People > Refugee population by country or territory of origin: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Refugee population by country or territory of origin. Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization 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.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Afghanistan	2.66 million	2011
2	Iraq	1.43 million	2011
3	Somalia	1.08 million	2011
	South Asia average (profile)	556,933	2011
4	Sudan	500,014	2011
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	491,481	2011
	failed states average (profile)	415,626.44	2011
6	Burma	414,626	2011
7	Colombia	395,949	2011
8	Vietnam	337,829	2011
9	Eritrea	251,954	2011
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	226,832.38	2011
	Religious countries average (profile)	201,406.75	2011
10	China	190,369	2011
11	Central African Republic	162,862	2011
12	Serbia	161,671	2011
13	Cote d'Ivoire	154,824	2011
	OPEC countries average (profile)	151,545.64	2011
14	Turkey	139,779	2011
15	Sri Lanka	136,617	2011
	Muslim countries average (profile)	134,967.37	2011
16	Angola	128,664	2011
17	Russia	109,785	2011
18	Rwanda	106,833	2011
19	Burundi	101,288	2011
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	87,052.61	2011
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	83,130.55	2011
20	European Union	74,820	2011
21	Iran	72,361	2011
22	Ethiopia	70,610	2011
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	68,826.98	2011
23	Liberia	66,780	2011
24	Croatia	62,649	2011
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	58,578	2011
26	Bhutan	57,989	2011
	Hot countries average (profile)	57,350.06	2011
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	56,804.92	2011
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	54,994.86	2011
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	52,726.08	2011
	Former British colonies average (profile)	46,358.24	2011
27	Chad	42,640	2011
28	Mauritania	39,929	2011
	Emerging markets average (profile)	38,614.84	2011
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	36,656.96	2011
29	Pakistan	35,952	2011
	Former French colonies average (profile)	35,584.15	2011
30	Haiti	33,661	2011
	Catholic countries average (profile)	26,764.31	2011
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	26,322.79	2011
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	25,905.72	2011
31	Ukraine	25,379	2011
32	Zimbabwe	25,048	2011
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	22,299	2011
	Christian countries average (profile)	22,197.41	2011
33	Ghana	20,361	2011
34	Syria	19,931	2011
35	Togo	17,871	2011
36	Senegal	17,722	2011
37	Nigeria	17,141	2011
38	Armenia	16,487	2011
39	India	16,232	2011
40	Azerbaijan	16,162	2011
41	Indonesia	16,079	2011
42	Cambodia	15,205	2011
43	Cameroon	15,163	2011
44	Lebanon	15,013	2011
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	14,149.27	2011
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	13,830.09	2011
45	Albania	13,551	2011
	Europe average (profile)	13,540.33	2011
46	Guinea	13,161	2011
47	Republic of the Congo	12,839	2011
48	Uzbekistan	12,664	2011
	Cold countries average (profile)	12,538.15	2011
49	Georgia	10,112	2011
50	Bangladesh	10,056	2011
51	Kenya	8,745	2011
	NATO countries average (profile)	8,451.93	2011
52	Laos	8,088	2011
53	Sierra Leone	8,002	2011
54	Egypt	7,936	2011
55	Cuba	7,856	2011
56	Republic of Macedonia	7,684	2011
57	Venezuela	7,577	2011
58	Mexico	7,472	2011
59	Nepal	6,854	2011
60	El Salvador	6,720	2011
61	Moldova	6,264	2011
62	Algeria	6,121	2011
