The 2016 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provide data on foreign nationals who are granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., immigrants who receive a “green card”), admitted as temporary nonimmigrants, granted asylum or refugee status, or are naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data on immigration enforcement actions, including apprehensions and arrests, removals, and returns.
| Region of Residence | 2014 1 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 74,930,606 | 76,638,236 | 76,786,751 |
| Africa | 694,587 | 732,388 | 622,472 |
| Asia | 12,769,145 | 13,282,782 | 12,262,112 |
| Europe | 15,977,022 | 14,776,496 | 14,439,611 |
| North America | 32,582,044 | 32,569,052 | 28,992,683 |
| Oceania | 1,783,958 | 1,675,390 | 1,648,230 |
| South America | 6,176,047 | 6,351,299 | 4,791,069 |
| Unknown | 4,947,803 | 7,250,829 | 14,030,574 |
| Country of Residence 2 | 2014 1 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 74,930,606 | 76,638,236 | 76,786,751 |
| Afghanistan | 4,143 | 4,283 | 4,427 |
| Albania | 7,623 | 10,615 | 12,351 |
| Algeria | 10,804 | 11,766 | 10,144 |
| American Samoa | 527 | 938 | 1,613 |
| Andorra | 1,848 | 1,593 | 1,716 |
| Angola | 14,715 | 13,213 | 8,353 |
| Anguilla | 1,280 | 893 | 1,171 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15,994 | 15,773 | 14,392 |
| Argentina | 807,515 | 844,518 | 790,546 |
| Armenia | 7,447 | 8,004 | 8,355 |
| Aruba | 19,927 | 14,300 | 12,605 |
| Australia | 1,444,405 | 1,344,247 | 1,318,901 |
| Austria | 227,191 | 199,500 | 198,201 |
| Azerbaijan | 7,426 | 7,862 | 6,589 |
| Bahamas | 252,578 | 260,134 | 217,824 |
| Bahrain | 10,010 | 10,714 | 8,534 |
| Bangladesh | 38,314 | 38,807 | 31,758 |
| Barbados | 63,706 | 63,630 | 54,934 |
| Belarus | 14,075 | 15,945 | 16,671 |
| Belgium | 329,268 | 296,438 | 273,037 |
| Belize | 26,767 | 28,082 | 23,855 |
| Benin | 2,749 | 3,006 | 2,489 |
| Bermuda | 88,880 | 92,243 | 79,463 |
| Bhutan | 937 | 1,068 | 863 |
| Bolivia | 54,389 | 64,647 | 59,518 |
| Bonaire | 358 | 301 | 348 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8,103 | 8,445 | 7,558 |
| Botswana | 2,516 | 2,920 | 2,504 |
| Brazil | 2,462,622 | 2,569,484 | 1,556,047 |
| Brunei | 2,148 | 1,951 | 1,610 |
| Bulgaria | 37,994 | 39,199 | 33,707 |
| Burkina Faso | 4,826 | 5,934 | 5,795 |
| Burma | 6,168 | 7,058 | 7,698 |
| Burundi | 1,927 | 2,015 | 1,596 |
| Cabo Verde | 5,076 | 4,740 | 4,867 |
| Cambodia | 4,734 | 3,819 | 4,894 |
| Cameroon | 9,006 | 10,678 | 10,225 |
| Canada3 | 9,305,182 | 8,828,585 | 7,913,852 |
| Cayman Islands | 53,498 | 46,068 | 40,123 |
| Central African Republic | 573 | 767 | 602 |
| Chad | 1,112 | 1,139 | 948 |
| Chile | 289,163 | 358,800 | 346,831 |
| China, People's Republic | 2,311,007 | 2,688,752 | 2,262,926 |
| Christmas Island | 42 | 41 | 52 |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 56 | 35 | 42 |
| Colombia | 960,672 | 972,478 | 746,499 |
