People > Refugee population by country or territory of origin per 1000: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Refugee population by country or territory of origin. 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 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Somalia	108.71	2011
2	Afghanistan	91.54	2011
3	Bhutan	79.5	2011
4	Iraq	44.97	2011
5	Eritrea	42.47	2011
6	Central African Republic	36.71	2011
	South Asia average (profile)	34.27	2011
7	Serbia	22.27	2011
	failed states average (profile)	20.15	2011
8	Liberia	16.37	2011
9	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15.26	2011
10	Croatia	14.64	2011
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	13.82	2011
11	Sudan	13.72	2011
12	Mauritania	10.78	2011
13	Burundi	10.62	2011
14	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.31	2011
15	Rwanda	9.59	2011
16	Colombia	8.41	2011
17	Cote d'Ivoire	7.98	2011
18	Burma	7.92	2011
	Religious countries average (profile)	7.72	2011
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7.69	2011
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	7.62	2011
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	7.04	2011
20	Sri Lanka	6.55	2011
	Muslim countries average (profile)	6.48	2011
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	6.45	2011
21	Angola	6.38	2011
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	6.01	2011
22	Montenegro	5.96	2011
23	Armenia	5.56	2011
	OPEC countries average (profile)	4.91	2011
	Former British colonies average (profile)	4.63	2011
24	Albania	4.3	2011
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	4.03	2011
25	Vietnam	3.85	2011
26	Republic of Macedonia	3.65	2011
27	Chad	3.53	2011
28	Lebanon	3.43	2011
29	Haiti	3.36	2011
	Hot countries average (profile)	3.27	2011
	Former French colonies average (profile)	3.21	2011
30	Grenada	3.07	2011
31	Republic of the Congo	3.04	2011
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	2.93	2011
32	Togo	2.76	2011
	Cold countries average (profile)	2.72	2011
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	2.55	2011
33	Saint Lucia	2.42	2011
	Catholic countries average (profile)	2.34	2011
34	Georgia	2.26	2011
	Christian countries average (profile)	2.15	2011
35	Turkey	1.91	2011
36	Zimbabwe	1.88	2011
37	Fiji	1.82	2011
38	Azerbaijan	1.76	2011
39	Moldova	1.76	2011
	Europe average (profile)	1.73	2011
40	The Gambia	1.49	2011
41	Sierra Leone	1.36	2011
42	Senegal	1.33	2011
43	Laos	1.24	2011
44	Guinea	1.18	2011
45	El Salvador	1.07	2011
46	Cambodia	1.04	2011
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	1.03	2011
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	0.997	2011
47	Guyana	0.975	2011
48	Iran	0.959	2011
49	Syria	0.908	2011
	NATO countries average (profile)	0.828	2011
50	Ghana	0.82	2011
51	Ethiopia	0.79	2011
52	Russia	0.768	2011
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	0.767	2011
53	Dominica	0.728	2011
54	Mongolia	0.721	2011
55	Libya	0.718	2011
56	Cameroon	0.717	2011
57	Djibouti	0.711	2011
58	Cuba	0.697	2011
59	Guinea-Bissau	0.691	2011
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	0.652	2011
60	Belarus	0.625	2011
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	0.618	2011
61	Comoros	0.603	2011
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	0.596	2011
	European Union average (profile)	0.577	2011
62	Kyrgyzstan	0.573	2011
	Emerging markets average (profile)	0.562	2011
63	Ukraine	0.555	2011
64	The Bahamas	0.505	2011
65	Namibia	0.484	2011
66	Seychelles	0.48	2011
67	Jamaica	0.462	2011
68	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.441	2011
