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| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 5,832 | 25,346 | 93,485 | 293,066 | 415,829 | 535,313 | 704,936 | 801,135 | 968,252 | 1,204,981 | 1,245,709 | 1,393,815 | 1,243,568 | 1,344,817 | 1,426,644 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,399 | 1,523 | 1,691 | 1,415 | 1,824 | 1,742 | 1,271 | 993 | 1,055 | 789 | 803 | ||||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 80 | 134 | 124 | 110 | 111 | 132 | 122 | 84 | 137 | 92 | 63 | 83 | |||
| Russian Federation | 23,377 | 23,644 | 28,722 | 26,495 | 28,701 | 28,765 | 24,072 | 29,269 | 26,795 | 22,777 | 24,926 | 23,337 | 23,759 | 19,569 | |
| Tajikistan | 45 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pakistan | 23 | 46 | 143 | 114 | 92 | 96 | 151 | 146 | 209 | 204 | 193 | 306 | 313 | 338 | 426 |