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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.".
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Iraq | 1.79 million | 2009 | ||
2 | Somalia | 678,309 | 2009 | ||
3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 455,852 | 2009 | ||
4 | Burma | 406,669 | 2009 | ||
5 | Colombia | 389,753 | 2009 | ||
6 | Sudan | 368,195 | 2009 | ||
7 | Vietnam | 339,289 | 2009 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 279,586.46 | 2009 | |||
8 | Eritrea | 209,168 | 2009 | ||
9 | China | 200,638 | 2009 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 196,050.3 | 2009 | |||
10 | Serbia and Montenegro | 195,626 | 2009 | ||
11 | Central African Republic | 159,554 | 2009 | ||
12 | Turkey | 146,387 | 2009 | ||
13 | Sri Lanka | 145,721 | 2009 | ||
14 | Angola | 141,021 | 2009 | ||
15 | Rwanda | 129,109 | 2009 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 122,663.6 | 2009 | |||
Religious countries average (profile) | 117,454.55 | 2009 | |||
16 | Russia | 109,455 | 2009 | ||
17 | Burundi | 94,239 | 2009 | ||
18 | Bhutan | 89,070 | 2009 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 78,639.29 | 2009 | |||
19 | Croatia | 76,478 | 2009 | ||
20 | Liberia | 71,599 | 2009 | ||
21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70,018 | 2009 | ||
22 | Ethiopia | 62,889 | 2009 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 58,729.92 | 2009 | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 56,302.57 | 2009 | |||
23 | Chad | 55,014 | 2009 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 54,621.94 | 2008 | |||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 39,203.36 | 2009 | |||
24 | Mauritania | 39,143 | 2009 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 38,660.9 | 2009 | |||
South Asia average (profile) | 38,537 | 2009 | |||
25 | Pakistan | 35,132 | 2009 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 31,171.64 | 2009 | |||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 26,610.25 | 2009 | |||
Christian countries average (profile) | 25,701.49 | 2007 | |||
26 | Ukraine | 24,522 | 2009 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 24,519.54 | 2009 | |||
27 | Haiti | 24,116 | 2009 | ||
28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 23,153 | 2009 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 22,890.53 | 2009 | |||
29 | Zimbabwe | 22,449 | 2009 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 21,748.94 | 2009 | |||
30 | Congo, Republic of the | 20,544 | 2009 | ||
31 | India | 19,514 | 2009 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 19,381.67 | 2009 | |||
32 | Togo | 18,378 | 2009 | ||
33 | Indonesia | 18,213 | 2009 | ||
34 | Armenia | 18,000 | 2009 | ||
35 | Syria | 17,914 | 2009 | ||
36 | Cambodia | 17,025 | 2009 | ||
37 | Azerbaijan | 16,939 | 2009 | ||
38 | Senegal | 16,305 | 2009 | ||
39 | Lebanon | 16,260 | 2009 | ||
40 | Albania | 15,711 | 2009 | ||
41 | Nigeria | 15,609 | 2009 | ||
42 | Sierra Leone | 15,417 | 2009 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 15,161.22 | 2009 | |||
43 | Georgia | 15,020 | 2009 | ||
44 | Ghana | 14,893 | 2009 | ||
45 | Cameroon | 14,766 | 2009 | ||
46 | European Union | 14,453 | 2009 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 14,444.84 | 2009 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 14,083.73 | 2009 | |||
Europe average (profile) | 12,057.37 | 2009 | |||
47 | Guinea | 10,920 | 2009 | ||
48 | Bangladesh | 10,432 | 2009 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 9,733.54 | 2009 | |||
49 | Kenya | 9,620 | 2009 | ||
50 | Laos | 8,398 | 2009 | ||
51 | Algeria | 8,185 | 2009 | ||
52 | Uganda | 7,554 | 2009 | ||
53 | Cuba | 7,549 | 2009 | ||
54 | Uzbekistan | 6,669 | 2009 | ||
55 | Mexico | 6,435 | 2009 | ||
56 | Peru | 6,271 | 2009 | ||
57 | Venezuela | 6,221 | 2009 | ||
58 | Moldova | 5,925 | 2009 | ||
59 | Guatemala | 5,768 | 2009 | ||
60 | Belarus | 5,525 | 2009 | ||
61 | Nepal | 5,108 | 2009 | ||
62 | El Salvador | 5,051 | 2009 | ||
63 | Romania | 4,358 | 2009 | ||
64 | Kazakhstan | 3,744 | 2009 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 3,367.81 | 2009 | |||
65 | Mali | 2,926 | 2009 | ||
66 | Bulgaria | 2,745 | 2009 | ||
