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