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Under international law, a refugee is a person who has fled their own country of nationality or habitual residence, and cannot return due to fear of persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. These recent migration movements are caused by a variety of reasons. Some refugees stay in refugee camps, some are urban refugees in individual accommodations, some stay in self-settled camps, and the location of some refugees is undefined or unknown by UNHCR.

By destination country of asylum[edit]

The below table is based on UNHCR data and does not include data for people of concern to the UNRWA or those not known to the UNHCR. These people have fled their country/territory of origin and registered with the UNHCR in these countries or territories.

UNHCR registered refugees by country/territory of asylum between 2022 and 2010
Country/territory of asylum Refugees per 1,000 inhabitants in mid-2015[1] 2022[2] 2019[3] mid-2016[4] mid-2015 [5] 2014 [6] 2013 [7] 2012 [8] 2011 [9] 2010 [10]
 Afghanistan 7.14 52,159 72,228 59,771 205,558 280,267 72 75 66 43
 Albania 0.05 2,676 128 138 154 104 96 86 82 76
 Algeria 2.42 99,107 98,604 94,232 94,144 94,128 94,150 94,133 94,148 94,144
 Angola 0.64 25,514 25,802 15,555 15,572 15,474 23,783 23,413 16,223 15,155
 Argentina 0.08 4,094 3,881 3,293 3,523 3,498 3,362 3,488 3,361 3,276
 Armenia 5.22 34,634 17,985 17,886 3,240 3,190 3,132 2,854 2,918 3,296
 Aruba 1 1
 Australia 1.51 54,430 76,764 42,188 35,582 35,582 34,503 30,083 23,434 21,805
 Austria 7.13 258,613 135,955 93,250 60,747 60,747 55,598 51,730 47,073 42,630
 Azerbaijan 0.14 6,414 1,108 1,193 1,357 1,299 1,380 1,468 1,730 1,891
 Bahamas 0.02 10 12 13 7 13 15 30 21 21
 Bahrain 0.20 255 255 271 277 311 294 289 199 165
 Bangladesh 1.46 952,384 854,782 950,000[11] 32,975 32,472 31,145 30,697 29,669 29,253
 Barbados 1 1 1 1
 Belarus 0.14 19,715 2,734 1,650 1,369 925 604 576 595 589
 Belgium 2.77 151,408 61,677 42,168 31,115 29,179 25,629 22,024 22,402 17,892
 Belize 145 28 10 21 28 78 134
 Benin 0.05 1,779 1,244 809 488 415 194 4,966 7,217 7,139
 Bolivia 0.07 1,116 878 786 767 763 748 733 716 695
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.78 274 5,248 5,271 6,805 6,890 6,926 6,903 6,933 7,016
 Botswana 0.97 733 1,115 2,039 2,164 2,645 2,773 2,785 3,312 2,986
 Brazil 0.04 67,522 32,860 9,689 7,762 7,490 5,196 4,689 4,477 4,357
 British Virgin Islands 1 2 2 2
 Bulgaria 1.53 176,297 20,451 17,814 11,046 11,046 4,320 2,288 5,688 5,530
 Burkina Faso 1.92 34,375 25,868 32,552 34,027 31,894 29,234 39,306 546 531
 Burundi 5.00 84,636 78,473 57,469 54,126 52,936 45,490 41,813 35,659 29,365
 Cambodia 0.01 24 61 66 80 63 68 77 64 129
 Cameroon 13.27 473,887 406,260 348,672 288,552 226,489 107,346 98,969 100,373 104,275
 Canada 4.19 140,621 101,760 97,332 149,163 149,163 160,349 163,756 164,883 165,549
 Central African Republic 1.65 11,213 7,175 12,115 7,906 7,694 14,322 14,014 16,730 21,574
 Cayman Islands 0.10 47 18 6 6 6 3 3 1
