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29. Outlying Areas
30. Comparative International
Statistics
31. Industrial Outlook
32. 1997 Economic Census
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8. Immigrants Admitted as Permanent Residents Under Refugee Acts, by Country of Birth
[For fiscal years ending in year shown; see text, Section 9. Coversimmigrants who were allowed to enter the United States under 1953Refugee Relief Act and later acts; Hungarian
paroleesunder July 1958 Act; refugee-escapee parolees under July 1960 Act;conditional entries by refugees under Oct. 1965 Act; Cuban paroleesunder Nov. 1966 Act; beginning
1978,Indochina refugees under Act of Oct. 1977; beginning 1980,refugee-parolees under the Act of Oct. 1978, and asylees under the Actof March 1980; and beginning 1981refugees under
the Act of March 1980]
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1961-
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1971-
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1981-
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1991-
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COUNTRY OF BIRTH
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70,
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80,
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90,
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96,
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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total
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total
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total
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total
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Total
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212,843
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539,447
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1,013,620
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748,122
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97,364
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139,079
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117,037
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127,343
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121,434
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114,664
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128,565
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112,158
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54,645
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Europe 1
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55,235
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71,858
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155,512
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312,815
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33,111
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62,946
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42,721
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53,195
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54,978
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46,998
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51,977
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39,795
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19,048
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Albania
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1,952
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395
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353
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3,013
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64
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75
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539
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1,198
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733
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314
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154
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76
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56
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Austria
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233
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185
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424
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330
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84
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131
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90
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54
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25
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15
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15
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20
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6
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Bulgaria
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1,799
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1,238
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1,197
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1,519
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178
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311
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562
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303
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138
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105
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100
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69
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33
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Czechoslovakia, former
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5,709
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3,646
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8,204
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1,201
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883
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659
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319
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119
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41
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38
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25
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40
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15
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Estonia
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16
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2
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25
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646
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5
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9
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155
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125
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176
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83
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98
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89
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18
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Germany
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665
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143
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851
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625
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(NA)
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214
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94
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82
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84
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61
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90
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79
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55
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Greece
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586
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478
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1,408
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342
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315
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127
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28
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39
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65
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50
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33
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11
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8
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Hungary
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4,044
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4,358
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4,942
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1,231
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868
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817
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229
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80
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37
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28
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40
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24
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14
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Italy
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1,198
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346
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394
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378
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86
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206
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105
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32
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11
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7
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17
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14
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7
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Latvia
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49
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16
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48
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2,156
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6
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34
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315
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493
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568
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387
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359
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272
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69
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Lithuania
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72
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23
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37
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961
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11
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75
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157
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228
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214
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151
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136
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85
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27
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Netherlands
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3,134
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8
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14
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17
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4
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5
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2
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7
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3
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0
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0
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3
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5
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Poland
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3,197
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5,882
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33,889
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7,210
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3,903
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4,205
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1,512
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731
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334
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245
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183
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143
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54
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Portugal
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1,361
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21
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21
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12
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2
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2
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0
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4
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2
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3
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1
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1
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0
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Romania
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7,158
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6,812
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29,798
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15,139
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3,186
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4,276
