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.
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.
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] |
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![]() | 7.14 | 52,159 | 72,228 | 59,771 | 205,558 | 280,267 | 72 | 75 | 66 | 43 |
![]() | 0.05 | 2,676 | 128 | 138 | 154 | 104 | 96 | 86 | 82 | 76 |
![]() | 2.42 | 99,107 | 98,604 | 94,232 | 94,144 | 94,128 | 94,150 | 94,133 | 94,148 | 94,144 |
![]() | 0.64 | 25,514 | 25,802 | 15,555 | 15,572 | 15,474 | 23,783 | 23,413 | 16,223 | 15,155 |
![]() | 0.08 | 4,094 | 3,881 | 3,293 | 3,523 | 3,498 | 3,362 | 3,488 | 3,361 | 3,276 |
![]() | 5.22 | 34,634 | 17,985 | 17,886 | 3,240 | 3,190 | 3,132 | 2,854 | 2,918 | 3,296 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
![]() | 1.51 | 54,430 | 76,764 | 42,188 | 35,582 | 35,582 | 34,503 | 30,083 | 23,434 | 21,805 |
![]() | 7.13 | 258,613 | 135,955 | 93,250 | 60,747 | 60,747 | 55,598 | 51,730 | 47,073 | 42,630 |
![]() | 0.14 | 6,414 | 1,108 | 1,193 | 1,357 | 1,299 | 1,380 | 1,468 | 1,730 | 1,891 |
![]() | 0.02 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 21 | 21 |
![]() | 0.20 | 255 | 255 | 271 | 277 | 311 | 294 | 289 | 199 | 165 |
![]() | 1.46 | 952,384 | 854,782 | 950,000 [11] | 32,975 | 32,472 | 31,145 | 30,697 | 29,669 | 29,253 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
![]() | 0.14 | 19,715 | 2,734 | 1,650 | 1,369 | 925 | 604 | 576 | 595 | 589 |
![]() | 2.77 | 151,408 | 61,677 | 42,168 | 31,115 | 29,179 | 25,629 | 22,024 | 22,402 | 17,892 |
![]() | 145 | 28 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 78 | 134 | |||
![]() | 0.05 | 1,779 | 1,244 | 809 | 488 | 415 | 194 | 4,966 | 7,217 | 7,139 |
![]() | 0.07 | 1,116 | 878 | 786 | 767 | 763 | 748 | 733 | 716 | 695 |
![]() | 1.78 | 274 | 5,248 | 5,271 | 6,805 | 6,890 | 6,926 | 6,903 | 6,933 | 7,016 |
![]() | 0.97 | 733 | 1,115 | 2,039 | 2,164 | 2,645 | 2,773 | 2,785 | 3,312 | 2,986 |
![]() | 0.04 | 67,522 | 32,860 | 9,689 | 7,762 | 7,490 | 5,196 | 4,689 | 4,477 | 4,357 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
![]() | 1.53 | 176,297 | 20,451 | 17,814 | 11,046 | 11,046 | 4,320 | 2,288 | 5,688 | 5,530 |
![]() | 1.92 | 34,375 | 25,868 | 32,552 | 34,027 | 31,894 | 29,234 | 39,306 | 546 | 531 |
![]() | 5.00 | 84,636 | 78,473 | 57,469 | 54,126 | 52,936 | 45,490 | 41,813 | 35,659 | 29,365 |
![]() | 0.01 | 24 | 61 | 66 | 80 | 63 | 68 | 77 | 64 | 129 |
![]() | 13.27 | 473,887 | 406,260 | 348,672 | 288,552 | 226,489 | 107,346 | 98,969 | 100,373 | 104,275 |
![]() | 4.19 | 140,621 | 101,760 | 97,332 | 149,163 | 149,163 | 160,349 | 163,756 | 164,883 | 165,549 |
![]() | 1.65 | 11,213 | 7,175 | 12,115 | 7,906 | 7,694 | 14,322 | 14,014 | 16,730 | 21,574 |
![]() | 0.10 | 47 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
![]() | 30.97 | 592,764 | 442,672 | 391,251 | 420,774 | 452,897 | 434,479 | 373,695 | 366,494 | 347,939 |
![]() | 0.10 | 2,133 | 2,053 | 1,737 | 1,798 | 1,773 | 1,743 | 1,695 | 1,674 | 1,621 |
![]() | 0.22 | 320,000 | 303,381 | 317,255 | 301,057 | 301,052 | 301,047 | 301,037 | 301,018 | 300,986 |
![]() | 1,607 | 646 | 258 | 219 | 213 | 224 | 219 | 219 | 212 | |
![]() | 2.14 | 520,544 | 523,734 | 451,956 | 160,271 | 119,754 | 113,362 | 65,109 | 152,749 | 166,336 |
