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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Statistical Yearbook and data files, complemented by statistics on Palestinian refugees under the mandate of the UNRWA as published on its website. Data from UNHCR are available online at: www.unhcr.org/statistics/populationdatabase.
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 Organisation 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 refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Immigration Statistics > Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (per capita) (2006) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Jordan :
422.233
per 1,000 people
2006
Jordanian Immigration
# 2
Lebanon :
105.697
per 1,000 people
2006
Lebanese Immigration
# 3
Syria :
58.707
per 1,000 people
2006
Syrian Immigration
# 4
Armenia :
37.814
per 1,000 people
2006
Armenian Immigration
# 5
Chad :
28.712
per 1,000 people
2006
Chadian Immigration
# 6
Congo, Republic of the :
13.59
per 1,000 people
2006
Congolese Immigration
# 7
Tanzania :
12.293
per 1,000 people
2006
Tanzanian Immigration
# 8
Serbia and Montenegro :
12.29
per 1,000 people
2006
Serbian Immigration
# 9
Djibouti :
11.492
per 1,000 people
2006
Djiboutian Immigration
# 10
Saudi Arabia :
10.167
per 1,000 people
2006
Saudi Immigration
# 11
Zambia :
10.138
per 1,000 people
2006
Zambian Immigration
# 12
Norway :
9.332
per 1,000 people
2006
Norwegian Immigration
# 13
Uganda :
9.105
per 1,000 people
2006
Ugandan Immigration
# 14
Gambia, The :
8.862
per 1,000 people
2006
Gambian Immigration
# 15
Sweden :
8.834
per 1,000 people
2006
Swedish Immigration
# 16
Liechtenstein :
7.937
per 1,000 people
2006
Liechtenstein Immigration
# 17
Kenya :
7.755
per 1,000 people
2006
Kenyan Immigration
# 18
Germany :
7.346
per 1,000 people
2006
German Immigration
# 19
Denmark :
6.753
per 1,000 people
2006
Danish Immigration
# 20
Pakistan :
6.569
per 1,000 people
2006
Pakistani Immigration
# 21
Switzerland :
6.521
per 1,000 people
2006
Swiss Immigration
# 22
Netherlands :
6.143
per 1,000 people
2006
Dutch Immigration
# 23
Gabon :
5.996
per 1,000 people
2006
Gabonese Immigration
# 24
Malta :
5.936
per 1,000 people
2006
Maltese Immigration
# 25
Rwanda :
5.321
per 1,000 people
2006
Rwandan Immigration
# 26
Sudan :
5.302
per 1,000 people
2006
Sudanese Immigration
# 27
United Kingdom :
4.996
per 1,000 people
2006
British Immigration
# 28
Sierra Leone :
4.851
per 1,000 people
2006
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 29
Liberia :
4.788
per 1,000 people
2006
Liberian Immigration
# 30
Guinea-Bissau :
4.779
per 1,000 people
2006
Guinean Immigration
# 31
Luxembourg :
4.774
per 1,000 people
2006
Luxembourg Immigration
# 32
Canada :
4.663
per 1,000 people
2006
Canadian Immigration
# 33
Nepal :
4.634
per 1,000 people
2006
Nepalese Immigration
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
3.512
per 1,000 people
2006
Congolese Immigration
# 35
Guinea :
3.421
per 1,000 people
2006
Guinean Immigration
# 36
Australia :
3.36
per 1,000 people
2006
Australian Immigration
# 37
Austria :
3.093
per 1,000 people
2006
Austrian Immigration
# 38
Central African Republic :
3.017
per 1,000 people
2006
Central African Immigration
# 39
Algeria :
2.824
per 1,000 people
2006
Algerian Immigration
# 40
United States :
2.821
per 1,000 people
2006
American Immigration
# 41
Namibia :
2.663
per 1,000 people
2006
Namibian Immigration
# 42
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2.64
per 1,000 people
2006
Herzegovinian Immigration
# 43
Costa Rica :
2.624
per 1,000 people
2006
Costa Rican Immigration
# 44
France :
2.392
per 1,000 people
2006
French Immigration
# 45
Finland :
2.251
per 1,000 people
2006
Finnish Immigration
# 46
Cameroon :
2.103
per 1,000 people
2006
Cameroonian Immigration
# 47
Thailand :
2.057
per 1,000 people
2006
Thai Immigration
