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DEFINITION:
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum. 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 asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Jordan | 2.43 million | 2011 | ||
2 | Pakistan | 1.7 million | 2011 | ||
3 | European Union | 1.35 million | 2011 | ||
4 | Syria | 1.24 million | 2011 | ||
5 | Iran | 886,468 | 2011 | ||
6 | Germany | 571,684 | 2011 | ||
7 | Kenya | 566,487 | 2011 | ||
8 | Lebanon | 445,144 | 2011 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 424,099.2 | 2011 | |||
9 | Chad | 366,494 | 2011 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 305,662.61 | 2011 | |||
10 | China | 301,018 | 2011 | ||
11 | Ethiopia | 288,844 | 2011 | ||
12 | United States | 264,763 | 2011 | ||
13 | Bangladesh | 229,669 | 2011 | ||
14 | Yemen | 214,740 | 2011 | ||
15 | France | 210,207 | 2011 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 209,393.71 | 2011 | |||
16 | Venezuela | 202,022 | 2011 | ||
17 | United Kingdom | 193,510 | 2011 | ||
18 | India | 185,118 | 2011 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 183,637.08 | 2011 | |||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 181,008.31 | 2011 | |||
failed states average (profile) | 175,009.06 | 2011 | |||
19 | Canada | 164,883 | 2011 | ||
20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 152,749 | 2011 | ||
21 | Republic of the Congo | 141,232 | 2011 | ||
22 | Uganda | 139,448 | 2011 | ||
23 | Sudan | 139,415 | 2011 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 138,890.26 | 2011 | |||
24 | Tanzania | 131,243 | 2011 | ||
25 | Liberia | 128,293 | 2011 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 125,094.87 | 2011 | |||
26 | Ecuador | 123,436 | 2011 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 121,247.71 | 2011 | |||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 114,061.55 | 2011 | |||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 107,541.6 | 2011 | |||
27 | South Sudan | 105,023 | 2011 | ||
28 | Cameroon | 100,373 | 2011 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 98,829.54 | 2011 | |||
29 | Egypt | 95,087 | 2011 | ||
30 | Algeria | 94,148 | 2011 | ||
31 | Thailand | 89,253 | 2011 | ||
32 | Malaysia | 86,680 | 2011 | ||
33 | Sweden | 86,615 | 2011 | ||
34 | Netherlands | 74,598 | 2011 | ||
35 | Nepal | 72,654 | 2011 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 71,558.69 | 2011 | |||
36 | Serbia | 70,707 | 2011 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 61,780.87 | 2011 | |||
37 | Italy | 58,060 | 2011 | ||
38 | South Africa | 57,899 | 2011 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 56,766.61 | 2011 | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 56,664.44 | 2011 | |||
39 | Rwanda | 55,325 | 2011 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 52,062.07 | 2011 | |||
40 | Switzerland | 50,416 | 2011 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 48,882.97 | 2011 | |||
European Union average (profile) | 48,109.39 | 2011 | |||
41 | Austria | 47,073 | 2011 | ||
42 | Zambia | 45,632 | 2011 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 42,932.22 | 2011 | |||
43 | Israel | 41,235 | 2011 | ||
44 | Norway | 40,691 | 2011 | ||
45 | Burundi | 35,659 | 2011 | ||
46 | Iraq | 35,189 | 2011 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 33,901.18 | 2011 | |||
Europe average (profile) | 33,858.5 | 2011 | |||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 32,894.87 | 2011 | |||
47 | Mauritania | 26,535 | 2011 | ||
48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 24,221 | 2011 | ||
49 | Australia | 23,434 | 2011 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 22,589.6 | 2011 | |||
50 | Belgium | 22,402 | 2011 | ||
51 | Senegal | 20,644 | 2011 | ||
52 | Djibouti | 20,340 | 2011 | ||
53 | Costa Rica | 20,057 | 2011 | ||
54 | Togo | 19,270 | 2011 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 18,662.9 | 2011 | |||
55 | Panama | 17,262 | 2011 | ||
56 | Central African Republic | 16,730 | 2011 | ||
57 | Guinea | 16,609 | 2011 | ||
58 | Angola | 16,223 | 2011 | ||
59 | Poland | 15,847 | 2011 | ||
60 | Mali | 15,624 | 2011 | ||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 15,178.43 | 2011 | |||
61 | Turkey | 14,465 | 2011 | ||
62 | Ghana | 13,588 | 2011 | ||
63 | Denmark | 13,399 | 2011 | ||
64 | Montenegro | 12,874 | 2011 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 11,111.24 | 2011 | |||
65 | Libya | 10,130 | 2011 | ||
66 | The Gambia | 9,528 | 2011 | ||
