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Total Departures: Country of Birth by Category of Traveller for the Financial Year 2007-08

Country of Birth Permanent Departure Long Term Resident Departure Long Term Visitor Departure Short Term Resident Departure Short Term Visitor Departure Total Departure
Afghanistan 79 48 81 4 181 655 5 044
Albania 7 6 33 603 422 1 071
Algeria 7 15 22 938 1 690 2 671
Angola 2 4 5 214 312 537
Argentina 82 71 112 4 801 7 307 12 373
Australia (includes external territories) 39 144 65 974 7 041 3 297 152 172 344 3 581 655
Austria 63 96 149 6 005 18 729 25 041
Bahrain 18 20 24 550 1 354 1 966
Bangladesh 38 148 1 341 8 889 4 491 14 907
Barbados 2 1 7 252 565 828
Belgium 45 63 136 3 274 14 895 18 413
Bermuda 7 4 2 310 548 871
Bolivia 7 14 7 349 401 778
Bosnia and Herzegovina 80 89 72 8 267 1 285 9 793
Botswana 1 6 187 154 604 952
Brazil 61 98 1 637 3 655 23 671 29 122
Brunei Darussalam 28 59 58 2 633 5 083 7 861
Bulgaria 19 46 56 1 321 1 839 3 281
Burma (Myanmar) 41 75 152 5 749 3 183 9 200
Cambodia 150 172 233 10 192 6 390 17 138
Canada 516 394 1 580 22 905 108 176 133 571
Chile 136 151 211 8 086 9 180 17 765
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4 480 2 855 17 621 159 355 411 668 595 979
Colombia 42 52 665 2 410 4 951 8 120
Congo, Democratic Republic of 1 4 13 140 1 010 1 168
Cook Islands 63 24 104 3 801 4 212 8 204
Costa Rica 2 2 9 112 495 619
Croatia 129 121 67 8 898 1 994 11 209
Cuba 4 5 14 216 1 048 1 286
Cyprus 92 71 45 5 475 2 580 8 263
Czech Republic 18 28 43 1 026 4 092 5 207
Denmark 55 84 175 4 594 26 348 31 256
East Timor 31 48 95 2 487 1 666 4 327
Ecuador 10 19 37 681 676 1 422
Egypt 138 107 327 10 593 4 203 15 368
El Salvador 16 54 24 1 902 664 2 660
Eritrea 11 12 8 593 195 819
Estonia 7 7 46 382 1 853 2 295
Ethiopia 25 41 71 1 742 791 2 671
Fiji 247 357 716 45 590 35 934 82 844
Finland 38 44 135 2 772 12 264 15 252
Former Czechoslovakia 43 86 667 5 272 5 626 11 695
Former Serbia and Montenegro 253 292 261 21 061 4 863 26 730
Former USSR 28 60 436 5 002 14 906 20 431
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 54 87 120 7 111 1 632 9 004
France 265 226 1 121 12 382 102 318 116 312
French Polynesia 6 4 12 161 3 010 3 193
Germany 424 552 1 840 42 637 171 716 217 169
Ghana 4 19 58 887 763 1 731
Greece 254 347 167 22 794 7 711 31 273
Guatemala 2 2 6 296 395 701
Guyana 0 3 6 256 741 1 006
Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2 211 2 432 2 714 69 489 96 586 173 431
Hungary 54 76 198 6 136 6 212 12 677
Iceland 2 5 19 447 982 1 454
India 670 1 781 13 244 105 313 138 947 259 956
Indonesia 627 630 3 491 45 622 92 245 142 615
Iran 199 178 864 10 847 9 234 21 322
Iraq 270 92 175 8 401 3 446 12 384
Ireland 479 499 2 283 27 411 75 494 106 166
Israel 171 153 337 7 256 13 455 21 372
Italy 241 261 619 36 010 56 365 93 495
Jamaica 6 8 14 496 1 268 1 791
Japan 421 531 4 699 23 739 522 441 551 831
Jordan 51 50 158 2 266 1 318 3 843
Kazakhstan 4 12 12 185 671 884
Kenya 52 103 391 5 393 5 499 11 438
Kiribati 1 9 24 243 1 370 1 647
Korea 655 674 8 128 25 626 250 231 285 315
