Facts and Figures 2004

Source countries	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Number
Colombia	57	67	88	254	514	901	1,164	1,870	1,484	2,724
Mexico	453	713	799	876	910	1,053	1,302	1,599	1,930	2,040
China, People's Republic of	738	869	1,154	2,001	2,626	2,191	2,705	2,025	1,429	1,429
Sri Lanka	1,670	1,998	1,879	1,961	2,183	2,322	2,247	1,324	984	884
India	1,167	1,324	1,208	1,089	1,269	1,319	1,304	1,050	964	880
Pakistan	818	854	1,007	1,415	1,977	2,469	2,338	2,455	2,882	670
Costa Rica	57	66	79	145	398	252	547	1,173	1,322	490
Nigeria	267	362	423	554	488	807	610	550	538	441
Peru	251	148	259	222	284	339	541	746	388	370
Congo,Democratic Republic of	437	820	595	426	514	691	835	421	295	279
Iran	1,411	1,324	934	626	654	636	548	266	248	271
Somalia, Democratic Republic of	931	524	344	335	293	439	385	191	233	270
Israel	785	805	289	216	158	160	301	394	344	251
Bangladesh	698	579	413	298	259	277	304	253	541	234
Turkey	123	129	155	251	389	824	1,309	835	323	205
Guyana	58	73	105	152	194	254	380	414	408	201
Venezuela	707	223	73	58	67	61	115	216	380	182
Russia	353	422	445	545	738	566	312	208	179	142
Algeria	615	481	722	676	461	383	465	105	66	58
Zimbabwe	3	11	13	11	39	174	2,193	86	41	57
Chile	1,172	1,780	33	29	36	53	73	74	53	50
Argentina	48	51	56	82	285	1,100	742	428	114	49
Hungary	44	86	227	751	1,039	1,643	2,960	249	39	26
Czech Republic	8	116	933	43	40	36	31	14	16	11
Top 10 source countries	10,097	11,066	9,676	10,494	12,424	14,629	18,357	13,627	12,482	10,207
Other countries	9,098	8,360	9,097	9,148	11,972	14,527	15,911	11,867	10,327	8,019
Total	19,195	19,426	18,773	19,642	24,396	29,156	34,268	25,494	22,809	18,226
* For refugee claimants, source country refers to the principal country of alleged persecution (COAP).