 Chad 30.97 592,764 442,672 391,251 420,774 452,897 434,479 373,695 366,494 347,939
 Chile 0.10 2,133 2,053 1,737 1,798 1,773 1,743 1,695 1,674 1,621
 China 0.22 320,000 303,381 317,255 301,057 301,052 301,047 301,037 301,018 300,986
 Colombia 1,607 646 258 219 213 224 219 219 212
 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.14 520,544 523,734 451,956 160,271 119,754 113,362 65,109 152,749 166,336
 Republic of Congo 13.65 41,557 25,670 46,457 61,492 54,842 51,037 98,455 141,232 133,112
 Costa Rica 0.73 14,088 6,217 4,180 3,475 12,924 12,749 12,629 12,571 12,371
 Ivory Coast 0.09 5,636 2,021 1,399 1,972 1,925 2,980 3,980 24,221 26,218
 Croatia 0.17 20,638 916 304 669 679 656 690 782 863
 Cuba 0.03 174 237 316 313 280 384 371 384 411
 Curaçao 0.28 47 54 44 37 15 14 6 7
 Cyprus 4.99 29,280 12,325 8,484 5,763 5,126 3,883 3,631 3,503 3,394
 Czech Republic 0.30 435,212 2,058 3,644 3,137 3,137 2,979 2,805 2,449 2,449
 Denmark 3.15 67,772 37,540 33,507 17,785 17,785 13,170 11,814 13,399 17,922
 Djibouti 16.88 20,383 19,641 17,683 14,787 20,530 20,015 19,139 20,340 15,104
 Dominican Republic 0.06 546 171 592 609 608 721 758 595 599
 Ecuador 7.65 60,125 104,574 60,524 53,378 53,817 54,865 55,480 55,092 52,905
 Egypt 2.53 294,632 258,401 213,530 226,344 236,090 230,086 109,933 95,087 95,056
 El Salvador 0.01 104 52 45 48 35 44 45 38 38
 Eritrea 0.58 119 199 2,342 2,944 2,898 3,166 3,600 4,719 4,809
 Estonia 0.09 40,806 334 322 117 90 70 63 50 39
 Ethiopia 7.24 879,598 733,125 791,631 702,467 659,524 433,936 376,393 288,844 154,295
 Fiji 0.01 5 13 12 12 13 5 6 7 1
 Finland 2.15 69,553 23,473 18,400 11,798 11,798 11,252 9,919 9,175 8,724
 France 4.13 612,934 407,923 304,546 264,972 252,264 232,487 217,865 210,207 200,687
 Gabon 0.60 205 459 931 1,008 1,013 1,594 1,663 1,773 9,015
 Gambia 6.11 3,685 4,308 7,940 11,773 11,608 9,563 9,853 9,528 8,378
 Georgia 0.41 27,839 1,360 1,531 1,060 442 356 329 462 639
 Germany 3.10 2,075,445 1,146,685 669,482 250,299 216,973 187,567 589,737 571,685 594,269
 Ghana 0.69 8,531 11,948 11,865 18,476 18,450 18,681 16,016 13,588 13,828
 Greece 0.75 160,761 80,468 21,484 7,304 7,304 3,485 2,100 1,573 1,444
 Grenada 3 1 3
 Guatemala 0.01 701 416 300 202 164 160 159 147 138
 Guinea 0.71 2,199 4,965 5,068 8,704 8,766 8,560 10,371 16,609 14,113
 Guinea-Bissau 4.82 24 1,852 9,263 8,684 8,684 8,535 7,784 7,800 7,679
 Guyana 0.01 12 17 11 11 11 11 7 7 7
 Haiti 2 5 5 3
 Honduras 164 76 16 23 26 16 16 17 14
 Hong Kong 0.02 285 130 151 170 126 117 152 154
 Hungary 0.42 35,370 5,772 4,748 4,192 2,867 2,440 4,054 5,106 5,414
 Iceland 0.32 5,240 916 252 104 99 79 60 58 83
 India 0.15 242,835 195,105 197,851 200,383 199,937 188,395 185,656 185,118 184,821
 Indonesia 0.02 9,785 10,295 7,827 5,277 4,270 3,206 1,819 1,006 811
 Iran 12.53 3,425,091 979,435 979,435 979,441 982,027 857,354 868,242 886,468 1,073,366
 Iraq 8.17 273,716 273,992 261,864 288,035 271,143 246,298 98,822 35,189 34,655
 Ireland 1.25 81,256 7,800 5,731 5,853 5,853 6,001 6,327 8,249 9,107
 Israel 0.04 1,207 16,121 507 361 330 184 104 1,116 337
