The 2018 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.
| Region3 of Residence | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 77,112,073 | 77,643,267 | 81,279,692 |
| Africa | 752,677 | 596,239 | 623,170 |
| Asia | 14,079,010 | 13,656,227 | 13,830,304 |
| Europe | 15,617,439 | 16,337,418 | 17,195,903 |
| North America | 32,826,605 | 37,086,441 | 41,884,587 |
| Oceania | 1,739,937 | 1,862,111 | 1,943,760 |
| South America | 6,080,707 | 5,523,338 | 5,693,726 |
| Unknown | 6,015,698 | 2,581,493 | 108,242 |
| Country2 of Residence | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 77,112,073 | 77,643,267 | 81,279,692 |
| Afghanistan | 4,934 | 3,375 | 3,216 |
| Albania | 13,897 | 12,736 | 15,952 |
| Algeria | 12,712 | 10,883 | 11,467 |
| American Samoa | 1,631 | 398 | 883 |
| Andorra | 1,835 | 1,796 | 2,363 |
| Angola | 10,327 | 8,381 | 7,674 |
| Anguilla | 1,188 | 861 | 1,140 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 18,150 | 13,842 | 13,926 |
| Argentina | 1,027,495 | 883,432 | 854,089 |
| Armenia | 9,756 | 9,006 | 8,822 |
| Aruba | 12,515 | 8,843 | 20,068 |
| Australia | 1,386,233 | 1,492,322 | 1,550,053 |
| Austria | 213,795 | 222,096 | 226,141 |
| Azerbaijan | 8,046 | 6,385 | 6,690 |
| Bahamas | 285,471 | 273,020 | 264,989 |
| Bahrain | 11,375 | 9,082 | 9,796 |
| Bangladesh | 39,219 | 32,104 | 35,217 |
| Barbados | 68,943 | 52,797 | 47,644 |
| Belarus | 19,898 | 15,581 | 16,967 |
| Belgium | 294,175 | 314,493 | 334,657 |
| Belize | 31,507 | 25,744 | 25,759 |
| Benin | 2,971 | 2,461 | 2,323 |
| Bermuda | 88,899 | 85,695 | 102,162 |
| Bhutan | 1,004 | 973 | 959 |
| Bolivia | 74,441 | 68,700 | 65,072 |
| Bonaire | 347 | 342 | 670 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,129 | 8,816 | 9,326 |
| Botswana | 2,931 | 2,488 | 2,512 |
| Brazil | 2,020,983 | 1,842,389 | 2,066,562 |
| Brunei | 1,748 | 1,479 | 1,589 |
| Bulgaria | 40,601 | 35,382 | 34,203 |
| Burkina Faso | 6,802 | 4,393 | 3,951 |
| Burma | 8,968 | 10,520 | 10,460 |
| Burundi | 1,820 | 2,479 | 1,830 |
| Cabo Verde | 5,831 | 5,388 | 4,890 |
| Cambodia | 5,679 | 4,731 | 5,521 |
| Cameroon | 12,563 | 12,301 | 10,640 |
| Canada3 | 9,199,995 | 11,650,520 | 13,819,363 |
| Cayman Islands | 42,228 | 32,475 | 48,858 |
| Central African Republic | 653 | 526 | 449 |
| Chad | 1,105 | 1,039 | 841 |
| Chile | 396,844 | 402,820 | 438,319 |
| China, People's Republic | 3,003,717 | 2,797,474 | 2,829,872 |
| Christmas Island | 52 | 25 | 24 |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 43 | 32 | 35 |
| Colombia | 932,973 | 896,087 | 894,320 |
| Comoros | 197 | 209 | 201 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 7,734 | 6,712 | 7,112 |
| Congo, Republic | 1,735 | 1,524 | 1,414 |
| Cook Islands | 65 | 78 | 66 |
| Costa Rica | 315,420 | 306,038 | 299,825 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 8,935 | 7,346 | 7,858 |
| Croatia | 29,783 | 26,403 | 26,524 |
| Cuba | 63,908 | 89,794 | 101,502 |
| Curacao | 6,210 | 6,726 | 13,514 |
| Cyprus | 11,322 | 9,602 | 10,387 |
| Czechia | 112,042 | 127,704 | 137,367 |
| Denmark | 333,868 | 356,969 | 365,044 |
| Djibouti | 819 | 1,355 | 414 |
| Dominica | 7,948 | 7,127 | 6,798 |
| Dominican Republic | 388,119 | 368,561 | 390,659 |
| Ecuador | 437,997 | 448,642 | 469,185 |
| Egypt | 95,669 | 66,525 | 69,864 |
| El Salvador | 212,016 | 189,626 | 198,390 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1,560 | 1,461 | 1,571 |
| Eritrea | 3,032 | 2,898 | 1,095 |
| Estonia | 24,294 | 25,976 | 26,220 |
| Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) | 1,932 | 758 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | 21,318 | 18,366 | 19,075 |
