List of sovereign states by refugee population
Under international law, a refugee is a person who has fled their own country of nationality or habitual residence, and cannot return due to fear of persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. These recent migration movements are caused by a variety of reasons. Some refugees stay in refugee camps, some are urban refugees in individual accommodations, some stay in self-settled camps, and the location of some refugees is undefined or unknown by UNHCR.
By destination country of asylum
[edit]The below table is based on UNHCR data and does not include data for people of concern to the UNRWA or those not known to the UNHCR. These people have fled their country/territory of origin and registered with the UNHCR in these countries or territories.
Country/territory of asylum | Refugees per 1,000 inhabitants in mid-2015[1] | 2022[2] | 2019[3] | mid-2016[4] | mid-2015 [5] | 2014 [6] | 2013 [7] | 2012 [8] | 2011 [9] | 2010 [10] |
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Afghanistan | 7.14 | 52,159 | 72,228 | 59,771 | 205,558 | 280,267 | 72 | 75 | 66 | 43 |
Albania | 0.05 | 2,676 | 128 | 138 | 154 | 104 | 96 | 86 | 82 | 76 |
Algeria | 2.42 | 99,107 | 98,604 | 94,232 | 94,144 | 94,128 | 94,150 | 94,133 | 94,148 | 94,144 |
Angola | 0.64 | 25,514 | 25,802 | 15,555 | 15,572 | 15,474 | 23,783 | 23,413 | 16,223 | 15,155 |
Argentina | 0.08 | 4,094 | 3,881 | 3,293 | 3,523 | 3,498 | 3,362 | 3,488 | 3,361 | 3,276 |
Armenia | 5.22 | 34,634 | 17,985 | 17,886 | 3,240 | 3,190 | 3,132 | 2,854 | 2,918 | 3,296 |
Aruba | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Australia | 1.51 | 54,430 | 76,764 | 42,188 | 35,582 | 35,582 | 34,503 | 30,083 | 23,434 | 21,805 |
Austria | 7.13 | 258,613 | 135,955 | 93,250 | 60,747 | 60,747 | 55,598 | 51,730 | 47,073 | 42,630 |
Azerbaijan | 0.14 | 6,414 | 1,108 | 1,193 | 1,357 | 1,299 | 1,380 | 1,468 | 1,730 | 1,891 |
Bahamas | 0.02 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 21 | 21 |
Bahrain | 0.20 | 255 | 255 | 271 | 277 | 311 | 294 | 289 | 199 | 165 |
Bangladesh | 1.46 | 952,384 | 854,782 | 950,000[11] | 32,975 | 32,472 | 31,145 | 30,697 | 29,669 | 29,253 |
Barbados | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Belarus | 0.14 | 19,715 | 2,734 | 1,650 | 1,369 | 925 | 604 | 576 | 595 | 589 |
Belgium | 2.77 | 151,408 | 61,677 | 42,168 | 31,115 | 29,179 | 25,629 | 22,024 | 22,402 | 17,892 |
Belize | 145 | 28 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 78 | 134 | |||
Benin | 0.05 | 1,779 | 1,244 | 809 | 488 | 415 | 194 | 4,966 | 7,217 | 7,139 |
Bolivia | 0.07 | 1,116 | 878 | 786 | 767 | 763 | 748 | 733 | 716 | 695 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.78 | 274 | 5,248 | 5,271 | 6,805 | 6,890 | 6,926 | 6,903 | 6,933 | 7,016 |
Botswana | 0.97 | 733 | 1,115 | 2,039 | 2,164 | 2,645 | 2,773 | 2,785 | 3,312 | 2,986 |
Brazil | 0.04 | 67,522 | 32,860 | 9,689 | 7,762 | 7,490 | 5,196 | 4,689 | 4,477 | 4,357 |
British Virgin Islands | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Bulgaria | 1.53 | 176,297 | 20,451 | 17,814 | 11,046 | 11,046 | 4,320 | 2,288 | 5,688 | 5,530 |
Burkina Faso | 1.92 | 34,375 | 25,868 | 32,552 | 34,027 | 31,894 | 29,234 | 39,306 | 546 | 531 |
Burundi | 5.00 | 84,636 | 78,473 | 57,469 | 54,126 | 52,936 | 45,490 | 41,813 | 35,659 | 29,365 |
Cambodia | 0.01 | 24 | 61 | 66 | 80 | 63 | 68 | 77 | 64 | 129 |
Cameroon | 13.27 | 473,887 | 406,260 | 348,672 | 288,552 | 226,489 | 107,346 | 98,969 | 100,373 | 104,275 |
Canada | 4.19 | 140,621 | 101,760 | 97,332 | 149,163 | 149,163 | 160,349 | 163,756 | 164,883 | 165,549 |
Central African Republic | 1.65 | 11,213 | 7,175 | 12,115 | 7,906 | 7,694 | 14,322 | 14,014 | 16,730 | 21,574 |
Cayman Islands | 0.10 | 47 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Chad | 30.97 | 592,764 | 442,672 | 391,251 | 420,774 | 452,897 | 434,479 | 373,695 | 366,494 | 347,939 |
Chile | 0.10 | 2,133 | 2,053 | 1,737 | 1,798 | 1,773 | 1,743 | 1,695 | 1,674 | 1,621 |
China | 0.22 | 320,000 | 303,381 | 317,255 | 301,057 | 301,052 | 301,047 | 301,037 | 301,018 | 300,986 |