 Italy 1.57 296,181 207,619 147,370 93,715 93,715 76,264 64,779 58,060 56,397
 Jamaica 0.01 31 1 14 15 22 21 20 20 21
 Japan 0.02 17,406 1,465 2,514 2,419 2,560 2,584 2,581 2,649 2,586
 Jordan 89.55 3,062,851 2,967,046 685,197 664,102 654,141 641,915 302,707 451,009 450,915
 Kazakhstan 0.04 308 524 653 662 633 584 564 616 714
 Kenya 12.31 504,473 438,901 451,099 552,272 551,352 534,938 564,933 566,487 402,905
 South Korea 0.03 3,825 3,215 1,807 1,313 1,173 548 487 401 358
 Kuwait 0.16 684 692 939 593 614 635 674 335 184
 Kyrgyzstan 0.07 274 353 339 433 482 466 437 595 508
 Latvia 0.10 39,055 672 349 195 183 160 125 95 68
 Lebanon 208.91 1,306,143 1,395,952 1,012,969 1,172,388 1,154,040 856,546 133,538 8,845 7,949
 Lesotho 0.02 251 147 45 44 44 30 34 34
 Liberia 8.85 620 8,238 18,990 38,904 38,587 53,245 65,901 128,285 24,735
 Libya 4.47 2,208 4,739 9,310 27,948 27,964 25,561 7,065 7,540 7,923
 Liechtenstein 2.89 524 132 163 107 103 97 102 94 92
 Lithuania 0.36 67,638 1,826 1,288 1,055 1,007 916 871 821 803
 Luxembourg 2.14 11,952 2,572 2,046 1,192 1,108 920 2,910 2,855 3,254
 Macau 1 1
 Madagascar 119 116 28 10 11 12 9 9
 Malawi 0.54 35,162 14,086 9,392 8,963 5,874 5,796 6,544 6,308 5,740
 Malaysia 3.26 134,554 129,095 92,054 97,385 99,086 96,868 89,210 85,754 80,651
 Mali 0.88 60,637 26,670 17,512 14,970 15,195 14,316 13,928 15,624 13,558
 Malta 14.58 11,098 8,911 7,948 6,095 6,095 9,906 8,248 6,952 6,136
 Mauritania 19.36 100,981 84,909 48,148 50,851 49,635 66,767 54,496 535 717
 Mexico 0.02 95,579 28,533 6,202 2,158 1,837 1,831 1,520 1,677 1,395
 Micronesia 4 4
 Moldova 0.10 105,374 423 389 335 250 185 146 148
 Monaco 0.87 17 22 27 33 33 34 37 37
 Mongolia 10 6 8 11 6 9 4 1 12
 Montenegro 9.92 32,438 662 974 6,203 6,462 8,476 11,198 12,874 16,364
 Morocco 0.06 7,907 6,656 4,771 2,144 1,216 1,470 744 736 792
 Mozambique 0.17 4,992 4,708 4,671 4,552 4,536 4,445 4,398 4,079 4,077
 Namibia 0.69 4,685 3,188 1,757 1,659 1,767 2,332 1,806 6,049 7,254
 Nauru 50.60 45 763 506 506 389
   Nepal 1.29 19,560 19,574 25,249 36,287 38,490 46,305 56,264 70,268 87,514
 Netherlands 4.89 218,457 94,430 101,744 82,494 82,494 74,707 71,909 74,598 74,961
 New Zealand 0.30 1,791 2,747 1,421 1,349 1,349 1,403 1,517 1,934 2,307
 Nicaragua 0.06 312 327 331 361 280 189 129 86 64
 Niger 4.29 255,307 180,006 166,093 82,064 77,830 57,661 50,510 302 314
 Nigeria 0.01 91,275 54,166 1,367 1,279 1,239 1,694 3,154 8,806 8,747
 North Macedonia 0.40 635 353 477 584 614 687 750 801 959
 Norway 9.14 75,311 53,888 59,522 47,043 47,043 46,106 42,822 40,691 40,260
 Oman 0.03 295 307 317 122 151 138 138 83 78
 Pakistan 8.33 1,743,785 1,419,606 1,352,560 1,540,854 1,505,525 1,616,507 1,638,456 1,702,700 1,900,621
 Palau 0.05 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
 Panama 4.47 2,576 2,557 2,350 2,303 2,271 2,665 2,429 2,262 2,073
 Papua New Guinea 1.27 10,524 9,707 4,955 4,929 4,929 4,797 4,802 4,810 4,698
 Paraguay 0.02 5,420 1,016 204 161 153 136 133 124 107
