Citizenship

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Total

3,423

3,061

4,662

4,528

5,169

6,909

Afghanistan

335

577

301

416

598

251

Algeria

21

19

15

8

3

13

Armenia

1,007

888

844

638

224

104

Azerbaijan

16

47

147

70

14

5

Bangladesh

136

33

13

12

-

4

Belarus

23

51

63

76

68

58

Bulgaria

34

185

340

178

36

15

Cameroon

11

7

3

2

2

1

China

1

4

26

28

35

15

Ethiopia

6

8

4

2

3

2

Georgia

20

39

78

92

39

30

India

94

25

13

43

200

236

Iran

6

2

1

3

13

9

Iraq

130

47

30

109

137

75

Kazakhstan

9

10

30

16

8

6

Liberia

2

3

1

-

3

3

Lithuania

-

68

7

6

4

1

Moldova

4

18

9

272

169

21

Mongolia

12

163

188

240

156

27

Nigeria

25

7

9

26

7

15

Pakistan

181

54

30

31

55

150

Romania

12

214

907

266

44

10

Russia

52

125

1,182

1,501

3,054

5,567

Sierra Leone

9

3

1

4

5

-

Somalia

49

9

8

6

3

22

Sri Lanka

641

93

44

24

36

32

Sudan

9

6

6

11

4

1

Syria

7

16

7

10

1

4

Turkey

19

19

9

9

6

22

Ukraine

29

29

70

145

103

85

Uzbekistan

6

5

12

7

8

7

Vietnam

10

26

161

197

48

25

Yugoslavia

423

144

10

6

-

1

Stateless

22

26

19

11

10

12

All other

84

117

93

74

83

80