| Comoros | 237 | 204 | 186 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 6,440 | 6,668 | 6,404 |
| Congo, Republic | 2,181 | 1,992 | 1,548 |
| Cook Islands | 114 | 77 | 65 |
| Costa Rica | 237,759 | 248,299 | 237,744 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 6,928 | 7,878 | 7,414 |
| Croatia | 25,523 | 27,792 | 24,163 |
| Cuba | 54,286 | 60,117 | 54,418 |
| Curacao | 6,784 | 6,367 | 6,181 |
| Cyprus | 9,945 | 9,748 | 9,211 |
| Czechia | 107,278 | 99,602 | 105,091 |
| Denmark | 332,376 | 322,711 | 317,331 |
| Djibouti | 567 | 536 | 673 |
| Dominica | 7,631 | 7,599 | 6,159 |
| Dominican Republic | 298,698 | 332,404 | 310,802 |
| Ecuador | 339,959 | 387,146 | 345,018 |
| Egypt | 86,758 | 89,137 | 77,256 |
| El Salvador | 136,963 | 170,913 | 171,978 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1,840 | 1,521 | 1,278 |
| Eritrea | 1,868 | 2,391 | 2,560 |
| Estonia | 23,065 | 21,151 | 22,885 |
| Ethiopia | 16,304 | 16,745 | 16,943 |
| Falkland Islands | 92 | 76 | 90 |
| Faroe Islands | 283 | 327 | 418 |
| Fiji | 12,963 | 11,605 | 9,578 |
| Finland | 162,433 | 149,605 | 151,121 |
| France | 1,961,928 | 1,755,139 | 1,595,646 |
| French Guiana | 1,512 | 1,483 | 1,051 |
| French Polynesia | 6,275 | 5,743 | 4,058 |
| Gabon | 3,122 | 3,241 | 2,690 |
| Gambia | 2,412 | 2,036 | 1,707 |
| Georgia | 9,181 | 11,020 | 8,443 |
| Germany | 2,273,054 | 2,010,524 | 1,972,638 |
| Ghana | 26,657 | 25,408 | 21,622 |
| Gibraltar | 1,472 | 1,454 | 1,445 |
| Greece | 77,719 | 72,911 | 74,900 |
| Greenland | 201 | 174 | 195 |
| Grenada | 10,290 | 11,824 | 9,216 |
| Guadeloupe | 3,897 | 5,954 | 6,277 |
| Guam | 2,923 | 2,634 | 2,780 |
| Guatemala | 253,527 | 256,829 | 243,793 |
| Guernsey | 7 | 56 | 58 |
| Guinea | 2,671 | 2,612 | 2,882 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 270 | 306 | 217 |
| Guyana | 40,085 | 53,012 | 53,795 |
| Haiti | 117,387 | 130,071 | 121,329 |
| Holy See | 252 | 264 | 226 |
| Honduras | 173,601 | 181,185 | 172,145 |
| Hong Kong | 134,863 | 137,834 | 140,506 |
| Hungary | 80,696 | 77,184 | 79,678 |
| Iceland | 54,708 | 50,441 | 53,067 |
| India | 1,551,246 | 1,721,136 | 1,547,194 |
| Indonesia | 125,291 | 131,267 | 104,648 |
| Iran | 27,121 | 28,750 | 23,264 |
| Iraq | 20,207 | 17,649 | 15,288 |
| Ireland | 456,504 | 435,243 | 437,525 |
| Isle of Man | 64 | 113 | 105 |
| Israel | 398,749 | 456,280 | 377,341 |
| Italy | 1,141,375 | 1,004,639 | 990,461 |
| Jamaica | 254,424 | 292,531 | 259,833 |
| Japan | 4,079,845 | 3,745,480 | 3,623,109 |
| Jersey | 9 | 75 | 57 |
| Jordan | 37,518 | 45,298 | 36,964 |
| Kazakhstan | 24,658 | 27,806 | 20,472 |
| Kenya | 25,879 | 27,541 | 25,617 |
| Kiribati | 790 | 963 | 734 |
| Korea, North | 396 | 457 | 710 |
| Korea, South | 1,705,540 | 1,831,790 | 1,961,237 |
| Kosovo | 4,393 | 4,707 | 4,561 |
| Kuwait | 66,622 | 76,456 | 59,469 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3,808 | 3,292 | 2,903 |
| Laos | 2,594 | 2,355 | 1,862 |
| Latvia | 21,211 | 20,950 | 20,265 |
