CIC Facts and Figures 2008

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Facts and figures 2008 – Immigration overview:

Permanent and temporary residents

Foreword

A key mandate of the Research and Evaluation Branch, Citizenship and ImmigrationCanada (CIC), is the dissemination of immigration data. With its annual publication, Factsand Figures: Immigration Overview—Permanent and Temporary Residents, CIC providesa broad range of statistical information on admissions to Canada.

Facts and Figures 2008: Immigration Overview—Permanent and Temporary Residentspresents the annual intake of permanent residents by category of immigration and of temporary residents by yearly status from 1984 to 2008. It also shows the number of temporary residents present on December 1st of each year for the same period. The mainbody of the publication consists of a series of statistical tables and charts covering theten–year period from 1999 to 2008. The report is divided into two main sections, one

depicting selected characteristics for permanent residents, and the other for temporaryresidents.

All statistical information provided in this publication is derived from CIC’s administrativedata files where transactions with the department are recorded. In this report, however,the focus is on the individual as the key reporting unit rather than on the number of visasor permits issued.

The statistics for admission of permanent residents are provided for the three maincategories of immigration—family class, economic immigrants and refugees—as well asfor other immigrants who do not qualify in any of these categories. Statistics fortemporary residents are provided for temporary foreign workers, foreign students,humanitarian (including refugee claimants) and other temporary residents. Research and

Evaluation Branch regroups the temporary residents on the basis of their “yearly status” which reflects the main reason for residing in Canada during each calendar year.

Permanent residents

Since 2002, Canada’s immigration program has been based on the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and its regulations. IRPA replaces the Immigration Act of 1976 and defines three basic categories of permanent residents, which correspond tomajor program objectives: reuniting families, contributing to economic development andprotecting refugees. Accordingly, statistical information in this section is presented for themain categories of permanent residents and refers to principal applicants and

accompanying spouses and dependants (unless otherwise noted).

The family class is comprised of foreign nationals sponsored by close relatives or familymembers in Canada and includes spouses and partners, dependent children, parents andgrandparents.

Economic immigrants are people selected for their skills and ability to contribute toCanada’s economy, including skilled workers, business immigrants, provincial andterritorial nominees and live–in caregivers. The skilled worker component includes



immigrants who are able to demonstrate their ability to enter the labour market andsuccessfully establish in Canada by meeting selection criteria that assess factors such aseducation, English or French language abilities and work experience. The businessimmigrant component includes those who invest their money in an approved venture,those who intend to run their own business, or those who intend to be self–employed.The provincial and territorial nominees are permanent residents designated by provincesand territories that have entered into agreements with the Government of Canada toselect immigrants who will meet their local economic needs. While these nominees mustmeet federal health and security admission criteria, they are not subject to the skilledworker selection grid for determining eligibility. Live–in caregivers are temporary foreignworkers who are granted permanent residence after their participation in the Live–inCaregiver Program. Initially, live–in caregivers must be qualified to provide care forchildren, sick or elderly people, or persons with a disability. Successful candidates aregranted temporary resident status and a work permit and, after two years, are eligible toapply for permanent resident status.

Refugees include government–assisted refugees, privately sponsored refugees, refugeeslanded in Canada and dependants of refugees landed in Canada who live abroad.

On an exceptional basis, IRPA also gives Citizenship and Immigration Canada theauthority to grant permanent resident status to individuals and families who would nototherwise qualify in any category—for example, in cases where there are stronghumanitarian and compassionate considerations, or for public policy reasons. Thesediscretionary provisions provide the flexibility to approve deserving cases not anticipatedin the legislation.

In this section of the report, selected landing and socio–demographic characteristics arepresented for all permanent residents for the 1999 to 2008 calendar years. Statisticaltables and charts provide gender–based information on immigrant category, sourceareas, intended destination in Canada, age at landing, level of education, marital status,language ability, occupational skill level and intention to work. Information pertaining tomarital status, level of education, occupational skill level and intention to work is

presented only for the permanent resident population 15 years of age or older. This agegroup corresponds to the age requirements for the labour force population as defined inthe Census of Population. Supplementary tables for the permanent resident populationinclude statistical information showing the number of years of schooling for children lessthan 15 years old, the major source countries, the level of education for new workers andthe occupational skill level for skilled workers.

