List of countries by refugee population

Under international law, a refugee is a person who has fled his or her own country of nationality or habitual residence, and cannot return due to fear of persecution on account of his or her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, and is unable or unwilling to avail themself of the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution.

By country of asylum

Below is a list of countries' refugee populations, excluding Palestinian refugees, calculated from available data. Information and total numbers might not account for very recent events, and as a result of these events, numbers are constantly in flux.

Rank Country / Territory Total population Refugee population[1] Natives per refugee
— World 7,301,100,000 15,097,633 484
1  Jordan 7,503,001 2,233,938 3
2  Turkey 77,695,904 1,838,848 42
3  Pakistan 182,490,722 1,540,854 118
4  Lebanon 4,224,000 1,172,388 4
5  Iran 74,196,000 979,441 76
6  Ethiopia 79,221,000 702,467 113
7  Kenya 39,802,000 552,272 72
8  Uganda 32,710,000 428,397 76
9  Chad 11,206,000 420,774 27
10  Sudan 30,894,000 356,191 87
11  Russia 141,473,000 315,313 449
12  Cameroon 19,522,000 302,293 65
13  People's Republic of China[2] 1,376,560,000 301,057

4573

14  Iraq 30,747,000 288,035 107
15  United States 322,801,000 267,222 1208
16  South Sudan 8,260,490 265,887 31
17  France[3] 65,073,482 264,972 246
18  Yemen 23,580,000 263,047 90
19  Germany 82,046,000 250,299 328
20  Bangladesh 162,221,000 232,975 696
21  Egypt 77,116,112 226,344 341
22  Afghanistan 28,150,000 225,714 125
23  India 1,267,540,000 200,383 6326
24  Venezuela 28,456,383 174,191 163
25  Dem. Rep. of Congo 66,020,000 160,271

412

26  Tanzania 43,739,000 159,014 275
27  Syria 21,906,000 149,200 147
28  Canada 35,985,751 149,163 224
29  Sweden 9,292,359 142,207 65
30  Rwanda 9,998,000 132,743 75
31  Ecuador 14,036,775 121,722 115
32  United Kingdom 61,634,599 117,234 526
33  South Africa 49,320,000 114,512 431
34  Thailand 63,389,730 110,372 574
35  Malaysia 27,468,000 97,573 317
36  Algeria 34,895,000 94,144 371
37  Italy 60,088,880 93,715 641
38  Netherlands 16,535,207 82,494 200
39  Niger 15,290,000 82,064 186
40  Mauritania 3,291,000 76,851 124
41   Switzerland 7,739,100 69,390 112
42  Republic of the Congo 3,683,000 61,492 60
43  Austria 8,355,260 60,747 138
44  Burundi 8,303,000 54,126 153
45  Norway[4] 4,834,000 47,043 103
46  Israel[5] 7,434,000 38,500 193
47  Liberia 3,476,608 38,904 230
48    Nepal 29,331,000 36,287 808
49  Australia[6] 24,321,000 35,582 684
50  Serbia 9,850,000 35,309 279
51  Burkina Faso 15,757,000 34,027 463
52  Belgium 10,754,528 31,115 346
53  Libya 6,420,000 27,948 230
54  Zambia 12,935,000 25,737 503
55  Togo 6,619,000 21,877 303
56  Ghana 23,837,000 18,476 1290
57  Denmark 5,519,441 17,785 310
58  Panama 3,454,000 17,303 200
59  Poland 38,100,700 15,741 2420
60  Armenia 3,230,100 15,690 206
61  Angola 18,498,000 15,572 1188
62  Mali 13,010,000 14,970 869
63  Djibouti 864,000 14,787 58
64  Senegal 12,534,000 14,304 876
65  Finland[7] 5,343,608 11,798

453

66  Gambia 1,705,000 11,773 145
67  Bulgaria 7,364,570 11,046 667
68  Papua New Guinea 6,732,000 9,510 708
69  Malawi 15,263,000 8,963 1703
70  Guinea 10,069,000 8,704 1157
71  Guinea-Bissau 1,611,000 8,684 186
72  Brazil 203,196,000 7,762

