139 2,659 2,869 5,528 2,486 2,566 5,052

Botswana 424 238 662 483 353 836 486 377 863

Brazil 42,474 31,733 74,207 0 0

Brunei 118 116 234 155 147 302 184 181 365

Bulgaria 69,128 61,199 130,327 45,813 40,367 86,180 33,573 28,759 62,332

Burkina Faso 7,522 2,078 9,600 6,259 2,219 8,478 5,534 1,974 7,508

Burma 70,685 47,225 117,910 64,720 45,183 109,903 51,071 37,751 88,822

Burundi 1,830 1,053 2,883 1,784 1,410 3,194 2,823 2,484 5,307

DV online registration period - Each year through the Department of State, Electronic Diversity Visa website www.dvlottery.state.gov

FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009

Countries with zero (0) entrants typically were not eligible for that program year.






FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009

Cambodia 19,785 13,437 33,222 23,518 13,290 36,808 35,640 14,414 50,054

Cameroon 69,843 44,431 114,274 87,939 49,985 137,924 109,336 58,775 168,111

Cape Verde 274 156 430 248 180 428 263 258 521

Central African Republic 520 395 915 455 438 893 432 336 768

Chad 1,179 630 1,809 1,425 750 2,175 1,287 709 1,996

Chile 2,499 2,773 5,272 2,473 2,733 5,206 2,399 2,521 4,920

China-Taiwan 41,158 39,357 80,515 40,811 37,106 77,917 37,555 33,679 71,234

Christmas Island 8 8 6 7 13 14 15 29

Cocos Islands 10 15 25 10 6 16 9 10 19

Comoros 151 96 247 200 100 300 160 80 240

Congo, Democratic Republic of

The 27,082 25,075 52,157 28,041 22,652 50,693 37,726 30,580 68,306

Congo, Republic of The 2,616 2,378 4,994 2,919 2,265 5,184 2,506 2,057 4,563

Cook Islands 14 11 25 22 14 36 17 21 38

Costa Rica 2,430 2,210 4,640 2,921 2,686 5,607 3,319 3,221 6,540

Cote d'Ivoire 16,964 7,814 24,778 19,499 8,484 27,983 21,642 8,489 30,131

Croatia 2,338 1,625 3,963 2,426 1,706 4,132 2,497 1,814 4,311

Cuba 28,877 36,113 64,990 38,234 45,645 83,879 28,287 33,827 62,114

Curacao 0 0 0

Cyprus 573 336 909 574 324 898 679 462 1,141

Czech Republic 5,177 3,111 8,288 4,967 2,944 7,911 4,609 2,969 7,578

Denmark 2,376 1,678 4,054 2,372 1,660 4,032 2,282 1,608 3,890

Djibouti 661 243 904 764 197 961 1,126 326 1,452

Dominica 713 620 1,333 801 720 1,521 787 763 1,550

East Timor 56 35 91 74 44 118 59 46 105

Ecuador 13,372 14,632 28,004 14,193 15,877 30,070 0

Egypt 257,352 301,072 558,424 291,220 344,781 636,001 292,579 355,967 648,546

Equatorial Guinea 164 108 272 271 147 418 255 153 408

Eritrea 23,210 16,943 40,153 22,774 17,987 40,761 20,452 16,417 36,869

Estonia 2,572 1,933 4,505 2,116 1,720 3,836 1,818 1,491 3,309







FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009

Ethiopia 414,489 159,950 574,439 518,877 203,620 722,497 483,105 187,702 670,807

Faroe Islands 0 0 0

Fiji 5,394 6,947 12,341 6,324 8,326 14,650 6,947 9,167 16,114

Finland 2,045 1,812 3,857 2,057 1,852 3,909 2,186 2,001 4,187

France 18,874 11,544 30,418 22,102 13,590 35,692 24,923 14,883 39,806

French Guiana 47 30 77 70 56 126 88 57 145

French Polynesia 143 101 244 202 144 346 251 187 438

French Southern and Antarctic

Lands 21 9 30 26 23 49 29 11 40

Gabon 1,116 639 1,755 1,184 575 1,759 1,339 612 1,951

Gambia 2,671 1,327 3,998 2,743 1,532 4,275 4,653 2,477 7,130

Georgia 13,091 12,974 26,065 16,197 15,999 32,196 15,651 16,371 32,022

Germany 54,772 33,822 88,594 59,149 39,601 98,750 61,901 42,828 104,729

Ghana 210,300 80,397 290,697 212,445 88,926 301,371 274,626 106,992 381,618

Greece 2,335 1,613 3,948 2,326 1,639 3,965 2,305 1,612 3,917

Greenland 19 10 29 39 20 59 48 21 69

Grenada 669 323 992 624 351 975 626 410 1,036

Guadeloupe 125 76 201 201 142 343 249 172 421

Guatemala 3,042 3,048 6,090 3,283 3,877 7,160 0

Guinea 9,629 4,836 14,465 17,789 7,098 24,887 16,962 6,790 23,752