 Peru 0.05 6,543 2,879 1,649 1,407 1,303 1,162 1,122 1,144 1,146
 Philippines 856 690 408 254 222 182 141 125 243
 Poland 0.41 971,129 12,673 11,747 15,741 15,741 16,438 15,911 15,847 15,555
 Portugal 0.07 59,777 2,387 1,194 699 699 598 483 408 384
 Qatar 0.06 197 203 177 133 133 130 80 80 51
 Romania 0.12 105,621 3,882 2,905 2,426 2,182 1,770 1,262 1,005 1,021
 Russia 2.20 1,277,753 42,433 228,990 315,313 235,750 3,458 3,178 3,914 4,922
 Rwanda 11.70 120,753 145,057 156,065 132,743 73,820 73,349 58,212 55,325 55,398
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.02 1 1
 Saint Lucia 0.01 2 2 3 5 2 2
 Samoa 3 3
 Sint Maarten 0.08 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 1
 Saudi Arabia 0.01 454 320 133 184 534 532 550 572 555
 Senegal 0.97 11,802 14,469 14,584 14,304 14,274 14,247 14,237 20,644 20,672
 Serbia and  Kosovo 3.97 26,521 26,433 29,522 35,309 43,751 57,083 66,370 70,707 73,608
 Seychelles 2 2
 Sierra Leone 0.22 443 683 1,371 1,372 2,817 4,204 8,092 8,363
 Singapore 2 3 3 3 3 7
 Slovakia 0.15 96,563 977 990 799 799 701 662 546 461
 Slovenia 0.14 8,705 751 462 283 257 213 176 142 312
 Solomon Islands 0.01 3 3 3
 Somalia 0.34 16,023 17,883 11,574 3,582 2,729 2,425 2,264 2,099 1,937
 South Africa 2.12 66,596 89,285 91,043 114,512 112,192 65,987 65,233 57,899 57,899
 Spain 0.13 317,751 57,761 12,989 5,798 5,798 4,637 4,510 4,228 3,820
 Sri Lanka 0.04 504 1,045 604 848 511 145 110 188 223
 Sudan 9.05 1,097,128 1,055,489 421,466 322,638 244,430 124,328 126,218 113,439 144,008
 South Sudan 22.32 308,369 298,313 262,560 265,887 248,152 229,587 202,581 105,023
 Suriname 25 52 1 1 1
 Swaziland 0.42 1173 728 539 515 507 505 759 759
 Sweden 14.66 277,726 253,794 230,164 142,207 142,207 114,175 92,872 86,615 82,629
  Switzerland 8.45 182,474 110,168 82,681 69,390 62,620 52,464 50,747 50,416 48,813
 Syria 7.95 593,844 583,443 19,809 149,200 149,140 149,292 476,506 755,445 1,005,472
 Tajikistan 0.21 8,608 3,791 2,729 1,782 2,026 2,048 2,248 3,323 3,131
 Tanzania 3.07 206,229 242,171 281,498 159,014 88,492 102,099 101,021 131,243 109,286
 Thailand 1.63 94,472 97,571 54,251 56,947 75,137 78,970 84,479 89,253 96,675
 East Timor 1 1
 Togo 3.07 9,300 11,968 12,491 21,877 21,778 20,613 23,540 19,270 14,051
 Tonga 3 3 3 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 0.09 3,424 2,321 109 121 83 20 18 22 29
 Tunisia 0.07 3,299 1,746 649 824 901 730 1,435 3,048 89
 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.12 7 4 4 4 4 4
 Turkey 23.72 3,568,259 3,579,531 2,869,421 1,838,848 1,587,374 609,938 267,063 14,465 10,032
 Turkmenistan 0.01 14 22 27 27 35 45 46 59 62
 Uganda 11.34 1,463,523 1,359,464 940,835 428,397 385,513 220,555 197,877 139,448 135,801
 Ukraine 0.07 2,520 2,172 3,302 3,232 3,219 2,968 2,807 2,676 2,522
 United Arab Emirates 0.05 1,399 1,247 895 424 417 603 631 677 538
 United Kingdom 1.82 328,989 133,094 118,995 117,234 117,234 126,055 149,799 193,510 238,150
 United States 0.84 363,059 341,711 272,959 267,222 267,222 263,662 262,023 264,763 264,574
 Uruguay 0.08 1,115 516 312 289 272 203 181 174 189