26178

73  Zimbabwe 12,523,000 6,085 2058
74  Ireland 4,422,100 5,853 756
75  Central African Republic 4,422,000 7,906 559
76  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,767,000 6,805 554
77  Montenegro 620,029 6,203 100
78  Malta 413,627 6,095 67
79  Spain 45,929,476 5,798 7922
80  Cyprus 801,600 5,763 139
81  Indonesia 229,965,000 5,277 43579
82  Mozambique 22,894,000 4,552 5029
83  Hungary 10,031,208 4,192 2393
84  Somalia 9,133,000 3,582 2550
85  Argentina 40,134,425 3,523 11392
86  Costa Rica 4,579,000 3,475 1318
87  Ukraine 46,029,281 3,232 14242
88  Czech Republic 10,467,542 3,137 3337
89  Eritrea 5,073,000 2,944 1723
90  Romania 19,042,936 2,426 7850
91  Japan 127,590,000 2,419 52745
92  Botswana 1,950,000 2,164 901
93  Morocco 31,567,613 2,144 42891
94  Côte d'Ivoire 21,075,000 1,972 10687
95  Tajikistan 6,952,000 1,782 3901
96  Mexico 107,550,697 1,677 64133
97  Chile 17,402,630 1,674 10396
98  Namibia 2,171,000 1,659 1309
99  Georgia[8] 4,385,400 1,659 2643
100  Greece 11,257,285 1,573 7157
101  Peru 29,132,013 1,407 20705
102  Sierra Leone 5,696,000 1,371 4155
103  Belarus 9,671,900 1,369 7065
104  Azerbaijan 8,629,900 1,357 6360
105  New Zealand 4,430,400 1,349 3284
106  Nigeria 154,729,000 1,279 120977
107  Luxembourg 493,500 1,192 414
108  Lithuania 3,349,872 1,055 3175
109  Gabon 1,475,000 1,008 1463
110  Sri Lanka 20,238,000 848 23866
111  Republic of Macedonia 2,048,620 828 2474
112  Tunisia 10,327,800 824 12534
113  Slovakia 5,413,548 799 6775
114  Bolivia 9,863,000 767 13775
115  Croatia 4,435,056 710 5782
116  Kazakhstan 15,776,492 662 23832
117  Dominican Republic 9,378,818 609 15400
118  Kuwait 2,985,000 593 5538
119  Swaziland 1,185,000 539 2199
120  Suriname 520,000 539 965
121  Nauru 10,000 506 20
122  Benin 8,935,000 488 18309
123  Kyrgyzstan 5,482,000 433 12661
124  United Arab Emirates 8,264,070 424 19491
125  Portugal 10,627,250 408 26047
126  South Korea 48,333,000 401
(+27,518 North Korean refugees}[9] 		120531
127  Moldova[10] 3,567,500 389

