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immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population	1.876		[127th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants	518,000		[60th of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	>0.5%
International migration stock > % of population	1.8 %		[140th of 205]
International migration stock, total	518,158		[61st of 205]
Net migration	-15,000		[99th of 180]
Net migration rate	0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 populati		[74th of 225]
Net migration rate > A note according to the UNHCR, by the end of 2001, Uganda was host to 178,815 refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including: Sudan 155,996, Rwanda 14,375, and Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,459 (2002 est.)
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum	257,256		[9th of 151]
Refugee population by country or territory of origin	34,225		[32nd of 77]
Refugees	206,930		[19th of 110]
Refugees > Convention on refugees	27 Sep 1976 a
Refugees > Outflow	29,000		[24th of 76]
Refugees > US applications	1		[64th of 64]
Refugees > US applications otherwise closed	1		[32nd of 39]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs	1,270,000		[3rd of 40]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of origin) 215,700 (Sudan); 28,880 (Democratic Republic of Congo); 24,900 (Rwanda)
US visa lottery winners	351 US visa lottery winners		[47th of 178]

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