Due to privacy considerations, some cells in the following tables have been suppressedand replaced with the notation “—”. As a result, components may not sum to totalindicated. In general, we have suppressed cells containing less than five cases except incircumstances where, in our judgement, we are not releasing personal information on anidentifiable individual.

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Canada – Permanent residents, 1860 to 2008

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Historical highlights

• 1896 to 1905: the settlement of the West with an offer of free land results inlarge numbers of immigrants from the United Kingdom, Europe and theUnited States

• 1906: Immigration Act


• 1913: 400,000 immigrants arrive in Canada

• 1914 to 1918: immigration slump during World War I

• 1928: opening of Halifax’s Pier 21, the Atlantic gateway to Canada

• 1930s: extremely low levels of immigration during the Depression years

•

1940s: during and after World War II, approximately 48,000 war brides and their22,000 children arrive in Canada

• 1950s: Canada receives about one and a half million immigrants from Europe


• 1956 and 1957: Canada accepts 37,500 Hungarian refugees

• 1962: new immigration regulations are tabled to eliminate all discriminationbased on race, religion and national origin

• 1967: the government amends Canada’s immigration policy and introduces thepoint system for the selection of skilled workers and business immigrants

• 1968 and 1969: Canada takes in 11,000 Czechoslovakian refugees

• 1972: Canada resettles more than 6,175 Ugandan Asians

• 1973: Canada accepts more than 6,000 Chileans• 1975 to 1978: Canada resettles almost 9,000 Indochinese

• 1978: Immigration Act (1976) came into effect April 10, 1978

• 1979 and 1980: 60,000 Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian “boat people” arrivein Canada

• 1999: Canada accepts more than 7,000 Kosovars

• 2002: Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) came into forceJune 28, 2002



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Canada – Permanent residents as a percentage of Canada’s population,1860 to 2008

Year 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869

Number 6,276 13,589 18,294 21,000 24,779 18,958 11,427 10,666 12,765 18,630

% of Population 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5

Year 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879

Number 24,706 27,773 36,578 50,050 39,373 27,382 25,633 27,082 29,807 40,492

% of Population 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.0

Year 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

Number 38,505 47,991 112,458 133,624 103,824 76,169 69,152 84,526 88,766 91,600

% of Population 0.9 1.1 2.6 3.0 2.3 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.9

Year 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

Number 75,067 82,165 30,996 29,633 20,829 18,790 16,835 21,716 31,900 44,543

% of Population 1.6 1.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9

Year 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

Number 41,681 55,747 89,102 138,660 131,252 141,465 211,653 272,409 143,326 173,694

% of Population 0.8 1.0 1.6 2.5 2.3 2.4 3.5 4.2 2.2 2.6

Year 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

Number 286,839 331,288 375,756 400,870 150,484 33,665 55,914 72,910 41,845 107,698

% of Population 4.1 4.6 5.1 5.3 1.9 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.5 1.3

Year 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

Number 138,824 91,728 64,224 133,729 124,164 84,907 135,982 158,886 166,783 164,993

% of Population 1.6 1.0 0.7 1.5 1.4 0.9 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.6

Year 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

Number 104,806 27,530 20,591 14,382 12,476 11,277 11,643 15,101 17,244 16,994

% of Population 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2

Year 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

Number 11,324 9,329 7,576 8,504 12,801 22,722 71,719 64,127 125,414 95,217






% of Population 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.7

Year 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

Number 73,912 194,391 164,498 168,868 154,227 109,946 164,857 282,164 124,851 106,928

% of Population 0.5 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.7 0.6

Year 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

Number 104,111 71,698 74,856 93,151 112,606 146,758 194,743 222,876 183,974 164,531

% of Population 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.8

Year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Number 147,713 121,900 122,006 184,200 218,465 187,881 149,429 114,914 86,313 112,093

% of Population 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5

Year 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Number 143,140 128,642 121,179 89,192 88,276 84,346 99,353 152,084 161,582 191,554

% of Population 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7

Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Number 216,456 232,818 254,818 256,702 224,397 212,873 226,073 216,039 174,198 189,954

% of Population 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6

Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Number 227,458 250,639 229,049 221,348 235,825 262,241 251,643 236,754 247,243