Guinea-Bissau 165 105 270 203 119 322 179 107 286

Guyana 1,851 1,785 3,636 1,922 1,936 3,858 1,532 1,579 3,111

Honduras 2,854 3,486 6,340 2,884 3,618 6,502 3,487 4,398 7,885

Hong Kong Special Administrative

Region 7,953 6,039 13,992 7,248 5,647 12,895 6,380 4,671 11,051

Hungary 6,281 4,341 10,622 7,557 5,537 13,094 7,917 6,363 14,280

Iceland 508 548 1,056 553 519 1,072 555 547 1,102

Indonesia 26,892 26,131 53,023 23,962 23,618 47,580 23,466 23,141 46,607

Iran 150,699 139,824 290,523 129,226 120,277 249,503 139,395 127,131 266,526







FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009

Iraq 9,713 13,710 23,423 11,834 17,997 29,831 10,742 17,070 27,812

Ireland 9,637 2,999 12,636 8,748 2,635 11,383 7,144 2,748 9,892

Israel 13,634 15,440 29,074 14,356 16,834 31,190 13,111 15,812 28,923

Italy 13,158 7,148 20,306 14,216 7,901 22,117 15,492 8,680 24,172

Japan 39,770 27,087 66,857 37,417 25,762 63,179 33,983 23,401 57,384

Jordan 7,272 9,360 16,632 7,017 9,686 16,703 9,762 14,105 23,867

Kazakhstan 8,224 9,201 17,425 8,168 9,359 17,527 8,812 9,833 18,645

Kenya 113,531 71,175 184,706 118,259 80,607 198,866 115,114 73,859 188,973

Kiribati 36 31 67 45 47 92 41 48 89

Kosovo 0 0 0

Kuwait 2,622 2,920 5,542 2,752 3,302 6,054 4,469 5,693 10,162

Kyrgyzstan 5,324 6,489 11,813 4,919 6,081 11,000 4,575 5,570 10,145

Laos 916 1,017 1,933 966 994 1,960 391 475 866

Latvia 3,462 2,733 6,195 3,203 2,591 5,794 2,669 2,140 4,809

Lebanon 7,855 9,371 17,226 11,374 14,684 26,058 14,018 20,043 34,061

Lesotho 119 103 222 102 98 200 144 141 285

Liberia 30,711 31,466 62,177 53,262 52,881 106,143 86,933 79,441 166,374

Libya 2,001 1,759 3,760 2,225 1,928 4,153 2,466 2,481 4,947

Liechtenstein 18 16 34 23 16 39 36 29 65

Lithuania 13,400 12,490 25,890 9,954 8,514 18,468 6,840 5,763 12,603

Luxembourg 191 144 335 200 125 325 244 159 403

Macau Special Administrative

Region 576 359 935 535 358 893 501 267 768

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav

Republic of 8,697 10,803 19,500 8,857 10,695 19,552 7,224 8,559 15,783

Macedonia 0 0 0

Madagascar 765 887 1,652 855 979 1,834 956 1,138 2,094

Malawi 771 780 1,551 861 864 1,725 890 793 1,683

Malaysia 8,150 6,984 15,134 8,516 7,973 16,489 8,467 8,228 16,695

Maldives 93 80 173 77 68 145 131 141 272







FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009

Mali 5,612 2,197 7,809 5,836 1,798 7,634 4,117 1,663 5,780

Malta 251 188 439 305 262 567 333 317 650

Marshall Islands 19 19 38 6 4 10 11 4 15

Martinique 91 68 159 143 100 243 211 132 343

Mauritania 1,044 417 1,461 873 317 1,190 1,058 418 1,476

Mauritius 834 833 1,667 1,135 1,377 2,512 1,294 1,634 2,928

Mayotte 0 0 0

Micronesia, Federated States of 32 30 62 18 17 35 27 24 51

Moldova 13,410 11,756 25,166 13,876 12,448 26,324 18,782 13,568 32,350

Monaco 124 28 152 73 23 96 78 27 105

Mongolia 10,888 14,257 25,145 16,681 22,283 38,964 11,577 15,242 26,819

Montenegro 0 933 1,061 1,994 729 773 1,502

Morocco 308,400 69,481 377,881 174,361 33,968 208,329 140,950 27,793 168,743

Mozambique 261 250 511 332 366 698 299 328 627

Namibia 295 265 560 350 310 660 396 346 742

Nauru 55 16 71 62 20 82 67 27 94

Nepal 189,484 137,846 327,330 222,477 167,512 389,989 170,716 127,425 298,141

Netherlands 4,843 4,073 8,916 4,932 4,187 9,119 4,950 4,291 9,241

Netherlands Antilles 312 251 563 427 365 792 516 514 1,030

New Caledonia 41 19 60 56 23 79 77 65 142

New Zealand 3,523 2,028 5,551 3,976 2,428 6,404 3,928 2,477 6,405

Nicaragua 1,859 2,136 3,995 2,169 2,285 4,454 2,872 3,164 6,036

Niger 3,946 1,316 5,262 4,896 1,366 6,262 2,575 975 3,550

Nigeria 619,891 455,644 1,075,535 684,735 493,158 1,177,893 752,721 475,752 1,228,473