| Falkland Islands | 92 | 58 | 123 |
| Faroe Islands | 421 | 306 | 395 |
| Fiji | 11,563 | 9,319 | 9,282 |
| Finland | 157,761 | 162,544 | 161,097 |
| France | 1,744,716 | 1,935,156 | 2,108,150 |
| French Guiana | 1,058 | 943 | 1,632 |
| French Polynesia | 4,084 | 2,107 | 5,552 |
| Gabon | 3,216 | 2,508 | 2,338 |
| Gambia | 2,037 | 1,667 | 1,816 |
| Georgia | 9,359 | 5,449 | 9,046 |
| Germany | 2,116,152 | 2,255,447 | 2,318,139 |
| Ghana | 26,467 | 21,148 | 26,253 |
| Gibraltar | 1,450 | 975 | 1,577 |
| Greece | 82,617 | 89,572 | 94,907 |
| Greenland | 196 | 151 | 217 |
| Grenada | 12,074 | 10,655 | 9,811 |
| Guadeloupe | 6,282 | 4,127 | 8,199 |
| Guam | 2,793 | 3,212 | 4,577 |
| Guatemala | 290,151 | 279,114 | 272,923 |
| Guernsey | 58 | 58 | 61 |
| Guinea | 3,304 | 2,844 | 2,351 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 254 | 303 | 283 |
| Guyana | 65,697 | 42,079 | 40,021 |
| Haiti | 153,411 | 126,002 | 95,157 |
| Holy See | 245 | 223 | 260 |
| Honduras | 216,870 | 210,580 | 206,411 |
| Hong Kong | 144,509 | 118,821 | 136,870 |
| Hungary | 85,744 | 97,709 | 102,992 |
| Iceland | 56,061 | 66,917 | 75,119 |
| India | 1,804,541 | 1,707,616 | 1,779,540 |
| Indonesia | 127,358 | 118,813 | 119,070 |
| Iran | 26,665 | 16,842 | 7,280 |
| Iraq | 17,603 | 15,792 | 13,374 |
| Ireland | 457,146 | 525,432 | 585,639 |
| Isle of Man | 106 | 109 | 149 |
| Israel | 459,894 | 370,568 | 402,424 |
| Italy | 1,078,607 | 1,205,769 | 1,271,286 |
| Jamaica | 336,565 | 257,643 | 256,376 |
| Japan | 3,796,038 | 3,795,307 | 3,756,648 |
| Jersey | 59 | 77 | 79 |
| Jordan | 46,135 | 40,210 | 39,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 25,399 | 23,489 | 24,596 |
| Kenya | 29,807 | 27,724 | 30,156 |
| Kiribati | 936 | 954 | 853 |
| Korea, North | 720 | 266 | 542 |
| Korea, South | 2,092,969 | 2,428,027 | 2,477,591 |
| Kosovo | 5,171 | 5,031 | 5,157 |
| Kuwait | 79,500 | 57,346 | 57,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3,164 | 1,819 | 3,394 |
| Laos | 2,233 | 2,398 | 2,125 |
| Latvia | 21,836 | 24,648 | 24,636 |
| Lebanon | 44,590 | 38,523 | 35,076 |
| Lesotho | 685 | 562 | 597 |
| Liberia | 4,296 | 3,645 | 3,508 |
| Libya | 1,783 | 1,242 | 774 |
| Liechtenstein | 2,260 | 2,209 | 2,350 |
| Lithuania | 26,694 | 20,173 | 38,265 |
| Luxembourg | 20,670 | 18,447 | 23,200 |
| Macau | 4,727 | 4,485 | 4,568 |
| Macedonia | 9,479 | 9,560 | 9,244 |
| Madagascar | 1,870 | 1,523 | 1,561 |
| Malawi | 2,698 | 2,539 | 2,259 |
| Malaysia | 90,784 | 81,337 | 83,069 |
| Maldives | 459 | 559 | 437 |
| Mali | 4,171 | 3,510 | 3,561 |
| Malta | 6,605 | 7,042 | 8,053 |
| Marshall Islands | 268 | 265 | 303 |
| Martinique | 7,173 | 3,920 | 6,467 |
| Mauritania | 1,619 | 1,116 | 846 |
| Mauritius | 6,217 | 5,643 | 5,993 |
| Mayotte | 83 | 40 | 48 |
| Mexico | 19,547,504 | 19,140,031 | 20,990,914 |
| Micronesia, Federated States | 1,535 | 830 | 1,503 |
| Moldova | 11,986 | 10,777 | 10,132 |
| Monaco | 4,165 | 2,974 | 3,942 |
| Mongolia | 14,731 | 13,578 | 13,561 |
| Montserrat | 323 | 210 | 261 |
| Morocco | 33,764 | 27,740 | 25,738 |
| Mozambique | 2,874 | 2,157 | 2,495 |
| Namibia | 2,728 | 2,271 | 2,331 |
| Nauru | 254 | 168 | 182 |
| Nepal | 32,669 | 30,462 | 25,977 |
| Netherlands | 694,214 | 782,564 | 832,087 |
| Netherlands Antilles (former) | 2,498 | 1,609 | 2,325 |
| New Caledonia | 718 | 596 | 907 |
| New Zealand | 319,768 | 344,022 | 361,814 |
| Nicaragua | 78,486 | 70,525 | 67,418 |
| Niger | 1,917 | 1,674 | 1,688 |
| Nigeria | 197,749 | 148,116 | 158,712 |
| Niue | 16 | 25 | 31 |