% of Population 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7

Canada – Permanent residents by gender and category, 1984 to

2008

Number

Category 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Familyclass

18,536

16,644

18,247 22,974 21,155 26,672 33,671 38,783 43,394 47,274 40,026 32,256

Economicimmigrants

12,058

12,499

18,603 39,911 40,662 45,738 49,932 43,147 47,817 51,014 50,608 53,725

Refugees 9,28110,05

711,41

5 12,749 15,817 21,742 24,026 33,303 32,091 17,568 11,284 15,438

Otherimmigrants 1,085 971 854 1,277 1,488 1,671 1,733 2,014 2,719 3,849 3,657 477

Categorynotstated 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Males

40,96

0

40,17

1

49,11

9 76,911 79,122 95,824

109,36

2

117,24

7

126,02

1

119,70

5

105,57

5

101,89

6

Familyclass

25,985

22,567

24,135 30,823 30,232 34,272 40,997 49,168 57,726 65,390 54,167 45,126

Economicimmigran

14,021

13,560

17,194

34,171 39,538 44,396 47,995 43,353 47,984 54,643 51,700 52,906



ts

Refugees 6,080 6,684 7,772 8,708 10,942 15,112 16,191 20,773 20,252 13,053 9,151 12,655

Otherimmigrants 1,230 1,129 981 1,389 1,683 1,896 1,868 2,234 2,825 3,902 3,797 284

Category

notstated 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Females47,31

643,94

050,08

2 75,091 82,395 95,677107,05

1115,52

8128,78

7136,98

8118,81

5110,97

1

Familyclass

44,521

39,361

42,475 53,840 51,425 60,971 74,686 87,971

101,122

112,666 94,195 77,387

Economicimmigrants

26,079

26,112

35,839 74,108 80,220 90,145 97,933 86,506 95,803

105,663

102,311 106,632

Refugees15,36

116,77

219,20

4 21,470 26,765 36,869 40,236 54,093 52,349 30,622 20,436 28,093

Otherimmigran

ts 2,315 2,101 1,835 2,666 3,172 3,567 3,601 4,248 5,544 7,751 7,454 761Categorynotstated 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0

Total88,27

684,34

699,35

3152,08

4161,58

2191,55

4216,45

6232,81

8254,81

8256,70

2224,39

7212,87

3

Number

Category 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Familyclass 28,119 24,085 19,894 21,460 23,291 26,045 24,297 24,868 23,725 25,045 28,513 26,460 26,706

Economicimmigrants 64,497 66,827 51,403 57,836 72,678 82,536 73,666 63,952 70,080 80,905 71,890 67,849 75,752

Refugees 15,449 13,486 12,332 13,200 16,125 14,924 13,234 13,791 16,973 18,565 16,688 14,286 11,009

Otherimmigrants 2,319 1,900 1,353 539 260 107 1,559 3,888 3,386 3,261 5,036 5,381 5,147

Category notstated 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0

Males110,3

85106,2

9884,98

293,03

5112,3

54123,6

13112,7

56106,4

99114,1

64127,7

77122,1

28113,9

77118,6

14

Familyclass 40,200 35,852 30,975 33,802 37,319 40,742 37,989 40,243 38,532 38,316 41,993 39,772 38,861

Economicimmigrants 60,872 61,524 46,509 51,410 63,611 73,182 64,197 57,093 63,668 75,407 66,362 63,395 73,320

Refugees 13,025 10,821 10,510 11,197 13,966 12,994 11,882 12,193 15,713 17,210 15,811 13,669 10,851

Other 1,546 1,500 1,194 492 200 99 2,221 5,317 3,743 3,529 5,346 5,941 5,595



immigrants

Category notstated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2

Females

115,643

109,697

89,188

96,901

115,096

127,017

116,289

114,847

121,656

134,463

129,513

122,777

128,629

Familyclass 68,359 59,980 50,896 55,276 60,616 66,795 62,290 65,112 62,261 63,361 70,508 66,232 65,567

Economicimmigrants

125,370

128,351 97,912

109,250

136,290

155,718

137,863

121,046

133,748

156,312

138,252

131,244

149,072

Refugees 28,478 24,308 22,843 24,397 30,092 27,919 25,116 25,984 32,687 35,776 32,499 27,955 21,860