Niue 92 50 142 171 118 289 157 80 237

North Korea 215 258 473 339 492 831 220 250 470

Northern Ireland 2,130 1,233 3,363 1,841 987 2,828 1,568 1,092 2,660

Norway 1,758 1,051 2,809 1,951 1,212 3,163 2,055 1,376 3,431

Oman 323 270 593 293 234 527 352 299 651







FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009

Palau 29 41 70 47 66 113 46 63 109

Panama 1,716 1,401 3,117 1,822 1,634 3,456 1,823 1,727 3,550

Papua New Guinea 84 90 174 93 98 191 104 127 231

Paraguay 863 995 1,858 1,418 1,566 2,984 1,044 1,139 2,183

Peru 101,002 96,143 197,145 0 0

Poland 0 0 0

Portugal 1,596 1,403 2,999 1,968 1,718 3,686 1,933 1,752 3,685

Qatar 569 548 1,117 714 799 1,513 1,007 1,205 2,212

Reunion 92 81 173 133 112 245 147 90 237

Romania 52,802 46,070 98,872 48,038 43,193 91,231 23,997 21,363 45,360

Russia 0 0 0

Rwanda 3,289 2,288 5,577 3,611 2,485 6,096 4,170 2,361 6,531

Saint Barthelemy 0 0 0

Saint Kitts and Nevis 206 130 336 247 125 372 250 180 430

Saint Lucia 760 496 1,256 862 516 1,378 759 565 1,324

Saint Martin 0 0 0

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 513 314 827 463 296 759 501 302 803

Samoa 202 293 495 158 238 396 223 306 529

San Marino 5 1 6 7 6 13 10 3 13

Sao Tome and Principe 47 29 76 32 19 51 48 23 71

Saudi Arabia 3,626 3,476 7,102 4,814 4,903 9,717 7,186 7,653 14,839

Senegal 15,087 5,515 20,602 31,079 6,655 37,734 41,963 7,979 49,942

Serbia and Montenegro 21,693 19,671 41,364 0 0

Serbia 0 17,188 16,431 33,619 17,364 17,100 34,464

Seychelles 94 69 163 92 71 163 124 59 183

Sierra Leone 56,525 21,165 77,690 80,148 16,975 97,123 131,788 17,386 149,174

Singapore 4,563 4,318 8,881 4,612 4,524 9,136 4,153 4,143 8,296

Sint Maarten 0 0 0

Slovakia 8,139 5,562 13,701 6,629 4,347 10,976 5,112 3,369 8,481







FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009

Slovenia 454 264 718 598 362 960 624 424 1,048

Solomon Islands 16 19 35 16 9 25 19 17 36

Somalia 14,667 5,705 20,372 11,052 4,595 15,647 10,441 4,895 15,336

South Africa 11,729 11,433 23,162 14,646 15,568 30,214 18,086 20,073 38,159

South Sudan 0 0 0

Spain 4,297 2,612 6,909 5,285 3,273 8,558 5,254 3,114 8,368

Sri Lanka 44,237 44,152 88,389 49,805 52,085 101,890 58,074 64,229 122,303

St. Pierre and Miquelon 15 5 20 25 19 44 28 17 45

Sudan 37,589 17,845 55,434 36,258 19,971 56,229 39,621 21,818 61,439

Suriname 438 356 794 503 465 968 460 470 930

Svalbard 0 0 0

Swaziland 130 103 233 114 90 204 118 85 203

Sweden 6,070 3,766 9,836 5,990 3,931 9,921 6,041 4,172 10,213

Switzerland 6,540 3,739 10,279 7,036 4,145 11,181 7,245 4,348 11,593

Syria 8,521 6,112 14,633 5,288 6,380 11,668 6,285 8,789 15,074

Taiwan 0 0 0

Tajikistan 2,922 3,879 6,801 2,790 3,871 6,661 3,821 5,007 8,828

Tanzania 7,090 6,283 13,373 5,823 5,728 11,551 6,128 5,780 11,908

Thailand 11,483 6,739 18,222 11,377 6,679 18,056 9,333 5,519 14,852

Timor-Leste 0 0 0

Togo 97,453 26,498 123,951 47,826 16,675 64,501 34,029 10,020 44,049

Tokelau 0 0 0

Tonga 998 1,425 2,423 1,305 2,402 3,707 1,000 1,658 2,658

Trinidad and Tobago 6,100 5,119 11,219 6,063 5,427 11,490 6,648 6,297 12,945

Tunisia 6,209 2,417 8,626 4,581 2,103 6,684 4,330 2,167 6,497

Turkey 68,763 43,554 112,317 77,538 48,070 125,608 77,156 47,829 124,985

Turkmenistan 2,543 2,747 5,290 3,090 3,477 6,567 2,713 3,036 5,749

Tuvalu 15 18 33 6 10 16 11 12 23

Uganda 9,066 6,155 15,221 9,882 7,194 17,076 10,950 6,985 17,935

Ukraine 463,063 218,004 681,067 619,584 271,395 890,979 638,210 335,822 974,032







FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009

United Arab Emirates 2,308 1,511 3,819 2,227 1,347 3,574 3,143 2,253 5,396

Uruguay 1,400 1,523 2,923 1,292 1,381 2,673 1,185 1,355 2,540

Uzbekistan 49,886 69,825 119,711 61,938 91,723 153,661 69,289 104,507 173,796

Vanuatu 19 16 35 30 29 59 39 35 74

Vatican City 9 2 11 14 5 19 16 8 24

Venezuela 16,590 20,121 36,711 16,508 20,093 36,601 20,627 26,372 46,999

Wallis and Futuna 7 2 9 10 8 18 8 9 17

Western Sahara 26 1 27 25 8 33 22 16 38

Yemen 8,628 4,396 13,024 9,763 4,568 14,331 11,213 5,190 16,403

Zambia 2,995 3,497 6,492 3,322 3,887 7,209 3,327 3,636 6,963

Zimbabwe 3,665 3,927 7,592 4,153 4,708 8,861 4,284 4,948 9,232

Grand Total 5,565,562 3,504,665 9,070,227 6,455,167 3,609,149 10,064,316 9,147,340 4,037,673 13,185,013

*Countries with zero (0) entrants typically were not eligible for that program year.