 Uzbekistan 13,026 14 27 118 125 141 176 214 311
 Vanuatu 2 2 2 4
 Venezuela 5.68 29,341 67,755 7,861 5,647 5,052 4,340 3,644 2,022 1,547
 Vietnam 1 990 1,928
 Yemen 10.05 77,458 268,511 269,783 263,047 257,645 241,288 237,182 214,740 190,092
 Zambia 1.64 61,159 57,521 29,350 25,737 25,578 23,594 25,653 45,632 47,857
 Zimbabwe 0.40 10,475 8,959 7,426 6,085 6,079 6,389 4,356 4,561 4,435

By country of origin[edit]

The below table is based on UNHCR data and does not include data for people of concern to the UNRWA or those not known to the UNHCR. These people registered with the UNHCR outside of their country of origin.

UNHCR registered refugees by country/territory of origin between 2014 and 2010
Country/territory of origin % of the country's population who were refugees in 2014[12] 2014 [13] 2013 [14] 2012 [15] 2011 [16] 2010 [17]
 Afghanistan 7.59 2,596,270 2,556,502 2,586,152 2,664,436 3,054,709
 Albania 0.35 10,158 10,103 12,568 13,551 14,772
 Algeria 0.01 3,524 3,660 5,673 6,120 6,688
 Andorra 0.01 7 5 7 6 6
 Angola 0.04 9,484 10,286 19,258 128,664 134,858
 Antigua and Barbuda 0.06 53 49 45 32 30
 Argentina 0.00 318 388 447 518 557
 Armenia 0.39 11,848 11,998 15,934 16,486 17,546
 Australia 0.00 25 28 48 39 37
 Austria 0.00 10 10 12 11 10
 Azerbaijan 0.11 10,515 10,814 15,537 16,162 16,753
 Bahamas 0.06 215 210 196 185 17
 Bahrain 0.03 347 275 297 215 87
 Bangladesh 0.01 10,881 9,725 10,156 10,052 10,046
 Barbados 0.03 86 67 55 45 32
 Belarus 0.05 4,300 4,397 6,191 5,925 5,743
 Belgium 0.00 75 78 93 90 83
 Belize 0.01 45 40 39 32 23
 Benin 0.00 340 302 457 461 442
 Bhutan 3.00 23,642 31,567 41,590 55,603 72,776
 Bolivia 0.01 600 601 618 611 590
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.57 21,841 26,756 51,767 58,515 62,910
 Botswana 0.01 237 168 127 85 53
 Brazil 0.00 977 985 1,076 1,045 994
 Brunei 0.00 1 1 1 1 1
 Bulgaria 0.02 1,648 1,880 2,147 2,327 2,559
 Burkina Faso 0.01 1,853 1,580 1,456 1,267 1,141
 Burundi 0.67 72,493 72,647 73,363 101,288 84,064
 Cambodia 0.09 13,062 13,713 13,993 15,184 16,301
 Cameroon 0.05 10,766 11,427 13,382 15,163 14,963
 Canada 0.00 95 99 119 105 90
 Cape Verde 0.01 27 28 25 27 25
 Central African Republic 7.88 410,787 249,044 162,442 160,736 162,755
 Cayman Islands 0.01 6 6 1 1 1
 Chad 0.11 14,855 15,237 15,844 18,720 21,583
 Chile 0.00 579 596 1,152 1,189 1,170
 China 0.02 210,802 195,133 193,453 190,369 184,602
 Colombia 0.22 103,150 108,117 111,773 113,605 113,233
 Comoros 0.08 581 513 454 422 368
 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.69 516,563 499,355 509,082 491,481 476,693
 Republic of the Congo 0.32 14,500 11,753 12,119 12,839 20,679
 Cook Islands 0.00 1 1 1 1 1
 Costa Rica 0.01 417 463 325 331 352
 Ivory Coast 0.32 71,966 85,652 100,717 154,824 41,758
 Croatia 0.93 40,122 49,756 62,606 62,649 65,861
 Cuba 0.06 6,502 6,460 6,724 6,849 6,470
 Curaçao 0.02 35 35
 Cyprus 0.00 10 10 11 11 13
 Czech Republic 0.01 1,327 991 622 763 817
 Denmark 0.00 12 10 9 9 9
 Djibouti 0.10 879 762 640 602 566
