Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Migration > Refugee population by country or territory of origin > Per capita
DEFINITION:
Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organisation of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of origin generally refers to the nationality or country of citizenship of a claimant." Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Somalia | 58,706.41 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
2 | Eritrea | 33,878.07 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
3 | Burundi | 32,400.4 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
4 | Central African Republic | 28,149.58 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
5 | Liberia | 22,555.42 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
6 | Angola | 13,677.13 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
7 | Mauritania | 13,551.8 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
8 | Sudan | 10,424.27 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
9 | Rwanda | 7,120.51 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5,532.55 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
11 | Chad | 5,449.82 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
12 | Sierra Leone | 5,168.73 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
13 | Togo | 2,859.01 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
14 | Zimbabwe | 1,483.77 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
15 | Djibouti | 1,284.02 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
16 | Senegal | 1,245.29 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,101.46 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
18 | Guinea | 968.23 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
19 | The Gambia | 779.04 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
20 | Ethiopia | 773.86 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
21 | Cameroon | 751.04 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
22 | Guinea-Bissau | 708.5 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
23 | Seychelles | 644.4 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
24 | Equatorial Guinea | 622.91 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
25 | Ghana | 566.31 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
26 | Comoros | 516.55 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
27 | Namibia | 471.59 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
28 | Kenya | 249.16 per 1 million people | 2009 | ||
29 | Uganda | 240.63 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
30 | Mali | 201.55 per 1 million people | 2009 | ||
31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 169.76 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
32 | Nigeria | 96.88 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
33 | Gabon | 86.82 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
34 | Cape Verde | 70.26 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
35 | Niger | 59.97 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
36 | Burkina Faso | 47.49 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
37 | Benin | 37.27 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
38 | Tanzania | 31.58 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
39 | Swaziland | 28.35 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
40 | Mauritius | 18.84 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
41 | Zambia | 16.71 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
42 | Botswana | 14.11 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
43 | Madagascar | 13.82 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
44 | Mozambique | 9.77 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
45 | South Africa | 9.29 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
46 | Malawi | 7.61 per 1 million people | 2008 | ||
47 | Lesotho | 3.76 per 1 million people | 2008 |