Afghanistan 39,446 27,424 66,870 9,627 10,029 19,656 5,519 6,937 12,456

Albania 53,104 65,809 118,913 40,823 46,366 87,189 55,686 59,671 115,357

Algeria 68,052 22,652 90,704 66,404 21,600 88,004 85,568 26,513 112,081

Andorra 276 55 331 79 26 105 129 39 168

Angola 883 934 1,817 1,039 1,291 2,330 1,391 1,664 3,055

Antigua and Barbuda 571 255 826 367 328 695 368 346 714

Argentina 5,286 4,535 9,821 5,867 6,158 12,025 5,451 5,485 10,936

Armenia 27,159 34,892 62,051 31,580 41,296 72,876 39,918 52,434 92,352

Aruba 1,192 207 1,399 283 321 604 364 353 717

Australia 8,790 3,982 12,772 10,526 4,983 15,509 11,699 5,464 17,163

Austria 5,208 2,783 7,991 4,980 3,184 8,164 4,938 3,201 8,139

Azerbaijan 7,712 8,607 16,319 9,092 10,649 19,741 10,298 12,278 22,576

Bahamas 1,596 1,028 2,624 2,204 1,589 3,793 2,134 1,583 3,717

Bahrain 1,469 677 2,146 1,920 963 2,883 2,813 961 3,774

Bangladesh 3,828,371 834,324 4,662,695 5,418,800 1,079,126 6,497,926 7,667,030 895,221 8,562,251

Barbados 1,262 488 1,750 2,078 726 2,804 3,237 730 3,967

Belarus 33,591 28,506 62,097 36,235 29,406 65,641 39,240 31,641 70,881

Belgium 3,164 2,207 5,371 4,038 2,980 7,018 4,327 3,051 7,378

Belize 474 461 935 503 600 1,103 531 528 1,059

Benin 13,066 4,169 17,235 31,000 5,008 36,008 24,702 6,074 30,776

Bhutan 338 414 752 384 380 764 436 454 890

Bolivia 3,509 4,034 7,543 3,667 4,092 7,759 4,703 4,464 9,167

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,844 1,793 3,637 2,182 2,296 4,478 2,894 3,052 5,946