Colombia | 1,607 | 646 | 258 | 219 | 213 | 224 | 219 | 219 | 212 | |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.14 | 520,544 | 523,734 | 451,956 | 160,271 | 119,754 | 113,362 | 65,109 | 152,749 | 166,336 |
Republic of Congo | 13.65 | 41,557 | 25,670 | 46,457 | 61,492 | 54,842 | 51,037 | 98,455 | 141,232 | 133,112 |
Costa Rica | 0.73 | 14,088 | 6,217 | 4,180 | 3,475 | 12,924 | 12,749 | 12,629 | 12,571 | 12,371 |
Ivory Coast | 0.09 | 5,636 | 2,021 | 1,399 | 1,972 | 1,925 | 2,980 | 3,980 | 24,221 | 26,218 |
Croatia | 0.17 | 20,638 | 916 | 304 | 669 | 679 | 656 | 690 | 782 | 863 |
Cuba | 0.03 | 174 | 237 | 316 | 313 | 280 | 384 | 371 | 384 | 411 |
Curaçao | 0.28 | 47 | 54 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 7 | |
Cyprus | 4.99 | 29,280 | 12,325 | 8,484 | 5,763 | 5,126 | 3,883 | 3,631 | 3,503 | 3,394 |
Czech Republic | 0.30 | 435,212 | 2,058 | 3,644 | 3,137 | 3,137 | 2,979 | 2,805 | 2,449 | 2,449 |
Denmark | 3.15 | 67,772 | 37,540 | 33,507 | 17,785 | 17,785 | 13,170 | 11,814 | 13,399 | 17,922 |
Djibouti | 16.88 | 20,383 | 19,641 | 17,683 | 14,787 | 20,530 | 20,015 | 19,139 | 20,340 | 15,104 |
Dominican Republic | 0.06 | 546 | 171 | 592 | 609 | 608 | 721 | 758 | 595 | 599 |
Ecuador | 7.65 | 60,125 | 104,574 | 60,524 | 53,378 | 53,817 | 54,865 | 55,480 | 55,092 | 52,905 |
Egypt | 2.53 | 294,632 | 258,401 | 213,530 | 226,344 | 236,090 | 230,086 | 109,933 | 95,087 | 95,056 |
El Salvador | 0.01 | 104 | 52 | 45 | 48 | 35 | 44 | 45 | 38 | 38 |
Eritrea | 0.58 | 119 | 199 | 2,342 | 2,944 | 2,898 | 3,166 | 3,600 | 4,719 | 4,809 |
Estonia | 0.09 | 40,806 | 334 | 322 | 117 | 90 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 39 |
Ethiopia | 7.24 | 879,598 | 733,125 | 791,631 | 702,467 | 659,524 | 433,936 | 376,393 | 288,844 | 154,295 |
Fiji | 0.01 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
Finland | 2.15 | 69,553 | 23,473 | 18,400 | 11,798 | 11,798 | 11,252 | 9,919 | 9,175 | 8,724 |
France | 4.13 | 612,934 | 407,923 | 304,546 | 264,972 | 252,264 | 232,487 | 217,865 | 210,207 | 200,687 |
Gabon | 0.60 | 205 | 459 | 931 | 1,008 | 1,013 | 1,594 | 1,663 | 1,773 | 9,015 |
Gambia | 6.11 | 3,685 | 4,308 | 7,940 | 11,773 | 11,608 | 9,563 | 9,853 | 9,528 | 8,378 |
Georgia | 0.41 | 27,839 | 1,360 | 1,531 | 1,060 | 442 | 356 | 329 | 462 | 639 |
Germany | 3.10 | 2,075,445 | 1,146,685 | 669,482 | 250,299 | 216,973 | 187,567 | 589,737 | 571,685 | 594,269 |
Ghana | 0.69 | 8,531 | 11,948 | 11,865 | 18,476 | 18,450 | 18,681 | 16,016 | 13,588 | 13,828 |
Greece | 0.75 | 160,761 | 80,468 | 21,484 | 7,304 | 7,304 | 3,485 | 2,100 | 1,573 | 1,444 |
Grenada | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Guatemala | 0.01 | 701 | 416 | 300 | 202 | 164 | 160 | 159 | 147 | 138 |
Guinea | 0.71 | 2,199 | 4,965 | 5,068 | 8,704 | 8,766 | 8,560 | 10,371 | 16,609 | 14,113 |
Guinea-Bissau | 4.82 | 24 | 1,852 | 9,263 | 8,684 | 8,684 | 8,535 | 7,784 | 7,800 | 7,679 |
Guyana | 0.01 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Haiti | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
Honduras | 164 | 76 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | |
Hong Kong | 0.02 | 285 | 130 | 151 | 170 | 126 | 117 | 152 | 154 | |
Hungary | 0.42 | 35,370 | 5,772 | 4,748 | 4,192 | 2,867 | 2,440 | 4,054 | 5,106 | 5,414 |
Iceland | 0.32 | 5,240 | 916 | 252 | 104 | 99 | 79 | 60 | 58 | 83 |
India | 0.15 | 242,835 | 195,105 | 197,851 | 200,383 | 199,937 | 188,395 | 185,656 | 185,118 | 184,821 |
Indonesia | 0.02 | 9,785 | 10,295 | 7,827 | 5,277 | 4,270 | 3,206 | 1,819 | 1,006 | 811 |
Iran | 12.53 | 3,425,091 | 979,435 | 979,435 | 979,441 | 982,027 | 857,354 | 868,242 | 886,468 | 1,073,366 |
Iraq | 8.17 | 273,716 | 273,992 | 261,864 | 288,035 | 271,143 | 246,298 | 98,822 | 35,189 | 34,655 |
Ireland | 1.25 | 81,256 | 7,800 | 5,731 | 5,853 | 5,853 | 6,001 | 6,327 | 8,249 | 9,107 |
Israel | 0.04 | 1,207 | 16,121 | 507 | 361 | 330 | 184 | 104 | 1,116 | 337 |
Italy | 1.57 | 296,181 | 207,619 | 147,370 | 93,715 | 93,715 | 76,264 | 64,779 | 58,060 | 56,397 |
Jamaica | 0.01 | 31 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