67 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,612 | 2009 | ||
68 | United States | 2,368 | 2009 | ||
69 | Morocco | 2,286 | 2009 | ||
70 | Tunisia | 2,260 | 2009 | ||
71 | Libya | 2,202 | 2009 | ||
72 | Jordan | 2,129 | 2009 | ||
73 | Poland | 2,059 | 2009 | ||
74 | The Gambia | 1,973 | 2009 | ||
75 | Fiji | 1,892 | 2009 | ||
76 | Hungary | 1,537 | 2009 | ||
77 | Mongolia | 1,495 | 2009 | ||
78 | Nicaragua | 1,478 | 2009 | ||
79 | Chile | 1,312 | 2009 | ||
80 | Israel | 1,310 | 2009 | ||
81 | Tanzania | 1,204 | 2009 | ||
82 | Honduras | 1,166 | 2009 | ||
83 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,109 | 2009 | ||
84 | Czech Republic | 1,067 | 2009 | ||
85 | Ecuador | 1,027 | 2009 | ||
86 | Philippines | 993 | 2009 | ||
87 | Burkina Faso | 990 | 2009 | ||
88 | Brazil | 973 | 2009 | ||
89 | Kuwait | 938 | 2009 | ||
90 | Namibia | 921 | 2009 | ||
91 | Jamaica | 909 | 2009 | ||
92 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 849 | 2009 | ||
93 | Niger | 822 | 2009 | ||
94 | Latvia | 791 | 2009 | ||
95 | Turkmenistan | 743 | 2009 | ||
96 | Guyana | 727 | 2009 | ||
97 | Saudi Arabia | 633 | 2009 | ||
98 | Djibouti | 622 | 2009 | ||
99 | Argentina | 608 | 2009 | ||
100 | Tajikistan | 562 | 2009 | ||
101 | Malaysia | 532 | 2009 | ||
102 | Thailand | 502 | 2009 | ||
103 | Lithuania | 501 | 2009 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 439.29 | 2009 | |||
104 | United Arab Emirates | 414 | 2009 | ||
105 | Benin | 411 | 2009 | ||
106 | South Africa | 384 | 2009 | ||
=107 | Equatorial Guinea | 344 | 2009 | ||
=107 | Costa Rica | 344 | 2009 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 338.07 | 2009 | |||
109 | Slovakia | 334 | 2009 | ||
110 | Grenada | 333 | 2009 | ||
111 | Saint Lucia | 314 | 2009 | ||
112 | Madagascar | 274 | 2009 | ||
113 | Comoros | 268 | 2009 | ||
114 | Estonia | 248 | 2009 | ||
115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 240 | 2009 | ||
116 | Dominican Republic | 230 | 2009 | ||
117 | Zambia | 206 | 2009 | ||
118 | Uruguay | 188 | 2009 | ||
119 | Germany | 170 | 2009 | ||
120 | United Kingdom | 156 | 2009 | ||
121 | Japan | 150 | 2009 | ||
122 | Gabon | 144 | 2009 | ||
123 | Mozambique | 136 | 2009 | ||
124 | Malawi | 130 | 2009 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 117.71 | 2009 | |||
125 | Panama | 105 | 2009 | ||
126 | Canada | 99 | 2009 | ||
127 | France | 87 | 2009 | ||
128 | Singapore | 80 | 2009 | ||
129 | Bahrain | 79 | 2009 | ||
130 | Paraguay | 77 | 2009 | ||
131 | Belgium | 71 | 2009 | ||
132 | Papua New Guinea | 70 | 2009 | ||
133 | Qatar | 68 | 2009 | ||
134 | Solomon Islands | 66 | 2009 | ||
135 | Oman | 64 | 2009 | ||
136 | Greece | 62 | 2009 | ||
137 | Dominica | 53 | 2009 | ||
138 | Seychelles | 49 | 2009 | ||
=139 | Suriname | 45 | 2009 | ||
=139 | Italy | 45 | 2009 | ||
141 | Netherlands | 44 | 2009 | ||
142 | Slovenia | 39 | 2009 | ||
143 | Spain | 34 | 2009 | ||
=144 | Kiribati | 33 | 2009 | ||
=144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 33 | 2009 | ||
146 | Swaziland | 32 | 2009 | ||
147 | Portugal | 31 | 2009 | ||
148 | Botswana | 30 | 2009 | ||
149 | Barbados | 29 | 2009 | ||
=150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 28 | 2009 | ||
=150 | Australia | 28 | 2009 | ||
152 | Cape Verde | 24 | 2009 | ||
153 | Mauritius | 23 | 2009 | ||
154 | Sweden | 19 | 2009 | ||
155 | Switzerland | 18 | 2009 | ||
156 | Belize | 17 | 2009 | ||
157 | Maldives | 16 | 2009 | ||
158 | The Bahamas | 15 | 2009 | ||
=159 | Austria | 12 | 2009 | ||
=159 | Puerto Rico | 12 | 1996 | ||
161 | Cyprus | 11 | 2009 | ||
=162 | Lesotho | 10 | 2009 | ||
=162 | New Zealand | 10 | 2009 | ||
=162 | Denmark | 10 | 2009 | ||
165 | Malta | 9 | 2009 | ||
=166 | Ireland | 7 | 2009 | ||
=166 | East Timor | 7 | 2009 | ||
=168 | Finland | 6 | 2009 | ||
=168 | Andorra | 6 | 2009 | ||
170 | Tonga | 5 | 2009 | ||
=171 | Iceland | 4 | 2009 | ||
=171 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 2009 | ||
=171 | Norway | 4 | 2009 | ||
=171 | Samoa | 4 | 2008 | ||
=175 | Luxembourg | 2 | 2007 | ||
=175 | Bermuda | 2 | 2005 | ||
=177 | Brunei | 1 | 2009 | ||
=177 | San Marino | 1 | 2009 | ||
=177 | Monaco | 1 | 2009 | ||
=177 | Palau | 1 | 2008 | ||
=177 | French Polynesia | 1 | 2006 |