![]() | 13.65 | 41,557 | 25,670 | 46,457 | 61,492 | 54,842 | 51,037 | 98,455 | 141,232 | 133,112 |
![]() | 0.73 | 14,088 | 6,217 | 4,180 | 3,475 | 12,924 | 12,749 | 12,629 | 12,571 | 12,371 |
![]() | 0.09 | 5,636 | 2,021 | 1,399 | 1,972 | 1,925 | 2,980 | 3,980 | 24,221 | 26,218 |
![]() | 0.17 | 20,638 | 916 | 304 | 669 | 679 | 656 | 690 | 782 | 863 |
![]() | 0.03 | 174 | 237 | 316 | 313 | 280 | 384 | 371 | 384 | 411 |
![]() | 0.28 | 47 | 54 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 7 | |
![]() | 4.99 | 29,280 | 12,325 | 8,484 | 5,763 | 5,126 | 3,883 | 3,631 | 3,503 | 3,394 |
![]() | 0.30 | 435,212 | 2,058 | 3,644 | 3,137 | 3,137 | 2,979 | 2,805 | 2,449 | 2,449 |
![]() | 3.15 | 67,772 | 37,540 | 33,507 | 17,785 | 17,785 | 13,170 | 11,814 | 13,399 | 17,922 |
![]() | 16.88 | 20,383 | 19,641 | 17,683 | 14,787 | 20,530 | 20,015 | 19,139 | 20,340 | 15,104 |
![]() | 0.06 | 546 | 171 | 592 | 609 | 608 | 721 | 758 | 595 | 599 |
![]() | 7.65 | 60,125 | 104,574 | 60,524 | 53,378 | 53,817 | 54,865 | 55,480 | 55,092 | 52,905 |
![]() | 2.53 | 294,632 | 258,401 | 213,530 | 226,344 | 236,090 | 230,086 | 109,933 | 95,087 | 95,056 |
![]() | 0.01 | 104 | 52 | 45 | 48 | 35 | 44 | 45 | 38 | 38 |
![]() | 0.58 | 119 | 199 | 2,342 | 2,944 | 2,898 | 3,166 | 3,600 | 4,719 | 4,809 |
![]() | 0.09 | 40,806 | 334 | 322 | 117 | 90 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 39 |
![]() | 7.24 | 879,598 | 733,125 | 791,631 | 702,467 | 659,524 | 433,936 | 376,393 | 288,844 | 154,295 |
![]() | 0.01 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
![]() | 2.15 | 69,553 | 23,473 | 18,400 | 11,798 | 11,798 | 11,252 | 9,919 | 9,175 | 8,724 |
![]() | 4.13 | 612,934 | 407,923 | 304,546 | 264,972 | 252,264 | 232,487 | 217,865 | 210,207 | 200,687 |
![]() | 0.60 | 205 | 459 | 931 | 1,008 | 1,013 | 1,594 | 1,663 | 1,773 | 9,015 |
![]() | 6.11 | 3,685 | 4,308 | 7,940 | 11,773 | 11,608 | 9,563 | 9,853 | 9,528 | 8,378 |
![]() | 0.41 | 27,839 | 1,360 | 1,531 | 1,060 | 442 | 356 | 329 | 462 | 639 |
![]() | 3.10 | 2,075,445 | 1,146,685 | 669,482 | 250,299 | 216,973 | 187,567 | 589,737 | 571,685 | 594,269 |
![]() | 0.69 | 8,531 | 11,948 | 11,865 | 18,476 | 18,450 | 18,681 | 16,016 | 13,588 | 13,828 |
![]() | 0.75 | 160,761 | 80,468 | 21,484 | 7,304 | 7,304 | 3,485 | 2,100 | 1,573 | 1,444 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
![]() | 0.01 | 701 | 416 | 300 | 202 | 164 | 160 | 159 | 147 | 138 |
![]() | 0.71 | 2,199 | 4,965 | 5,068 | 8,704 | 8,766 | 8,560 | 10,371 | 16,609 | 14,113 |
![]() | 4.82 | 24 | 1,852 | 9,263 | 8,684 | 8,684 | 8,535 | 7,784 | 7,800 | 7,679 |
![]() | 0.01 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
![]() | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
![]() | 164 | 76 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | |
![]() | 0.02 | 285 | 130 | 151 | 170 | 126 | 117 | 152 | 154 | |
![]() | 0.42 | 35,370 | 5,772 | 4,748 | 4,192 | 2,867 | 2,440 | 4,054 | 5,106 | 5,414 |
![]() | 0.32 | 5,240 | 916 | 252 | 104 | 99 | 79 | 60 | 58 | 83 |
![]() | 0.15 | 242,835 | 195,105 | 197,851 | 200,383 | 199,937 | 188,395 | 185,656 | 185,118 | 184,821 |
![]() | 0.02 | 9,785 | 10,295 | 7,827 | 5,277 | 4,270 | 3,206 | 1,819 | 1,006 | 811 |
