East Portal security entrance to ORNL. (KNS photo/Michael Patrick)

As noted in a previous post, China topped the list of foreign visits to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2015, but all told more than 100 countries were represented about the 7,863 approved visits.

Here are those countries and the number of visits from each:

 Country                Visits

Albania                 2

Algeria                  42

Argentina            28

Armenia               4

Australia              91

Austria                  61

Azerbaijan          6

Bangladesh         47

Belarus                 7

Belgium                40

Bharain                 2

Bolivia  4

Bosnia-Herz.      2

Brazil     139

Bulgaria                10

Cambodia            4

Cameroon           12

Canada                 420

Chile      5

China     1,859

Colombia             37

Congo Dem Rep               1

Costa Rica            2

Cote d’Ivoire      2

Croatia                  3

Cyprus                  5

Czech Republic                  47

Denmark             40

Ecuador                9

Egypt     46

El Salvador          2

England                7

Eritrea  1

Estonia                 11

Ethiopia                13

Finland                 30

France                  245

Georgia                10

Germany             422

Ghana  7

Greece                 33

Guatemala          3

Honduras            1

Hong Kong          31

Hungary               17

India      813

Indonesia            17

Iraq        2

Ireland                  41

Israel     28

Italy       168

Japan    562

Jordan                  10

Kazakhstan         1

Kenya  32

Kuwait                  5

Kyrgyzstan          8

Latvia    3

Lebanon              25

Lithuania              11

Malawi                 1

Malaysia              35

Mexico                 117

Moldova              21

Mongolia             2

Morocco              9

Nepal    74

Netherlands       64

New Zealand     16

Niger     4

Nigeria                  39

Norway                57

Pakistan               18

Peru      3

Philippines          24

Poland                  64

Portugal               11

Romania              17

Russian Fed.       108

Saudi Arabia       8

Serbia  6

Seychelles           1

Singapore            16

Slovakia                14

Slovenia               25

South Africa       57

South Korea       429

Spain     105

Sri Lanka              28

Suriname             1

Sweden               127

Switzerland        40

Taiwan                  93

Tajikistan             4

Tanzania              1

Thailand               14

Togo      9

Trinidad,Tobago               11

Tunisia                  5

Turkey                  95

Uganda                8

Ukraine                37

United Kingdom               477

Uruguay               4

Uzbekistan         2

Venezuela          5

Vietnam               19

Yemen                  1

Zimbabwe           1

 Total Visits          7,863

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