 Dominica 0.05 38 43 54 52 52
 Dominican Republic 0.00 349 306 289 250 246
 Ecuador 0.01 804 707 844 909 852
 Egypt 0.02 15,903 12,810 10,016 7,934 6,911
 El Salvador 0.18 10,965 9,635 8,171 6,720 4,976
 Equatorial Guinea 0.02 174 200 228 258 305
 Eritrea 6.08 330,541 273,063 248,024 220,745 205,458
 Estonia 0.03 339 352 456 224 240
 Ethiopia 0.09 86,870 77,122 74,939 70,586 68,832
 Fiji 0.10 924 1,112 1,317 1,579 1,851
 Finland 0.00 7 7 7 7 6
 France 0.00 93 98 100 99 92
 French Polynesia 0.00
 Gabon 0.01 172 176 183 173 165
 Gambia 0.27 5,136 3,397 3,076 2,583 2,242
 Georgia 0.17 6,681 6,778 9,261 9,612 10,143
 Germany 0.00 176 175 182 174 164
 Ghana 0.08 22,143 21,076 24,296 20,279 20,201
 Gibraltar 0.01 2 2 2 2 2
 Greece 0.00 113 91 51 56 51
 Grenada 0.30 324 330 316 323 345
 Guatemala 0.05 7,483 6,615 6,388 6,088 5,679
 Guinea 0.12 15,252 14,561 14,061 13,161 11,985
 Guinea-Bissau 0.07 1,307 1,223 1,180 1,123 1,127
 Guyana 0.09 700 800 801 771 749
 Haiti 0.35 37,162 38,659 38,568 33,661 25,892
 Honduras 0.05 4,159 3,300 2,613 1,966 1,302
 Hong Kong 0.00 25 25 19 15 17
 Hungary 0.01 1,267 1,220 1,087 1,238 1,438
 Iceland 0.00 1 2 3 3 4
 India 0.00 10,436 11,041 14,258 16,232 17,769
 Indonesia 0.00 9,562 9,640 10,051 10,659 11,085
 Iran 0.11 82,191 75,070 75,938 72,347 68,795
 Iraq 1.04 369,954 401,466 746,190 1,428,308 1,683,575
 Ireland 0.00 10 9 9 8 8
 Israel 0.01 979 1,041 1,340 1,335 1,301
 Italy 0.00 67 66 66 58 50
 Jamaica 0.06 1,692 1,503 1,407 1,252 1,057
 Japan 0.00 262 157 172 176 152
 Jordan 0.02 1,718 1,632 2,358 2,248 2,252
 Kazakhstan 0.01 2,224 2,123 3,571 3,500 3,640
 Kenya 0.02 8,553 8,586 8,950 8,745 8,602
 Kiribati 0.00 3 20 33 33 33
 North Korea 0.01 1,282 1,167 1,132 1,052 917
 South Korea 0.00 481 500 558 514 585
 Kuwait 0.03 981 977 1,197 1,120 988
 Kyrgyzstan 0.04 2,451 2,301 3,489 3,162 2,744
 Laos 0.11 7,482 7,744 7,983 8,087 8,413
 Latvia 0.01 213 233 662 709 713
 Lebanon 0.08 4,273 3,819 15,106 15,013 15,869
 Lesotho 0.00 17 15 13 11 11
 Liberia 0.31 13,545 17,531 23,401 66,752 70,089
 Libya 0.07 4,203 3,314 5,249 3,335 2,309
 Lithuania 0.01 183 220 491 528 515
 Luxembourg 0.00 2 1
 Macau 0.00 5 1 1 10 10
 Madagascar 0.00 281 296 300 288 269
 Malawi 0.00 361 326 277 222 171
 Malaysia 0.00 468 485 531 537 552
 Maldives 0.01 36 31 24 21 19
 Mali 0.81 139,267 152,828 149,942 4,295 3,663
 Malta 0.00 5 6 6 6 6
 Marshall Islands 0.01 3 3 2
 Mauritania 0.85 34,113 34,252 33,765 39,929 37,733
 Mauritius 0.01 94 81 62 42 28
 Mexico 0.01 10,666 9,390 8,435 7,472 6,816
 Moldova 0.05 2,233 2,207 6,148 6,264 6,200
 Monaco 0.01 3 3 4 4 2
 Mongolia 0.07 2,163 2,059 2,114 1,985 1,724
 Montenegro 0.10 607 546 4,054 3,698 3,246
 Morocco 0.00 1,539 1,308 2,405 2,312 2,284
 Mozambique 0.00 58 56 160 155 131
 Myanmar 0.42 223,896 222,053 215,340 214,594 215,644
 Namibia 0.05 1,253 1,143 1,098 1,073 1,017
 Nauru 0.00
   Nepal 0.03 8,561 8,108 7,610 6,852 5,884
 Netherlands 0.00 68 64 71 64 53
 New Zealand 0.00 17 17 20 18 15
 Nicaragua 0.03 1,587 1,538 1,531 1,468 1,431
