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Diversity Visa Program, DV 2019-2021: Number of Entries During Each Online Registration Period by Region and Country of Chargeability The totals below DO NOT represent the number of diversity visas issued nor the number of selected entrants Countries marked with a "0" indicate that there were no entrants from that country or area. Countries marked with "N/A" were typically not eligible for that program year. FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 Region Foreign State of Chargeabiliy Entrants Derivatives Total Entrants Derivatives Total Entrants Derivatives Total Africa Algeria 227,019 123,716 350,735 252,684 140,422 393,106 221,212 129,004 350,216 Africa Angola 17,707 25,543 43,250 14,866 20,037 34,903 14,676 18,086 32,762 Africa Benin 128,911 27,579 156,490 150,386 26,627 177,013 92,847 13,149 105,996 Africa Botswana 518 462 980 552 406 958 237 177 414 Africa Burkina Faso 37,065 7,374 44,439 30,102 5,877 35,979 6,318 2,591 8,909 Africa Burundi 20,680 16,295 36,975 22,049 19,168 41,217 12,287 11,023 23,310 Africa Cabo Verde 1,377 1,272 2,649 894 778 1,672 420 312 732 Africa Cameroon 310,373 147,979 458,352 310,802 165,676 476,478 150,970 93,151 244,121 Africa Central African Republic 1,359 893 2,252 1,242 636 1,878 906 424 1,330 Africa Chad 5,003 1,978 6,981 8,940 3,159 12,099 7,177 2,220 9,397 Africa Comoros 296 224 520 293 128 421 264 111 375 Africa Congo-Brazzaville 21,793 15,175 36,968 25,592 19,430 45,022 21,958 16,659 38,617 Africa Congo-Kinshasa 617,573 385,505 1,003,078 924,918 415,166 1,340,084 593,917 153,856 747,773 Africa Cote d'Ivoire 160,790 31,572 192,362 145,913 28,223 174,136 35,090 17,916 53,006 Africa Djibouti 8,295 4,708 13,003 7,586 4,017 11,603 5,492 2,242 7,734 Africa Egypt 525,593 872,590 1,398,183 525,717 897,641 1,423,358 327,401 545,104 872,505 Africa Equatorial Guinea 528 492 1,020 566 511 1,077 388 272 660 Africa Eritrea 26,121 22,255 48,376 17,872 14,508 32,380 16,610 11,884 28,494 Africa Eswatini 200 136 336 303 182 485 166 81 247 Africa Ethiopia 781,945 265,665 1,047,610 775,252 262,993 1,038,245 401,661 144,952 546,613 Africa Gabon 4,909 2,452 7,361 4,749 2,407 7,156 2,850 1,455 4,305 Africa Ghana 2,010,531 238,548 2,249,079 1,905,520 183,151 2,088,671 298,151 82,298 380,449 Africa Guinea 179,735 32,279 212,014 142,008 28,614 170,622 47,607 21,615 69,222 Africa Guinea - Bissau 1,291 248 1,539 890 249 1,139 374 183 557 Africa Kenya 322,307 121,466 443,773 398,959 171,122 570,081 102,018 71,200 173,218 Africa Lesotho 292 206 498 408 188 596 174 123 297 Africa Liberia 438,333 154,362 592,695 459,005 187,608 646,613 71,724 73,815 145,539 Africa Libya 17,067 22,723 39,790 11,184 15,469 26,653 8,538 10,002 18,540 Africa Madagascar 1,777 2,170 3,947 1,063 1,311 2,374 895 961 1,856 Africa Malawi 1,467 1,264 2,731 1,331 1,246 2,577 927 750 1,677 Africa Mali 9,061 4,069 13,130 9,389 4,348 13,737 5,480 2,201 7,681 Africa Mauritania 4,184 2,002 6,186 4,609 1,955 6,564 4,398 1,736 6,134 Africa Mauritius 1,104 1,048 2,152 887 862 1,749 425 335 760 Africa Morocco 203,581 55,087 258,668 253,336 72,830 326,166 161,349 50,300 211,649 Africa Mozambique 423 477 900 364 448 812 291 280 571 Africa Namibia 667 690 1,357 