Botswana 505 319 824 624 422 1,046 443 413 856

Brazil 0 0 0

Brunei 165 143 308 147 172 319 141 151 292

Bulgaria 24,010 19,202 43,212 31,362 25,176 56,538 36,300 30,641 66,941

Burkina Faso 7,128 2,100 9,228 7,498 2,495 9,993 9,159 3,082 12,241

Burma 48,096 34,217 82,313 34,731 24,952 59,683 24,394 17,978 42,372

Burundi 1,786 1,730 3,516 2,075 1,699 3,774 2,394 1,886 4,280


FY 2012FY 2010 FY 2011







FY 2012FY 2010 FY 2011


Cambodia 54,962 11,377 66,339 51,367 9,495 60,862 63,497 9,332 72,829

Cameroon 126,428 63,194 189,622 130,072 59,680 189,752 143,400 60,506 203,906

Cape Verde 232 250 482 980 846 1,826 332 367 699

Central African Republic 494 343 837 591 415 1,006 572 404 976

Chad 1,244 776 2,020 1,475 837 2,312 1,448 726 2,174

Chile 1,552 1,626 3,178 2,175 2,285 4,460 1,992 2,172 4,164

China-Taiwan 0 0 0

Christmas Island 11 7 18 5 5 10 3 13

Cocos Islands 4 1 5 4 4 8 6 4 10

Comoros 241 159 400 290 153 443 192 103 295


The 46,093 46,040 92,133 69,949 68,609 138,558 106,375 102,400 208,775

Congo, Republic of The 2,923 2,492 5,415 3,490 3,130 6,620 4,077 3,634 7,711

Cook Islands 11 9 20 10 10 20 19 11 30

Costa Rica 2,212 2,152 4,364 2,441 2,487 4,928 2,283 2,435 4,718

Cote d'Ivoire 22,517 8,882 31,399 29,273 10,215 39,488 24,426 9,075 33,501

Croatia 2,141 1,603 3,744 2,859 2,448 5,307 3,032 2,491 5,523

Cuba 10,591 12,614 23,205 19,431 21,059 40,490 15,795 16,901 32,696

Curacao 0 0 0

Cyprus 563 383 946 697 527 1,224 696 536 1,232

Czech Republic 3,403 2,375 5,778 4,031 2,718 6,749 4,180 2,803 6,983

Denmark 2,029 1,516 3,545 2,394 1,823 4,217 2,507 2,020 4,527

Djibouti 1,318 348 1,666 1,515 497 2,012 2,229 742 2,971

Dominica 694 673 1,367 856 841 1,697 820 828 1,648

East Timor 0 0 0

Ecuador 0 0 0

Egypt 287,543 354,778 642,321 238,451 295,924 534,375 335,372 445,356 780,728

Equatorial Guinea 261 219 480 291 274 565 297 308 605

Eritrea 20,863 15,531 36,394 24,654 17,662 42,316 26,177 18,823 45,000

Estonia 1,540 1,161 2,701 1,966 1,611 3,577 2,294 1,794 4,088






FY 2012FY 2010 FY 2011


Ethiopia 542,346 203,026 745,372 486,657 176,001 662,658 581,699 203,619 785,318

Faroe Islands 0 0 0

Fiji 6,050 6,627 12,677 5,957 6,257 12,214 6,901 5,983 12,884

Finland 2,013 1,871 3,884 2,656 2,525 5,181 2,640 2,514 5,154

France 22,816 13,486 36,302 27,360 16,862 44,222 24,713 15,931 40,644

French Guiana 76 56 132 108 77 185 92 57 149

French Polynesia 186 160 346 286 258 544 283 305 588


Lands 17 14 31 15 7 22 17 12 29

Gabon 1,243 548 1,791 1,365 599 1,964 1,651 770 2,421

Gambia 3,968 2,156 6,124 3,004 1,846 4,850 6,431 2,428 8,859

Georgia 15,638 16,315 31,953 18,611 20,642 39,253 23,024 26,252 49,276

Germany 60,735 44,826 105,561 60,599 45,554 106,153 58,248 44,127 102,375

Ghana 393,555 129,893 523,448 482,730 127,194 609,924 641,777 132,780 774,557

Greece 1,836 1,266 3,102 2,233 1,568 3,801 2,738 2,089 4,827

Greenland 48 32 80 51 25 76 46 25 71

Grenada 598 415 1,013 624 462 1,086 674 533 1,207

Guadeloupe 261 167 428 400 285 685 342 281 623

Guatemala 0 0 0

Guinea 34,457 9,122 43,579 38,808 9,659 48,467 56,973 11,883 68,856

Guinea-Bissau 193 138 331 226 145 371 219 168 387

Guyana 1,546 1,652 3,198 1,502 1,742 3,244 1,510 1,689 3,199

Honduras 2,530 3,477 6,007 3,918 5,350 9,268 4,617 6,182 10,799


Region 4,403 2,995 7,398 4,427 3,073 7,500 4,229 2,765 6,994

Hungary 6,171 5,044 11,215 8,197 7,166 15,363 8,324 7,179 15,503

Iceland 761 900 1,661 1,053 1,372 2,425 1,075 1,392 2,467

Indonesia 22,727 22,012 44,739 15,563 16,919 32,482 14,384 15,565 29,949

Iran 245,733 224,546 470,279 223,426 203,079 426,505 289,586 258,149 547,735






FY 2012FY 2010 FY 2011


Iraq 8,290 12,665 20,955 7,515 12,748 20,263 7,088 11,852 18,940

Ireland 6,993 3,239 10,232 6,848 3,670 10,518 7,733 3,933 11,666

Israel 8,816 10,423 19,239 9,115 11,108 20,223 9,169 11,685 20,854

Italy 13,831 7,903 21,734 17,767 10,697 28,464 19,009 11,362 30,371

Japan 30,248 20,582 50,830 28,816 19,892 48,708 27,175 19,379 46,554

Jordan 10,067 13,857 23,924 8,498 13,568 22,066 8,333 14,202 22,535

Kazakhstan 8,792 9,402 18,194 10,967 12,199 23,166 13,476 15,556 29,032