| Lebanon | 41,600 | 43,531 | 35,480 |
| Lesotho | 565 | 560 | 544 |
| Liberia | 4,962 | 5,245 | 3,624 |
| Libya | 3,733 | 2,499 | 1,619 |
| Liechtenstein | 2,606 | 2,268 | 2,104 |
| Lithuania | 25,897 | 25,725 | 28,230 |
| Luxembourg | 21,293 | 20,080 | 19,421 |
| Macau | 3,446 | 4,102 | 4,542 |
| Macedonia | 8,622 | 9,078 | 8,067 |
| Madagascar | 1,604 | 1,642 | 1,587 |
| Malawi | 2,093 | 2,682 | 2,326 |
| Malaysia | 96,827 | 94,222 | 76,303 |
| Maldives | 529 | 575 | 389 |
| Mali | 3,760 | 3,762 | 3,423 |
| Malta | 6,494 | 5,934 | 6,098 |
| Marshall Islands | 420 | 345 | 238 |
| Martinique | 6,207 | 7,277 | 7,113 |
| Mauritania | 1,801 | 1,800 | 1,369 |
| Mauritius | 6,103 | 5,924 | 5,183 |
| Mayotte | 95 | 55 | 81 |
| Mexico | 19,860,016 | 20,165,672 | 17,830,466 |
| Micronesia, Federated States | 1,732 | 1,377 | 1,513 |
| Moldova | 11,655 | 11,538 | 9,295 |
| Monaco | 4,230 | 3,697 | 4,028 |
| Mongolia | 13,359 | 14,135 | 11,885 |
| Montserrat | 343 | 301 | 312 |
| Morocco | 29,986 | 32,602 | 25,935 |
| Mozambique | 3,488 | 2,996 | 2,441 |
| Namibia | 2,705 | 2,752 | 2,284 |
| Nauru | 209 | 199 | 237 |
| Nepal | 20,392 | 26,484 | 28,267 |
| Netherlands | 725,031 | 649,631 | 630,280 |
| Netherlands Antilles (former) | 3,928 | 3,968 | 2,490 |
| New Caledonia | 989 | 784 | 715 |
| New Zealand | 303,021 | 297,495 | 299,098 |
| Nicaragua | 65,022 | 68,506 | 62,110 |
| Niger | 1,524 | 1,807 | 1,660 |
| Nigeria | 181,833 | 200,918 | 161,475 |
| Niue | 22 | 17 | 16 |
| Norfolk Island | 53 | 50 | 74 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 164 | 182 | 279 |
| Norway | 340,341 | 313,012 | 274,340 |
| Oman | 12,010 | 12,748 | 9,888 |
| Pakistan | 84,207 | 98,152 | 92,898 |
| Palau | 2,400 | 583 | 368 |
| Panama | 178,153 | 184,440 | 154,357 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,461 | 1,938 | 1,306 |
| Paraguay | 33,760 | 34,712 | 28,190 |
| Peru | 289,935 | 318,285 | 265,971 |
| Philippines | 363,269 | 379,364 | 345,351 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 96 | 46 | 50 |
| Poland | 187,679 | 199,311 | 169,179 |
| Portugal | 132,266 | 127,530 | 124,075 |
| Puerto Rico | 777 | 1,001 | 1,040 |
| Qatar | 32,233 | 35,799 | 31,671 |
| Reunion | 918 | 1,289 | 3,012 |
| Romania | 83,824 | 86,196 | 75,926 |
| Russia | 389,481 | 302,714 | 240,680 |
| Rwanda | 4,568 | 4,584 | 4,742 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 69 | 71 | 46 |
| Saint Helena | 48 | 47 | 53 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12,384 | 12,528 | 9,624 |
| Saint Lucia | 16,131 | 16,955 | 14,138 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 107 | 141 | 127 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11,154 | 11,404 | 8,792 |
| Samoa | 1,953 | 2,125 | 1,897 |
| San Marino | 734 | 830 | 656 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 139 | 131 | 118 |
| Saudi Arabia | 294,760 | 312,728 | 203,723 |
| Senegal | 10,290 | 9,834 | 8,447 |
| Serbia and Montenegro (former) | 7,523 | 36,995 | 35,363 |