 Niger 0.00 739 683 832 819 803
 Nigeria 0.03 54,563 25,465 18,020 16,840 15,639
 Niue 1.11 18 14 10 7
 Norfolk Island 0.05 1
 North Macedonia 0.08 1,759 1,628 7,589 7,684 7,890
 Norway 0.00 13 13 9 7 7
 Oman 0.00 29 26 65 60 63
 Pakistan 0.17 315,805 31,893 33,673 33,009 33,591
 Palau 0.00 1 1
State of Palestine Palestinians (excl. UNRWA) 2.10 97,212 96,044 94,821 94,121 93,299
 Panama 0.00 89 105 107 100 100
 Papua New Guinea 0.00 288 221 174 128 89
 Paraguay 0.00 94 95 101 91 86
 Peru 0.01 4,343 4,768 5,212 5,491 5,834
 Philippines 0.00 666 717 966 933 953
 Poland 0.00 1,310 1,429 1,640 1,815 1,764
 Portugal 0.00 31 32 32 28 30
 Qatar 0.00 21 17 124 95 112
 Romania 0.01 1,918 2,330 2,806 3,428 3,933
 Russia 0.05 70,562 74,316 110,586 109,784 108,261
 Rwanda 0.70 79,408 83,955 97,373 106,833 114,836
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.04 23 15 12 9 7
 Saint Lucia 0.50 922 710 566 433 334
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.56 1,736 1,535 1,316 1,127 946
 Samoa 0.00 1 1 1 1 1
 San Marino 0.00 1 1 1 1 2
 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 22 31 32 33 33
 Saudi Arabia 0.00 630 584 817 745 667
 Senegal 0.16 23,118 19,822 18,724 17,722 16,267
 Serbia and  Kosovo 0.51 45,464 48,436 157,623 161,363 182,955
 Seychelles 0.03 25 26 29 42 49
 Sierra Leone 0.08 4,993 5,311 6,202 8,002 11,277
 Singapore 0.00 59 65 68 67 76
 Slovakia 0.01 319 323 239 269 158
 Slovenia 0.00 26 28 34 32 38
 Solomon Islands 0.01 70 61 61 72 75
 Somalia 9.52 1,106,434 1,121,770 1,136,718 1,075,148 770,148
 South Africa 0.00 424 423 420 429 380
 Spain 0.00 60 56 52 43 42
 Sri Lanka 0.59 122,010 123,083 132,721 136,605 141,063
 Sudan 1.65 659,408 636,405 558,199 491,013 379,067
 South Sudan 4.92 616,143 114,371 86,909 1
 Suriname 0.00 17 17 15 20 25
 Swaziland 0.01 161 109 65 43 36
 Sweden 0.00 18 16 19 23 24
  Switzerland 0.00 19 15 17 20 19
 Syria 17.09 3,869,626 2,457,241 728,698 19,900 18,428
 Tajikistan 0.01 725 662 674 612 577
 Tanzania 0.00 858 1,040 1,122 1,163 1,144
 Thailand 0.00 231 217 369 359 348
 Tibet 0.47 15,069 15,065 15,000 15,068 15,082
 East Timor 0.00 13 10 9 8 8
 Togo 0.13 9,275 10,318 15,692 17,870 18,329
 Tonga 0.02 22 18 13 10 6
 Trinidad and Tobago 0.03 371 336 333 297 255
 Tunisia 0.01 1,485 1,363 1,934 1,951 2,173
 Turkey 0.08 63,892 66,575 135,370 139,778 146,793
 Turkmenistan 0.01 484 519 723 726 738
 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.04 15 15 14 14 1
 Tuvalu 0.02 2 2 1 1
 Uganda 0.02 7,190 8,176 5,608 5,680 6,441
 Ukraine 0.53 237,625 5,163 25,254 25,379 25,111
 United Arab Emirates 0.00 90 90 584 486 424
 United Kingdom 0.00 141 142 153 150 152
 United States 0.00 4,987 4,760 4,453 3,777 3,025
 Uruguay 0.00 124 147 171 184 186
 Uzbekistan 0.02 4,795 4,952 7,088 7,164 6,886
 Vanuatu 0.00 1 1 1 1 1
 Venezuela 0.03 8,009 8,395 8,208 7,577 6,701
 Vietnam 0.34 313,417 314,106 336,939 337,829 338,698
Western Sahara 13.89 90,482 90,504 90,452 90,413 90,415
 Yemen 0.01 2,631 2,428 2,593 2,322 2,075
 Zambia 0.00 316 232 243 240 228