# 48
Ghana :
1.994
per 1,000 people
2006
Ghanaian Immigration
# 49
Ireland :
1.881
per 1,000 people
2006
Irish Immigration
# 50
Botswana :
1.798
per 1,000 people
2006
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 51
Senegal :
1.726
per 1,000 people
2006
Senegalese Immigration
# 52
Papua New Guinea :
1.699
per 1,000 people
2006
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 53
Burundi :
1.682
per 1,000 people
2006
Burundian Immigration
# 54
Iraq :
1.658
per 1,000 people
2006
Iraqi Immigration
# 55
Belize :
1.642
per 1,000 people
2006
Belizean Immigration
# 56
Belgium :
1.604
per 1,000 people
2006
Belgian Immigration
# 57
Côte d'Ivoire :
1.478
per 1,000 people
2006
Ivoirian Immigration
# 58
Malaysia :
1.443
per 1,000 people
2006
Malaysian Immigration
# 59
Ethiopia :
1.334
per 1,000 people
2006
Ethiopian Immigration
# 60
Benin :
1.242
per 1,000 people
2006
Beninese Immigration
# 61
Cyprus :
1.207
per 1,000 people
2006
Cypriot Immigration
# 62
New Zealand :
1.189
per 1,000 people
2006
New Zealand Immigration
# 63
Eritrea :
1.018
per 1,000 people
2006
Eritrean Immigration
# 64
Togo :
1.004
per 1,000 people
2006
Togolese Immigration
# 65
Iceland :
0.893
per 1,000 people
2006
Icelandic Immigration
# 66
Ecuador :
0.879
per 1,000 people
2006
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 67
Hungary :
0.803
per 1,000 people
2006
Hungarian Immigration
# 68
Mali :
0.761
per 1,000 people
2006
Malian Immigration
# 69
South Africa :
0.74
per 1,000 people
2006
South African Immigration
# 70
Swaziland :
0.668
per 1,000 people
2006
Swazi Immigration
# 71
Macedonia, Republic of :
0.608
per 1,000 people
2006
Macedonian Immigration
# 72
Bulgaria :
0.585
per 1,000 people
2006
Bulgarian Immigration
# 73
Panama :
0.563
per 1,000 people
2006
Panamanian Immigration
# 74
Croatia :
0.551
per 1,000 people
2006
Croatian Immigration
# 75
Libya :
0.463
per 1,000 people
2006
Libyan Immigration
# 76
Italy :
0.459
per 1,000 people
2006
Italian Immigration
# 77
Azerbaijan :
0.309
per 1,000 people
2006
Azerbaijani Immigration
# 78
Georgia :
0.309
per 1,000 people
2006
Georgian Immigration
# 79
Malawi :
0.3
per 1,000 people
2006
Malawian Immigration
# 80
Kazakhstan :
0.288
per 1,000 people
2006
Kazakhstani Immigration
# 81
Zimbabwe :
0.269
per 1,000 people
2006
Zimbabwean Immigration
# 82
Mauritania :
0.244
per 1,000 people
2006
Mauritanian Immigration
# 83
China :
0.229
per 1,000 people
2006
Chinese Immigration
# 84
Greece :
0.206
per 1,000 people
2006
Greek Immigration
# 85
Czech Republic :
0.185
per 1,000 people
2006
Czech Immigration
# 86
Bangladesh :
0.182
per 1,000 people
2006
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 87
Poland :
0.178
per 1,000 people
2006
Polish Immigration
# 88
Lithuania :
0.156
per 1,000 people
2006
Lithuanian Immigration
# 89
Turkmenistan :
0.153
per 1,000 people
2006
Turkmen Immigration
# 90
India :
0.143
per 1,000 people
2006
Indian Immigration
# 91
Tajikistan :
0.14
per 1,000 people
2006
Tajikistani Immigration
# 92
Slovenia :
0.127
per 1,000 people
2006
Slovenian Immigration
# 93
Mozambique :
0.127
per 1,000 people
2006
Mozambican Immigration
# 94
Spain :
0.121
per 1,000 people
2006
Spanish Immigration
# 95
Israel :
0.119
per 1,000 people
2006
Israeli Immigration
# 96
Argentina :
0.081
per 1,000 people
2006
Argentine Immigration
# 97
Somalia :
0.079
per 1,000 people
2006
Somali Immigration
# 98
Romania :
0.077
per 1,000 people
2006
Romanian Immigration
# 99
Belarus :
0.071
per 1,000 people
2006
Belarusian Immigration
# 100
Kyrgyzstan :
0.07
per 1,000 people
2006
Kyrgyzstani Immigration
# 101
Chile :
0.069
per 1,000 people
2006
Chilean Immigration
# 102
Bolivia :
0.061
per 1,000 people
2006
Bolivian Immigration
# 103
Nigeria :
0.061
per 1,000 people
2006
Nigerian Immigration
# 104
Cuba :
0.059
per 1,000 people
2006
Cuban Immigration
# 105
Qatar :
0.056
