People > Migration > Refugee population by country or territory of origin: 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 origin generally refers to the nationality or country of citizenship of a claimant.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
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

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