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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 origin generally refers to the nationality or country of citizenship of a claimant."
Immigration Statistics > Refugee population by country or territory of origin (2007) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Iraq :
2,309,245
2007
Iraqi Immigration
# 2
Colombia :
551,744
2007
Colombian Immigration
# 3
Sudan :
523,032
2007
Sudanese Immigration
# 4
Somalia :
457,356
2007
Somali Immigration
# 5
Burundi :
375,715
2007
Burundian Immigration
# 6
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
370,386
2007
Congolese Immigration
# 7
Vietnam :
327,776
2007
Vietnamese Immigration
# 8
Turkey :
221,939
2007
Turkish Immigration
# 9
Eritrea :
208,748
2007
Eritrean Immigration
# 10
Burma :
191,313
2007
Burmese Immigration
# 11
Angola :
186,155
2007
Angolan Immigration
# 12
China :
169,265
2007
Chinese Immigration
# 13
Serbia and Montenegro :
165,643
2007
Serbian Immigration
# 14
Sri Lanka :
134,952
2007
Sri Lankan Immigration
# 15
Bhutan :
110,598
2007
Bhutanese Immigration
# 16
Croatia :
100,423
2007
Croatian Immigration
# 17
Central African Republic :
98,104
2007
Central African Immigration
# 18
Russia :
93,224
2007
Russian Immigration
# 19
Liberia :
91,540
2007
Liberian Immigration
# 20
Rwanda :
80,964
2007
Rwandan Immigration
# 21
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
78,273
2007
Herzegovinian Immigration
# 22
Ethiopia :
59,858
2007
Ethiopian Immigration
# 23
Chad :
55,722
2007
Chadian Immigration
# 24
Mauritania :
33,108
2007
Mauritanian Immigration
# 25
Sierra Leone :
32,127
2007
Sierra Leonean Immigration
# 26
Pakistan :
31,858
2007
Pakistani Immigration
# 27
Ukraine :
25,985
2007
Ukrainian Immigration
# 28
Togo :
22,502
2007
Togolese Immigration
# 29
Haiti :
22,280
2007
Haitian Immigration
# 30
Côte d'Ivoire :
22,232
2007
Ivoirian Immigration
# 31
Uganda :
21,341
2007
Ugandan Immigration
# 32
Indonesia :
20,558
2007
Indonesian Immigration
# 33
India :
20,466
2007
Indian Immigration
# 34
Congo, Republic of the :
19,735
2007
Congolese Immigration
# 35
Cambodia :
17,704
2007
Cambodian Immigration
# 36
Azerbaijan :
15,916
2007
Azerbaijani Immigration
# 37
Senegal :
15,896
2007
Senegalese Immigration
# 38
Armenia :
15,436
2007
Armenian Immigration
# 39
Albania :
15,340
2007
Albanian Immigration
# 40
Zimbabwe :
14,374
2007
Zimbabwean Immigration
# 41
Nigeria :
13,904
2007
Nigerian Immigration
# 42
Syria :
13,690
2007
Syrian Immigration
# 43
Lebanon :
13,094
2007
Lebanese Immigration
# 44
Georgia :
11,810
2007
Georgian Immigration
# 45
Cameroon :
11,508
2007
Cameroonian Immigration
# 46
Algeria :
10,615
2007
Algerian Immigration
# 47
Bangladesh :
10,243
2007
Bangladeshi Immigration
# 48
Laos :
10,013
2007
Lao Immigration
# 49
Guinea :
8,278
2007
Guinean Immigration
# 50
Macedonia, Republic of :
8,077
2007
Macedonian Immigration
# 51
Peru :
7,743
2007
Peruvian Immigration
# 52
Kenya :
7,546
2007
Kenyan Immigration
# 53
Cuba :
7,503
2007
Cuban Immigration
# 54
Guatemala :
6,161
2007
Guatemalan Immigration
# 55
El Salvador :
6,022
2007
Salvadoran Immigration
# 56
Uzbekistan :
5,663
