Table20 Changes in the estimated number of overstayers by major nationality (place of origin) (Peo

Date Nationality (Place of Origin)	July 1 1990	May 1 1991	May 1 1992	May 1 1993	May 1 1994	May 1 1995	May 1 1996	January 1 1997	January 1 1998	January 1 1999	January 1 2000	January 1 2001	January 1 2002	January 1 2003	January 1 2004	January 1 2005
Total	106,497	159,828	278,892	298,646	293,800	286,704	284,500	282,986	276,810	271,048	251,697	232,121	224,067	220,552	219,418	207,299
R.O.Korea	13,876	25,848	35,687	39,455	43,369	47,544	51,580	52,387	52,123	62,577	60,693	56,023	55,164	49,874	46,425	43,151
China	10,039	17,535	25,737	33,312	39,738	39,511	39,140	38,296	37,590	34,800	32,896	30,975	27,582	29,676	33,522	32,683
Philippines	23,805	27,228	31,974	35,392	37,544	39,763	41,997	42,547	42,608	40,420	36,379	31,666	29,649	30,100	31,428	30,619
Thailand	11,523	19,093	44,354	55,383	49,992	44,794	41,280	39,513	37,046	30,065	23,503	19,500	16,925	15,693	14,334	12,787
Malaysia	7,550	14,413	38,529	30,840	20,313	14,511	11,525	10,390	10,141	9,989	9,701	9,651	10,097	9,442	8,476	7,431
Indonesia	315	582	1,955	2,969	3,198	3,205	3,481	3,758	4,692	4,930	4,947	5,315	6,393	6,546	7,246	7,169
China(Taiwan)	4,775	5,241	6,729	7,457	7,871	7,974	8,502	9,409	9,430	9,437	9,243	8,849	8,990	9,126	7,611	6,760
Peru	242	487	2,783	9,038	12,918	15,301	13,836	12,942	11,606	10,320	9,158	8,502	7,744	7,322	7,230	6,624
Brazil	664	944	2,703	2,210	2,603	3,104	3,763	5,026	4,334	3,288	3,266	3,578	3,697	3,865	4,728	4,905
Sri Lanka	1,668	2,281	3,217	3,763	3,395	2,980	2,783	2,751	3,071	3,734	3,907	3,489	3,730	3,909	4,242	4,209
Others	32,040	46,176	85,224	78,827	72,859	68,017	66,613	65,967	64,169	61,488	58,004	54,573	54,096	54,999	54,176	50,961

The changes in the number of overstayers by nationality (place of origin) were as follows. The number of overstayers from Thailand steadily decreased from May 1, 1993. The number of those from R.O. Korea increased almost every year until January 1, 1999, from when it started to decline. The number of those from Malaysia and Peru gradually decreased due to a measure to promote the acquisition of visas, which was taken on June 1, 1993 and on July 15, 1995 respectively. The number of those from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Iran also steadily decreased, falling out of the top ten countries as of January 1, 2005. This was due to the fact that the mutual visa exemption agreement with each of the three countries was temporarily suspended. The number of overstayers from China continued to decrease from 1994 until 2002. Then, it started to increase from 2003 and further increased in 2004, but edged down again in 2005. The number of overstayers from the Philippines has been decreasing since 1998, but it started to increase in 2003, and continued rising in 2004, but saw a slight decrease in 2005 as with the Chinese overstayers. The number of overstayers from Indonesia had steadily increased from July 1, 1990, but took a downturn in 2005.

On the other hand, overstayers from Brazil are on the rise. As of January 1, 2005, Brazil is the only country that saw an increased number of overstayers to Japan among the top 10 nations in the overstayers' ranking.

## (2) The Number of Overstayers by Status of Residence

The statistics of the estimated number of overstayers by status of residence before their status of residence had expired showed the following: the largest number of overstayers had the status of residence of “Temporary Visitor” (139,417) accounting for 67.3% of the