Asylum seekers in 2012 and 2011, by citizenship and sex
Rank- | Country of | 2012 | | | 2011 |
|---|
ing | citizenship | Total | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men |
|---|
| | 43 887 | 16 142 | 27 745 | | 29 648 | 10 708 | 18 940 |
1 | Syria | 7 814 | 3 100 | 4 714 | | 640 | 195 | 445 |
2 | Somalia | 5 644 | 1 869 | 3 775 | | 3 981 | 1 272 | 2 709 |
3 | Afghanistan | 4 755 | 1 189 | 3 566 | | 4 122 | 997 | 3 125 |
4 | Serbia | 2 696 | 1 304 | 1 392 | | 2 699 | 1 310 | 1 389 |
5 | Eritrea | 2 356 | 1 127 | 1 229 | | 1 647 | 792 | 855 |
6 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 1 549 | 687 | 862 | | 981 | 456 | 525 |
7 | Iran | 1 529 | 676 | 853 | | 1 120 | 452 | 668 |
8 | Albania | 1 490 | 545 | 945 | | 263 | 95 | 168 |
9 | Iraq | 1 322 | 528 | 794 | | 1 633 | 665 | 968 |
10 | Kosovo | 942 | 412 | 530 | | 1 210 | 542 | 668 |
11 | Russia | 941 | 444 | 497 | | 933 | 439 | 494 |
12 | Georgia | 748 | 110 | 638 | | 280 | 59 | 221 |
13 | Macedonia | 634 | 310 | 324 | | 890 | 412 | 478 |
14 | Nigeria | 501 | 199 | 302 | | 340 | 93 | 247 |
15 | Mongolia | 463 | 232 | 231 | | 773 | 386 | 387 |
16 | Kazakhstan | 441 | 205 | 236 | | 299 | 123 | 176 |
17 | Belarus | 435 | 93 | 342 | | 419 | 90 | 329 |
18 | Lebanon | 381 | 177 | 204 | | 177 | 63 | 114 |
18 | Morocco | 381 | 39 | 342 | | 154 | 27 | 127 |
20 | Uzbekistan | 366 | 105 | 261 | | 377 | 109 | 268 |
21 | Algeria | 352 | 12 | 340 | | 294 | 13 | 281 |
21 | Libya | 352 | 48 | 304 | | 402 | 43 | 359 |
23 | Ethiopia | 339 | 166 | 173 | | 269 | 121 | 148 |
24 | Yemen | 295 | 87 | 208 | | 173 | 41 | 132 |
25 | Pakistan | 283 | 89 | 194 | | 183 | 53 | 130 |
26 | Azerbaijan | 281 | 108 | 173 | | 389 | 156 | 233 |
27 | Armenia | 278 | 128 | 150 | | 262 | 112 | 150 |
28 | Kyrgyzstan | 274 | 88 | 186 | | 350 | 122 | 228 |
29 | Uganda | 254 | 97 | 157 | | 112 | 39 | 73 |
30 | Sudan | 219 | 51 | 168 | | 109 | 29 | 80 |
31 | Tunisia | 160 | 18 | 142 | | 270 | 18 | 252 |
32 | Egypt | 151 | 43 | 108 | | 140 | 43 | 97 |
33 | Turkey | 149 | 48 | 101 | | 139 | 47 | 92 |
34 | Jordan | 140 | 53 | 87 | | 80 | 28 | 52 |
35 | Bangladesh | 137 | 39 | 98 | | 116 | 27 | 89 |
36 | Ukraine | 133 | 62 | 71 | | 194 | 75 | 119 |
37 | Gambia | 96 | 18 | 78 | | 50 | 11 | 39 |
38 | Congo, Democratic Republic | 85 | 30 | 55 | | 108 | 45 | 63 |
39 | Montenegro | 81 | 36 | 45 | | 118 | 60 | 58 |
40 | Ghana | 79 | 12 | 67 | | 36 | 11 | 25 |
40 | Cuba | 79 | 38 | 41 | | 28 | 9 | 19 |
42 | Kenya | 77 | 47 | 30 | | 62 | 32 | 30 |
43 | Bolivia | 75 | 41 | 34 | | 47 | 27 | 20 |
44 | China | 67 | 36 | 31 | | 101 | 46 | 55 |
45 | El Salvador | 62 | 28 | 34 | | 70 | 29 | 41 |
46 | India | 56 | 17 | 39 | | 45 | 14 | 31 |
47 | Vietnam | 52 | 18 | 34 | | 84 | 23 | 61 |
48 | Cameroon | 50 | 13 | 37 | | 39 | 17 | 22 |
49 | Mali | 46 | 3 | 43 | | 5 | 1 | 4 |
50 | Guinea | 45 | 7 | 38 | | 50 | 14 | 36 |
50 | Tajikistan | 45 | 5 | 40 | | 29 | 6 | 23 |
| Other citizenships | 734 | 250 | 484 | | 618 | 231 | 387 |
| Stateless | 2 289 | 841 | 1 448 | | 1 109 | 368 | 741 |
| Unknown | 684 | 214 | 470 | | 629 | 220 | 409 |