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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Armenia: 72,787.563 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 2   Chad: 28,250.482 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 3   Serbia and Montenegro: 18,385.336 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 4   Congo, Republic of the: 16,523.277 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 5   Tanzania: 14,318.837 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 6   Iran: 14,275.171 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 7   Zambia: 13,345.206 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 8   Djibouti: 13,184.075 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 9   Sierra Leone: 10,852.455 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 10   Saudi Arabia: 10,411.398 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 11   Norway: 9,308.07 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 12   Uganda: 8,927.469 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 13   Germany: 8,488.191 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 14   Sweden: 8,301.714 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 15   Denmark: 8,193.165 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 16   Kenya: 7,335.155 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 17   Netherlands: 7,242.04 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 18   Pakistan: 6,963.344 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 19   Guinea: 6,756.471 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 20   Switzerland: 6,458.162 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 21   Gabon: 6,174.842 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 22   Central African Republic: 6,084.829 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 23   Iraq: 5,291.971 per 1 million people  1999 Time series
# 24   United Kingdom: 5,034.008 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 25   Rwanda: 5,001.942 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 26   Gambia, The: 4,831.653 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 27   Malta: 4,805.452 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 28   Guinea-Bissau: 4,800.976 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 29   Nepal: 4,659.924 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 30   Canada: 4,556.519 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 31   Liechtenstein: 4,316.547 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 32   Sudan: 4,064.147 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 33   Luxembourg: 3,989.406 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 34   Yemen: 3,906.476 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 35   Benin: 3,589.824 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 36   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 3,550.747 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 37   Australia: 3,195.632 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 38   Cameroon: 3,188.485 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 39   Liberia: 3,096.915 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 40   Algeria: 2,864.235 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 41   Burundi: 2,740.107 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 42   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2,704.837 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 43   Namibia: 2,612.674 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 44   Costa Rica: 2,600.51 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 45   Austria: 2,578.553 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 46   Turkmenistan: 2,475.138 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 47   Ghana: 2,421.086 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 48   Côte d'Ivoire: 2,293.01 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 49   France: 2,255.778 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 50   Finland: 2,251.006 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 51   Belize: 2,138.451 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 52   Libya: 2,078.432 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 53   Thailand: 1,822.326 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 54   Senegal: 1,776.608 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 55   Botswana: 1,761.547 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 56   Ireland: 1,710.226 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 57   Papua New Guinea: 1,698.448 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 58   Uzbekistan: 1,679.573 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 59   Togo: 1,511.309 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 60   Belgium: 1,458.394 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 61   Ethiopia: 1,414.856 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 62   Syria: 1,369.977 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 63   Malaysia: 1,329.25 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 64   New Zealand: 1,294.738 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 65   United States: 1,279.78 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 66   Egypt: 1,201.439 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 67   Zimbabwe: 1,064.604 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 68   Eritrea: 1,003.781 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 69   Iceland: 987.363 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 70   Cyprus: 925.046 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 71   Angola: 877.213 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 72   Mali: 830.94 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 73   Hungary: 797.656 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 74   Ecuador: 760.711 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 75   Swaziland: 671.972 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 76   Croatia: 658.737 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 77   South Africa: 633.72 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 78   Macedonia, Republic of: 626.334 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 79   Kuwait: 600.683 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 80   Bulgaria: 570.155 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 81   Georgia: 558.063 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 82   Panama: 535.355 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 83   Solomon Islands: 530.322 per 1 million people  1998 Time series
# 84   Kyrgyzstan: 505.104 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 85   Kazakhstan: 479.662 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 86   Azerbaijan: 358.131 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 87   Italy: 352.773 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 88   Bahamas, The: 331.743 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 89   Malawi: 329.092 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 90   Lebanon: 301.385 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 91   Hong Kong: 278.53 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 92   China: 230.771 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 93   Greece: 215.238 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 94   Mauritania: 205.948 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 95   Jordan: 176.32 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 96   Czech Republic: 176.078 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 97   Tajikistan: 156.447 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 98   Lithuania: 155.522 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 99   Bangladesh: 148.764 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 100   India: 127.248 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 101   Slovenia: 125.469 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 102   Spain: 123.83 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 103   Poland: 120.633 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 104   Mozambique: 98.725 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 105   Romania: 95.034 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 106   Israel: 87.96 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 107   Argentina: 79.335 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 108   Belarus: 74.164 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 109   Nigeria: 68.57 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 110   Slovakia: 68.313 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 111   Cuba: 62.648 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 112   Dominican Republic: 61.707 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 113   Somalia: 59.919 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 114   Bolivia: 58.266 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 115   Qatar: 56.592 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 116   Ukraine: 49.835 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 117   Chile: 49.463 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 118   Nicaragua: 44.084 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 119   Burkina Faso: 38.631 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 120   Uruguay: 34.939 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 121   Portugal: 34.409 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 122   Turkey: 33.289 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 123   Mexico: 31.322 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 124   Guatemala: 31.034 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 125   Peru: 30.32 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 126   Vietnam: 28.357 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 127   Suriname: 26.069 per 1 million people  1997 Time series
# 128   United Arab Emirates: 22.942 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 129   Lesotho: 21.717 per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 130   Niger: 21.566 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 131   Saint Lucia: 20.045 per 1 million people  1997 Time series
# 132   Moldova: 19.973 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 133   Macau: 19.378 per 1 million people  1995 Time series
# 134   Brazil: 18.551 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 135   Albania: 17.893 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 136   Venezuela: 15.352 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 137   Japan: 15.191 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 138   Jamaica: 14.675 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 139   Mauritius: 11.668 per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 140   Fiji: 11.582 per 1 million people  1996 Time series
# 141   Russia: 10.642 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 142   Cambodia: 9.026 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 143   Tunisia: 8.675 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 144   Paraguay: 8.477 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 145   Morocco: 7.259 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 146   El Salvador: 7.121 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 147   Sri Lanka: 5.401 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 148   Estonia: 5.2 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 149   Latvia: 4.782 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 150   Colombia: 3.399 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 151   East Timor: 3.075 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 152   Honduras: 3.054 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 153   Oman: 2.727 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 154   Madagascar: 2.04 per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 155   Comoros: 1.665 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 156   Bahrain: 1.46 per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 157   Korea, South: 1.429 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 158   Guyana: 1.357 per 1 million people  1997 Time series
# 159   Philippines: 1.156 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 160   Singapore: 0.691 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 161   Indonesia: 0.404 per 1 million people  2005 Time series
# 162   Laos: 0.397 per 1 million people  1998 Time series
Weighted average: 2,758.8 per 1 million people  



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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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