| Seychelles | 455 | 500 | 434 |
| Sierra Leone | 2,933 | 2,821 | 2,253 |
| Singapore | 175,836 | 166,585 | 158,265 |
| Sint Maarten | 2,059 | 1,931 | 2,054 |
| Slovakia | 48,581 | 46,302 | 47,471 |
| Slovenia | 23,578 | 23,393 | 22,897 |
| Solomon Islands | 473 | 419 | 496 |
| Somalia | 301 | 301 | 360 |
| South Africa | 141,644 | 148,557 | 124,705 |
| South Sudan | 392 | 461 | 381 |
| Spain | 899,989 | 880,438 | 860,571 |
| Sri Lanka | 22,188 | 23,404 | 20,771 |
| Sudan | 3,587 | 3,531 | 4,176 |
| Suriname | 14,246 | 15,352 | 11,853 |
| Swaziland | 2,265 | 2,164 | 1,812 |
| Sweden | 592,145 | 571,045 | 550,394 |
| Switzerland | 564,751 | 495,718 | 462,054 |
| Syria | 10,828 | 9,049 | 6,311 |
| Taiwan | 469,634 | 464,567 | 453,430 |
| Tajikistan | 1,710 | 1,900 | 1,848 |
| Tanzania | 8,142 | 9,147 | 7,215 |
| Thailand | 117,397 | 114,046 | 102,308 |
| Timor-Leste | 274 | 270 | 232 |
| Togo | 2,092 | 2,396 | 2,250 |
| Tokelau | 221 | 104 | 91 |
| Tonga | 2,048 | 2,867 | 3,419 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 171,697 | 187,222 | 150,492 |
| Tunisia | 11,708 | 11,718 | 10,589 |
| Turkey | 205,105 | 215,974 | 185,200 |
| Turkmenistan | 1,677 | 1,605 | 1,264 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 11,073 | 11,246 | 11,465 |
| Tuvalu | 191 | 163 | 161 |
| Uganda | 9,643 | 10,647 | 9,220 |
| Ukraine | 93,338 | 110,255 | 95,886 |
| United Arab Emirates | 110,863 | 121,685 | 113,275 |
| United Kingdom | 4,456,512 | 4,228,183 | 4,377,714 |
| United States4 | 825,906 | 807,701 | 752,430 |
| Uruguay | 91,197 | 89,973 | 78,438 |
| Uzbekistan | 9,320 | 11,386 | 9,941 |
| Vanuatu | 350 | 360 | 401 |
| Venezuela | 790,900 | 641,333 | 507,222 |
| Vietnam | 87,929 | 107,976 | 95,606 |
| Virgin Islands, British | 33,045 | 33,930 | 26,561 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | 355 | 482 | 429 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 60 | 53 | 48 |
| Western Sahara | 137 | 131 | 142 |
| Yemen | 3,834 | 3,559 | 2,989 |
| Zambia | 5,039 | 5,180 | 4,385 |
| Zimbabwe | 8,596 | 9,311 | 8,107 |
| Unknown | 4,947,803 | 7,250,829 | 14,030,574 |
NA Not available.
X Not applicable.
D Data withheld to limit disclosure.
- Represents zero.
1 Beginning in 2010 the number of I-94 nonimmigrant admissions greatly exceeds totals reported in previous years due to a more complete count of land admissions.
2 Includes countries and territories/dependencies.
3 The number of I-94 nonimmigrant admissions beginning in 2013 greatly exceeds totals reported in previous years due to a more complete count of Canadian air and sea admissions.
4 United States includes nonimmigrants who self-report that they reside in the United States.
Notes: Admissions represent counts of events, i.e., arrivals, not unique individuals; multiple entries of an individual on the same day are counted as one admission.
The majority of short-term admissions from Canada and Mexico are excluded.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.