587 653 1,240 361 332 693 Africa Niger 11,633 6,066 17,699 9,021 2,866 11,887 2,708 1,421 4,129 Africa Rwanda 41,526 30,294 71,820 50,711 39,847 90,558 26,612 22,511 49,123 Africa Sao Tome and Principe 34 37 71 27 27 54 19 16 35 Africa Senegal 44,785 9,525 54,310 33,063 8,177 41,240 16,920 4,737 21,657 Africa Seychelles 179 83 262 135 68 203 30 22 52 Africa Sierra Leone 1,005,370 43,239 1,048,609 947,803 33,196 980,999 57,779 19,306 77,085 Africa Somalia 28,542 8,561 37,103 10,859 3,514 14,373 9,757 2,235 11,992 Africa South Africa 26,924 36,041 62,965 23,574 32,920 56,494 15,701 21,618 37,319 Africa South Sudan 2,522 2,006 4,528 2,290 1,689 3,979 1,719 925 2,644 Africa Sudan 276,827 216,231 493,058 327,475 251,228 578,703 232,832 158,503 391,335 Africa Tanzania 7,628 7,355 14,983 8,313 7,846 16,159 4,940 4,076 9,016 Africa The Gambia 6,134 3,682 9,816 4,923 2,832 7,755 3,501 1,882 5,383 Africa Togo 231,564 48,694 280,258 259,819 48,582 308,401 68,994 26,539 95,533 Africa Tunisia 13,825 8,388 22,213 9,168 6,466 15,634 7,181 4,426 11,607 Africa Uganda 33,460 21,649 55,109 37,079 22,619 59,698 26,852 18,434 45,286 Africa Western Sahara 49 26 75 36 5 41 22 10 32 Africa Zambia 3,357 3,068 6,425 3,167 2,875 6,042 2,099 1,769 3,868 Africa Zimbabwe 8,660 9,448 18,108 7,109 7,633 14,742 7,757 7,719 15,476 Total for Africa 7,832,894 3,044,897 10,877,791 8,145,390 3,170,436 11,315,826 3,100,982 1,776,949 4,877,931 Asia Afghanistan 35,939 41,624 77,563 58,711 61,779 120,490 60,602 63,327 123,929 Asia Bahrain 972 1,314 2,286 884 1,158 2,042 595 636 1,231 Asia Bhutan 1,910 2,069 3,979 1,800 1,940 3,740 1,925 1,966 3,891 Asia Brunei 111 113 224 83 52 135 53 38 91 Asia Burma 20,078 16,561 36,639 29,504 24,110 53,614 21,555 17,724 39,279 Asia Cambodia 179,662 34,492 214,154 109,881 33,070 142,951 46,110 38,545 84,655 Asia Hong Kong S. A. R. 6,358 5,620 11,978 5,451 4,701 10,152 15,471 15,528 30,999 Asia Indonesia 10,970 12,493 23,463 10,691 11,530 22,221 8,440 8,202 16,642 Asia Iran 453,242 411,326 864,568 709,469 644,975 1,354,444 404,863 355,040 759,903 Asia Iraq 47,368 65,088 112,456 40,852 55,254 96,106 31,197 38,265 69,462 Asia Israel 14,234 18,709 32,943 12,727 16,680 29,407 8,793 10,141 18,934 Asia Japan 24,895 19,609 44,504 21,674 16,793 38,467 17,181 13,384 30,565 Asia Jordan 39,092 57,691 96,783 42,116 61,666 103,782 36,815 48,767 85,582 Asia Korea, North 99 85 184 127 95 222 55 42 97 Asia Kuwait 9,128 17,093 26,221 8,640 16,395 25,035 5,894 10,287 16,181 Asia Laos 372 293 665 8,386 11,346 19,732 2,395 2,868 5,263 Asia Lebanon 12,868 21,202 34,070 11,184 17,082 28,266 7,250 9,971 17,221 Asia Malaysia 5,825 5,145 10,970 4,507 3,849 8,356 3,269 2,303 5,572 Asia Maldives 138 167 305 86 89 175 54 46 100 Asia Mongolia 10,546 17,325 27,871 11,242 19,655 30,897 9,871 17,644 27,515 Asia Nepal 684,180 407,855 1,092,035 637,696 388,727 1,026,423 421,765 266,737 688,502 Asia Oman 1,036 915 1,951 1,202 980 2,182 979 657 1,636 Asia Qatar 2,855 3,873 6,728 3,023 3,925 6,948 2,200 2,526 4,726 Asia Saudi Arabia 40,114 45,836 85,950 41,019 46,007 87,026 30,844 27,683 58,527 Asia Singapore 2,722 2,074 4,796 2,262 1,710 3,972 1,473 1,060 2,533 Asia Sri Lanka 53,396 56,442 109,838 47,705 48,268 95,973 41,595 41,711 