9171

128  Nicaragua 5,743,000 361 15909
129  Cuba 11,204,000 313 35796
130  Uruguay 3,361,000 289 11630
131  Slovenia 2,045,249 283 7227
132  Bahrain 791,000 277 2856
133  Colombia 45,064,807 219 205775
134  Saudi Arabia 25,721,000 211 121900
135  Guatemala 14,027,000 202 69441
136  Latvia 2,257,300 195 11576
137  Albania 3,170,000 154 20584
138  Qatar 1,409,000 133 10594
139  Philippines 92,222,660 125 737781
140  Paraguay 6,349,000 124 51202
141  Oman 2,845,000 122 23320
142  Trinidad and Tobago 1,339,000 121 11066
143  Uzbekistan 27,488,000 118 232949
144  Estonia 1,340,415 117 11457
145  Liechtenstein 35,593 107 304
146  Iceland 319,246 104 3070
147  Cambodia 14,805,000 80 185063
148  El Salvador 6,163,000 48 128396
149  Lesotho 2,067,000 44 46977
150  Curacao 154,843 44 3519
151  Monaco 33,000 33 1000
152  Turkmenistan 5,110,000 27 189259
153  Honduras 7,466,000 23 324609
154  Jamaica 2,719,000 15 181267
155  Fiji 849,000 12 70750
156  Mongolia 2,671,000 11 242818
157  Guyana 762,000 11 69273
158  Madagascar 19,625,000 10 1962500
159  Bahamas 342,000 7 48857
160  Haiti 10,033,000 5 2006600
161  Turks and Caicos Islands 33,000 4 8250
162  Solomon Islands 523,000 3 174333
163  Sint Maarten 38,247 3 12749
164  Saint Lucia 172,000 2 86000
165  Barbados 256,000 1 256000
166  Saint Kitts and Nevis 52,000 1 52000
167  Palau 20,000 1 20000
168  Vietnam 85,789,573 unknown unknown
169  Myanmar (Burma) 50,020,000 unknown unknown
170  North Korea 24,051,706 unknown unknown
171  Taiwan[11] 23,069,345 unknown unknown
172  Hong Kong 7,008,900 unknown unknown
173  Laos 6,320,000 unknown unknown
174  Singapore 4,839,400 unknown unknown
175  Puerto Rico 3,982,000 unknown unknown
176  Mauritius[12] 1,288,000 unknown unknown
177  East Timor 1,134,000 unknown unknown
178  Bhutan 697,000 unknown unknown
179  Comoros[13] 676,000 unknown unknown
180  Equatorial Guinea[14] 676,000 unknown unknown
181  Macau 546,200 unknown unknown
182  Western Sahara 513,000 unknown unknown
183  Cape Verde 506,000 unknown unknown
184  Brunei 400,000 unknown unknown
185  Belize 322,100 unknown unknown
186  Maldives 309,000 unknown unknown
187  Vanuatu 240,000 unknown unknown
188  Samoa 179,000 unknown unknown
189  Guam 178,000 unknown unknown
190  São Tomé and Príncipe 163,000 unknown unknown
191  Federated States of Micronesia 111,000 unknown unknown
192  U.S. Virgin Islands 110,000 unknown unknown
193  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109,000 unknown unknown
194  Aruba 107,000 unknown unknown
195  Grenada 104,000 unknown unknown
196  Tonga 104,000 unknown unknown
197  Kiribati 98,000 unknown unknown
198  Jersey 89,300 unknown unknown
199  Antigua and Barbuda 88,000 unknown unknown
200  Northern Mariana Islands 87,000 unknown unknown
201  Andorra 86,000 unknown unknown
202  Seychelles 84,000 unknown unknown
203  Isle of Man 80,000 unknown unknown
204  Dominica 67,000 unknown unknown
205  American Samoa 67,000 unknown unknown
206  Bermuda 65,000 unknown unknown
207  Marshall Islands 62,000 unknown unknown
208  Guernsey 61,811 unknown unknown
209  Greenland 57,000 unknown unknown
210  Cayman Islands 56,000 unknown unknown
211  Faroe Islands 48,940 unknown unknown
212  Gibraltar 31,000 unknown unknown
213  San Marino 30,800 unknown unknown
214  British Virgin Islands 23,000 unknown unknown
215  Cook Islands 20,000 unknown unknown
216  Anguilla 15,000 unknown unknown
217  Tuvalu 10,000 unknown unknown
218  Saint Helena[15] 6,600 unknown unknown
219  Montserrat 5,900 unknown unknown
220  Falkland Islands 3,000 unknown unknown
221  Niue 1,500 unknown unknown
222  Tokelau 1,400 unknown unknown
223   Vatican City 800 unknown unknown
224  Pitcairn Islands 50 unknown