per 1,000 people
2006
Qatari Immigration
# 106
Uzbekistan :
0.053
per 1,000 people
2006
Uzbekistani Immigration
# 107
Ukraine :
0.049
per 1,000 people
2006
Ukrainian Immigration
# 108
Slovakia :
0.046
per 1,000 people
2006
Slovak Immigration
# 109
Moldova :
0.042
per 1,000 people
2006
Moldovan Immigration
# 110
Burkina Faso :
0.038
per 1,000 people
2006
Burkinabe Immigration
# 111
Uruguay :
0.038
per 1,000 people
2006
Uruguayan Immigration
# 112
United Arab Emirates :
0.038
per 1,000 people
2006
Emirati Immigration
# 113
Nicaragua :
0.038
per 1,000 people
2006
Nicaraguan Immigration
# 114
Turkey :
0.036
per 1,000 people
2006
Turkish Immigration
# 115
Peru :
0.032
per 1,000 people
2006
Peruvian Immigration
# 116
Mexico :
0.032
per 1,000 people
2006
Mexican Immigration
# 117
Portugal :
0.031
per 1,000 people
2006
Portuguese Immigration
# 118
Guatemala :
0.03
per 1,000 people
2006
Guatemalan Immigration
# 119
Vietnam :
0.028
per 1,000 people
2006
Vietnamese Immigration
# 120
Venezuela :
0.027
per 1,000 people
2006
Venezuelan Immigration
# 121
Niger :
0.022
per 1,000 people
2006
Nigerien Immigration
# 122
Brazil :
0.019
per 1,000 people
2006
Brazilian Immigration
# 123
Kuwait :
0.019
per 1,000 people
2006
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 124
Albania :
0.018
per 1,000 people
2006
Albanian Immigration
# 125
Morocco :
0.016
per 1,000 people
2006
Moroccan Immigration
# 126
Japan :
0.014
per 1,000 people
2006
Japanese Immigration
# 127
Russia :
0.01
per 1,000 people
2006
Russian Immigration
# 128
Paraguay :
0.01
per 1,000 people
2006
Paraguayan Immigration
# 129
Latvia :
0.009
per 1,000 people
2006
Latvian Immigration
# 130
Tunisia :
0.009
per 1,000 people
2006
Tunisian Immigration
# 131
Sri Lanka :
0.008
per 1,000 people
2006
Sri Lankan Immigration
# 132
Cambodia :
0.007
per 1,000 people
2006
Cambodian Immigration
# 133
El Salvador :
0.006
per 1,000 people
2006
Salvadoran Immigration
# 134
Estonia :
0.004
per 1,000 people
2006
Estonian Immigration
# 135
Honduras :
0.003
per 1,000 people
2006
Honduran Immigration
# 136
Colombia :
0.003
per 1,000 people
2006
Colombian Immigration
# 137
Oman :
0.003
per 1,000 people
2006
Omani Immigration
# 138
East Timor :
0.003
per 1,000 people
2006
Timorese Immigration
# 139
Comoros :
0.002
per 1,000 people
2006
Comoran Immigration
# 140
Mongolia :
0.002
per 1,000 people
2006
Mongolian Immigration
# 141
Indonesia :
0.001
per 1,000 people
2006
Indonesian Immigration
# 142
Philippines :
0.001
per 1,000 people
2006
Philippine Immigration
# 143
Afghanistan :
0.001
per 1,000 people
2006
Afghan Immigration
# 144
Bahrain :
0.001
per 1,000 people
2006
Bahraini Immigration
# 145
Singapore :
0
per 1,000 people
2006
Singapore Immigration
Weighted average:
6.5
per 1,000 people
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
2.87
per 1,000 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 Organisation 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 refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Statistical Yearbook and data files, complemented by statistics on Palestinian refugees under the mandate of the UNRWA as published on its website. Data from UNHCR are available online at: www.unhcr.org/statistics/populationdatabase.
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"Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (per capita) (2006) by country", United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Statistical Yearbook and data files, complemented by statistics on Palestinian refugees under the mandate of the UNRWA as published on its website. Data from UNHCR are available online at: www.unhcr.org/statistics/populationdatabase.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/imm_ref_pop_by_cou_or_ter_of_asy_percap-country-territory-asylum-per-capita&date=2006
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