Japan | 0.02 | 17,406 | 1,465 | 2,514 | 2,419 | 2,560 | 2,584 | 2,581 | 2,649 | 2,586 |
Jordan | 89.55 | 3,062,851 | 2,967,046 | 685,197 | 664,102 | 654,141 | 641,915 | 302,707 | 451,009 | 450,915 |
Kazakhstan | 0.04 | 308 | 524 | 653 | 662 | 633 | 584 | 564 | 616 | 714 |
Kenya | 12.31 | 504,473 | 438,901 | 451,099 | 552,272 | 551,352 | 534,938 | 564,933 | 566,487 | 402,905 |
South Korea | 0.03 | 3,825 | 3,215 | 1,807 | 1,313 | 1,173 | 548 | 487 | 401 | 358 |
Kuwait | 0.16 | 684 | 692 | 939 | 593 | 614 | 635 | 674 | 335 | 184 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0.07 | 274 | 353 | 339 | 433 | 482 | 466 | 437 | 595 | 508 |
Latvia | 0.10 | 39,055 | 672 | 349 | 195 | 183 | 160 | 125 | 95 | 68 |
Lebanon | 208.91 | 1,306,143 | 1,395,952 | 1,012,969 | 1,172,388 | 1,154,040 | 856,546 | 133,538 | 8,845 | 7,949 |
Lesotho | 0.02 | 251 | 147 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 30 | 34 | 34 | |
Liberia | 8.85 | 620 | 8,238 | 18,990 | 38,904 | 38,587 | 53,245 | 65,901 | 128,285 | 24,735 |
Libya | 4.47 | 2,208 | 4,739 | 9,310 | 27,948 | 27,964 | 25,561 | 7,065 | 7,540 | 7,923 |
Liechtenstein | 2.89 | 524 | 132 | 163 | 107 | 103 | 97 | 102 | 94 | 92 |
Lithuania | 0.36 | 67,638 | 1,826 | 1,288 | 1,055 | 1,007 | 916 | 871 | 821 | 803 |
Luxembourg | 2.14 | 11,952 | 2,572 | 2,046 | 1,192 | 1,108 | 920 | 2,910 | 2,855 | 3,254 |
Macau | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Madagascar | 119 | 116 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | ||
Malawi | 0.54 | 35,162 | 14,086 | 9,392 | 8,963 | 5,874 | 5,796 | 6,544 | 6,308 | 5,740 |
Malaysia | 3.26 | 134,554 | 129,095 | 92,054 | 97,385 | 99,086 | 96,868 | 89,210 | 85,754 | 80,651 |
Mali | 0.88 | 60,637 | 26,670 | 17,512 | 14,970 | 15,195 | 14,316 | 13,928 | 15,624 | 13,558 |
Malta | 14.58 | 11,098 | 8,911 | 7,948 | 6,095 | 6,095 | 9,906 | 8,248 | 6,952 | 6,136 |
Mauritania | 19.36 | 100,981 | 84,909 | 48,148 | 50,851 | 49,635 | 66,767 | 54,496 | 535 | 717 |
Mexico | 0.02 | 95,579 | 28,533 | 6,202 | 2,158 | 1,837 | 1,831 | 1,520 | 1,677 | 1,395 |
Micronesia | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
Moldova | 0.10 | 105,374 | 423 | 389 | 335 | 250 | 185 | 146 | 148 | |
Monaco | 0.87 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 37 | |
Mongolia | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
Montenegro | 9.92 | 32,438 | 662 | 974 | 6,203 | 6,462 | 8,476 | 11,198 | 12,874 | 16,364 |
Morocco | 0.06 | 7,907 | 6,656 | 4,771 | 2,144 | 1,216 | 1,470 | 744 | 736 | 792 |
Mozambique | 0.17 | 4,992 | 4,708 | 4,671 | 4,552 | 4,536 | 4,445 | 4,398 | 4,079 | 4,077 |
Namibia | 0.69 | 4,685 | 3,188 | 1,757 | 1,659 | 1,767 | 2,332 | 1,806 | 6,049 | 7,254 |
Nauru | 50.60 | 45 | 763 | 506 | 506 | 389 | ||||
Nepal | 1.29 | 19,560 | 19,574 | 25,249 | 36,287 | 38,490 | 46,305 | 56,264 | 70,268 | 87,514 |
Netherlands | 4.89 | 218,457 | 94,430 | 101,744 | 82,494 | 82,494 | 74,707 | 71,909 | 74,598 | 74,961 |
New Zealand | 0.30 | 1,791 | 2,747 | 1,421 | 1,349 | 1,349 | 1,403 | 1,517 | 1,934 | 2,307 |
Nicaragua | 0.06 | 312 | 327 | 331 | 361 | 280 | 189 | 129 | 86 | 64 |
Niger | 4.29 | 255,307 | 180,006 | 166,093 | 82,064 | 77,830 | 57,661 | 50,510 | 302 | 314 |
Nigeria | 0.01 | 91,275 | 54,166 | 1,367 | 1,279 | 1,239 | 1,694 | 3,154 | 8,806 | 8,747 |
North Macedonia | 0.40 | 635 | 353 | 477 | 584 | 614 | 687 | 750 | 801 | 959 |
Norway | 9.14 | 75,311 | 53,888 | 59,522 | 47,043 | 47,043 | 46,106 | 42,822 | 40,691 | 40,260 |
Oman | 0.03 | 295 | 307 | 317 | 122 | 151 | 138 | 138 | 83 | 78 |
Pakistan | 8.33 | 1,743,785 | 1,419,606 | 1,352,560 | 1,540,854 | 1,505,525 | 1,616,507 | 1,638,456 | 1,702,700 | 1,900,621 |
Palau | 0.05 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Panama | 4.47 | 2,576 | 2,557 | 2,350 | 2,303 | 2,271 | 2,665 | 2,429 | 2,262 | 2,073 |
Papua New Guinea | 1.27 | 10,524 | 9,707 | 4,955 | 4,929 | 4,929 | 4,797 | 4,802 | 4,810 | 4,698 |
Paraguay | 0.02 | 5,420 | 1,016 | 204 | 161 | 153 | 136 | 133 | 124 | 107 |
Peru | 0.05 | 6,543 | 2,879 | 1,649 | 1,407 | 1,303 | 1,162 | 1,122 | 1,144 | 1,146 |