83,306 Asia Syria 20,124 33,919 54,043 14,168 24,770 38,938 11,424 15,496 26,920 Asia Taiwan 30,603 24,542 55,145 31,640 25,158 56,798 24,645 18,055 42,700 Asia Thailand 10,969 4,686 15,655 12,354 7,253 19,607 14,187 5,547 19,734 Asia Timor-Leste 58 52 110 52 31 83 21 10 31 Asia United Arab Emirates 10,281 11,900 22,181 10,964 12,600 23,564 8,030 8,030 16,060 Asia Yemen 141,679 77,728 219,407 62,389 34,028 96,417 41,495 29,998 71,493 Total for Asia 1,871,824 1,417,841 3,289,665 1,952,489 1,595,676 3,548,165 1,281,046 1,072,234 2,353,280 Europe Albania 172,817 158,148 330,965 181,270 164,240 345,510 128,871 112,015 240,886 Europe Andorra 77 54 131 73 45 118 117 66 183 Europe Armenia 102,653 146,915 249,568 79,628 112,198 191,826 68,309 92,656 160,965 Europe Aruba 240 223 463 183 163 346 93 56 149 Europe Austria 4,398 3,053 7,451 3,776 2,626 6,402 2,459 1,577 4,036 Europe Azerbaijan 93,736 96,677 190,413 91,137 98,373 189,510 52,659 56,146 108,805 Europe Belarus 107,223 100,016 207,239 98,617 101,130 199,747 83,001 83,645 166,646 Europe Belgium 4,379 3,522 7,901 3,608 2,770 6,378 2,289 1,652 3,941 Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,204 3,973 8,177 3,758 3,597 7,355 2,617 2,230 4,847 Europe Bulgaria 30,649 28,148 58,797 22,696 21,373 44,069 14,407 11,747 26,154 Europe Croatia 3,170 2,266 5,436 2,552 1,768 4,320 1,560 963 2,523 Europe Curacao 256 246 502 265 264 529 111 94 205 Europe Cyprus 827 612 1,439 838 649 1,487 486 266 752 Europe Czech Republic 4,866 3,472 8,338 3,629 2,702 6,331 2,275 1,447 3,722 Europe Denmark 2,190 1,818 4,008 1,761 1,435 3,196 1,038 783 1,821 Europe Estonia 2,344 1,891 4,235 1,727 1,519 3,246 1,222 973 2,195 Europe Faroe Islands 54 26 80 33 19 52 23 9 32 Europe Finland 2,891 2,678 5,569 2,103 1,809 3,912 1,419 1,221 2,640 Europe France 34,077 23,931 58,008 27,304 19,398 46,702 19,947 12,757 32,704 Europe French Polynesia 247 243 490 203 193 396 55 32 87 Europe French Southern and Antarctic Lands 19 11 30 13 16 29 4 2 6 Europe Georgia 56,781 73,541 130,322 61,292 80,401 141,693 50,272 62,192 112,464 Europe Germany 45,947 37,533 83,480 38,618 32,431 71,049 30,417 25,162 55,579 Europe Greece 6,699 4,884 11,583 5,770 4,048 9,818 3,711 1,912 5,623 Europe Greenland 55 23 78 57 36 93 25 14 39 Europe Hungary 9,716 8,584 18,300 8,096 7,160 15,256 4,986 3,850 8,836 Europe Iceland 803 754 1,557 639 562 1,201 246 218 464 Europe Ireland 5,385 2,516 7,901 4,244 1,800 6,044 2,646 915 3,561 Europe Italy 35,326 21,733 57,059 28,947 18,233 47,180 22,693 12,586 35,279 Europe Kazakhstan 55,686 70,744 126,430 82,180 104,523 186,703 67,593 87,611 155,204 Europe Kosovo 27,826 27,012 54,838 29,197 27,944 57,141 11,361 10,030 21,391 Europe Kyrgyzstan 46,045 56,186 102,231 77,540 78,912 156,452 55,178 77,885 133,063 Europe Latvia 4,394 4,254 8,648 3,913 3,932 7,845 2,784 2,801 5,585 Europe Liechtenstein 43 17 60 37 24 61 16 7 23 Europe Lithuania 14,606 13,340 27,946 12,583 11,360 23,943 7,982 6,079 14,061 Europe Luxembourg 262 145 407 231 136 367 131 71 202 Europe Macau 466 294 760 419 237 656 439 283 722 Europe Malta 252 187 439 181 114 295 113 72 185 Europe Moldova 323,102 185,434 508,536 200,204 127,522 327,726 135,992 78,044
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