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immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population	1.007		[147th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants	345,000		[73rd of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	>0.5%
International migration stock > % of population	1.01 %		[161st of 205]
International migration stock, total	344,857		[75th of 205]
Net migration	-211,519		[149th of 180]
Net migration rate	0 migrant(s)/1,000 populati		[85th of 225]
Net migration rate > A note according to UNHCR, by the end of 2001 Kenya was host to 220,000 refugees from neighboring countries, including: Somalia 145,000 and Sudan 68,000 (2002 est.)
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum	251,271		[10th of 151]
Refugee population by country or territory of origin	4,640		[63rd of 77]
Refugees	244,620		[18th of 110]
Refugees > Convention on refugees	16 May 1966 a
Refugees > Outflow	1,000		[73rd of 76]
Refugees > US applications	3		[54th of 64]
Refugees > US applications otherwise closed	3		[26th of 39]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs	431,150		[6th of 40]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of origin) 173,702 (Somalia); 73,004 (Sudan); 16,428 (Ethiopia)
US visa lottery winners	5,721 US visa lottery winners		[4th of 178]

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