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4,971
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3,654
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1,199
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592
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447
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322
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116
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Soviet Union, former 2
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871
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31,309
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72,306
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264,187
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23,186
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51,551
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33,504
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45,900
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50,756
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40,120
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42,356
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30,880
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13,200
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Armenia
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3
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1,546
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(NA)
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(NA)
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479
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329
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342
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214
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182
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213
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158
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Azerbaijan
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3
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10,049
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1,551
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2,790
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2,668
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1,594
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1,446
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1,000
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196
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Belarus
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3
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19,545
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3,008
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4,480
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5,156
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3,421
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3,480
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2,486
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557
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Georgia
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3
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1,834
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(NA)
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(NA)
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255
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213
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392
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383
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591
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425
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100
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Kazakhstan
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3
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2,823
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(NA)
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(NA)
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460
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544
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595
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600
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624
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612
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152
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Kyrgyzstan
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3
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779
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(NA)
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(NA)
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123
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114
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210
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155
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177
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200
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49
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Moldova
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3
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9,300
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1,588
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2,546
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2,154
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1,597
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1,415
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1,043
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272
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Russia
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3
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44,367
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(NA)
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(NA)
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7,122
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8,965
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10,359
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8,176
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9,745
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6,985
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2,225
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Tajikistan
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3
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2,191
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(NA)
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(NA)
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167
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301
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534
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654
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535
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239
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24
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Ukraine
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3
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81,263
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(NA)
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(NA)
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13,347
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16,977
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19,366
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14,937
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16,636
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12,137
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3,641
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Uzbekistan
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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3
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14,638
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1,550
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2,475
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3,211
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3,258
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4,144
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2,885
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292
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Spain
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4,114
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5,317
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736
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3
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317
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84
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96
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50
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37
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55
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33
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46
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29
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31
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Yugoslavia, former
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18,299
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11,297
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324
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3
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13,271
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23
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66
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58
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77
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506
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4,744
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7,820
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7,597
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5,312
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Asia 1
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19,895
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210,683
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712,092
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286,125
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51,867
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49,762
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53,422
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51,783
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45,768
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43,314
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42,076
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30,835
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11,743
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Afghanistan
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0
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542
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22,946
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9,065
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2,144
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2,100
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2,082
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2,233
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1,665
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616
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369
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356
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137
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Cambodia
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0
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7,739
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114,064
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6,088
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4,719
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2,550
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1,695
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808
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557
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268
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210
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163
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62
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China 4
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5,308
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13,760
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7,928
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5,079
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330
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620
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884
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1,153
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774
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803
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845
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692
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898
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Hong Kong
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2,128
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3,468
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1,916
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535
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30
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75
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193
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90
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82
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48
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47
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19
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5
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India
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1,125
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(NA)
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47
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34
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103
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133
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323
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485
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462
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373
