People > Migration > Refugee population by country or territory of asylum: Countries Compared

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.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Jordan	2.43 million	2009
2	Pakistan	1.74 million	2009
3	Syria	1.53 million	2009
4	European Union	1.41 million	2009
5	Germany	593,799	2009
	South Asia average (profile)	538,664.25	2009
6	Lebanon	476,053	2009
7	Kenya	358,928	2009
8	Chad	338,495	2009
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	306,356.47	2009
9	China	300,989	2009
10	United States	275,461	2009
11	United Kingdom	269,363	2009
12	Bangladesh	228,586	2009
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	223,102.57	2009
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	206,493.27	2009
13	Venezuela	201,313	2009
14	France	196,364	2009
15	Sudan	186,292	2009
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	185,809	2009
17	India	185,323	2009
	failed states average (profile)	184,026.86	2009
	Muslim countries average (profile)	181,992.12	2009
18	Canada	169,434	2009
19	Uganda	127,345	2009
20	Ethiopia	121,886	2009
	Religious countries average (profile)	120,803	2009
21	Tanzania	118,731	2009
	Former French colonies average (profile)	117,788.87	2009
22	Ecuador	116,557	2009
23	Congo, Republic of the	111,411	2009
24	Nepal	108,461	2009
	Emerging markets average (profile)	108,457.08	2009
25	Thailand	105,297	2009
26	Cameroon	99,957	2009
27	Algeria	94,137	2009
28	Serbia and Montenegro	86,351	2009
29	Sweden	81,356	2009
30	Netherlands	76,008	2009
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	75,384.08	2009
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	70,522.9	2001
31	Malaysia	66,137	2009
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	65,591.67	2009
32	Zambia	56,785	2009
	Eurozone average (profile)	56,193.83	2009
	Cold countries average (profile)	55,075.68	2009
	NATO countries average (profile)	55,050.44	2009
33	Italy	54,965	2009
34	Rwanda	54,016	2009
	European Union average (profile)	50,526.54	2009
35	South Africa	47,974	2009
36	Switzerland	46,203	2009
37	Austria	38,906	2009
	OPEC countries average (profile)	38,878.22	2009
38	Norway	37,826	2009
	Europe average (profile)	36,560.26	2009
39	Iraq	35,218	2009
40	Central African Republic	27,047	2009
41	Mauritania	26,795	2009
42	Burundi	24,967	2009
43	Cote d'Ivoire	24,604	2009
44	Australia	22,548	2009
45	Senegal	22,151	2009
46	Denmark	20,355	2009
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	20,166.78	2009
47	Costa Rica	19,116	2009
48	Israel	17,736	2009
49	Panama	16,923	2009
50	Belgium	15,545	2009
51	Guinea	15,325	2009
52	Poland	15,320	2009
53	Ghana	13,658	2009
54	Mali	13,538	2009
55	Djibouti	12,111	2009
56	Turkey	10,350	2009
57	The Gambia	10,118	2009
58	Papua New Guinea	9,703	2009
59	Ireland	9,571	2009
60	Nigeria	9,127	2009
61	Sierra Leone	9,051	2009
62	Libya	9,005	2009
63	Gabon	8,845	2009
64	Togo	8,531	2009
65	Guinea-Bissau	7,898	2009
66	Finland	7,447	2009
67	Ukraine	7,334	2009
68	Benin	7,205	2009
69	Namibia	7,163	2009
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,132	2009
71	Liberia	6,952	2009
72	Hungary	6,044	2009
73	Malta	5,955	2009
74	Malawi	5,443	2009
75	Bulgaria	5,393	2009
76	Russia	4,880	2009
77	Eritrea	4,751	2009
78	Kazakhstan	4,340	2009
79	Brazil	4,232	2009
80	Zimbabwe	3,995	2009
81	Spain	3,970	2009
82	Armenia	3,607	2009
83	Mozambique	3,547	2009
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	3,431.35	2009
84	New Zealand	3,289	2009
=85	Argentina	3,230	2009
=85	Luxembourg	3,230	2009
87	Botswana	3,022	2009
88	Cyprus	2,888	2009
89	Tajikistan	2,679	2009
90	Vietnam	2,357	2009
91	Japan	2,332	2009
92	Czech Republic	2,323	2009
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	1,864.73	2009
93	Somalia	1,815	2009
94	Greece	1,695	2009
95	Azerbaijan	1,642	2009
96	Chile	1,539	2009
97	Croatia	1,238	2009
98	Mexico	1,235	2009
99	Peru	1,108	2009
100	Romania	1,069	2009
101	Georgia	870	2009
102	Indonesia	798	2009
103	Lithuania	793	2009
104	Morocco	773	2009
105	Swaziland	759	2009
106	Bolivia	679	2009
107	Belarus	580	2009
108	Saudi Arabia	575	2009
109	Uzbekistan	555	2009
110	Burkina Faso	543	2009
111	Dominican Republic	510	2000
112	Cuba	454	2009
113	Kyrgyzstan	423	2009
114	Slovakia	401	2009
115	Portugal	389	2009
116	Niger	325	2009
117	Slovenia	289	2009
118	United Arab Emirates	279	2009
119	Sri Lanka	251	2009
120	Belize	230	2009
121	Kuwait	221	2009
122	Solomon Islands	210	1998
123	Colombia	196	2009
124	Uruguay	168	2009
125	Moldova	141	2009
126	Bahrain	139	2009
127	Cambodia	135	2009
128	Guatemala	131	2009
129	Nicaragua	120	2009
130	The Bahamas	100	2000
131	Philippines	95	2009
132	Tunisia	92	2009
133	Liechtenstein	91	2009
134	Paraguay	89	2009
135	Albania	70	2009
136	Iceland	62	2009
137	Turkmenistan	60	2009
138	Latvia	43	2009
139	Lesotho	39	2001
=140	Trinidad and Tobago	37	2009
=140	Afghanistan	37	2009
142	Madagascar	34	2001
143	El Salvador	30	2009
144	Qatar	29	2009
=145	Jamaica	26	2009
=145	Oman	26	2009
147	Estonia	24	2009
148	Honduras	19	2009
149	Mauritius	14	2001
=150	Mongolia	11	2009
=150	Palau	11	2009
152	Singapore	7	2009
153	Vanuatu	4	2009
=154	Haiti	3	2009
=154	Saint Lucia	3	1997
=156	Fiji	2	2009
=156	Laos	2	1998
=156	Cape Verde	2	1992
=159	East Timor	1	2009
=159	Cayman Islands	1	2009
=159	Suriname	1	2009
=159	Comoros	1	2006
=159	Guyana	1	1997

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