Kenya 136,003 87,583 223,586 163,437 97,297 260,734 198,606 105,477 304,083

Kiribati 75 61 136 64 63 127 80 95 175

Kosovo 4,228 5,596 9,824 4,435 6,117 10,552 5,286 6,612 11,898

Kuwait 4,492 6,424 10,916 5,502 8,770 14,272 5,670 9,429 15,099

Kyrgyzstan 4,651 5,200 9,851 5,670 6,717 12,387 7,761 9,590 17,351

Laos 307 374 681 303 371 674 216 272 488

Latvia 2,459 1,998 4,457 4,921 4,513 9,434 5,050 4,546 9,596

Lebanon 11,062 16,577 27,639 12,846 19,907 32,753 12,304 19,290 31,594

Lesotho 158 104 262 145 112 257 125 109 234

Liberia 68,022 51,207 119,229 64,245 46,715 110,960 82,497 59,252 141,749

Libya 2,930 3,318 6,248 3,409 4,169 7,578 3,980 4,924 8,904

Liechtenstein 32 13 45 37 21 58 46 36 82

Lithuania 4,842 4,188 9,030 8,891 8,046 16,937 12,375 11,364 23,739

Luxembourg 223 157 380 276 194 470 274 191 465


Region 380 225 605 386 221 607 550 287 837


Republic of 0 0 0

Macedonia 5,652 6,593 12,245 6,730 7,180 13,910 6,278 6,154 12,432

Madagascar 874 986 1,860 1,354 1,529 2,883 896 1,066 1,962

Malawi 803 846 1,649 846 838 1,684 883 848 1,731

Malaysia 6,568 6,488 13,056 6,967 6,974 13,941 6,935 6,609 13,544

Maldives 101 107 208 139 161 300 151 181 332






FY 2012FY 2010 FY 2011


Mali 4,680 1,539 6,219 3,846 1,765 5,611 4,349 1,542 5,891

Malta 242 227 469 299 262 561 303 274 577

Marshall Islands 9 2 11 128 157 285 17 16 33

Martinique 203 107 310 282 177 459 241 153 394

Mauritania 1,063 333 1,396 974 481 1,455 1,161 596 1,757

Mauritius 1,230 1,422 2,652 1,459 1,733 3,192 1,287 1,546 2,833

Mayotte 0 0 0

Micronesia, Federated States of 15 16 31 15 16 31 21 19 40

Moldova 22,335 13,303 35,638 34,275 22,533 56,808 45,283 30,603 75,886

Monaco 68 44 112 61 39 100 66 32 98

Mongolia 11,081 14,346 25,427 17,005 23,330 40,335 11,786 16,080 27,866

Montenegro 497 402 899 488 393 881 537 433 970

Morocco 121,151 22,670 143,821 81,873 15,633 97,506 91,395 19,178 110,573

Mozambique 293 323 616 264 344 608 282 340 622

Namibia 468 369 837 533 491 1,024 506 479 985

Nauru 65 14 79 46 18 64 52 11 63

Nepal 211,421 144,795 356,216 194,373 128,385 322,758 238,678 158,358 397,036

Netherlands 4,356 3,769 8,125 5,095 4,358 9,453 5,299 4,590 9,889

Netherlands Antilles 389 381 770 491 507 998 495 519 1,014

New Caledonia 55 44 99 80 58 138 106 89 195

New Zealand 3,034 1,991 5,025 3,564 2,360 5,924 3,514 2,193 5,707

Nicaragua 1,987 2,405 4,392 4,342 4,435 8,777 2,744 3,007 5,751

Niger 1,903 755 2,658 4,864 1,000 5,864 2,572 887 3,459

Nigeria 1,145,393 424,923 1,570,316 1,634,692 509,934 2,144,626 1,470,155 535,721 2,005,876

Niue 191 98 289 653 40 693 243 79 322

North Korea 179 194 373 196 186 382 180 168 348

Northern Ireland 1,365 1,006 2,371 1,458 1,145 2,603 1,454 1,106 2,560

Norway 1,535 1,160 2,695 2,109 1,602 3,711 2,228 1,706 3,934

Oman 296 294 590 360 397 757 435 433 868






FY 2012FY 2010 FY 2011


Palau 40 32 72 43 22 65 41 25 66

Panama 1,061 1,000 2,061 1,462 1,310 2,772 1,265 1,158 2,423

Papua New Guinea 90 73 163 100 101 201 114 155 269

Paraguay 512 530 1,042 676 715 1,391 613 610 1,223

Peru 0 0 0

Poland 0 0 0

Portugal 1,671 1,395 3,066 2,039 1,748 3,787 2,079 1,777 3,856

Qatar 942 1,056 1,998 1,316 1,524 2,840 1,381 1,747 3,128

Reunion 110 67 177 119 65 184 99 82 181

Romania 18,938 16,807 35,745 24,427 23,008 47,435 39,355 37,239 76,594

Russia 52,042 49,282 101,324 70,869 69,575 140,444 84,097 83,503 167,600

Rwanda 5,099 2,165 7,264 7,673 3,136 10,809 15,194 5,330 20,524


Saint Kitts and Nevis 274 194 468 395 239 634 345 234 579

Saint Lucia 713 469 1,182 1,018 734 1,752 929 738 1,667

Saint Martin 0 0 0

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 391 271 662 515 319 834 519 321 840

Samoa 205 216 421 231 287 518 184 284 468

San Marino 20 6 26 10 2 12 13 1 14

Sao Tome and Principe 37 20 57 32 32 64 23 25 48

Saudi Arabia 6,630 7,642 14,272 8,746 11,901 20,647 11,697 14,949 26,646

Senegal 21,264 4,930 26,194 19,042 5,502 24,544 12,165 4,714 16,879

Serbia and Montenegro 0 0 0

Serbia 8,910 7,324 16,234 9,623 8,675 18,298 10,240 8,940 19,180

Seychelles 177 62 239 161 107 268 150 96 246

Sierra Leone 310,817 15,635 326,452 424,966 16,284 441,250 292,778 22,963 315,741

