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

DEFINITION: Refugee population by country or territory of asylum. 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 asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Jordan	2.43 million	2011
2	Pakistan	1.7 million	2011
3	European Union	1.35 million	2011
4	Syria	1.24 million	2011
5	Iran	886,468	2011
6	Germany	571,684	2011
7	Kenya	566,487	2011
8	Lebanon	445,144	2011
	South Asia average (profile)	424,099.2	2011
9	Chad	366,494	2011
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	305,662.61	2011
10	China	301,018	2011
11	Ethiopia	288,844	2011
12	United States	264,763	2011
13	Bangladesh	229,669	2011
14	Yemen	214,740	2011
15	France	210,207	2011
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	209,393.71	2011
16	Venezuela	202,022	2011
17	United Kingdom	193,510	2011
18	India	185,118	2011
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	183,637.08	2011
	Muslim countries average (profile)	181,008.31	2011
	failed states average (profile)	175,009.06	2011
19	Canada	164,883	2011
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo	152,749	2011
21	Republic of the Congo	141,232	2011
22	Uganda	139,448	2011
23	Sudan	139,415	2011
	Former British colonies average (profile)	138,890.26	2011
24	Tanzania	131,243	2011
25	Liberia	128,293	2011
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	125,094.87	2011
26	Ecuador	123,436	2011
	Religious countries average (profile)	121,247.71	2011
	OPEC countries average (profile)	114,061.55	2011
	Emerging markets average (profile)	107,541.6	2011
27	South Sudan	105,023	2011
28	Cameroon	100,373	2011
	Former French colonies average (profile)	98,829.54	2011
29	Egypt	95,087	2011
30	Algeria	94,148	2011
31	Thailand	89,253	2011
32	Malaysia	86,680	2011
33	Sweden	86,615	2011
34	Netherlands	74,598	2011
35	Nepal	72,654	2011
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	71,558.69	2011
36	Serbia	70,707	2011
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	61,780.87	2011
37	Italy	58,060	2011
38	South Africa	57,899	2011
	Eurozone average (profile)	56,766.61	2011
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	56,664.44	2011
39	Rwanda	55,325	2011
	NATO countries average (profile)	52,062.07	2011
40	Switzerland	50,416	2011
	Cold countries average (profile)	48,882.97	2011
	European Union average (profile)	48,109.39	2011
41	Austria	47,073	2011
42	Zambia	45,632	2011
	Christian countries average (profile)	42,932.22	2011
43	Israel	41,235	2011
44	Norway	40,691	2011
45	Burundi	35,659	2011
46	Iraq	35,189	2011
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	33,901.18	2011
	Europe average (profile)	33,858.5	2011
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	32,894.87	2011
47	Mauritania	26,535	2011
48	Cote d'Ivoire	24,221	2011
49	Australia	23,434	2011
	Catholic countries average (profile)	22,589.6	2011
50	Belgium	22,402	2011
51	Senegal	20,644	2011
52	Djibouti	20,340	2011
53	Costa Rica	20,057	2011
54	Togo	19,270	2011
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	18,662.9	2011
55	Panama	17,262	2011
56	Central African Republic	16,730	2011
57	Guinea	16,609	2011
58	Angola	16,223	2011
59	Poland	15,847	2011
60	Mali	15,624	2011
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	15,178.43	2011
61	Turkey	14,465	2011
62	Ghana	13,588	2011
63	Denmark	13,399	2011
64	Montenegro	12,874	2011
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	11,111.24	2011
65	Libya	10,130	2011
66	The Gambia	9,528	2011
67	Papua New Guinea	9,377	2011
68	Finland	9,175	2011
69	Nigeria	8,806	2011
70	Ireland	8,248	2011
71	Sierra Leone	8,092	2011
72	Guinea-Bissau	7,800	2011