By country of origin

Rank Source country Number of refugees from[16]
1  Palestine[17] 6,600,000
2  Syria[18] 4,086,760
3  Iraq 1,428,308
4  Somalia 1,077,048
5  Sudan 500,014
6  Democratic Republic of the Congo 491,481
7  Myanmar 414,626
8  Colombia 395,949
9  Vietnam 337,829
10  Eritrea 251,954
11  China 190,369
12  Central African Republic 162,862
13  Serbia 161,671
14  Côte d'Ivoire 154,821
15 Unknown 145,048
16  Turkey 139,779
17  Sri Lanka 136,617
18  Angola 128,664
19  Russia 109,785
20  Rwanda 106,833
21  Burundi 101,288
22  Palestinian National Authority 94,150
23  Iran 72,361
24  Ethiopia 70,610
25  Liberia 66,780
26  Croatia 62,649
27  Bosnia & Herzegovina 58,578
28  Chad 42,640
29  Mauritania 39,929
30  Pakistan 35,952
31  Haiti 33,661
32  Ukraine 25,379
33  Zimbabwe 25,048
34  Ghana 20,361
35  Togo 17,871
36  Senegal 17,722
37  Nigeria 17,141
38  Armenia 16,487
39  India 16,232
40  Azerbaijan 16,162
41  Indonesia 16,079
42  Cambodia 15,205
43  Cameroon 15,163
44  Lebanon 15,013
45  Albania 13,551
46  Guinea 13,161
47  Republic of the Congo 12,839
48  Uzbekistan 12,664
49  Georgia 10,112
50  Bangladesh 10,056
51  Kenya 8,745
52  Laos 8,088
53  Sierra Leone 8,002
54  Egypt 7,936
55  Cuba 7,856
56  Republic of Macedonia 7,684
57  Venezuela 7,557
58  Mexico 7,472
59    Nepal 6,854
60  El Salvador 6,720
61  Moldova 6,264
62  Algeria 6,121
63  Guatemala 6,088
64  Belarus 5,925
65  Uganda 5,680
66  Peru 5,491
67  Libya 4,384
68  Mali 4,295
69  United States 3,778
70  Montenegro 3,698
71  Kazakhstan 3,500
72  Romania 3,428
73  Kyrgyzstan 3,162
74  Gambia 2,583
75  Bulgaria 2,327
76  Yemen 2,323
77  Morocco 2,312
78  Jordan 2,250
79  Mongolia 1,985
80  Honduras 1,966
81  Tunisia 1,952
82  Poland 1,815
83  Fiji 1,579
84  Nicaragua 1,468
85  Israel 1,335
86  Burkina Faso 1,271
87  Jamaica 1,252
88  Hungary 1,238
89  Chile 1,189
90  Tanzania 1,163
91  Guinea-Bissau 1,123
92  Kuwait 1,120
93  Namibia 1,073
94  North Korea 1,052
95  Brazil 1,045
96  Philippines 952
97  Ecuador 909
98  Niger 819
99  Guyana 775
100  Czech Republic 763
101  Saudi Arabia 745
102  Turkmenistan 726
103  Latvia 709
104  Bolivia 661
105  Tajikistan 612
106  Djibouti 602
107  Malaysia 537
108  Lithuania 528
109  Argentina 518
110  South Korea 514
111  United Arab Emirates 486
112  Benin 461
113  South Africa 429
114  Thailand 368
115  Costa Rica 331
116  Madagascar 289
117  Slovakia 269
118  Equatorial Guinea 258
119  Dominican Republic 250
120  Zambia 240
121  Estonia 224
122  Malawi 222
123  Bahamas 185
124  Uruguay 184
125  Japan 176
126  Germany 174
127  Gambia 173
128  Mozambique 155
129  United Kingdom 150
130  Papua New Guinea 128
131  Canada 109
132  Panama 100
133  France 99
134  Qatar 95
135  Paraguay 91
136  Belgium 90
137  Botswana 85
138  Netherlands 64
139  Oman 60
140  Italy 58
141  Greece 56
142  Spain 43
143  Swaziland 43
144  Australia 39
145  Slovenia 32
146  Portugal 28
147  Sweden 24
148  Suriname 20
150   Switzerland 20
151  New Zealand 18
152  Austria 11
153  Cyprus 11
154  Lesotho 11
155  Denmark 9
156  East Timor 8
157  Republic of Ireland 8
158  Finland 7
159  Norway 7
160  Iceland 3
161  Vanuatu 1

References

  1. ↑ "UNHCR - Mid-Year Trends, June 2015". UNHCR. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Figure refers to Mainland China only. It excludes the special administrative regions
  3. ↑ Includes 7 French overseas collectivities: French Polynesia (259,596 inh. in Aug. 2007), New Caledonia (244,410 inh. in Jan. 2008), Mayotte (186,452 inh. in July 2007), Saint Martin (35,263 inh. in Jan. 2006), Wallis and Futuna (13,484 inh. in Jul. 2008), Saint Barthélemy (8,450 inh. in Jan. 2007), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (6,125 inh. in Jan. 2006).
  4. ↑ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island
  5. ↑ UN figure for mid-2009 is 7,170,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.
  6. ↑ Includes Christmas Island (1,508), [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828)
  7. ↑ Includes Åland Islands
  8. ↑ Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000)
  9. ↑ "?????? ???? ??" [North Korean domestic immigration trend of defectors]. Korean Ministry of Integration (in Korean). 13 August 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015. line feed character in |trans-title= at position 7 (help)
  10. ↑ Includes Transnistria (555,347)
  11. ↑ Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.
  12. ↑ Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon
  13. ↑ Excludes the island of Mayotte.
  14. ↑ A 2003 U.S State Department report states the following: "Although the 2002 census estimated the population at 1,015,000,{{cite web|url=http://www.dgecnstat-ge.org/Datos/estructurales/Poblacion.htm|title=Evolución y Distribución de la población total por sexo y región|trans-title=Evolution and Distribution of the population by sex and region|language=es|work=Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Department of Statistics and National Accounts|date=2002|accessdate=20 September 2015}} credible estimates put the number at closer to 500,000. The opposition claimed that the Government inflated the census in anticipation of the December presidential election." (...) "Opposition leaders charged earlier in the year that census results showing a twofold population increase were flawed and that numbers were inflated to perpetuate election fraud.""Equatorial Guinea: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices". U.S. Department of State. 31 March 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2015. line feed character in |title= at position 45 (help)
  15. ↑ Includes Ascension and [[Tristan da Cunha]]
  16. ↑ "UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2011: Statistical Annexes" (PDF). unhcr.org. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "Palestinian Refugee Factbox/Timeline". IRIN. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  18. ↑ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (17 Sep 2015). "Syria Regional Refugee Response - Regional Overview". UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

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