Otherimmigrants 3,865 3,400 2,547 1,031 460 206 3,780 9,205 7,129 6,790 10,382 11,322 10,742

Category not

stated 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 2

Total226,0

73216,0

39174,1

98189,9

54227,4

58250,6

39229,0

49221,3

48235,8

25262,2

41251,6

43236,7

54247,2

43

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Percentage distribution

Category 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Family class 45.3 41.4 37.1 29.9 26.7 27.8 30.8 33.1 34.4 39.5 37.9 31.7

Economicimmigrants 29.4 31.1 37.9 51.9 51.4 47.7 45.7 36.8 37.9 42.6 47.9 52.7

Refugees 22.7 25.0 23.2 16.6 20.0 22.7 22.0 28.4 25.5 14.7 10.7 15.2

Otherimmigrants 2.6 2.4 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.7 2.2 3.2 3.5 0.5

Category notstated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 54.9 51.4 48.2 41.0 36.7 35.8 38.3 42.6 44.8 47.7 45.6 40.7


Refugees 12.8 15.2 15.5 11.6 13.3 15.8 15.1 18.0 15.7 9.5 7.7 11.4

Otherimmigrants 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.8 3.2 0.3


Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 50.4 46.7 42.8 35.4 31.8 31.8 34.5 37.8 39.7 43.9 42.0 36.4


Refugees 17.4 19.9 19.3 14.1 16.6 19.2 18.6 23.2 20.5 11.9 9.1 13.2

Other 2.6 2.5 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.8 2.2 3.0 3.3 0.4

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immigrants


Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Percentage distribution

Category 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Family class 25.5 22.7 23.4 23.1 20.7 21.1 21.5 23.4 20.8 19.6 23.3 23.2 22.5

Economicimmigrants 58.4 62.9 60.5 62.2 64.7 66.8 65.3 60.0 61.4 63.3 58.9 59.5 63.9

Refugees 14.0 12.7 14.5 14.2 14.4 12.1 11.7 12.9 14.9 14.5 13.7 12.5 9.3

Otherimmigrants 2.1 1.8 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.1 1.4 3.7 3.0 2.6 4.1 4.7 4.3

Category notstated 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Males 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 34.8 32.7 34.7 34.9 32.4 32.1 32.7 35.0 31.7 28.5 32.4 32.4 30.2Economicimmigrants 52.6 56.1 52.1 53.1 55.3 57.6 55.2 49.7 52.3 56.1 51.2 51.6 57.0

Refugees 11.3 9.9 11.8 11.6 12.1 10.2 10.2 10.6 12.9 12.8 12.2 11.1 8.4



Females 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Family class 30.2 27.8 29.2 29.1 26.6 26.6 27.2 29.4 26.4 24.2 28.0 28.0 26.5

Economicimmigrants 55.5 59.4 56.2 57.5 59.9 62.1 60.2 54.7 56.7 59.6 54.9 55.4 60.3

Refugees 12.6 11.3 13.1 12.8 13.2 11.1 11.0 11.7 13.9 13.6 12.9 11.8 8.8



Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Canada – Permanent residents by category, 1984 to 2008



Canada – Permanent residents by source country

Number

Sourcecountries 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

China,People’sRepublic of 29,147 36,750 40,365 33,307 36,252 36,429 42,292 33,079 27,013 29,336

