Hot countries Compared by People > Refugee population by country or territory of origin

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	Iraq	1.43 million	2011
2	Somalia	1.08 million	2011
3	Sudan	500,014	2011
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	491,481	2011
5	Burma	414,626	2011
6	Colombia	395,949	2011
7	Vietnam	337,829	2011
8	Eritrea	251,954	2011
9	Cote d'Ivoire	154,824	2011
10	Sri Lanka	136,617	2011
11	Angola	128,664	2011
12	Ethiopia	70,610	2011
13	Liberia	66,780	2011
14	Chad	42,640	2011
15	Mauritania	39,929	2011
16	Pakistan	35,952	2011
17	Haiti	33,661	2011
18	Zimbabwe	25,048	2011
19	Ghana	20,361	2011
20	Togo	17,871	2011
21	Senegal	17,722	2011
22	Nigeria	17,141	2011
23	India	16,232	2011
24	Indonesia	16,079	2011
25	Cambodia	15,205	2011
26	Cameroon	15,163	2011
27	Guinea	13,161	2011
28	Bangladesh	10,056	2011
29	Kenya	8,745	2011
30	Laos	8,088	2011
31	Sierra Leone	8,002	2011
32	Egypt	7,936	2011
33	Cuba	7,856	2011
34	Venezuela	7,577	2011
35	Mexico	7,472	2011
36	El Salvador	6,720	2011
37	Algeria	6,121	2011
38	Guatemala	6,088	2011
39	Uganda	5,680	2011
40	Libya	4,384	2011
41	Mali	4,295	2011
42	Yemen	2,323	2011
43	Honduras	1,966	2011
44	Fiji	1,579	2011
45	Nicaragua	1,468	2011
46	Burkina Faso	1,271	2011
47	Jamaica	1,250	2011
48	Tanzania	1,163	2011
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,127	2011
50	Guinea-Bissau	1,123	2011
51	Kuwait	1,120	2011
52	Brazil	1,045	2011
53	Philippines	952	2011
54	Ecuador	909	2011
55	Niger	819	2011
56	Guyana	771	2011
57	Saudi Arabia	745	2011
58	Bolivia	611	2011
59	Djibouti	602	2011
60	Malaysia	537	2011
61	Benin	461	2011
62	Saint Lucia	433	2011
63	Comoros	422	2011
64	Thailand	368	2011
65	Costa Rica	331	2011
66	Grenada	323	2011
67	Trinidad and Tobago	297	2011
68	Madagascar	289	2011
69	Equatorial Guinea	258	2011
70	Dominican Republic	250	2011
71	Zambia	240	2011
72	Malawi	222	2011
73	Bahrain	215	2011
74	The Bahamas	185	2011
75	Gabon	173	2011
76	Mozambique	155	2011
77	Papua New Guinea	128	2011
78	Panama	100	2011
79	Qatar	95	2011
80	Paraguay	91	2011
81	Botswana	85	2011
82	Solomon Islands	72	2011
83	Singapore	67	2011
84	Oman	60	2011
85	Dominica	52	2011
86	Barbados	45	2011
87	Swaziland	43	2011
=88	Seychelles	42	2011
=88	Mauritius	42	2011
90	Australia	39	2011
91	Kiribati	33	2011
=92	Antigua and Barbuda	32	2011
=92	Belize	32	2011
94	Cape Verde	27	2011
95	Maldives	21	2011
96	Suriname	20	2011
97	Hong Kong	15	2011
=98	Tonga	10	2011
=98	Macau	10	2011
=100	Brunei	1	2011
=100	Samoa	1	2011
=100	Tuvalu	1	2011
103	Bermuda	0.0	2011

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