73	Benin	7,217	2011
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	7,112.84	2011
74	Malta	6,952	2011
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6,933	2011
76	Malawi	6,308	2011
77	Kyrgyzstan	6,095	2011
78	Namibia	6,049	2011
79	Bulgaria	5,688	2011
80	Hungary	5,106	2011
81	Eritrea	4,719	2011
82	Zimbabwe	4,561	2011
83	Brazil	4,477	2011
84	Spain	4,228	2011
85	Tunisia	4,097	2011
86	Mozambique	4,079	2011
87	Russia	3,914	2011
88	Cyprus	3,503	2011
89	Argentina	3,361	2011
90	Tajikistan	3,323	2011
91	Botswana	3,312	2011
92	Ukraine	3,176	2011
93	Afghanistan	3,009	2011
94	Armenia	2,918	2011
95	Luxembourg	2,855	2011
96	Japan	2,649	2011
97	Czech Republic	2,449	2011
98	Somalia	2,099	2011
99	New Zealand	1,934	2011
100	Gabon	1,773	2011
101	Azerbaijan	1,730	2011
102	Mexico	1,677	2011
103	Chile	1,674	2011
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	1,614.27	2011
104	Greece	1,573	2011
105	Peru	1,144	2011
106	Republic of Macedonia	1,130	2011
107	Indonesia	1,006	2011
108	Romania	1,005	2011
109	Vietnam	990	2011
110	Croatia	824	2011
111	Lithuania	821	2011
112	Swaziland	759	2011
113	Morocco	736	2011
114	Bolivia	716	2011
115	United Arab Emirates	677	2011
116	Kazakhstan	616	2011
117	Saudi Arabia	599	2011
=118	Dominican Republic	595	2011
=118	Belarus	595	2011
=120	Burkina Faso	546	2011
=120	Slovakia	546	2011
122	Georgia	462	2011
123	Portugal	408	2011
124	South Korea	401	2011
125	Cuba	384	2011
126	Kuwait	335	2011
127	Niger	302	2011
128	Colombia	219	2011
129	Uzbekistan	214	2011
130	Bahrain	199	2011
131	Sri Lanka	188	2011
132	Uruguay	174	2011
133	Hong Kong	152	2011
134	Guatemala	147	2011
135	Moldova	146	2011
136	Slovenia	142	2011
137	Philippines	125	2011
138	Paraguay	124	2011
139	Latvia	95	2011
140	Liechtenstein	94	2011
141	Nicaragua	86	2011
142	Oman	83	2011
143	Albania	82	2011
144	Qatar	80	2011
145	Belize	78	2011
146	Cambodia	64	2011
147	Turkmenistan	59	2011
148	Iceland	58	2011
149	Estonia	50	2011
150	El Salvador	38	2011
151	Monaco	37	2011
152	Lesotho	34	2011
153	The Bahamas	28	2011
154	Trinidad and Tobago	22	2011
155	Jamaica	20	2011
156	Honduras	17	2011
157	Madagascar	9	2011
=158	Fiji	7	2011
=158	Guyana	7	2011
160	Curacao	6	2011
=161	Cayman Islands	3	2011
=161	Grenada	3	2011
=161	Singapore	3	2011
=161	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3	2011
=165	Saint Lucia	2	2011
=165	Tonga	2	2011
=167	Palau	1	2011
=167	Macau	1	2011
=167	Mongolia	1	2011
=170	East Timor	0.0	2011
=170	Vanuatu	0.0	2011
=170	Mauritius	0.0	2011
=170	Suriname	0.0	2011
=170	Sao Tome and Principe	0.0	2011
=170	Cape Verde	0.0	2011
=170	Equatorial Guinea	0.0	2011
=170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0	2011
=170	Solomon Islands	0.0	2011
=170	Laos	0.0	2011
=170	Federated States of Micronesia	0.0	2011
=170	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0	2011
=170	Brunei	0.0	2011
=170	Haiti	0.0	2011
=170	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0	2011
=170	Bhutan	0.0	2011
=170	Burma	0.0	2011
=170	Comoros	0.0	2011

Citation

"Countries Compared by People > Refugee population by country or territory of asylum. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Statistical Yearbook and data files, complemented by statistics on Palestinian refugees under the mandate of the UNRWA as published on its website. Data from UNHCR are available online at: www.unhcr.org/statistics/populationdatabase. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Retrieved from http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/People/Refugee-population-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum

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