India 17,457 26,123 27,902 28,838 24,594 25,573 33,146 30,754 26,052 24,549

Philippines 9,205 10,119 12,928 11,011 11,988 13,303 17,525 17,718 19,066 23,724

United States 5,533 5,828 5,909 5,294 6,013 7,507 9,263 10,943 10,449 11,216

UnitedKingdom 4,478 4,649 5,360 4,724 5,199 6,062 5,864 6,542 8,129 9,243

Pakistan 9,303 14,201 15,353 14,173 12,351 12,794 13,575 12,329 9,545 8,052

Korea,Republic of 7,217 7,639 9,608 7,334 7,089 5,337 5,819 6,178 5,866 7,245

France 3,923 4,345 4,428 3,962 4,127 5,028 5,430 4,915 5,526 6,384

Iran 5,909 5,617 5,746 7,889 5,651 6,063 5,502 7,073 6,663 6,010

Colombia 1,296 2,228 2,967 3,226 4,273 4,438 6,031 5,813 4,833 4,995

United ArabEmirates 1,755 3,084 4,523 4,444 3,321 4,358 4,053 4,100 3,368 4,695

Sri Lanka 4,728 5,849 5,520 4,968 4,448 4,135 4,690 4,490 3,934 4,509

Germany 2,901 2,369 1,846 1,624 2,098 2,387 2,635 3,030 2,555 4,057

Morocco 1,768 2,560 3,951 4,057 3,243 3,471 2,692 3,110 3,789 3,907

Algeria 2,034 2,529 3,009 3,030 2,786 3,209 3,131 4,513 3,172 3,228

Taiwan 5,483 3,535 3,114 2,910 2,126 1,992 3,092 2,823 2,780 2,972

Mexico 1,723 1,658 1,939 1,919 1,738 2,245 2,851 2,830 3,224 2,831

Lebanon 1,397 1,682 2,071 1,723 2,600 2,673 3,122 3,290 3,018 2,827

Romania 3,468 4,431 5,589 5,689 5,466 5,658 4,964 4,393 3,770 2,754

Bangladesh 1,825 2,715 3,393 2,616 1,896 2,374 3,940 3,838 2,735 2,716

Israel 2,427 2,601 2,479 2,605 2,366 2,857 2,549 2,692 2,446 2,633



Iraq 1,396 1,384 1,597 1,365 969 1,140 1,316 977 1,601 2,570

Russia 3,782 3,523 4,073 3,677 3,520 3,685 3,607 2,850 2,854 2,547

Haiti 1,429 1,653 2,484 2,218 1,945 1,657 1,719 1,651 1,614 2,509

Saudi Arabia 1,581 2,029 3,564 2,538 2,042 2,111 2,364 2,227 1,649 2,357

Egypt 1,416 1,737 1,915 1,634 1,929 2,051 2,062 1,651 1,969 2,314

Jamaica 2,346 2,463 2,775 2,457 1,983 2,130 1,880 1,686 2,113 2,312

Brazil 645 842 857 759 865 933 976 1,209 1,759 2,127

Ukraine 2,818 3,323 3,590 3,576 2,781 2,401 2,317 1,880 2,170 1,874

Nigeria 916 1,088 1,325 1,281 931 1,369 2,034 2,481 2,255 1,837

Afghanistan 2,111 2,845 3,182 2,971 3,010 2,527 2,908 2,552 2,262 1,810

Vietnam,SocialistRepublic of 1,397 1,800 2,097 2,282 1,686 1,803 1,820 3,122 2,549 1,740

Ethiopia 637 1,039 1,009 802 1,326 1,439 1,370 1,647 1,424 1,473

Japan 1,356 1,305 1,645 1,080 1,008 1,264 1,346 1,367 1,388 1,442

Singapore 652 753 842 939 716 482 629 433 1,228 1,383

Hong Kong 3,672 2,865 1,965 1,541 1,472 1,547 1,783 1,489 1,131 1,324

Cuba 693 854 971 866 876 857 979 1,044 1,338 1,296

Venezuela 486 475 572 554 710 1,259 1,235 1,221 1,373 1,260

South Africa,Republic of 1,701 1,953 2,090 1,631 1,452 1,332 1,102 1,267 1,297 1,227

Turkey 832 1,097 1,223 1,356 1,444 1,796 2,060 1,698 1,481 1,190

Poland 1,299 1,334 1,168 1,117 1,079 1,329 1,206 1,191 1,158 1,183

Congo,DemocratiqueRepublic of 873 1,145 1,164 1,022 1,127 1,400 1,381 1,414 1,314 1,133