Kuwait 42 56 70 1 708 4 060 5 936
Laos 56 51 127 4 355 2 141 6 730
Latvia 1 8 31 1 148 1 354 2 542
Lebanon 367 319 558 21 587 8 126 30 957
Libya 14 20 51 592 428 1 105
Lithuania 7 10 32 569 1 022 1 640
Luxembourg 2 4 10 59 724 798
Macau (SAR of China) 37 38 115 1 683 3 029 4 902
Madagascar 2 3 5 138 435 583
Malawi 6 4 43 419 557 1 029
Malaysia 684 1 803 3 206 98 000 182 806 286 499
Maldives 0 2 49 133 550 733
Malta 71 61 71 8 820 2 983 12 006
Mauritius 38 100 415 7 363 6 401 14 318
Mexico 13 29 176 1 113 8 984 10 314
Moldova 1 0 7 341 177 527
Mongolia 0 2 68 150 538 758
Montenegro 1 0 0 1 107 109
Morocco 11 19 33 966 1 683 2 712
Mozambique 4 4 39 328 410 785
Namibia 6 11 20 486 619 1 142
Nauru 6 5 12 42 1 664 1 729
Nepal 6 43 566 2 238 2 297 5 150
Netherlands 252 263 685 27 031 66 893 95 124
New Caledonia 13 11 26 1 067 22 651 23 767
New Zealand 7 820 2 356 4 114 367 885 861 925 1 244 099
Nicaragua 2 0 2 381 148 533
Nigeria 12 44 135 1 383 1 273 2 846
Niue 20 4 17 591 1 066 1 697
Norway 45 68 251 1 460 17 882 19 706
Oman 8 24 59 193 1 982 2 266
Pakistan 93 181 1 044 11 286 7 978 20 582
Panama 6 3 6 58 554 627
Papua New Guinea 211 339 676 14 663 22 454 38 343
Peru 36 41 214 2 583 2 862 5 736
Philippines 403 826 3 113 63 622 56 979 124 944
Poland 172 325 621 17 459 14 608 33 185
Portugal 57 82 72 5 813 4 994 11 018
Puerto Rico 0 1 8 102 553 665
Qatar 7 22 15 237 1 412 1 693
Réunion 0 0 9 135 1 381 1 525
Romania 38 87 181 5 769 4 818 10 892
Russian Federation 42 111 134 5 558 6 414 12 260
Samoa 241 94 433 12 423 10 665 23 856
Saudi Arabia 27 38 447 863 9 906 11 282
Serbia 0 0 6 21 1 412 1 439
Seychelles 5 15 46 882 471 1 419
Sierra Leone 3 4 7 371 239 624
Singapore 600 1 162 987 42 375 164 198 209 321
Slovakia 9 23 55 1 129 1 658 2 874
Slovenia 12 14 26 1 183 1 956 3 190
Solomon Islands 11 33 85 806 5 309 6 244
Somalia 15 19 37 1 439 523 2 034
South Africa 589 1 134 2 149 72 926 82 132 158 929
Spain 101 92 126 4 005 21 805 26 130
Sri Lanka 187 580 1 721 37 214 21 564 61 267
Sudan 60 36 47 2 972 824 3 939
Sweden 120 136 448 5 032 39 062 44 798
Switzerland 213 157 292 7 975 40 012 48 649
Syria 52 40 76 3 406 973 4 548
Taiwan 1 006 578 1 186 31 589 88 816 123 175
Tanzania 4 17 53 1 695 1 291 3 060
Thailand 435 406 3 532 19 286 69 767 93 426
Tokelau 7 3 18 241 364 633
Tonga 168 43 242 6 216 6 383 13 051
Trinidad and Tobago 7 11 26 925 1 008 1 977
Tunisia 1 9 11 216 532 769
Turkey 157 322 411 10 802 5 783 17 474
Uganda 8 12 55 1 050 1 307 2 431
Ukraine 27 54 79 2 978 2 598 5 736
United Arab Emirates 87 118 93 1 248 9 802 11 348
United Kingdom 6 047 6 519 12 027 463 816 796 578 1 284 986
United States of America 1 122 976 2 579 44 075 397 128 445 880
Uruguay 37 37 36 2 903 1 256 4 269
Vanuatu 11 11 20 698 3 910 4 650
Venezuela 6 24 63 836 1 961 2 889
Vietnam 1 338 873 2 869 81 424 36 553 123 056
Zambia 26 65 210 2 377 2 441 5 118
Zimbabwe 118 229 685 10 560 8 508 20 100
Not stated 4 17 16 1 985 3 733 5 755
All other countries 61 124 296 4 014 8 444 12 939
Total 76 923 102 066 124 006 5 699 456 5 670 001 11 672 452

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