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Diversity Visa Lottery 2008 (DV-2008) Results
The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2008 diversity lottery. The diversity lottery was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and makes available *50,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Approximately 96,000 applicants have been registered and notified and may now make an application for an immigrant visa. Since it is likely that some of the first *50,000 persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa issuance, this larger figure should insure that all DV-2008 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2008 (October 1, 2007 until September 30, 2008).
The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign-state chargeability of those registered for the DV-2008 program:
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AFRICA
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ALGERIA
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1,926
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ERITREA
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878
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ANGOLA
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27
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ETHIOPIA
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5,241
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BENIN
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438
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GABON
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37
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BOTSWANA
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22
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GAMBIA, THE
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57
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BURKINA FASO
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186
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GHANA
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5,914
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BURUNDI
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39
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GUINEA
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463
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CAMEROON
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3,152
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GUINEA-BISSAU
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4
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CAPE VERDE
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13
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KENYA
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4,547
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.
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8
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LESOTHO
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4
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CHAD
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47
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LIBERIA
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2,148
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COMOROS
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5
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LIBYA
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88
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CONGO
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1,206
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MADAGASCAR
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43
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CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
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111
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MALAWI
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53
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COTE D’IVOIRE
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614
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MALI
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171
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DJIBOUTI
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20
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MAURITANIA
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27
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EGYPT
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4,392
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MAURITIUS
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62
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA
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7
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MOROCCO
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5,017
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NAMIBIA
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12
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MOZAMBIQUE
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8
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NIGER
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165
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SOUTH AFRICA
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713
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NIGERIA
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8,773
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SUDAN
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1,147
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RWANDA
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138
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SWAZILAND
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4
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SENEGAL
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917
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TANZANIA
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218
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SIERRA LEONE
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1,137
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TOGO
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1,509
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SOMALIA
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214
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TUNISIA
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150
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UGANDA
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370
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WESTERN SAHARA
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1
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ZAMBIA
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214
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ZIMBABWE
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167
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ASIA
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AFGHANISTAN
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57
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LEBANON
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190
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BAHRAIN
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11
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MALAYSIA
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87
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BANGLADESH
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5,983
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MALDIVES
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0
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BHUTAN
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10
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MONGOLIA
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259
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BRUNEI
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2
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NEPAL
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2,562
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BURMA
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653
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NORTH KOREA
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4
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CAMBODIA
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187
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OMAN
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5
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HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION
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69
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QATAR
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6
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INDONESIA
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266
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SAUDI ARABIA
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61
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IRAN
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1,435
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SINGAPORE
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70
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IRAQ
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164
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SRI LANKA
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675
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ISRAEL
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150
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SYRIA
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94
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JAPAN
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382
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TAIWAN
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446
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JORDAN
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56
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THAILAND
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108
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KUWAIT
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46
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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27
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LAOS
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7
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YEMEN
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70
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EUROPE
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ALBANIA
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2,862
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GEORGIA
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516
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ANDORRA
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1
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GERMANY
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1,469
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ARMENIA
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1,130
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GREECE
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77
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AUSTRIA
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70
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GUADELOUPE
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4
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AZERBAIJAN
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271
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HUNGARY
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182
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BELARUS
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1,072
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ICELAND
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13
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BELGIUM
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89
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IRELAND
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162
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BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
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73
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ITALY
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363
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BULGARIA
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1,567
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KAZAKHSTAN
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304
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CROATIA
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41
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KYRGYZSTAN
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180
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CYPRUS
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16
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LATVIA
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75
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CZECH REPUBLIC
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158
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LIECHTENSTEIN
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0
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DENMARK
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58
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LITHUANIA
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334
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ESTONIA
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37
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LUXEMBOURG
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12
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FINLAND
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59
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MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF
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343
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FRANCE
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603
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MALTA
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5
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FRENCH GUIANA
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6
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MOLDOVA
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474
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FRENCH POLYNESIA
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6
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MONACO
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4
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FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
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0
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MONTENEGRO
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22
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MACAU
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19
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NETHERLANDS
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123
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MARTINIQUE
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4
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SERBIA
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557
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NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
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18
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SLOVENIA
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12
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NETHERLANDS ARUBA
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8
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SPAIN
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135
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NEW CALEDONIA
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0
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SWEDEN
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118
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NORTHERN IRELAND
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34
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SWITZERLAND
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132
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NORWAY
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43
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TAJIKISTAN
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126
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PORTUGAL
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48
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TURKEY
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2,188
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REUNION
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0
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TURKMENISTAN
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124
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ROMANIA
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1,526
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UKRAINE
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5,018
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SAN MARINO
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0
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UZBEKISTAN
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3,101
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SLOVAKIA
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157
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WESTERN SAHARA
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0
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NORTH AMERICA
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BAHAMAS, THE
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17
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OCEANIA
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AUSTRALIA
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649
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COOK ISLANDS
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0
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CHRISTMAS ISLANDS
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0
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NAURU
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1
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FIJI
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630
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NEW ZEALAND
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260
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KIRIBATI
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9
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NIUE
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5
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MARSHALL ISLANDS
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0
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PALAU
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7
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MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF
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0
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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4
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SAMOA
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27
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TUVALU
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0
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SOLOMON ISLAND
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2
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VANUATU
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0
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TONGA
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120
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SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
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1
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DOMINICA
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9
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ARGENTINA
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106
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ECUADOR
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217
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BARBADOS
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17
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GRENADA
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1
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BELIZE
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14
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GUATEMALA
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74
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BOLIVIA
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148
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GUYANA
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24
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BRAZIL
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0
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HONDURAS
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42
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CHILE
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26
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NICARAGUA
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39
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COSTA RICA
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22
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PANAMA
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17
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CUBA
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691
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PARAGUAY
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26
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PERU
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0
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SURINAME
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3
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SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
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1
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
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82
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SAINT LUCIA
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5
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URUGUAY
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23
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SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
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1
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VENEZUELA
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256
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Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2008: Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R. and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
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