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Appendix 1.6 Classification of the countries of citizenship for the 2011 National Household Survey
2011 NHS CLASSIFICATION
- Canada
- Canada, by birth
- Canada, by naturalization
- Other countries of citizenship
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- AustraliaFootnote 1
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- BoliviaFootnote 2
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China, People's Republic ofFootnote 3
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo, Republic of the
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- DenmarkFootnote 4
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- FinlandFootnote 5
- FranceFootnote 6
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- IranFootnote 7
- Iraq
- Ireland, Republic of
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, NorthFootnote 8
- Korea, SouthFootnote 9
- KosovoFootnote 10
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- LaosFootnote 11
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- LibyaFootnote 12
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia, Republic ofFootnote 13
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- MoldovaFootnote 14
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- NetherlandsFootnote 15
- New ZealandFootnote 16
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- NorwayFootnote 17
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa, Republic of
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- SyriaFootnote 18
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- TanzaniaFootnote 19
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom - British citizenFootnote 20
- United Kingdom - Dependencies and otherFootnote 21
- United StatesFootnote 22
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- VenezuelaFootnote 23
- Viet NamFootnote 24
- West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)Footnote 25
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Other countries of citizenship, n.i.e.Footnote 26
- StatelessFootnote 27
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of Australia. This includes responses of 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands,' 'Christmas Island' and 'Norfolk Island.'
- Footnote 2
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The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.
- Footnote 3
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Includes responses of 'People's Republic of China,' 'Macao' and 'Hong Kong.' Macao and Hong Kong are special administrative regions of China. Also includes persons born in Hong Kong, who reported a citizenship of 'Stateless.'
- Footnote 4
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of Denmark. This includes responses such as 'Faroe Islands' and 'Greenland.'
- Footnote 5
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of Finland. This includes responses such as 'Åland Islands.'
- Footnote 6
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of France. This includes responses such as 'French Polynesia,' ' French Guiana,' 'Guadeloupe,' 'Martinique,' 'Mayotte,' 'New Caledonia,' 'Réunion,' 'Saint Barthélemy,' 'Saint Martin (French part),' 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon,' 'Wallis and Futuna' and 'French dependency.'
- Footnote 7
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The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Footnote 8
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The official name of North Korea is Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 9
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The official name of South Korea is Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 10
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The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.
- Footnote 11
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The official name of Laos is Lao People's Democratic Republic.
- Footnote 12
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The official name of Libya is Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
- Footnote 13
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Known as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the United Nations and other international bodies.
- Footnote 14
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The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.
- Footnote 15
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of Netherlands. This includes responses such as 'Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba,' 'Aruba,' 'Curaçao' and 'Sint Maarten (Dutch part).'
- Footnote 16
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of New Zealand. This includes responses such as 'Cook Islands,' 'Niue' and 'Tokelau.'
- Footnote 17
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of Norway. This includes responses such as 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island.'
- Footnote 18
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The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.
- Footnote 19
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The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.
- Footnote 20
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This includes responses such as 'British,' 'British citizen,' 'Britain,' 'Scotland,' 'Wales,' 'Northern Ireland,' 'Isle of Man,' 'Guernsey,' 'Jersey' and 'Channels Island.' The official name of United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- Footnote 21
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of the United Kingdom. This includes responses such as 'Anguilla,' 'Bermuda,' 'British Indian Ocean Territory,' 'Cayman Islands,' 'Falkland Islands,' 'Gibraltar,' 'Montserrat,' 'Pitcairn,' 'Saint Helena,' 'Turks and Caicos Islands,' 'British Virgin Islands,' 'British dependency' and 'British Overseas citizenship.' This excludes responses of 'Scotland,' 'Wales,' 'Northern Ireland,' 'Isle of Man,' 'Guernsey,' 'Jersey' and 'Channel Islands.' The official name of United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- Footnote 22
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Includes any dependency or associated overseas territory of the United States. This includes responses such as 'American Samoa,' 'Guam,' 'Northern Mariana Islands,' 'Puerto Rico,' 'United States Minor Outlying Islands,' 'Virgin Islands, United States' and 'American dependency.'
- Footnote 23
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The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- Footnote 24
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The official name of Viet Nam is Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
- Footnote 25
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This includes responses such as 'West Bank,' 'Gaza Strip' and 'Palestine.' West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate Palestine.
- Footnote 26
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Includes countries such as Andorra; Equatorial Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Holy See (Vatican City State); Kiribati; Lesotho; Liechtenstein; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Federated States of Micronesia; Monaco; Nauru; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; San Marino; Sao Tome and Principe; Solomon Islands; Timor-Leste; Tonga; Tuvalu; and Vanuatu.
- Footnote 27
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Includes responses of 'Stateless' and 'Western Sahara.' This excludes responses of persons who reported 'Hong Kong' as their place of birth and who reported 'Stateless' as their citizenship. These responses are included in 'People's Republic of China.'
Abbreviation
n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
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