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Indonesia
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7,658
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222
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1,385
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174
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28
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12
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13
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16
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41
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62
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30
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8
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4
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Iran
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58
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364
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46,773
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20,126
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8,649
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8,515
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3,093
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3,875
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2,186
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1,245
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1,212
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1,447
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754
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Iraq
|
119
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6,851
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7,540
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14,464
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141
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193
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365
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1,856
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4,400
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3,848
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3,802
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1,774
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999
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Japan
|
554
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56
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110
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18
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1
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4
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5
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3
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4
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2
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0
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0
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1
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Korea
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1,316
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65
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120
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|
14
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2
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1
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0
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1
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3
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5
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4
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3
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2
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Laos
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0
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21,690
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142,964
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33,701
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9,824
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9,127
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8,026
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6,547
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4,482
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3,364
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2,155
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1,363
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1,110
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Lebanon
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1,271
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|
875
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118
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318
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140
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204
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88
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48
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77
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68
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39
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Malaysia
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9
|
192
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1,277
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|
326
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59
|
93
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88
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37
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49
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44
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15
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16
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0
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Pakistan
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(NA)
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(NA)
|
666
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|
1,052
|
157
|
166
|
129
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185
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181
|
197
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194
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280
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130
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Philippines
|
100
|
216
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3,403
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855
|
290
|
249
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221
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122
|
103
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80
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80
|
68
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16
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Saudi Arabia
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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|
557
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(NA)
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33
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19
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24
|
75
|
126
|
280
|
135
|
79
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Syria
|
383
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1,336
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2,145
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963
|
393
|
252
|
96
|
115
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34
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258
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208
|
146
|
707
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Thailand
|
13
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1,241
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30,259
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19,323
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4,077
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3,603
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4,048
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3,724
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3,076
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2,932
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1,940
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1,112
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1,134
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Turkey
|
1,489
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1,193
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1,896
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|
460
|
276
|
109
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16
|
79
|
156
|
58
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42
|
35
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21
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Vietnam
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7
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150,266
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324,453
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169,560
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20,537
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21,543
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32,155
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30,249
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27,318
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28,595
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29,700
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22,297
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4,921
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|
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North America 1
|
132,068
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252,633
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121,840
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111,744
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9,910
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21,317
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15,962
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15,926
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14,204
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16,265
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28,070
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32,898
|
16,372
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Cuba
|
131,557
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251,514
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113,367
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76,370
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7,668
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7,953
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9,919
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11,603
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11,998
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12,355
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22,542
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30,377
|
14,915
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El Salvador
|
1
|
45
|
1,383
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|
3,623
|
245
|
1,249
|
743
|
811
|
275
|
283
|
262
|
198
|
129
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|
|
Guatemala
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
1,198
|
58
|
296
|
169
|
210
|
131
|
158
|
234
|
327
|
264
|
|
|
Haiti
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
7,309
|
59
|
31
|
16
|
68
|
664
|
2,502
|
4,028
|
1,074
|
537
|
|
|
Honduras
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
722
|
66
|
133
|
105
|
165
|
81
|
119
|
119
|
109
|
108
|
|
|
Nicaragua
|
3
|
36
|
5,590
|
|
21,252
|
1,694
|
11,233
|
4,668
|
2,892
|
966
|
727
|
766
|
666
|
316
|
|
|
Panama
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
662
|
43
|
246
|
243
|
81
|
33
|
38
|
21
|
19
|
16
|
|
|
South America 1
|
123
|
1,244
|
1,976
|
|
3,025
|
264
|
320
|
442
|
461
|
383
|
497
|
922
|
890
|
712
|
|
|
Chile
|
4
|
420
|
531
|
|
110
|
20
|
38
|
16
|
17
|
8
|
10
|
21
|
14
|
12
|
|
|
Colombia
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
471
|
(NA)
|
46
|
74
|
63
|
70
|
102
|
116
|
154
|
171
|
|
|
Peru
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
1,285
|
(NA)
|
73
|
74
|
176
|
153
|
241
|
568
|
489
|
338
|
|
|
Venezuela
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
811
|
87
|
120
|
220
|
135
|
91
|
95
|
150
|
173
|
118
|
|
|
Africa 1
|
5,486
|
2,991
|
22,149
|
|
34,224
|
2,212
|
4,731
|
4,480
|
5,944
|
6,078
|
7,527
|
5,464
|
7,651
|
4,225
|
|
|
Congo (Kinshasa) 5
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
656
|
(NA)
|
57
|
72
|
109
|
113
|
130
|
175
|
146
|
55
|
|
|
Egypt
|
5,396
|
1,473
|
426
|
|
237
|
69
|
52
|
18
|
35
|
37
|
29
|
66
|
71
|
54
|
|
|
Ethiopia
|
2
|
1,307
|
18,542
|
|
15,849
|
1,682
|
3,582
|
3,268
|
3,682
|
2,530
|
1,802
|
985
|
1,056
|
507
|
|
|
Kenya
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
550
|
(NA)
|
32
|
42
|
42
|
98
|
165
|
171
|
291
|
234
|
|
|
Liberia
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
2,712
|
(NA)
|
42
|
25
|
239
|
851
|
855
|
700
|
505
|
225
|
|
|
Somalia
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
7,864
|
(NA)
|
282
|
330
|
885
|
1,572
|
3,095
|
1,700
|
3,607
|
2,270
|
|
|
Sudan
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
(NA)
|
|
3,422
|
60
|
184
|
369
|
443
|
402
|
935
|
1,089
|
1,119
|
287
|
|
|
Other
|
36
|
38
|
51
|
|
189
|
0
|
3
|
10
|
34
|
23
|
63
|
56
|
89
|
2,545
|
|
NA Not available.
1 Includes other countries, not shown separately.
2 Includes other republics and unknown republics, not shown separately.
3 Covers years 1992-1996.
4 Includes Taiwan through 1990.
5 "Congo" is the official short-form name for both the Republic of Congoand the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To distinguish one from the otherthe U.S. Dept. of
State adds the capital in parentheses. This practice isunofficial and provisional.
Source: U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service,Statistical Yearbook, annual; and releases. http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/statistics/index.htm
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/8_immigrants_admitted_as_permanent_residents_under.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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