Philippines | 856 | 690 | 408 | 254 | 222 | 182 | 141 | 125 | 243 | |
Poland | 0.41 | 971,129 | 12,673 | 11,747 | 15,741 | 15,741 | 16,438 | 15,911 | 15,847 | 15,555 |
Portugal | 0.07 | 59,777 | 2,387 | 1,194 | 699 | 699 | 598 | 483 | 408 | 384 |
Qatar | 0.06 | 197 | 203 | 177 | 133 | 133 | 130 | 80 | 80 | 51 |
Romania | 0.12 | 105,621 | 3,882 | 2,905 | 2,426 | 2,182 | 1,770 | 1,262 | 1,005 | 1,021 |
Russia | 2.20 | 1,277,753 | 42,433 | 228,990 | 315,313 | 235,750 | 3,458 | 3,178 | 3,914 | 4,922 |
Rwanda | 11.70 | 120,753 | 145,057 | 156,065 | 132,743 | 73,820 | 73,349 | 58,212 | 55,325 | 55,398 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Saint Lucia | 0.01 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||
Samoa | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Sint Maarten | 0.08 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Saudi Arabia | 0.01 | 454 | 320 | 133 | 184 | 534 | 532 | 550 | 572 | 555 |
Senegal | 0.97 | 11,802 | 14,469 | 14,584 | 14,304 | 14,274 | 14,247 | 14,237 | 20,644 | 20,672 |
Serbia and Kosovo | 3.97 | 26,521 | 26,433 | 29,522 | 35,309 | 43,751 | 57,083 | 66,370 | 70,707 | 73,608 |
Seychelles | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Sierra Leone | 0.22 | 443 | 683 | 1,371 | 1,372 | 2,817 | 4,204 | 8,092 | 8,363 | |
Singapore | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||
Slovakia | 0.15 | 96,563 | 977 | 990 | 799 | 799 | 701 | 662 | 546 | 461 |
Slovenia | 0.14 | 8,705 | 751 | 462 | 283 | 257 | 213 | 176 | 142 | 312 |
Solomon Islands | 0.01 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Somalia | 0.34 | 16,023 | 17,883 | 11,574 | 3,582 | 2,729 | 2,425 | 2,264 | 2,099 | 1,937 |
South Africa | 2.12 | 66,596 | 89,285 | 91,043 | 114,512 | 112,192 | 65,987 | 65,233 | 57,899 | 57,899 |
Spain | 0.13 | 317,751 | 57,761 | 12,989 | 5,798 | 5,798 | 4,637 | 4,510 | 4,228 | 3,820 |
Sri Lanka | 0.04 | 504 | 1,045 | 604 | 848 | 511 | 145 | 110 | 188 | 223 |
Sudan | 9.05 | 1,097,128 | 1,055,489 | 421,466 | 322,638 | 244,430 | 124,328 | 126,218 | 113,439 | 144,008 |
South Sudan | 22.32 | 308,369 | 298,313 | 262,560 | 265,887 | 248,152 | 229,587 | 202,581 | 105,023 | |
Suriname | 25 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Swaziland | 0.42 | 1173 | 728 | 539 | 515 | 507 | 505 | 759 | 759 | |
Sweden | 14.66 | 277,726 | 253,794 | 230,164 | 142,207 | 142,207 | 114,175 | 92,872 | 86,615 | 82,629 |
Switzerland | 8.45 | 182,474 | 110,168 | 82,681 | 69,390 | 62,620 | 52,464 | 50,747 | 50,416 | 48,813 |
Syria | 7.95 | 593,844 | 583,443 | 19,809 | 149,200 | 149,140 | 149,292 | 476,506 | 755,445 | 1,005,472 |
Tajikistan | 0.21 | 8,608 | 3,791 | 2,729 | 1,782 | 2,026 | 2,048 | 2,248 | 3,323 | 3,131 |
Tanzania | 3.07 | 206,229 | 242,171 | 281,498 | 159,014 | 88,492 | 102,099 | 101,021 | 131,243 | 109,286 |
Thailand | 1.63 | 94,472 | 97,571 | 54,251 | 56,947 | 75,137 | 78,970 | 84,479 | 89,253 | 96,675 |
East Timor | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Togo | 3.07 | 9,300 | 11,968 | 12,491 | 21,877 | 21,778 | 20,613 | 23,540 | 19,270 | 14,051 |
Tonga | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 0.09 | 3,424 | 2,321 | 109 | 121 | 83 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 29 |
Tunisia | 0.07 | 3,299 | 1,746 | 649 | 824 | 901 | 730 | 1,435 | 3,048 | 89 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
Turkey | 23.72 | 3,568,259 | 3,579,531 | 2,869,421 | 1,838,848 | 1,587,374 | 609,938 | 267,063 | 14,465 | 10,032 |
Turkmenistan | 0.01 | 14 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 35 | 45 | 46 | 59 | 62 |
Uganda | 11.34 | 1,463,523 | 1,359,464 | 940,835 | 428,397 | 385,513 | 220,555 | 197,877 | 139,448 | 135,801 |
Ukraine | 0.07 | 2,520 | 2,172 | 3,302 | 3,232 | 3,219 | 2,968 | 2,807 | 2,676 | 2,522 |
United Arab Emirates | 0.05 | 1,399 | 1,247 | 895 | 424 | 417 | 603 | 631 | 677 | 538 |
United Kingdom | 1.82 | 328,989 | 133,094 | 118,995 | 117,234 | 117,234 | 126,055 | 149,799 | 193,510 | 238,150 |
United States | 0.84 | 363,059 | 341,711 | 272,959 | 267,222 | 267,222 | 263,662 | 262,023 | 264,763 | 264,574 |
