August 2, 2005
26 Tammuz, 5765

Aliyah Statistics for the FSU 01-07/2005

	2004	2005	2005/04	Percent of Total Aliyah 2005	1989-2005
	Jan-Jul	Jan-Jul	%	%
RUSSIA, BELARUS & BALTICS	2,215	2,189	-1%	51%	403,194
RUSSIA	1,907	1,802	-6%	42%	308,390
BELARUS	243	322	33%	7%	72,911
BALTICS	65	65	0%	2%	21,893
UKRAINE & MOLDOVA	1,748	1,278	-27%	29%	364,161
UKRAINE	1,582	1,153	-27%	27%	314,538
MOLDOVA	166	125	-25%	3%	49,623
CAUCASUS & CENTRAL ASIA	1,197	838	-30%	19%	180,091
CAUCASUS	339	260	-23%	6%	59,233
GEORGIA	138	148	7%	3%	22,426
ARMENIA	19	20	5%	0%	2,103
AZERBAIJAN	182	92	-49%	2%	34,704
CENTRAL ASIA	858	578	-33%	13%	120,858
KYRGYZSTAN	29	26	-10%	1%	5,319
TURKMENISTAN	20	7	-65%	0%	2,621
KAZAKHSTAN	219	117	-47%	3%	19,382
TAJIKISTAN	6	14	133%	0%	10,851
UZBEKISTAN	584	414	-29%	10%	82,685
Unknown	5	28	460%	1%	18,880
TOTAL FSU	5,165	4,333	-16%	100%	966,326

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