63	Guatemala	6,088	2011
64	Belarus	5,925	2011
65	Uganda	5,680	2011
66	Peru	5,491	2011
67	Libya	4,384	2011
68	Mali	4,295	2011
69	United States	3,778	2011
70	Montenegro	3,698	2011
71	Kazakhstan	3,500	2011
72	Romania	3,428	2011
73	Kyrgyzstan	3,162	2011
	European Union average (profile)	2,672.14	2011
74	The Gambia	2,583	2011
75	Bulgaria	2,327	2011
76	Yemen	2,323	2011
77	Morocco	2,312	2011
78	Jordan	2,250	2011
79	Mongolia	1,985	2011
80	Honduras	1,966	2011
81	Tunisia	1,952	2011
82	Poland	1,815	2011
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	1,800.41	2011
83	Fiji	1,579	2011
84	Nicaragua	1,468	2011
85	Israel	1,335	2011
86	Burkina Faso	1,271	2011
87	Jamaica	1,250	2011
88	Hungary	1,238	2011
89	Chile	1,189	2011
90	Tanzania	1,163	2011
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,127	2011
92	Guinea-Bissau	1,123	2011
93	Kuwait	1,120	2011
94	Namibia	1,073	2011
95	North Korea	1,052	2011
96	Brazil	1,045	2011
97	Philippines	952	2011
98	Ecuador	909	2011
99	Niger	819	2011
100	Guyana	771	2011
101	Czech Republic	763	2011
102	Saudi Arabia	745	2011
103	Turkmenistan	726	2011
104	Latvia	709	2011
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	649.14	2011
105	Tajikistan	612	2011
106	Bolivia	611	2011
107	Djibouti	602	2011
108	Malaysia	537	2011
109	Lithuania	528	2011
110	Argentina	518	2011
111	South Korea	514	2011
112	United Arab Emirates	486	2011
113	Benin	461	2011
114	Saint Lucia	433	2011
115	South Africa	429	2011
116	Comoros	422	2011
117	Thailand	368	2011
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	358.45	2011
118	Costa Rica	331	2011
119	Grenada	323	2011
120	Trinidad and Tobago	297	2011
121	Madagascar	289	2011
122	Slovakia	269	2011
123	Equatorial Guinea	258	2011
124	Dominican Republic	250	2011
125	Zambia	240	2011
126	Estonia	224	2011
127	Malawi	222	2011
128	Bahrain	215	2011
129	The Bahamas	185	2011
130	Uruguay	184	2011
131	Japan	176	2011
132	Germany	174	2011
133	Gabon	173	2011
134	Mozambique	155	2011
135	United Kingdom	150	2011
136	Papua New Guinea	128	2011
137	Canada	109	2011
	Eurozone average (profile)	104.94	2011
138	Panama	100	2011
139	France	99	2011
140	Qatar	95	2011
141	Paraguay	91	2011
142	Belgium	90	2011
143	Botswana	85	2011
144	Solomon Islands	72	2011
145	Singapore	67	2011
146	Netherlands	64	2011
147	Oman	60	2011
148	Italy	58	2011
149	Greece	56	2011
150	Dominica	52	2011
151	Barbados	45	2011
=152	Spain	43	2011
=152	Swaziland	43	2011
=154	Seychelles	42	2011
=154	Mauritius	42	2011
156	Australia	39	2011
=157	Kiribati	33	2011
=157	Sao Tome and Principe	33	2011
=159	Antigua and Barbuda	32	2011
=159	Slovenia	32	2011
=159	Belize	32	2011
162	Portugal	28	2011
163	Cape Verde	27	2011
164	Sweden	24	2011
165	Maldives	21	2011
=166	Switzerland	20	2011
=166	Suriname	20	2011
168	New Zealand	18	2011
169	Hong Kong	15	2011
170	Turks and Caicos Islands	14	2011
=171	Austria	11	2011
=171	Cyprus	11	2011
=171	Lesotho	11	2011
=174	Tonga	10	2011
=174	Macau	10	2011
=176	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9	2011
=176	Denmark	9	2011
=178	Ireland	8	2011
=178	East Timor	8	2011
=180	Finland	7	2011
=180	Norway	7	2011
=182	Malta	6	2011
=182	Andorra	6	2011
184	Monaco	4	2011
185	Iceland	3	2011
=186	San Marino	1	2011
=186	Tuvalu	1	2011
=186	Vanuatu	1	2011
=186	South Sudan	1	2011
=186	Brunei	1	2011
=186	Cayman Islands	1	2011
=186	Samoa	1	2011
=193	French Polynesia	0.0	2011
=193	Puerto Rico	0.0	2011
=193	Bermuda	0.0	2011
=193	Palau	0.0	2011
=193	Luxembourg	0.0	2011
=193	Liechtenstein	0.0	2011

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