 Zimbabwe 0.15 22,492 19,734 22,101 25,048 24,089
Stateless 0.28[18] 27,915 20,202 19,673 18,171 16,909
Various/unknown 99,577 105,643 125,921 137,412 160,678

People in refugee-like situations by region[edit]

The table is sourced from the UNHCR Global Trends Report 2022.[19]

Continent Refugees
North America 443,500
Oceania 79,600
Europe 3,435,700
South America 4,701,600
Asia-Pacific 10,084,900
Africa 6,988,900
Antarctica 0 (N/A)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/mid2015stats.zip (Tab14, third column)
  2. ^ "Refugee population by country or territory of asylum | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. ^ "Refugee population by country or territory of asylum | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  4. ^ "UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2016".
  5. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/mid2015stats.zip (Tab1, second column)
  6. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/statisticalyearbook/2014-annex-tables.zip (Tab1, second column)
  7. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2013/annex_tables.zip (Tab1, second column)
  8. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2012/2012_Statistical_Yearbook_annex_tables_v1.zip (Tab1, second column)
  9. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2011/2011_Statistical_Yearbook_annex_tables_v1.zip (Tab1, second column)
  10. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2010/2011-SYB10-annex-tables.zip (Tab1, second column)
  11. ^ Islam, N. The international medical community must act to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. British Medical Journal Opinion. 2018. URL: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/03/12/nazrul-islam-the-international-medical-community-must-act-to-help-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh/
  12. ^ Calculated using country population data from 2014 (http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DVD/Files/1_Indicators%20(Standard)/EXCEL_FILES/1_Population/WPP2015_POP_F01_1_TOTAL_POPULATION_BOTH_SEXES.XLS) and comparing to UNHCR data for the same year
  13. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/statisticalyearbook/2014-annex-tables.zip (Tab2, second column)
  14. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2013/annex_tables.zip (Tab2, second column)
  15. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2012/2012_Statistical_Yearbook_annex_tables_v1.zip (Tab2, second column)
  16. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2011/2011_Statistical_Yearbook_annex_tables_v1.zip (Tab2, second column)
  17. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/static/statistical_yearbook/2010/2011-SYB10-annex-tables.zip (Tab2, second column)
  18. ^ The UNHCR estimatated that there are around 10,000,000 stateless people. This number was used for calculation of percentage.
  19. ^ "UNHCR Global Trends Report 2022". Retrieved 11 July 2022.

External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_refugee_population