Moldova 192 294 518 628 606 632 634 790 1,080 1,119

El Salvador 413 552 446 469 441 437 428 421 923 1,107

Australia 680 718 959 957 1,040 1,022 1,042 949 1,097 1,097

Guyana 1,323 1,274 1,665 1,432 1,394 1,321 1,176 1,263 1,248 1,089

Peru 547 605 852 859 1,021 1,455 1,658 1,479 1,475 1,078

Kuwait 739 1,222 1,713 947 1,074 917 1,140 946 697 1,046

Trinidad andTobago 1,164 896 917 937 693 724 844 804 990 1,018

Bulgaria 757 1,097 1,188 1,474 1,424 1,945 1,685 1,401 1,132 976

Cameroon 170 198 169 184 255 301 519 606 834 959

Jordan 1,256 1,283 1,239 981 1,038 1,034 1,324 1,207 969 929

Tunisia 354 440 789 653 654 759 726 1,010 850 900

Thailand 264 289 403 587 489 439 596 1,292 1,931 885

Netherlands 915 879 815 686 662 826 929 892 630 842

Syria 724 1,049 804 681 958 861 1,199 944 923 800

Ghana 814 1,004 789 716 567 836 1,082 809 735 770

Somalia,Republic of 1,499 1,361 988 598 799 1,172 980 896 982 750

Sudan,Republic of 539 761 1,179 1,368 1,533 1,508 1,039 832 703 723



Malaysia 302 378 494 468 419 454 629 612 643 701

Mauritius 125 182 376 343 558 690 684 504 493 691

Indonesia 534 1,155 930 712 498 509 598 585 624 685

Côte-d’Ivoire,Republic of 141 160 171 236 204 294 331 436 669 681

Portugal 348 397 481 319 283 323 291 405 399 653Myanmar(Burma) 90 104 76 130 228 140 183 185 446 647

Ecuador 314 356 366 446 380 506 561 620 591 642

Nepal 160 247 273 418 440 594 714 640 564 639

Switzerland 698 619 568 409 477 513 447 445 506 629

Zimbabwe 50 97 114 200 687 1,456 639 449 650 597

Belgium 354 496 524 480 442 597 575 430 596 570

Kenya 526 804 1,004 855 987 887 896 824 544 567

Italy 511 481 527 446 401 432 344 421 425 547

Argentina 406 455 625 844 1,783 1,648 1,169 894 624 542

Oman 142 242 413 372 483 409 366 542 391 540

Qatar 147 322 394 327 464 327 362 311 382 515

Belarus 450 550 476 453 468 598 643 441 581 511

New Zealand 165 202 381 367 401 395 457 376 374 506

Albania 1,222 1,773 1,613 985 819 1,378 1,207 810 660 504

Ireland,Republic of 158 180 215 205 260 284 244 314 352 493

Eritrea 66 97 154 115 194 303 378 492 389 470

Senegal 105 117 95 182 152 205 208 365 386 454

Saint Vincentand the

Grenadines 204 267 283 240 193 291 340 374 566 428

DominicanRepublic 244 237 266 204 245 272 288 245 288 414

Libya 324 406 499 562 246 254 418 468 340 402

Burundi 182 281 297 326 352 512 565 405 476 390

Hungary 421 439 639 562 492 685 542 531 429 387

Kazakhstan 567 527 569 481 590 576 548 484 480 384

Chile 390 374 377 437 343 375 392 452 546 359

Cambodia 152 239 252 229 274 354 385 562 455 349

Bahrain 123 269 241 268 307 258 251 347 278 341

Fiji 359 460 669 616 566 492 304 273 302 316

Guinea,Republic of 90 200 238 265 244 504 395 341 369 292

Saint Lucia 83 103 116 83 94 113 188 189 269 289

Rwanda 411 344 263 195 251 253 302 315 337 288

Grenada 287 370 345 248 219 288 288 357 357 287

Costa Rica 104 109 136 115 120 173 206 320 305 282

PalestinianAuthority 84 161 171 246 212 223 319 409 328 270



(Gaza/WestBank)