2007
Uzbekistani Immigration
# 57
Mexico :
5,572
2007
Mexican Immigration
# 58
Romania :
5,306
2007
Romanian Immigration
# 59
Kazakhstan :
5,235
2007
Kazakhstani Immigration
# 60
Venezuela :
5,094
2007
Venezuelan Immigration
# 61
Ghana :
5,063
2007
Ghanaian Immigration
# 62
Belarus :
4,970
2007
Belarusian Immigration
# 63
Moldova :
4,918
2007
Moldovan Immigration
# 64
Mali :
4,494
2007
Malian Immigration
# 65
Morocco :
4,039
2007
Moroccan Immigration
# 66
Hungary :
3,386
2007
Hungarian Immigration
# 67
Nepal :
3,364
2007
Nepalese Immigration
# 68
Bulgaria :
3,311
2007
Bulgarian Immigration
# 69
Poland :
2,915
2007
Polish Immigration
# 70
Tunisia :
2,507
2007
Tunisian Immigration
# 71
Thailand :
2,325
2007
Thai Immigration
# 72
Kyrgyzstan :
2,254
2007
Kyrgyzstani Immigration
# 73
United States :
2,174
2007
American Immigration
# 74
Libya :
1,954
2007
Libyan Immigration
# 75
Nicaragua :
1,900
2007
Nicaraguan Immigration
# 76
Fiji :
1,828
2007
Fijian Immigration
# 77
Jordan :
1,787
2007
Jordanian Immigration
# 78
Brazil :
1,624
2007
Brazilian Immigration
# 79
Philippines :
1,552
2007
Philippine Immigration
# 80
Israel :
1,541
2007
Israeli Immigration
# 81
Czech Republic :
1,384
2007
Czech Immigration
# 82
Ecuador :
1,332
2007
Ecuadorian Immigration
# 83
Gambia, The :
1,267
2007
Gambian Immigration
# 84
Tanzania :
1,255
2007
Tanzanian Immigration
# 85
Honduras :
1,236
2007
Honduran Immigration
# 86
Argentina :
1,171
2007
Argentine Immigration
# 87
Namibia :
1,128
2007
Namibian Immigration
# 88
Mongolia :
1,101
2007
Mongolian Immigration
# 89
Guinea-Bissau :
1,028
2007
Guinean Immigration
# 90
Chile :
970
2007
Chilean Immigration
# 91
Tajikistan :
894
2007
Tajikistani Immigration
# 92
Niger :
827
2007
Nigerien Immigration
# 93
Jamaica :
766
2007
Jamaican Immigration
# 94
Saudi Arabia :
753
2007
Saudi Immigration
# 95
Kuwait :
746
2007
Kuwaiti Immigration
# 96
Turkmenistan :
678
2007
Turkmen Immigration
# 97
Guyana :
677
2007
Guyanese Immigration
# 98
Latvia :
662
2007
Latvian Immigration
# 99
Djibouti :
648
2007
Djiboutian Immigration
# 100
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
646
2007
Saint Vincentian Immigration
# 101
Malaysia :
615
2007
Malaysian Immigration
# 102
Burkina Faso :
558
2007
Burkinabe Immigration
# 103
Canada :
530
2007
Canadian Immigration
# 104
Japan :
521
2007
Japanese Immigration
# 105
South Africa :
474
2007
South African Immigration
# 106
Lithuania :
466
2007
Lithuanian Immigration
# 107
Equatorial Guinea :
407
2007
Equatorial Guinean Immigration
# 108
Costa Rica :
361
2007
Costa Rican Immigration
# 109
Dominican Republic :
358
2007
Dominican Immigration
# 110
Slovakia :
342
2007
Slovak Immigration
# 111
United Arab Emirates :
308
2007
Emirati Immigration
# 112
Grenada :
297
2007
Grenadian Immigration
# 113
Madagascar :
284
2007
Malagasy Immigration
# 114
Benin :
271
2007
Beninese Immigration
# 115
Estonia :
262
2007
Estonian Immigration
# 116
Saint Lucia :
227
2007
Saint Lucian Immigration
# 117
Mozambique :
222
2007
Mozambican Immigration
# 118
Trinidad and Tobago :
211
2007
Tobagonian Immigration
# 119
United Kingdom :
201
2007
British Immigration
# 120
Uruguay :
197