67 | Papua New Guinea | 9,377 | 2011 | ||
68 | Finland | 9,175 | 2011 | ||
69 | Nigeria | 8,806 | 2011 | ||
70 | Ireland | 8,248 | 2011 | ||
71 | Sierra Leone | 8,092 | 2011 | ||
72 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,800 | 2011 | ||
73 | Benin | 7,217 | 2011 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 7,112.84 | 2011 | |||
74 | Malta | 6,952 | 2011 | ||
75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,933 | 2011 | ||
76 | Malawi | 6,308 | 2011 | ||
77 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,095 | 2011 | ||
78 | Namibia | 6,049 | 2011 | ||
79 | Bulgaria | 5,688 | 2011 | ||
80 | Hungary | 5,106 | 2011 | ||
81 | Eritrea | 4,719 | 2011 | ||
82 | Zimbabwe | 4,561 | 2011 | ||
83 | Brazil | 4,477 | 2011 | ||
84 | Spain | 4,228 | 2011 | ||
85 | Tunisia | 4,097 | 2011 | ||
86 | Mozambique | 4,079 | 2011 | ||
87 | Russia | 3,914 | 2011 | ||
88 | Cyprus | 3,503 | 2011 | ||
89 | Argentina | 3,361 | 2011 | ||
90 | Tajikistan | 3,323 | 2011 | ||
91 | Botswana | 3,312 | 2011 | ||
92 | Ukraine | 3,176 | 2011 | ||
93 | Afghanistan | 3,009 | 2011 | ||
94 | Armenia | 2,918 | 2011 | ||
95 | Luxembourg | 2,855 | 2011 | ||
96 | Japan | 2,649 | 2011 | ||
97 | Czech Republic | 2,449 | 2011 | ||
98 | Somalia | 2,099 | 2011 | ||
99 | New Zealand | 1,934 | 2011 | ||
100 | Gabon | 1,773 | 2011 | ||
101 | Azerbaijan | 1,730 | 2011 | ||
102 | Mexico | 1,677 | 2011 | ||
103 | Chile | 1,674 | 2011 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 1,614.27 | 2011 | |||
104 | Greece | 1,573 | 2011 | ||
105 | Peru | 1,144 | 2011 | ||
106 | Republic of Macedonia | 1,130 | 2011 | ||
107 | Indonesia | 1,006 | 2011 | ||
108 | Romania | 1,005 | 2011 | ||
109 | Vietnam | 990 | 2011 | ||
110 | Croatia | 824 | 2011 | ||
111 | Lithuania | 821 | 2011 | ||
112 | Swaziland | 759 | 2011 | ||
113 | Morocco | 736 | 2011 | ||
114 | Bolivia | 716 | 2011 | ||
115 | United Arab Emirates | 677 | 2011 | ||
116 | Kazakhstan | 616 | 2011 | ||
117 | Saudi Arabia | 599 | 2011 | ||
=118 | Belarus | 595 | 2011 | ||
=118 | Dominican Republic | 595 | 2011 | ||
=120 | Slovakia | 546 | 2011 | ||
=120 | Burkina Faso | 546 | 2011 | ||
122 | Georgia | 462 | 2011 | ||
123 | Portugal | 408 | 2011 | ||
124 | South Korea | 401 | 2011 | ||
125 | Cuba | 384 | 2011 | ||
126 | Kuwait | 335 | 2011 | ||
127 | Niger | 302 | 2011 | ||
128 | Colombia | 219 | 2011 | ||
129 | Uzbekistan | 214 | 2011 | ||
130 | Bahrain | 199 | 2011 | ||
131 | Sri Lanka | 188 | 2011 | ||
132 | Uruguay | 174 | 2011 | ||
133 | Hong Kong | 152 | 2011 | ||
134 | Guatemala | 147 | 2011 | ||
135 | Moldova | 146 | 2011 | ||
136 | Slovenia | 142 | 2011 | ||
137 | Philippines | 125 | 2011 | ||
138 | Paraguay | 124 | 2011 | ||
139 | Latvia | 95 | 2011 | ||
140 | Liechtenstein | 94 | 2011 | ||
141 | Nicaragua | 86 | 2011 | ||
142 | Oman | 83 | 2011 | ||
143 | Albania | 82 | 2011 | ||
144 | Qatar | 80 | 2011 | ||
145 | Belize | 78 | 2011 | ||
146 | Cambodia | 64 | 2011 | ||
147 | Turkmenistan | 59 | 2011 | ||
148 | Iceland | 58 | 2011 | ||
149 | Estonia | 50 | 2011 | ||
150 | El Salvador | 38 | 2011 | ||
151 | Monaco | 37 | 2011 | ||
152 | Lesotho | 34 | 2011 | ||
153 | The Bahamas | 28 | 2011 | ||
154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22 | 2011 | ||
155 | Jamaica | 20 | 2011 | ||
156 | Honduras | 17 | 2011 | ||
157 | Madagascar | 9 | 2011 | ||
=158 | Guyana | 7 | 2011 | ||
=158 | Fiji | 7 | 2011 | ||
160 | Curacao | 6 | 2011 | ||
=161 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3 | 2011 | ||
=161 | Singapore | 3 | 2011 | ||
=161 | Grenada | 3 | 2011 | ||
=161 | Cayman Islands | 3 | 2011 | ||
=165 | Tonga | 2 | 2011 | ||
=165 | Saint Lucia | 2 | 2011 | ||
=167 | Mongolia | 1 | 2011 | ||
=167 | Macau | 1 | 2011 | ||
=167 | Palau | 1 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Comoros | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Burma | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Bhutan | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Haiti | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Brunei | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Laos | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Solomon Islands | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Cape Verde | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Suriname | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Mauritius | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | Vanuatu | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
=170 | East Timor | 0.0 | 2011 |