[30/05/2018]

Country of Citizenship	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
China, Peoples Republic of	1,979	5,075	8,643	5,074	8,719
Vietnam	61	117	299	237	716
Hong Kong	71	250	426	276	519
Iran	208	281	290	423	495
Malaysia	69	171	412	424	420
Bangladesh	9	20	76	182	277
India	25	44	64	70	148
Taiwan	6	50	50	66	104
South Africa, Republic of	22	49	61	106	101
United States of America	5	17	51	49	101
Pakistan	51	38	72	82	96
Macau Spec Admin Rgn	<5	23	69	13	76
Afghanistan	25	49	17	40	69
United Kingdom	22	44	79	79	51
Sri Lanka	8	24	28	36	47
Singapore	24	60	54	64	43
Korea, Republic of	37	34	46	28	39
Indonesia	<5	11	42	21	38
Iraq	5	6	7	25	27
Canada	0	6	16	11	22
Russian Federation	11	22	23	45	21
Unknown	24	14	5	<5	19
Japan	25	13	36	17	18
Kenya	0	<5	38	18	16
Egypt, Arab Republic of	12	17	9	0	12
Venezuela	0	0	5	<5	12
Cambodia the Kingdom of	0	10	40	5	9
Stateless	0	0	0	<5	9
Mozambique	0	0	0	0	8
Solomon Islands	0	0	<5	10	8
Turkey	0	<5	<5	0	8
Belgium	0	<5	0	0	7
Argentina	<5	9	33	9	6
Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	6
Hungary	0	0	0	5	6
Netherlands	5	<5	7	6	6
Poland	<5	0	0	6	6
Switzerland	<5	11	0	7	6
Israel	6	<5	7	6	5
Jordan	6	<5	11	<5	5
Kazakhstan	0	0	<5	5	5
Latvia	0	0	0	0	5
Austria	0	0	0	0	<5
Brunei Darussallam	0	0	<5	0	<5
Chile	0	0	<5	<5	<5
Colombia	0	0	0	0	<5
Dominica	0	0	0	0	<5
Estonia	0	<5	0	<5	<5
Fiji	0	<5	<5	9	<5
France	<5	<5	27	<5	<5
Germany, Federal Rep. Of	<5	0	<5	8	<5
Irish Republic	0	0	0	0	<5
Italy	<5	13	6	<5	<5
Lao Peoples Democratic Rep	0	0	0	0	<5
Lebanon	0	8	25	33	<5
Malawi	0	0	0	0	<5
Maldives	0	0	0	0	<5
Mexico	0	0	<5	0	<5
Mongolia	0	0	0	0	<5
Myanmar	<5	7	<5	<5	<5
New Zealand	10	9	6	6	<5
Norway	0	0	0	0	<5
Palestinian Authority	0	0	0	<5	<5
Papua New Guinea	0	6	0	0	<5
Portugal	7	<5	10	8	<5
St Kitts-Nevis	0	0	0	8	<5
Sudan	0	0	0	0	<5
Sweden	<5	<5	0	<5	<5
Syria	8	0	6	6	<5
Thailand	0	0	10	7	<5
Tonga	0	0	0	0	<5
Ukraine	0	5	5	0	<5
Albania	0	0	0	5	0
Algeria	0	0	0	<5	0
Azerbaijan	0	0	<5	<5	0
Bolivia	0	0	<5	0	0
Bosnia-Herzegovina	0	0	<5	0	0
Brazil	0	0	0	7	0
Chad	0	0	<5	0	0
Cyprus	0	<5	<5	<5	0
Czechoslovakia	<5	0	0	0	0
Dem Republic Of Timor-Leste	6	0	7	0	0
Denmark	0	0	0	<5	0
Fmr Yugo Rep of Macedonia	0	0	<5	0	0
Greece	0	<5	6	0	0
Jamaica	0	0	<5	0	0
Libya	0	0	10	0	0
Marshall Islands	0	0	<5	<5	0
New Caledonia	0	0	0	<5	0
Philippines	0	9	<5	12	0
Romania	<5	0	0	<5	0
Serbia	<5	0	0	0	0
Spain	0	0	<5	0	0
Tadjikistan	0	0	0	<5	0
Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	<5	0
Uzbekistan	0	0	<5	11	0
Vanuatu	0	0	<5	6	0
Peru	0	0	<5	0	0
Total	2,780	6,555	11,184	7,613	12,380

Source: Department of Home Affairs, 2018 (RFI 20594.01)