People > Migration > Refugees Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & Poland
Definitions
- Convention on refugees: Date of ratification of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. "a" denotes accession. "d" denotes succession.
- Outflow: Refugees by country of origin (2000). The country of origin for many refugees is unavailable or unreported. These data may therefore be underestimates.
- Outflow per 1000: Refugees by country of origin (2000). The country of origin for many refugees is unavailable or unreported. These data may therefore be underestimates. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
- US applications: Number of refugee status applications filed in the United States in 2002, listed by country of chargeability
- US applications per million: Number of refugee status applications filed in the United States in 2002, listed by country of chargeability. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
SOURCES: United Nations Treaty Collection; UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). 2002. Correspondence on refugees and internally displaced persons. February. Geneva.; UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). 2002. Correspondence on refugees and internally displaced persons. February. Geneva. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
