Region/Country 1882–
1918
1919–
1948
1948–
1951
1952–
1960
1961–
1971
1972–
1979
1980–
1989
1990–
2001
2002–
2010
2011–
2013
Total
Africa 11,180 96,272 143,706 165,372 20,109 28,822 55,560 31,419 7,755 560,195
Algeria 357 3,810 3,433 12,857 2,137 1,830 1,682 1,967 167 27,035
Egypt and Sudan 4,020[61] 16,514 [62] 17,521[63] 2,963 535 372 202 166 14 42,307
Ethiopia, Eritrea and Abyssinia 10 59 98 306 16,965 45,126 23,613 6,368 92,840[64][65][66][67]
Libya 1,300 [68][69] 30,972 2,079 2,466 219 67 94 36 5 37,138
Morocco 1,500[70] 30,750[71] 95,945 130,507 7,780 3,809 3,276 2,113 95 275,261
South Africa 259 683 995 4,270 6,443 3,739 3,229 1,546 531 21,695[64][65][66][67]
Tunisia 1,200[72] 13,293 23,569 11,566 2,148 1,942 1,607 1,871 250 57,594
Zimbabwe 37 22 145 393 82 26 22 3 722
Other (Africa) 1,907 203 83 500 148 16 318 85 19 2,702
Americas and Oceania 9,872 4,735 8,584 53,492 53,706 43,650 44,302 48,660 10,445 277,446
Argentina 238 1,148 3,921 15,203 15,235 11,359 11,673 10,147 766 69,690[64][65][66][67]
Australia 116 107 742 1,146 835 977 365 188 4,565[67][73]
Bolivia 0 0 199 94 80 53 84 11 521
Brazil 304 763 2,601 1,763 1,763 2,356 2,037 480 12,271[67][73]
Canada 316 236 276 2,169 2,178 1,867 1,963 1,700 638 11,673[67][73]
Central America (other countries which are not specifically mentioned here) 17 43 129 104 8 153 157 611
Chile 48 401 1,790 1,180 1,040 683 589 82 5,813
Colombia 0 0 415 552 475 657 965 206 3,270
Cuba 14 88 405 79 42 629 606 118 1,981
Ecuador 0 0 40 38 44 67 69 9 267
Mexico 48 168 736 861 993 1,049 697 238 4,790 [67][73]
New Zealand 70 13 91 129 124 142 42 9 620
Panama 0 0 64 43 48 50 40 10 255
Peru 0 0 269 243 358 612 1,539 116 3,137
South America (other countries which are not specifically mentioned here) 42 194 89 62 0 66 96 549
United States 9,000[74] 2,265 2,182 26,261 27,552 22,408 21,727 27,199 7,558 146,152[64][65][66][67]
Uruguay 66 425 1,844 2,199 2,014 983 1,555 194 9,280[67][73]
Venezuela 0 0 297 245 180 418 602 123 1,865
Other (Americas/Oceania) 318 313 0 148 3 8 44 12 238 1,084
Asia 80,027 242,200 37,119 56,208 19,456 91,433 184,245 22,845 2,271 736,354
Afghanistan 1,600[75] 2,303 1,106 516 132 57 21 13 5,648
Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 1,935 [76] 312[76] 71 2,278
Azerbaijan 0 0 0 1,800 [77] 25,000 [78] 33,453[76] 2,142[76] 295 62,691
Burma 0 0 0 147 83 383 138 784
China 5,000 [79][a] 217 96 43 78 277 84 21 5,320
Cyprus 21 35 28 21 12 32 0 3 151
Georgia 0 0 0 1,700 [80][81] 35,000[82][83][84] 21,134[76] 4,111 [76] 586 61,531
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka 250 2,176 5,380 13,110 3,497 1,539 2,055 961 68 29,036
Iran 1,760[85] 6,000[85] 21,910 15,699 19,502 9,550 8,487 4,326 1,097 97 88,428
Iraq 8,000[86] 123,371 2,989 3,509 939 111 1,325 130 8 140,374
Israel 411 868 1,021 507 288 1,148 1,448 201 5,892
Japan 0 9 25 34 57 98 32 2 257
Jordan 6 9 23 6 9 15 0 0 68
Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 17,764 2,498 298 20,558
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 4,660 608 103 5,366
Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines 101 46 54 40 60 205 42 10 551
Lebanon 235 846 2,208 564 179 96 34 5 4,167
Mongolia, South Korea, and North Korea 0 0 4 5 10 100 36 155
Saudi Arabia 177 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 186
Syria 10,292[87][b] 2,678 1,870 2,138 842 995 1,664 23 0 20,502
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 10,427 141 19 10,577[76]
Turkey 13,000[88][89] 34,547 6,871 14,073 3,118 2,088 1,311 817 244 75,346
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 2,268 708 48 3,007[76]
Uzbekistan 1,500[90] 19,500[90][c] 78,905[76] 8,570 [76] 582 109,057
Yemen 5,000[91] 18,000[92] 48,315 1,170 1,066 51 17 683 103 69 74,474
Other (Asia) 13,135 947 0 60 21 45 205 30 55 14,498
Europe 471,477 330,282 99,564 168,488 190,336 75,852 958,834 119,628 32,412 2,446,873
Albania 0 5 8 0 0 376 0 0 389
Austria 18,400[93][94][95] 2,632 610 1,021 595 356 368 150 37 24,137
Belgium 521[96] 291 394 1,112 847 788 1,053 873 517 6,396
Bulgaria 10,000[97][98] 37,260 1,680 794 118 180 3,999 341 62 54,434
Czechoslovakia 26,700[99][100][101] 18,788 783 2,754 888 462 527 217 33 51,952
France 1,637 3,378 2,286 20,162 12,148 12,827 16,882 21,351 7,041 98,121 [64][65][66][67]
Germany 64,600[102][103][104] 8,210 1,386 3,175 2,080 1,759 2,442 866 197 84,727
Greece 17,000 [105][106] 2,131 676 514 326 147 127 48 18 20,985
Hungary 25,300[107][108][109][h] 14,324 9,819 2,601 1,100 1,005 2,444 730 398 57,721
Ireland 14 46 145 157 233 136 54 5 790
Italy 1,554 1,305 414 940 713 510 656 389 231 6,712
Luxembourg 30 15 15 7 12 0 4 2 85
Netherlands 1,208 1,077 646 1,470 1,170 1,239 997 365 76 8,248
Nordic Countries 85 131 886 903 1,178 1,145 297 126 4,731
Thereof: Denmark 27 46 298 292 411 389 85 17 1,565
Thereof: Finland 9 20 172 184 222 212 33 12 864
Thereof: Norway 17 14 46 55 126 120 19 5 402
Thereof: Sweden 32 51 378 372 419 424 160 37 1,873
Poland 10,000[110] 180,700 106,414 39,618 14,706 6,218 2,807 3,064 764 97 363,441
Portugal 16 22 66 56 55 47 28 11 301
Romania 1,000[111] 49,800[107][112] [i] 117,950 32,462 86,184 18,418 14,607 6,254 711 149 327,835
Soviet Union (Europe) 70,000[113] 52,300 4,916 6,096 22,699 135,909 28,763 908,205 86,154 21,709 1,336,801
Thereof: Russia 22,600[114] 291,231[76] 41,599[76] 7,223 362,653
Thereof: Belarus 4,500[114] 70,409[76] 4,305[76] 611 79,825
Thereof: Baltic Countries 37,300[114] 21,174[76] 1,018[76] 59,492
(1): Lithuania 24,500[115][116] 6,774[117] N/A 40 31,314
(2): Latvia 16,000 [118][119] 12,661[120] N/A 124 28,785
Thereof: Ukraine 47,700[114] 299,821[76] 26,677[76] 4,099 378,297
Thereof: Moldova 24,200[114] 48,261[76] 2,555[76] 426 75,442
Spain 80 169 406 327 321 269 178 151 1,916
Switzerland 131 253 886 634 706 981 585 130 4,306
United Kingdom 1,574 2,306 1,730 7,444 6,844 7,754 6,634 5,265 1,561 41,115[64][65][66][67]
Yugoslavia 1,944 7,661 320 322 126 140 2,029 162 20 12,724
Other (Europe) 2,329 1,281 3 173 32 0 198 93 60 4,169
Not known 52,982 20,014 3,307 2,265 392 469 422 0 0 79,851
Total 72,260[121][c] 572,556 674,089 288,973 443,560 283,607 239,757 1,242,941 222,552 52,883 4,020,918