69	Uzbekistan	0.432	2011
70	Guatemala	0.414	2011
71	Jordan	0.364	2011
72	Antigua and Barbuda	0.363	2011
73	Equatorial Guinea	0.36	2011
74	Kuwait	0.358	2011
75	Latvia	0.344	2011
76	Kiribati	0.332	2011
77	Bulgaria	0.317	2011
78	Mali	0.298	2011
79	Venezuela	0.257	2011
80	Honduras	0.253	2011
81	Nepal	0.252	2011
82	Nicaragua	0.249	2011
83	Trinidad and Tobago	0.223	2011
84	Kazakhstan	0.211	2011
85	Kenya	0.208	2011
86	Pakistan	0.204	2011
87	Peru	0.185	2011
88	Tunisia	0.183	2011
89	Sao Tome and Principe	0.18	2011
90	Lithuania	0.174	2011
91	Israel	0.172	2011
92	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.17	2011
93	Estonia	0.167	2011
94	Bahrain	0.166	2011
95	Algeria	0.162	2011
96	Uganda	0.162	2011
97	Romania	0.16	2011
98	Barbados	0.16	2011
99	European Union	0.147	2011
100	Turkmenistan	0.142	2011
101	China	0.142	2011
102	Solomon Islands	0.134	2011
103	Hungary	0.124	2011
104	Gabon	0.109	2011
105	Monaco	0.107	2011
106	Nigeria	0.104	2011
107	Tuvalu	0.102	2011
108	Belize	0.101	2011
109	Egypt	0.1	2011
110	Yemen	0.0997	2011
111	Tonga	0.0956	2011
112	Burkina Faso	0.0795	2011
113	Tajikistan	0.0783	2011
114	Andorra	0.0771	2011
115	Czech Republic	0.0727	2011
116	Morocco	0.0721	2011
117	Costa Rica	0.0699	2011
118	Chile	0.0687	2011
119	Indonesia	0.066	2011
120	Bangladesh	0.0658	2011
121	Maldives	0.0633	2011
122	Mexico	0.0626	2011
123	Ecuador	0.0596	2011
124	Bolivia	0.0592	2011
125	Cape Verde	0.055	2011
126	United Arab Emirates	0.0545	2011
127	Uruguay	0.0544	2011
128	Slovakia	0.0498	2011
129	Qatar	0.0497	2011
130	Niger	0.0496	2011
131	Benin	0.0471	2011
132	Poland	0.0471	2011
133	Botswana	0.0428	2011
134	North Korea	0.0427	2011
135	Suriname	0.0378	2011
136	Swaziland	0.0355	2011
	Eurozone average (profile)	0.035	2011
137	Mauritius	0.0327	2011
138	San Marino	0.0322	2011
139	Saudi Arabia	0.0268	2011
140	Panama	0.0267	2011
141	Tanzania	0.0251	2011
142	Dominican Republic	0.0246	2011
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	0.0218	2011
143	Oman	0.0198	2011
144	Malaysia	0.0187	2011
145	Macau	0.0183	2011
146	Papua New Guinea	0.0183	2011
147	Cayman Islands	0.0177	2011
148	Zambia	0.0176	2011
149	Slovenia	0.0156	2011
150	Malta	0.0144	2011
151	Malawi	0.0144	2011
152	Paraguay	0.0138	2011
153	Madagascar	0.0133	2011
154	India	0.0133	2011
155	Singapore	0.0129	2011
156	Argentina	0.0127	2011
157	United States	0.0121	2011
158	South Korea	0.0103	2011
159	Philippines	0.01	2011
160	Cyprus	0.00985	2011
161	Iceland	0.0094	2011
162	South Africa	0.00848	2011
163	Belgium	0.00815	2011
164	East Timor	0.0068	2011
165	Mozambique	0.00631	2011
166	Thailand	0.00553	2011
167	Lesotho	0.00542	2011
168	Samoa	0.00534	2011
169	Brazil	0.00531	2011
170	Greece	0.00496	2011
171	Vanuatu	0.00414	2011
172	New Zealand	0.00409	2011
173	Netherlands	0.00383	2011
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	0.00338	2011
174	Canada	0.00316	2011
175	Portugal	0.00265	2011
176	Sweden	0.00254	2011
177	Switzerland	0.00253	2011
178	Brunei	0.00246	2011
179	United Kingdom	0.00239	2011
180	Germany	0.00213	2011
181	Hong Kong	0.00212	2011
182	Ireland	0.00175	2011
183	Australia	0.00175	2011
184	Denmark	0.00162	2011
185	France	0.00151	2011
186	Norway	0.00141	2011
187	Japan	0.00138	2011
188	Austria	0.00131	2011
189	Finland	0.0013	2011
190	Italy	0.000955	2011
191	Spain	0.000931	2011
192	South Sudan	9.63e-05	2011
=193	Liechtenstein	0.0	2011
=193	Luxembourg	0.0	2011
=193	Palau	0.0	2011
=193	Bermuda	0.0	2011
=193	Puerto Rico	0.0	2011
=193	French Polynesia	0.0	2011

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