Singapore 2,868 2,357 5,225 3,000 2,793 5,793 2,835 2,668 5,503

Sint Maarten 0 0 0

Slovakia 3,546 2,320 5,866 4,095 2,615 6,710 3,970 2,472 6,442






FY 2012FY 2010 FY 2011


Slovenia 521 338 859 696 472 1,168 720 511 1,231

Solomon Islands 28 15 43 37 35 72 48 54 102

Somalia 10,664 4,669 15,333 10,370 4,990 15,360 10,402 4,403 14,805

South Africa 18,013 22,195 40,208 22,249 27,895 50,144 21,523 27,047 48,570

South Sudan 0 0 0

Spain 5,131 3,127 8,258 7,135 4,758 11,893 7,715 5,207 12,922

Sri Lanka 44,892 47,327 92,219 40,710 43,602 84,312 40,792 42,980 83,772

St. Pierre and Miquelon 11 17 28 17 9 26 15 10 25

Sudan 49,282 21,427 70,709 60,547 24,199 84,746 62,161 34,049 96,210

Suriname 382 382 764 429 462 891 439 466 905

Svalbard 0 0 0

Swaziland 133 105 238 151 118 269 161 125 286

Sweden 4,748 3,270 8,018 5,965 4,381 10,346 6,344 4,636 10,980

Switzerland 6,532 4,006 10,538 7,253 4,941 12,194 6,895 4,695 11,590

Syria 6,121 8,906 15,027 7,092 10,865 17,957 7,420 11,329 18,749

Taiwan 31,197 27,719 58,916 30,566 25,753 56,319 25,752 21,646 47,398

Tajikistan 4,337 5,205 9,542 5,430 7,249 12,679 7,971 10,946 18,917

Tanzania 4,879 4,584 9,463 5,603 4,782 10,385 5,491 4,584 10,075

Thailand 6,780 3,631 10,411 6,680 3,732 10,412 5,852 3,173 9,025

Timor-Leste 25 19 44 38 36 74 30 52 82

Togo 33,919 8,549 42,468 49,596 9,375 58,971 42,322 10,265 52,587

Tokelau 0 0 0

Tonga 750 942 1,692 729 1,073 1,802 557 913 1,470

Trinidad and Tobago 6,222 6,180 12,402 6,685 6,866 13,551 7,871 7,890 15,761

Tunisia 4,329 2,316 6,645 4,100 2,490 6,590 5,011 2,610 7,621

Turkey 90,643 56,034 146,677 115,474 66,104 181,578 108,015 68,696 176,711

Turkmenistan 2,749 2,962 5,711 3,122 3,616 6,738 4,251 4,961 9,212

Tuvalu 14 11 25 12 13 25 10 13 23

Uganda 12,721 7,236 19,957 13,973 8,089 22,062 15,423 9,428 24,851

Ukraine 611,373 316,097 927,470 723,972 356,119 1,080,091 761,653 360,433 1,122,086






FY 2012FY 2010 FY 2011


United Arab Emirates 4,365 3,603 7,968 4,487 4,157 8,644 5,360 5,316 10,676

Uruguay 816 858 1,674 1,005 1,101 2,106 872 1,005 1,877

Uzbekistan 78,512 115,521 194,033 124,847 170,981 295,828 223,129 284,232 507,361

Vanuatu 231 33 264 58 53 111 55 69 124

Vatican City 123 123 17 17 34 30 21 51

Venezuela 16,347 21,967 38,314 30,062 41,603 71,665 35,377 50,035 85,412

Wallis and Futuna 14 15 29 28 13 41 10 10 20

Western Sahara 21 7 28 23 12 35 23 10 33

Yemen 10,899 4,580 15,479 11,970 5,916 17,886 14,297 7,309 21,606

Zambia 2,305 2,320 4,625 2,505 2,572 5,077 2,648 2,770 5,418

Zimbabwe 3,392 3,543 6,935 4,275 4,681 8,956 4,165 4,473 8,638

Grand Total 9,534,011 4,063,817 13,597,828 12,001,578 4,509,930 16,511,508 14,768,659 4,903,609 19,672,268




Foreign State of Chargeability Entrants Spouse & Children Total

Afghanistan 7,287 8,990 16,277

Albania 59,241 63,326 122,567

Algeria 98,417 29,772 128,189

Andorra 102 45 147

Angola 1,543 2,035 3,578

Antigua and Barbuda 376 352 728

Argentina 5,155 5,091 10,246

Armenia 42,131 55,548 97,679

Aruba 299 330 629

Australia 12,423 5,694 18,117

Austria 5,084 3,174 8,258

Azerbaijan 11,834 13,606 25,440

Bahamas 1,752 1,604 3,356

Bahrain 779 1,025 1,804

Bangladesh 0

Barbados 633 468 1,101

Belarus 52,597 45,109 97,706

Belgium 4,097 3,130 7,227

Belize 589 644 1,233

Benin 40,275 7,391 47,666

Bhutan 459 494 953

Bolivia 4,244 4,198 8,442

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,015 3,079 6,094

Botswana 453 416 869

Brazil 0

Brunei 128 142 270

Bulgaria 52,506 44,633 97,139

Burkina Faso 12,154 3,479 15,633

Burma 26,060 18,347 44,407

Burundi 3,724 2,632 6,356

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Cambodia 103,810 15,328 119,138