Guatemala 291 341 255 248 178 217 192 215 259 255

Greece 249 362 346 211 179 210 145 138 189 248

Bosnia-Herzegovina 2,809 987 871 466 265 180 215 253 251 246

Tanzania,UnitedRepublic of 158 210 322 294 391 308 270 299 182 230

Sweden 218 215 239 198 178 160 234 165 224 225

Yemen,Republic of 136 102 213 209 102 141 195 109 158 225

Spain 83 104 110 140 96 157 167 152 165 223

Uganda 77 96 133 163 155 181 263 199 205 221

Armenia 102 100 85 133 154 159 233 210 190 210

Uzbekistan 127 109 139 158 171 203 340 307 261 196

Macedonia 181 239 296 349 635 450 292 249 210 180

Honduras 182 204 179 147 113 132 160 160 160 177

Benin,Republic of 35 32 48 62 67 82 76 105 182 172

Bolivia 41 32 79 59 63 98 137 149 111 164

Kyrgyzstan 77 73 94 162 104 225 177 165 134 163

Uruguay 98 79 73 103 108 149 294 202 175 161

Togo 42 36 64 79 86 138 125 103 145 154

Barbados 120 128 157 132 79 89 124 100 140 144

Mali 31 55 53 67 67 77 86 137 142 136

Denmark 94 104 112 87 96 100 101 105 109 128

Azerbaijan 50 78 115 179 176 266 354 258 217 127

Burkina Faso 21 22 38 36 38 74 96 143 128 125

Paraguay 42 39 53 85 108 83 78 105 124 123

Austria 162 128 158 111 155 155 132 115 106 121

Nicaragua 142 131 102 63 82 62 75 89 67 121

SlovakRepublic 496 460 579 614 501 588 356 236 206 117

Finland 88 135 111 116 105 84 58 78 92 109

Georgia 46 78 114 119 117 106 118 116 132 107

CzechRepublic 532 487 315 237 198 230 205 159 140 104

Lithuania 96 112 176 123 193 222 160 110 101 103

Croatia 1,368 959 518 347 172 121 110 84 87 100

Chad,Republic of 123 145 74 59 55 84 115 81 110 93

Gabon 30 24 38 49 82 49 105 87 105 93

Norway 74 144 139 135 111 98 83 92 107 88

Madagascar 38 29 41 53 45 66 76 89 95 83

Brunei 16 22 16 14 19 18 11 8 47 74



Angola 38 54 161 169 155 256 291 172 101 70

Bahamas,The 21 17 22 20 22 24 34 42 31 70

Zambia 93 71 127 130 109 118 114 98 110 69

Niger,Republic of 14 16 20 20 28 35 55 57 60 69

Latvia 226 230 286 250 157 136 94 73 113 66

Sierra Leone 37 167 280 289 253 251 136 87 63 66

Botswana,Republic of 27 57 24 50 45 74 55 39 56 61

Yugoslavia(former) 1,492 4,741 2,802 1,623 940 708 272 126 49 59

Panama,Republic of 24 51 57 53 50 46 66 72 72 59

Dominica 53 71 74 66 58 46 49 73 74 54

Congo,Republic of the 82 117 98 75 70 104 93 110 48 53

Belize 34 26 23 33 15 26 36 29 30 53

Malawi 29 12 10 15 14 36 32 35 52 51

Djibouti,Republic of 88 193 127 56 52 71 100 59 46 48

Bermuda 18 15 24 22 34 27 36 47 38 47

Antigua andBarbuda 17 13 35 16 27 15 30 37 20 43

Mauritania 9 8 19 16 17 50 55 66 65 41

Namibia 9 20 12 19 11 19 47 31 19 37

Laos 24 35 38 53 24 37 38 74 58 37

Estonia 91 66 43 55 70 28 25 21 36 36

Gambia 26 73 37 31 91 49 56 46 32 33

Cyprus 39 44 44 27 59 40 30 34 19 33

Malta 41 92 66 42 39 48 32 38 10 29

Saint Kittsand Nevis 11 14 11 11 13 10 7 7 11 28

Guadeloupe 13 18 18 14 5 13 24 10 9 22

Seychelles 17 24 11 10 17 20 32 12 11 21

Slovenia 37 29 24 17 14 17 21 8 23 19

Tajikistan,Republic of 19 6 23 25 19 16 171 59 38 17

Liberia 43 47 51 43 110 88 196 127 55 16

Martinique 13 8 12 20 16 12 18 21 10 15

CentralAfricanRepublic 6 18 6 10 9 9 37 9 21 10

Surinam 13 15 20 19 15 22 12 10 25 10

Macao 101 71 49 45 21 17 10 25 7 9

Othercountries 270 277 358 343 405 436 1,061 1,293 1,413 1,205



Total 189,954 227,458 250,639 229,049 221,348 235,825 262,241 251,643 236,754 247,243

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