Uruguay | 0.08 | 1,115 | 516 | 312 | 289 | 272 | 203 | 181 | 174 | 189 |
Uzbekistan | 13,026 | 14 | 27 | 118 | 125 | 141 | 176 | 214 | 311 | |
Vanuatu | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
Venezuela | 5.68 | 29,341 | 67,755 | 7,861 | 5,647 | 5,052 | 4,340 | 3,644 | 2,022 | 1,547 |
Vietnam | 1 | 990 | 1,928 | |||||||
Yemen | 10.05 | 77,458 | 268,511 | 269,783 | 263,047 | 257,645 | 241,288 | 237,182 | 214,740 | 190,092 |
Zambia | 1.64 | 61,159 | 57,521 | 29,350 | 25,737 | 25,578 | 23,594 | 25,653 | 45,632 | 47,857 |
Zimbabwe | 0.40 | 10,475 | 8,959 | 7,426 | 6,085 | 6,079 | 6,389 | 4,356 | 4,561 | 4,435 |
By country of origin
[edit]The below table is based on UNHCR data and does not include data for people of concern to the UNRWA or those not known to the UNHCR. These people registered with the UNHCR outside of their country of origin.
Country/territory of origin | % of the country's population who were refugees in 2014[12] | 2014 [13] | 2013 [14] | 2012 [15] | 2011 [16] | 2010 [17] |
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Afghanistan | 7.59 | 2,596,270 | 2,556,502 | 2,586,152 | 2,664,436 | 3,054,709 |
Albania | 0.35 | 10,158 | 10,103 | 12,568 | 13,551 | 14,772 |
Algeria | 0.01 | 3,524 | 3,660 | 5,673 | 6,120 | 6,688 |
Andorra | 0.01 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Angola | 0.04 | 9,484 | 10,286 | 19,258 | 128,664 | 134,858 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.06 | 53 | 49 | 45 | 32 | 30 |
Argentina | 0.00 | 318 | 388 | 447 | 518 | 557 |
Armenia | 0.39 | 11,848 | 11,998 | 15,934 | 16,486 | 17,546 |
Australia | 0.00 | 25 | 28 | 48 | 39 | 37 |
Austria | 0.00 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Azerbaijan | 0.11 | 10,515 | 10,814 | 15,537 | 16,162 | 16,753 |
Bahamas | 0.06 | 215 | 210 | 196 | 185 | 17 |
Bahrain | 0.03 | 347 | 275 | 297 | 215 | 87 |
Bangladesh | 0.01 | 10,881 | 9,725 | 10,156 | 10,052 | 10,046 |
Barbados | 0.03 | 86 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 32 |
Belarus | 0.05 | 4,300 | 4,397 | 6,191 | 5,925 | 5,743 |
Belgium | 0.00 | 75 | 78 | 93 | 90 | 83 |
Belize | 0.01 | 45 | 40 | 39 | 32 | 23 |
Benin | 0.00 | 340 | 302 | 457 | 461 | 442 |
Bhutan | 3.00 | 23,642 | 31,567 | 41,590 | 55,603 | 72,776 |
Bolivia | 0.01 | 600 | 601 | 618 | 611 | 590 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.57 | 21,841 | 26,756 | 51,767 | 58,515 | 62,910 |
Botswana | 0.01 | 237 | 168 | 127 | 85 | 53 |
Brazil | 0.00 | 977 | 985 | 1,076 | 1,045 | 994 |
Brunei | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bulgaria | 0.02 | 1,648 | 1,880 | 2,147 | 2,327 | 2,559 |
Burkina Faso | 0.01 | 1,853 | 1,580 | 1,456 | 1,267 | 1,141 |
Burundi | 0.67 | 72,493 | 72,647 | 73,363 | 101,288 | 84,064 |
Cambodia | 0.09 | 13,062 | 13,713 | 13,993 | 15,184 | 16,301 |
Cameroon | 0.05 | 10,766 | 11,427 | 13,382 | 15,163 | 14,963 |
Canada | 0.00 | 95 | 99 | 119 | 105 | 90 |
Cape Verde | 0.01 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 25 |
Central African Republic | 7.88 | 410,787 | 249,044 | 162,442 | 160,736 | 162,755 |
Cayman Islands | 0.01 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Chad | 0.11 | 14,855 | 15,237 | 15,844 | 18,720 | 21,583 |
Chile | 0.00 | 579 | 596 | 1,152 | 1,189 | 1,170 |
China | 0.02 | 210,802 | 195,133 | 193,453 | 190,369 | 184,602 |
Colombia | 0.22 | 103,150 | 108,117 | 111,773 | 113,605 | 113,233 |
Comoros | 0.08 | 581 | 513 | 454 | 422 | 368 |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.69 | 516,563 | 499,355 | 509,082 | 491,481 | 476,693 |
Republic of the Congo | 0.32 | 14,500 | 11,753 | 12,119 | 12,839 | 20,679 |
Cook Islands | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Costa Rica | 0.01 | 417 | 463 | 325 | 331 | 352 |
Ivory Coast | 0.32 | 71,966 | 85,652 | 100,717 | 154,824 | 41,758 |
Croatia | 0.93 | 40,122 | 49,756 | 62,606 | 62,649 | 65,861 |
Cuba | 0.06 | 6,502 | 6,460 | 6,724 | 6,849 | 6,470 |
Curaçao | 0.02 | 35 | 35 | |||
Cyprus | 0.00 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