Cameroon 159,495 65,014 224,509

Cape Verde 1,029 812 1,841

Central African Republic 593 402 995

Chad 2,012 998 3,010

Chile 1,706 1,714 3,420

China-Taiwan 0

Christmas Island 4 2 6

Cocos Islands 15 20 35

Comoros 306 196 502


The 117,092 112,558 229,650

Congo, Republic of The 5,117 3,977 9,094

Cook Islands 23 9 32

Costa Rica 2,236 2,129 4,365

Cote d'Ivoire 36,885 12,836 49,721

Croatia 3,161 2,495 5,656

Cuba 23,131 23,613 46,744

Curacao 310 331 641

Cyprus 778 563 1,341

Czech Republic 4,258 2,769 7,027

Denmark 2,794 2,276 5,070

Djibouti 3,160 1,263 4,423

Dominica 802 800 1,602

East Timor 0

Ecuador 0

Egypt 394,832 565,447 960,279

Equatorial Guinea 291 283 574

Eritrea 27,395 19,935 47,330

Estonia 2,270 1,870 4,140





FY 2013



Ethiopia 582,238 193,525 775,763

Faroe Islands 59 46 105

Fiji 5,079 5,262 10,341

Finland 3,030 2,931 5,961

France 26,687 17,143 43,830

French Guiana 0

French Polynesia 289 322 611


Lands 26 11 37

Gabon 1,791 803 2,594

Gambia 4,218 2,006 6,224

Georgia 25,253 28,372 53,625

Germany 54,531 39,945 94,476

Ghana 908,910 147,122 1,056,032

Greece 4,428 3,675 8,103

Greenland 34 14 48

Grenada 1,057 713 1,770

Guadeloupe 0

Guatemala 0

Guinea 72,096 16,839 88,935

Guinea-Bissau 327 239 566

Guyana 1,751 2,019 3,770

Honduras 3,974 5,241 9,215


Region 4,211 3,125 7,336

Hungary 9,419 8,120 17,539

Iceland 1,203 1,530 2,733

Indonesia 13,200 14,708 27,908

Iran 369,118 323,292 692,410





FY 2013



Iraq 8,026 12,655 20,681

Ireland 7,501 3,969 11,470

Israel 9,694 11,807 21,501

Italy 22,394 13,058 35,452

Japan 29,650 22,125 51,775

Jordan 11,039 18,064 29,103

Kazakhstan 17,681 20,862 38,543

Kenya 181,346 84,128 265,474

Kiribati 59 62 121

Kosovo 7,042 8,623 15,665

Kuwait 5,710 9,641 15,351

Kyrgyzstan 8,592 10,361 18,953

Laos 260 297 557

Latvia 4,641 4,114 8,755

Lebanon 12,007 18,790 30,797

Lesotho 129 103 232

Liberia 84,778 57,520 142,298

Libya 3,883 5,109 8,992

Liechtenstein 44 33 77

Lithuania 10,788 9,661 20,449

Luxembourg 295 208 503


Region 405 218 623


Republic of 0

Macedonia 9,877 8,792 18,669

Madagascar 1,195 1,404 2,599

Malawi 1,071 1,018 2,089

Malaysia 6,712 6,608 13,320

Maldives 177 196 373





FY 2013



Mali 4,518 1,758 6,276

Malta 271 237 508

Marshall Islands 30 24 54

Martinique 0

Mauritania 1,540 599 2,139

Mauritius 1,810 1,937 3,747

Mayotte 15 1 16

Micronesia, Federated States of 24 19 43

Moldova 65,058 43,507 108,565

Monaco 54 31 85

Mongolia 8,293 11,245 19,538

Montenegro 567 440 1,007

Morocco 98,314 21,129 119,443

Mozambique 342 412 754

Namibia 507 458 965

Nauru 90 45 135

Nepal 308,794 187,616 496,410

Netherlands 5,419 4,543 9,962

Netherlands Antilles 0

New Caledonia 106 96 202

New Zealand 3,397 2,006 5,403

Nicaragua 2,945 3,299 6,244

Niger 2,660 889 3,549

Nigeria 1,356,396 619,175 1,975,571

Niue 199 86 285

North Korea 145 148 293

Northern Ireland 1,487 1,042 2,529

Norway 2,257 1,755 4,012

Oman 410 438 848





FY 2013



Palau 21 12 33

Panama 1,054 985 2,039

Papua New Guinea 126 159 285

Paraguay 582 533 1,115

Peru 0

Poland 85,956 73,987 159,943

Portugal 2,306 1,909 4,215

Qatar 1,312 1,823 3,135

Reunion 0

Romania 30,940 29,653 60,593

Russia 109,156 109,706 218,862

Rwanda 14,300 6,113 20,413


Saint Kitts and Nevis 356 258 614

Saint Lucia 1,053 790 1,843

Saint Martin 36 38 74

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 516 369 885

Samoa 185 275 460

San Marino 13 5 18

Sao Tome and Principe 24 28 52

Saudi Arabia 12,701 16,427 29,128

Senegal 20,159 6,267 26,426

Serbia and Montenegro 0

Serbia 12,431 9,433 21,864

Seychelles 130 88 218

Sierra Leone 216,873 16,646 233,519

Singapore 2,773 2,657 5,430

Sint Maarten 92 76 168

Slovakia 4,515 2,928 7,443





FY 2013



Slovenia 756 535 1,291

Solomon Islands 32 23 55

Somalia 9,807 3,981 13,788

South Africa 21,269 26,403 47,672

South Sudan 496 287 783

Spain 9,381 6,251 15,632

Sri Lanka 52,052 50,479 102,531

St. Pierre and Miquelon 21 13 34

Sudan 72,108 41,487 113,595

Suriname 462 514 976

Svalbard 14 6 20

Swaziland 196 159 355

Sweden 6,748 4,976 11,724

Switzerland 6,865 4,704 11,569

Syria 8,649 13,155 21,804

Taiwan 22,944 18,811 41,755

Tajikistan 10,462 14,027 24,489

Tanzania 6,528 5,483 12,011

Thailand 5,391 2,796 8,187

Timor-Leste 25 41 66

Togo 52,306 12,273 64,579

Tokelau 19 10 29

Tonga 606 1,020 1,626

Trinidad and Tobago 7,238 7,264 14,502

Tunisia 5,530 2,822 8,352

Turkey 138,832 89,177 228,009

Turkmenistan 4,664 5,222 9,886

Tuvalu 9 22 31

Uganda 17,250 10,452 27,702

Ukraine 852,856 379,450 1,232,306





FY 2013



United Arab Emirates 5,947 6,097 12,044

Uruguay 856 898 1,754

Uzbekistan 293,543 360,784 654,327

Vanuatu 69 64 133

Vatican City 19 18 37

Venezuela 39,918 54,917 94,835

Wallis and Futuna 14 14 28

Western Sahara 0

Yemen 17,670 10,369 28,039

Zambia 2,799 2,874 5,673

Zimbabwe 4,895 5,205 10,100

Grand Total 7,941,332 4,636,023 12,577,355


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