2007
Uruguayan Immigration
# 121
Zambia :
196
2007
Zambian Immigration
# 122
Germany :
129
2007
German Immigration
# 123
Singapore :
116
2007
Singapore Immigration
# 124
Gabon :
116
2007
Gabonese Immigration
# 125
Panama :
109
2007
Panamanian Immigration
# 126
Paraguay :
102
2007
Paraguayan Immigration
# 127
France :
101
2007
French Immigration
# 128
Malawi :
97
2007
Malawian Immigration
# 129
Comoros :
96
2007
Comoran Immigration
# 130
Greece :
92
2007
Greek Immigration
# 131
Italy :
90
2007
Italian Immigration
# 132
Bahrain :
73
2007
Bahraini Immigration
# 133
Mauritius :
71
2007
Mauritian Immigration
# 134
Australia :
63
2007
Australian Immigration
# 135
Suriname :
63
2007
Surinamese Immigration
# 136
Qatar :
62
2007
Qatari Immigration
# 137
Belgium :
60
2007
Belgian Immigration
# 138
Dominica :
58
2007
Dominican Immigration
# 139
Seychelles :
55
2007
Seychellois Immigration
# 140
Slovenia :
52
2007
Slovenian Immigration
# 141
Solomon Islands :
48
2007
Solomon Islander Immigration
# 142
Netherlands :
43
2007
Dutch Immigration
# 143
Oman :
43
2007
Omani Immigration
# 144
Spain :
41
2007
Spanish Immigration
# 145
Kiribati :
38
2007
- Immigration
# 146
Barbados :
38
2007
Barbadian Immigration
# 147
Papua New Guinea :
36
2007
Papua New Guinean Immigration
# 148
São Tomé and Príncipe :
33
2007
Sao Tomean Immigration
# 149
Cape Verde :
32
2007
Cape Verdean Immigration
# 150
Portugal :
32
2007
Portuguese Immigration
# 151
Switzerland :
31
2007
Swiss Immigration
# 152
Antigua and Barbuda :
25
2007
Barbudan Immigration
# 153
Swaziland :
25
2007
Swazi Immigration
# 154
Austria :
23
2007
Austrian Immigration
# 155
Maldives :
17
2007
Maldivian Immigration
# 156
Belize :
17
2007
Belizean Immigration
# 157
Botswana :
16
2007
Motswana -Batswana Immigration
# 158
Sweden :
16
2007
Swedish Immigration
# 159
Denmark :
14
2007
Danish Immigration
# 160
Bahamas, The :
14
2007
Bahamian Immigration
# 161
New Zealand :
13
2007
New Zealand Immigration
# 162
Ireland :
10
2007
Irish Immigration
# 163
Cyprus :
9
2007
Cypriot Immigration
# 164
Malta :
9
2007
Maltese Immigration
# 165
Andorra :
9
2007
Andorran Immigration
# 166
Lesotho :
7
2007
Basotho Immigration
# 167
Iceland :
7
2007
Icelandic Immigration
# 168
East Timor :
6
2007
Timorese Immigration
# 169
Tonga :
5
2007
Tongan Immigration
# 170
Finland :
4
2007
Finnish Immigration
# 171
Norway :
3
2007
Norwegian Immigration
# 172
Brunei :
2
2007
Bruneian Immigration
# 173
Samoa :
2
2007
Samoan Immigration
# 174
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2
2007
Nevisian Immigration
# 175
San Marino :
2
2007
Sammarinese Immigration
# 176
Luxembourg :
2
2007
Luxembourg Immigration
# 177
Palau :
1
2007
Palauan Immigration
Weighted average:
42,632.4
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
18,962
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 origin generally refers to the nationality or country of citizenship of a claimant."
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 origin (2007) 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_ori-refugee-population-country-territory-origin&date=2007
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