Czech Republic | 0.01 | 1,327 | 991 | 622 | 763 | 817 |
Denmark | 0.00 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Djibouti | 0.10 | 879 | 762 | 640 | 602 | 566 |
Dominica | 0.05 | 38 | 43 | 54 | 52 | 52 |
Dominican Republic | 0.00 | 349 | 306 | 289 | 250 | 246 |
Ecuador | 0.01 | 804 | 707 | 844 | 909 | 852 |
Egypt | 0.02 | 15,903 | 12,810 | 10,016 | 7,934 | 6,911 |
El Salvador | 0.18 | 10,965 | 9,635 | 8,171 | 6,720 | 4,976 |
Equatorial Guinea | 0.02 | 174 | 200 | 228 | 258 | 305 |
Eritrea | 6.08 | 330,541 | 273,063 | 248,024 | 220,745 | 205,458 |
Estonia | 0.03 | 339 | 352 | 456 | 224 | 240 |
Ethiopia | 0.09 | 86,870 | 77,122 | 74,939 | 70,586 | 68,832 |
Fiji | 0.10 | 924 | 1,112 | 1,317 | 1,579 | 1,851 |
Finland | 0.00 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
France | 0.00 | 93 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 92 |
French Polynesia | 0.00 | |||||
Gabon | 0.01 | 172 | 176 | 183 | 173 | 165 |
Gambia | 0.27 | 5,136 | 3,397 | 3,076 | 2,583 | 2,242 |
Georgia | 0.17 | 6,681 | 6,778 | 9,261 | 9,612 | 10,143 |
Germany | 0.00 | 176 | 175 | 182 | 174 | 164 |
Ghana | 0.08 | 22,143 | 21,076 | 24,296 | 20,279 | 20,201 |
Gibraltar | 0.01 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Greece | 0.00 | 113 | 91 | 51 | 56 | 51 |
Grenada | 0.30 | 324 | 330 | 316 | 323 | 345 |
Guatemala | 0.05 | 7,483 | 6,615 | 6,388 | 6,088 | 5,679 |
Guinea | 0.12 | 15,252 | 14,561 | 14,061 | 13,161 | 11,985 |
Guinea-Bissau | 0.07 | 1,307 | 1,223 | 1,180 | 1,123 | 1,127 |
Guyana | 0.09 | 700 | 800 | 801 | 771 | 749 |
Haiti | 0.35 | 37,162 | 38,659 | 38,568 | 33,661 | 25,892 |
Honduras | 0.05 | 4,159 | 3,300 | 2,613 | 1,966 | 1,302 |
Hong Kong | 0.00 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 17 |
Hungary | 0.01 | 1,267 | 1,220 | 1,087 | 1,238 | 1,438 |
Iceland | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
India | 0.00 | 10,436 | 11,041 | 14,258 | 16,232 | 17,769 |
Indonesia | 0.00 | 9,562 | 9,640 | 10,051 | 10,659 | 11,085 |
Iran | 0.11 | 82,191 | 75,070 | 75,938 | 72,347 | 68,795 |
Iraq | 1.04 | 369,954 | 401,466 | 746,190 | 1,428,308 | 1,683,575 |
Ireland | 0.00 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Israel | 0.01 | 979 | 1,041 | 1,340 | 1,335 | 1,301 |
Italy | 0.00 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 58 | 50 |
Jamaica | 0.06 | 1,692 | 1,503 | 1,407 | 1,252 | 1,057 |
Japan | 0.00 | 262 | 157 | 172 | 176 | 152 |
Jordan | 0.02 | 1,718 | 1,632 | 2,358 | 2,248 | 2,252 |
Kazakhstan | 0.01 | 2,224 | 2,123 | 3,571 | 3,500 | 3,640 |
Kenya | 0.02 | 8,553 | 8,586 | 8,950 | 8,745 | 8,602 |
Kiribati | 0.00 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
North Korea | 0.01 | 1,282 | 1,167 | 1,132 | 1,052 | 917 |
South Korea | 0.00 | 481 | 500 | 558 | 514 | 585 |
Kuwait | 0.03 | 981 | 977 | 1,197 | 1,120 | 988 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0.04 | 2,451 | 2,301 | 3,489 | 3,162 | 2,744 |
Laos | 0.11 | 7,482 | 7,744 | 7,983 | 8,087 | 8,413 |
Latvia | 0.01 | 213 | 233 | 662 | 709 | 713 |
Lebanon | 0.08 | 4,273 | 3,819 | 15,106 | 15,013 | 15,869 |
Lesotho | 0.00 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
Liberia | 0.31 | 13,545 | 17,531 | 23,401 | 66,752 | 70,089 |
Libya | 0.07 | 4,203 | 3,314 | 5,249 | 3,335 | 2,309 |
Lithuania | 0.01 | 183 | 220 | 491 | 528 | 515 |
Luxembourg | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | |||
Macau | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Madagascar | 0.00 | 281 | 296 | 300 | 288 | 269 |
Malawi | 0.00 | 361 | 326 | 277 | 222 | 171 |
Malaysia | 0.00 | 468 | 485 | 531 | 537 | 552 |
Maldives | 0.01 | 36 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 19 |
Mali | 0.81 | 139,267 | 152,828 | 149,942 | 4,295 | 3,663 |
Malta | 0.00 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Marshall Islands | 0.01 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
Mauritania | 0.85 | 34,113 | 34,252 | 33,765 | 39,929 | 37,733 |
Mauritius | 0.01 | 94 | 81 | 62 | 42 | 28 |
Mexico | 0.01 | 10,666 | 9,390 | 8,435 | 7,472 | 6,816 |
Moldova | 0.05 | 2,233 | 2,207 | 6,148 | 6,264 | 6,200 |
