10.2.

Refugee claimants by top 50 countries of citizenship 1, 2006 to 2015

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
China, People's Republic of 1,500 1,341 1,474 1,442 1,527 1,793 1,662 771 1,190 1,498
Hungary 29 23 307 2,537 2,350 4,451 1,879 96 390 986
Pakistan 609 356 387 418 516 893 862 631 770 899
Nigeria 667 743 759 767 847 677 707 469 580 794
Colombia 1,373 2,572 3,050 2,248 1,335 863 694 595 578 696
Iraq 182 269 290 232 146 156 161 240 576 598
Syria 33 69 64 87 119 176 343 488 565 577
Libya 30 26 21 28 43 181 19 30 157 518
Somalia, Democratic Republic of 205 244 498 527 436 427 431 287 330 505
Afghanistan 252 288 429 403 396 417 367 389 467 495
India 757 540 548 478 521 642 683 211 278 377
Ukraine 204 175 186 153 119 127 177 62 360 366
Slovak Republic 6 7 74 355 263 316 443 33 468 353
Haiti 708 3,240 4,247 1,438 1,060 509 391 331 365 295
Ethiopia 223 162 198 178 146 185 162 135 161 287
Eritrea 156 155 222 205 147 180 225 228 254 287
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 412 334 418 310 310 367 354 305 346 285
Turkey 267 149 235 238 291 329 365 178 175 266
Burundi 420 275 269 131 135 170 176 195 100 265
Stateless 184 186 253 184 134 83 86 171 174 263
Venezuela 100 141 181 185 145 106 103 27 162 257
Sri Lanka 859 787 1,008 817 1,170 634 412 188 197 234
Bangladesh 118 79 92 110 119 118 125 156 323 222
Cameroon, Federal Republic of 127 138 143 139 125 115 132 132 171 213
United States of America 646 1,807 2,285 1,109 770 621 388 125 163 199
Jamaica 151 125 240 268 275 315 262 142 192 187
Egypt 50 52 47 42 112 156 170 256 251 181
El Salvador 276 331 595 543 523 423 356 100 152 181
Yemen 14 16 24 16 19 18 26 35 42 170
Lebanon 384 205 163 105 120 107 89 100 114 153
Iran 233 189 269 296 326 308 259 198 162 149
Honduras 182 239 464 362 346 332 295 148 182 131
Albania 221 233 334 219 185 216 321 111 109 126
Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank) 56 64 87 55 45 34 35 40 94 115
Mexico 4,935 7,153 9,454 7,581 1,197 649 321 84 80 111
10.2. Refugee claimants by top 50 countries of citizenship 1, 2006 to 2015
Jordan 77 85 112 78 50 66 54 48 64 107
Cuba 192 196 213 264 154 160 145 199 156 101
Russia 207 197 203 164 158 153 167 99 71 97
Sudan, Democratic Republic of 45 56 35 21 45 67 115 52 90 95
Chad, Republic of 90 91 55 38 8 11 17 29 96 92
Nepal 137 114 86 97 79 35 41 18 38 89
Czech Republic 1 109 845 2,075 30 25 27 12 110 87
Mali, Republic of 20 15 17 12 10 18 40 22 38 85
Ghana 64 49 53 50 62 82 83 72 74 84
Georgia 75 50 82 65 85 53 81 32 79 81
Djibouti, Republic of 15 24 56 137 164 133 113 63 126 77
Uganda 160 33 71 54 58 52 49 31 49 76
Congo, People's Republic of the 27 37 58 28 32 24 34 18 35 65
Bahama Islands, The 3 10 11 22 22 41 19 11 25 63
Algeria 62 79 81 111 121 157 167 97 70 58
Rwanda 243 255 273 232 123 95 88 71 46 58
Total unique persons 22,920 28,496 36,856 33,153 23,130 25,315 20,471 10,372 13,445 16,109

1. Countries are based on top 50 from 2015

Note: Due to privacy considerations, some cells in this table have been suppressed and replaced with the notation "--". As a result, components may not sum to the total indicated. In general we have suppressed cells containing less than five cases except in
circumstances where, in our judgment, we are not releasing personal information on an identifiable individual.

Source: IRCC Facts and Figures 2015