| Norfolk Island | 74 | 37 | 40 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 286 | 601 | 787 |
| Norway | 289,543 | 309,685 | 308,273 |
| Oman | 12,573 | 10,458 | 11,642 |
| Pakistan | 116,952 | 95,740 | 96,566 |
| Palau | 388 | 312 | 343 |
| Panama | 197,607 | 165,034 | 168,069 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,513 | 962 | 882 |
| Paraguay | 35,720 | 29,826 | 32,907 |
| Peru | 343,668 | 299,504 | 292,551 |
| Philippines | 408,344 | 392,876 | 374,584 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 50 | 25 | 75 |
| Poland | 210,431 | 182,497 | 194,991 |
| Portugal | 135,000 | 163,851 | 172,850 |
| Puerto Rico | 1,058 | 1,098 | 990 |
| Qatar | 38,650 | 29,072 | 34,202 |
| Reunion | 3,015 | 1,201 | 1,565 |
| Romania | 93,415 | 84,721 | 87,628 |
| Russia | 289,947 | 222,767 | 182,450 |
| Rwanda | 5,627 | 4,871 | 5,620 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 46 | 80 | 57 |
| Saint Helena | 54 | 38 | 60 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12,672 | 10,959 | 10,427 |
| Saint Lucia | 18,513 | 14,897 | 14,124 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 127 | 103 | 151 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11,425 | 9,630 | 8,995 |
| Samoa | 2,335 | 1,862 | 2,143 |
| San Marino | 708 | 724 | 787 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 132 | 114 | 120 |
| Saudi Arabia | 271,553 | 177,409 | 171,933 |
| Senegal | 10,412 | 8,208 | 7,729 |
| Serbia and Montenegro (former) | 39,174 | 25,729 | 9,047 |
| Seychelles | 521 | 322 | 416 |
| Sierra Leone | 2,800 | 2,916 | 2,530 |
| Singapore | 167,602 | 167,012 | 182,389 |
| Sint Maarten | 2,067 | 2,082 | 3,029 |
| Slovakia | 50,943 | 55,499 | 58,300 |
| Slovenia | 24,566 | 26,365 | 28,604 |
| Solomon Islands | 528 | 284 | 267 |
| Somalia | 398 | 281 | 258 |
| South Africa | 146,553 | 116,332 | 127,809 |
| South Sudan | 406 | 397 | 461 |
| Spain | 938,339 | 1,011,449 | 1,051,944 |
| Sri Lanka | 25,221 | 23,556 | 21,504 |
| Sudan | 4,997 | 3,206 | 3,091 |
| Suriname | 13,255 | 10,580 | 10,382 |
| Sweden | 576,269 | 573,366 | 571,898 |
| Switzerland | 494,424 | 478,490 | 508,707 |
| Syria | 7,921 | 6,199 | 3,591 |
| Taiwan | 490,629 | 501,448 | 522,519 |
| Tajikistan | 2,164 | 1,901 | 1,730 |
| Tanzania | 8,289 | 6,196 | 6,463 |
| Thailand | 119,812 | 100,680 | 98,770 |
| Timor-Leste | 266 | 252 | 229 |
| Togo | 2,699 | 2,537 | 2,556 |
| Tokelau | 96 | 50 | 46 |
| Tonga | 4,006 | 3,146 | 2,334 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 194,915 | 154,947 | 131,990 |
| Tunisia | 13,196 | 11,367 | 10,860 |
| Turkey | 231,463 | 178,174 | 155,838 |
| Turkmenistan | 1,472 | 1,401 | 1,222 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 12,144 | 10,059 | 14,830 |
| Tuvalu | 202 | 169 | 174 |
| Uganda | 10,807 | 10,030 | 11,250 |
| Ukraine | 118,569 | 98,838 | 94,817 |
| United Arab Emirates | 125,141 | 90,245 | 114,630 |
| United Kingdom | 4,678,571 | 4,731,766 | 5,053,927 |
| United States4 | 949,336 | 3,471,882 | 4,234,510 |
| Uruguay | 94,648 | 76,009 | 79,529 |
| Uzbekistan | 11,316 | 8,450 | 8,327 |
| Vanuatu | 452 | 275 | 302 |
| Venezuela | 635,836 | 522,269 | 449,034 |
| Vietnam | 114,560 | 112,524 | 115,592 |
| Virgin Islands, British | 31,861 | 28,775 | 25,249 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | 437 | 317 | 420 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 48 | 35 | 302 |
| Western Sahara | 144 | 178 | 150 |
| Yemen | 3,556 | 2,392 | 1,038 |
| Zambia | 5,045 | 4,619 | 4,592 |
| Zimbabwe | 9,397 | 7,961 | 8,107 |
| Unknown | 6,015,698 | 2,581,493 | 108,242 |
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.