Monaco | 0.01 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Mongolia | 0.07 | 2,163 | 2,059 | 2,114 | 1,985 | 1,724 |
Montenegro | 0.10 | 607 | 546 | 4,054 | 3,698 | 3,246 |
Morocco | 0.00 | 1,539 | 1,308 | 2,405 | 2,312 | 2,284 |
Mozambique | 0.00 | 58 | 56 | 160 | 155 | 131 |
Myanmar | 0.42 | 223,896 | 222,053 | 215,340 | 214,594 | 215,644 |
Namibia | 0.05 | 1,253 | 1,143 | 1,098 | 1,073 | 1,017 |
Nauru | 0.00 | |||||
Nepal | 0.03 | 8,561 | 8,108 | 7,610 | 6,852 | 5,884 |
Netherlands | 0.00 | 68 | 64 | 71 | 64 | 53 |
New Zealand | 0.00 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 15 |
Nicaragua | 0.03 | 1,587 | 1,538 | 1,531 | 1,468 | 1,431 |
Niger | 0.00 | 739 | 683 | 832 | 819 | 803 |
Nigeria | 0.03 | 54,563 | 25,465 | 18,020 | 16,840 | 15,639 |
Niue | 1.11 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 | |
Norfolk Island | 0.05 | 1 | ||||
North Macedonia | 0.08 | 1,759 | 1,628 | 7,589 | 7,684 | 7,890 |
Norway | 0.00 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
Oman | 0.00 | 29 | 26 | 65 | 60 | 63 |
Pakistan | 0.17 | 315,805 | 31,893 | 33,673 | 33,009 | 33,591 |
Palau | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | |||
Palestinians (excl. UNRWA) | 2.10 | 97,212 | 96,044 | 94,821 | 94,121 | 93,299 |
Panama | 0.00 | 89 | 105 | 107 | 100 | 100 |
Papua New Guinea | 0.00 | 288 | 221 | 174 | 128 | 89 |
Paraguay | 0.00 | 94 | 95 | 101 | 91 | 86 |
Peru | 0.01 | 4,343 | 4,768 | 5,212 | 5,491 | 5,834 |
Philippines | 0.00 | 666 | 717 | 966 | 933 | 953 |
Poland | 0.00 | 1,310 | 1,429 | 1,640 | 1,815 | 1,764 |
Portugal | 0.00 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 30 |
Qatar | 0.00 | 21 | 17 | 124 | 95 | 112 |
Romania | 0.01 | 1,918 | 2,330 | 2,806 | 3,428 | 3,933 |
Russia | 0.05 | 70,562 | 74,316 | 110,586 | 109,784 | 108,261 |
Rwanda | 0.70 | 79,408 | 83,955 | 97,373 | 106,833 | 114,836 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.04 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
Saint Lucia | 0.50 | 922 | 710 | 566 | 433 | 334 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.56 | 1,736 | 1,535 | 1,316 | 1,127 | 946 |
Samoa | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
San Marino | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 0.01 | 22 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 |
Saudi Arabia | 0.00 | 630 | 584 | 817 | 745 | 667 |
Senegal | 0.16 | 23,118 | 19,822 | 18,724 | 17,722 | 16,267 |
Serbia and Kosovo | 0.51 | 45,464 | 48,436 | 157,623 | 161,363 | 182,955 |
Seychelles | 0.03 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 42 | 49 |
Sierra Leone | 0.08 | 4,993 | 5,311 | 6,202 | 8,002 | 11,277 |
Singapore | 0.00 | 59 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 76 |
Slovakia | 0.01 | 319 | 323 | 239 | 269 | 158 |
Slovenia | 0.00 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 32 | 38 |
Solomon Islands | 0.01 | 70 | 61 | 61 | 72 | 75 |
Somalia | 9.52 | 1,106,434 | 1,121,770 | 1,136,718 | 1,075,148 | 770,148 |
South Africa | 0.00 | 424 | 423 | 420 | 429 | 380 |
Spain | 0.00 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 43 | 42 |
Sri Lanka | 0.59 | 122,010 | 123,083 | 132,721 | 136,605 | 141,063 |
Sudan | 1.65 | 659,408 | 636,405 | 558,199 | 491,013 | 379,067 |
South Sudan | 4.92 | 616,143 | 114,371 | 86,909 | 1 | |
Suriname | 0.00 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
Swaziland | 0.01 | 161 | 109 | 65 | 43 | 36 |
Sweden | 0.00 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 24 |
Switzerland | 0.00 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
Syria | 17.09 | 3,869,626 | 2,457,241 | 728,698 | 19,900 | 18,428 |
Tajikistan | 0.01 | 725 | 662 | 674 | 612 | 577 |
Tanzania | 0.00 | 858 | 1,040 | 1,122 | 1,163 | 1,144 |
Thailand | 0.00 | 231 | 217 | 369 | 359 | 348 |
Tibet | 0.47 | 15,069 | 15,065 | 15,000 | 15,068 | 15,082 |
East Timor | 0.00 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Togo | 0.13 | 9,275 | 10,318 | 15,692 | 17,870 | 18,329 |
Tonga | 0.02 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 6 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 0.03 | 371 | 336 | 333 | 297 | 255 |
