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Immigration Statistics > Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Pakistan: 1,084,694   2005 Time series
# 2   Iran: 974,296   2005 Time series
# 3   Germany: 700,016   2005 Time series
# 4   Tanzania: 548,824   2005 Time series
# 5   United States: 379,340   2005 Time series
# 6   United Kingdom: 303,180.7   2005 Time series
# 7   China: 301,041   2005 Time series
# 8   Chad: 275,412   2005 Time series
# 9   Uganda: 257,256   2005 Time series
# 10   Kenya: 251,271   2005 Time series
# 11   Saudi Arabia: 240,701   2005 Time series
# 12   Armenia: 219,550   2005 Time series
# 13   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 204,341   2005 Time series
# 14   Zambia: 155,718   2005 Time series
# 15   Serbia and Montenegro: 148,264   2005 Time series
# 16   Sudan: 147,256   2005 Time series
# 17   Canada: 147,171   2005 Time series
# 18   India: 139,283   2005 Time series
# 19   France: 137,316   2005 Time series
# 20   Nepal: 126,436   2005 Time series
# 21   Netherlands: 118,189   2005 Time series
# 22   Thailand: 117,053   2005 Time series
# 23   Ethiopia: 100,817   2005 Time series
# 24   Algeria: 94,101   2005 Time series
# 25   Egypt: 88,946   2005 Time series
# 26   Yemen: 81,937   2005 Time series
# 27   Sweden: 74,915   2005 Time series
# 28   Congo, Republic of the: 66,075   2005 Time series
# 29   Australia: 64,964   2005 Time series
# 30   Guinea: 63,525   2005 Time series
# 31   Sierra Leone: 59,965   2005 Time series
# 32   Ghana: 53,537   2005 Time series
# 33   Cameroon: 52,042   2005 Time series
# 34   Iraq: 50,177   2005 Time series
# 35   Switzerland: 48,030   2005 Time series
# 36   Rwanda: 45,206   2005 Time series
# 37   Denmark: 44,374   2005 Time series
# 38   Uzbekistan: 43,950   2005 Time series
# 39   Norway: 43,034   2005 Time series
# 40   Côte d'Ivoire: 41,627   2005 Time series
# 41   Malaysia: 33,693   2005 Time series
# 42   Benin: 30,294   2005 Time series
# 43   South Africa: 29,714   2005 Time series
# 44   Syria: 26,089   2005 Time series
# 45   Central African Republic: 24,569   2005 Time series
# 46   Austria: 21,230   2005 Time series
# 47   Bangladesh: 21,098   2005 Time series
# 48   Senegal: 20,712   2005 Time series
# 49   Burundi: 20,681   2005 Time series
# 50   Italy: 20,675   2005 Time series
# 51   Belgium: 15,282   2005 Time series
# 52   Angola: 13,984   2005 Time series
# 53   Zimbabwe: 13,850   2005 Time series
# 54   Libya: 12,166   2005 Time series
# 55   Turkmenistan: 11,963   2005 Time series
# 56   Finland: 11,809   2005 Time series
# 57   Costa Rica: 11,253   2005 Time series
# 58   Mali: 11,233   2005 Time series
# 59   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 10,568   2005 Time series
# 60   Djibouti: 10,456   2005 Time series
# 61   Liberia: 10,168   2005 Time series
# 62   Ecuador: 10,063   2005 Time series
# 63   Papua New Guinea: 9,999   2005 Time series
# 64   Togo: 9,287   2005 Time series
# 65   Nigeria: 9,019   2005 Time series
# 66   Gabon: 8,545   2005 Time series
# 67   Hungary: 8,046   2005 Time series
# 68   Guinea-Bissau: 7,616   2005 Time series
# 69   Gambia, The: 7,330   2005 Time series
# 70   Kazakhstan: 7,265   2005 Time series
# 71   Ireland: 7,113   2005 Time series
# 72   Spain: 5,374   2005 Time series
= 73   Namibia: 5,307   2005 Time series
= 73   New Zealand: 5,307   2005 Time series
