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Data through February 2026 · 108 months published since March 2017

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Diversity Visa lottery

Republic of

How many people from Republic of entered the lottery and how many were selected, every year with data.

Source: U.S. Department of State, Diversity Visa Program statistics · Unofficial

Entries received · DV 2020
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People from Republic of who registered (not their family members).

Entries by year

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8.7K8.9K7.2K––––––––––––
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Every year

“Entries” are the people who registered. “With family” adds spouses and children listed on their entries. “Rough odds” is entries divided by people selected, a guide only: nobody's own chance can be worked out from it.

DV yearEntriesWith familySelectedRough odds
DV 20097,22415,783––
DV 20088,85719,552––
DV 20078,69719,500––

A dash means the State Department did not publish that number. A country marked “N/A” was not eligible that year.

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