Tunisia | 0.01 | 1,485 | 1,363 | 1,934 | 1,951 | 2,173 |
Turkey | 0.08 | 63,892 | 66,575 | 135,370 | 139,778 | 146,793 |
Turkmenistan | 0.01 | 484 | 519 | 723 | 726 | 738 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.04 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
Tuvalu | 0.02 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Uganda | 0.02 | 7,190 | 8,176 | 5,608 | 5,680 | 6,441 |
Ukraine | 0.53 | 237,625 | 5,163 | 25,254 | 25,379 | 25,111 |
United Arab Emirates | 0.00 | 90 | 90 | 584 | 486 | 424 |
United Kingdom | 0.00 | 141 | 142 | 153 | 150 | 152 |
United States | 0.00 | 4,987 | 4,760 | 4,453 | 3,777 | 3,025 |
Uruguay | 0.00 | 124 | 147 | 171 | 184 | 186 |
Uzbekistan | 0.02 | 4,795 | 4,952 | 7,088 | 7,164 | 6,886 |
Vanuatu | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Venezuela | 0.03 | 8,009 | 8,395 | 8,208 | 7,577 | 6,701 |
Vietnam | 0.34 | 313,417 | 314,106 | 336,939 | 337,829 | 338,698 |
Western Sahara | 13.89 | 90,482 | 90,504 | 90,452 | 90,413 | 90,415 |
Yemen | 0.01 | 2,631 | 2,428 | 2,593 | 2,322 | 2,075 |
Zambia | 0.00 | 316 | 232 | 243 | 240 | 228 |
Zimbabwe | 0.15 | 22,492 | 19,734 | 22,101 | 25,048 | 24,089 |
Stateless | 0.28[18] | 27,915 | 20,202 | 19,673 | 18,171 | 16,909 |
Various/unknown | 99,577 | 105,643 | 125,921 | 137,412 | 160,678 |
People in refugee-like situations by region
[edit]The table is sourced from the UNHCR Global Trends Report 2022.[19]
Continent | Refugees |
---|---|
North America | 443,500 |
Oceania | 79,600 |
Europe | 3,435,700 |
South America | 4,701,600 |
Asia-Pacific | 10,084,900 |
Africa | 6,988,900 |
Antarctica | 0 (N/A) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/mid2015stats.zip (Tab14, third column)
- ^ "Refugee population by country or territory of asylum | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
- ^ "Refugee population by country or territory of asylum | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ "UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2016".
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/mid2015stats.zip (Tab1, second column)
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/statisticalyearbook/2014-annex-tables.zip (Tab1, second column)
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2013/annex_tables.zip (Tab1, second column)
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2012/2012_Statistical_Yearbook_annex_tables_v1.zip (Tab1, second column)
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2011/2011_Statistical_Yearbook_annex_tables_v1.zip (Tab1, second column)
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2010/2011-SYB10-annex-tables.zip (Tab1, second column)
- ^ Islam, N. The international medical community must act to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. British Medical Journal Opinion. 2018. URL: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/03/12/nazrul-islam-the-international-medical-community-must-act-to-help-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh/
- ^ Calculated using country population data from 2014 (http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DVD/Files/1_Indicators%20(Standard)/EXCEL_FILES/1_Population/WPP2015_POP_F01_1_TOTAL_POPULATION_BOTH_SEXES.XLS) and comparing to UNHCR data for the same year
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/statisticalyearbook/2014-annex-tables.zip (Tab2, second column)
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2013/annex_tables.zip (Tab2, second column)
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2012/2012_Statistical_Yearbook_annex_tables_v1.zip (Tab2, second column)
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2011/2011_Statistical_Yearbook_annex_tables_v1.zip (Tab2, second column)
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2010/2011-SYB10-annex-tables.zip (Tab2, second column)
- ^ The UNHCR estimatated that there are around 10,000,000 stateless people. This number was used for calculation of percentage.
- ^ "UNHCR Global Trends Report 2022". Retrieved 11 July 2022.