# 75   Poland: 4,604   2005 Time series
# 76   Eritrea: 4,418   2005 Time series
# 77   Bulgaria: 4,413   2005 Time series
# 78   Malawi: 4,240   2005 Time series
# 79   Brazil: 3,458   2005 Time series
# 80   Mexico: 3,229   2005 Time series
# 81   Botswana: 3,109   2005 Time series
# 82   Argentina: 3,074   2005 Time series
# 83   Azerbaijan: 3,004   2005 Time series
# 84   Croatia: 2,927   2005 Time series
# 85   Kyrgyzstan: 2,598   2005 Time series
# 86   Georgia: 2,497   2005 Time series
# 87   Turkey: 2,399   2005 Time series
# 88   Greece: 2,390   2005 Time series
# 89   Vietnam: 2,357   2005 Time series
# 90   Ukraine: 2,346   2005 Time series
# 91   Romania: 2,056   2005 Time series
# 92   Mozambique: 1,954   2005 Time series
# 93   Japan: 1,941   2005 Time series
# 94   Malta: 1,939   2005 Time series
# 95   Hong Kong: 1,934   2005 Time series
# 96   Luxembourg: 1,822   2005 Time series
# 97   Czech Republic: 1,802   2005 Time series
# 98   Panama: 1,730   2005 Time series
= 99   Russia: 1,523   2005 Time series
= 99   Kuwait: 1,523   2005 Time series
# 101   Macedonia, Republic of: 1,274   2005 Time series
# 102   Lebanon: 1,078   2005 Time series
# 103   Tajikistan: 1,018   2005 Time series
# 104   Jordan: 965   2005 Time series
# 105   Peru: 848   2005 Time series
# 106   Chile: 806   2005 Time series
# 107   Swaziland: 760   2005 Time series
# 108   Belarus: 725   2005 Time series
# 109   Cuba: 706   2005 Time series
# 110   Cyprus: 701   2005 Time series
# 111   Mauritania: 632   2005 Time series
# 112   Belize: 624   2005 Time series
# 113   Israel: 609   2005 Time series
# 114   Bolivia: 535   2005 Time series
# 115   Lithuania: 531   2005 Time series
# 116   Burkina Faso: 511   2005 Time series
# 117   Dominican Republic: 510   2000 Time series
# 118   Somalia: 493   2005 Time series
# 119   Venezuela: 408   2005 Time series
# 120   Guatemala: 391   2005 Time series
# 121   Slovakia: 368   2005 Time series
# 122   Portugal: 363   2005 Time series
# 123   Niger: 301   2005 Time series
# 124   Iceland: 293   2005 Time series
# 125   Slovenia: 251   2005 Time series
# 126   Nicaragua: 227   2005 Time series
# 127   Morocco: 219   2005 Time series
# 128   Solomon Islands: 210   1998 Time series
# 129   Colombia: 155   2005 Time series
# 130   Liechtenstein: 150   2005 Time series
# 131   Cambodia: 127   2005 Time series
# 132   Uruguay: 121   2005 Time series
# 133   Sri Lanka: 106   2005 Time series
# 134   United Arab Emirates: 104   2005 Time series
# 135   Bahamas, The: 100   2000 Time series
# 136   Philippines: 96   2005 Time series
# 137   Indonesia: 89   2005 Time series
# 138   Tunisia: 87   2005 Time series
# 139   Moldova: 84   2005 Time series
# 140   Korea, South: 69   2005 Time series
# 141   Albania: 56   2005 Time series
# 142   Paraguay: 50   2005 Time series
# 143   El Salvador: 49   2005 Time series
# 144   Qatar: 46   2005 Time series
# 145   Lesotho: 39   2001 Time series
# 146   Jamaica: 38   2000 Time series
# 147   Madagascar: 34   2001 Time series
# 148   Afghanistan: 32   2005 Time series
# 149   Honduras: 22   2005 Time series
# 150   Mauritius: 14   2001 Time series
= 151   Latvia: 11   2005 Time series
= 151   Suriname: 11   1997 Time series
# 153   Fiji: 9   1996 Time series
# 154   Macau: 8   1995 Time series
= 155   Estonia: 7   2005 Time series
= 155   Oman: 7   2005 Time series
= 157   Singapore: 3   2005 Time series
= 157   East Timor: 3   2005 Time series
= 157   Saint Lucia: 3   1997 Time series
# 160   Laos: 2   1998 Time series
= 161   Comoros: 1   2005 Time series
= 161   Bahrain: 1   2001 Time series
= 161   Guyana: 1   1997 Time series
Total: 8,662,967.7   
Weighted average: 53,147.0   



DEFINITION: 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 a refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided with temporary protection. Asylum seekers are people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are otherwise registered as asylum seekers. Country of asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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