![]() | 12.53 | 3,425,091 | 979,435 | 979,435 | 979,441 | 982,027 | 857,354 | 868,242 | 886,468 | 1,073,366 |
![]() | 8.17 | 273,716 | 273,992 | 261,864 | 288,035 | 271,143 | 246,298 | 98,822 | 35,189 | 34,655 |
![]() | 1.25 | 81,256 | 7,800 | 5,731 | 5,853 | 5,853 | 6,001 | 6,327 | 8,249 | 9,107 |
![]() | 0.04 | 1,207 | 16,121 | 507 | 361 | 330 | 184 | 104 | 1,116 | 337 |
![]() | 1.57 | 296,181 | 207,619 | 147,370 | 93,715 | 93,715 | 76,264 | 64,779 | 58,060 | 56,397 |
![]() | 0.01 | 31 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
![]() | 0.02 | 17,406 | 1,465 | 2,514 | 2,419 | 2,560 | 2,584 | 2,581 | 2,649 | 2,586 |
![]() | 89.55 | 3,062,851 | 2,967,046 | 685,197 | 664,102 | 654,141 | 641,915 | 302,707 | 451,009 | 450,915 |
![]() | 0.04 | 308 | 524 | 653 | 662 | 633 | 584 | 564 | 616 | 714 |
![]() | 12.31 | 504,473 | 438,901 | 451,099 | 552,272 | 551,352 | 534,938 | 564,933 | 566,487 | 402,905 |
![]() | 0.03 | 3,825 | 3,215 | 1,807 | 1,313 | 1,173 | 548 | 487 | 401 | 358 |
![]() | 0.16 | 684 | 692 | 939 | 593 | 614 | 635 | 674 | 335 | 184 |
![]() | 0.07 | 274 | 353 | 339 | 433 | 482 | 466 | 437 | 595 | 508 |
![]() | 0.10 | 39,055 | 672 | 349 | 195 | 183 | 160 | 125 | 95 | 68 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 0.02 | 251 | 147 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 30 | 34 | 34 | |
![]() | 8.85 | 620 | 8,238 | 18,990 | 38,904 | 38,587 | 53,245 | 65,901 | 128,285 | 24,735 |
![]() | 4.47 | 2,208 | 4,739 | 9,310 | 27,948 | 27,964 | 25,561 | 7,065 | 7,540 | 7,923 |
![]() | 2.89 | 524 | 132 | 163 | 107 | 103 | 97 | 102 | 94 | 92 |
![]() | 0.36 | 67,638 | 1,826 | 1,288 | 1,055 | 1,007 | 916 | 871 | 821 | 803 |
![]() | 2.14 | 11,952 | 2,572 | 2,046 | 1,192 | 1,108 | 920 | 2,910 | 2,855 | 3,254 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
![]() | 119 | 116 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | ||
![]() | 0.54 | 35,162 | 14,086 | 9,392 | 8,963 | 5,874 | 5,796 | 6,544 | 6,308 | 5,740 |
![]() | 3.26 | 134,554 | 129,095 | 92,054 | 97,385 | 99,086 | 96,868 | 89,210 | 85,754 | 80,651 |
![]() | 0.88 | 60,637 | 26,670 | 17,512 | 14,970 | 15,195 | 14,316 | 13,928 | 15,624 | 13,558 |
![]() | 14.58 | 11,098 | 8,911 | 7,948 | 6,095 | 6,095 | 9,906 | 8,248 | 6,952 | 6,136 |
![]() | 19.36 | 100,981 | 84,909 | 48,148 | 50,851 | 49,635 | 66,767 | 54,496 | 535 | 717 |
![]() | 0.02 | 95,579 | 28,533 | 6,202 | 2,158 | 1,837 | 1,831 | 1,520 | 1,677 | 1,395 |
![]() | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
![]() | 0.10 | 105,374 | 423 | 389 | 335 | 250 | 185 | 146 | 148 | |
![]() | 0.87 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 37 | |
![]() | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
![]() | 9.92 | 32,438 | 662 | 974 | 6,203 | 6,462 | 8,476 | 11,198 | 12,874 | 16,364 |
![]() | 0.06 | 7,907 | 6,656 | 4,771 | 2,144 | 1,216 | 1,470 | 744 | 736 | 792 |
![]() | 0.17 | 4,992 | 4,708 | 4,671 | 4,552 | 4,536 | 4,445 | 4,398 | 4,079 | 4,077 |
![]() | 0.69 | 4,685 | 3,188 | 1,757 | 1,659 | 1,767 | 2,332 | 1,806 | 6,049 | 7,254 |
![]() | 50.60 | 45 | 763 | 506 | 506 | 389 | ||||
![]() | 1.29 | 19,560 | 19,574 | 25,249 | 36,287 | 38,490 | 46,305 | 56,264 | 70,268 | 87,514 |
![]() | 4.89 | 218,457 | 94,430 | 101,744 | 82,494 | 82,494 | 74,707 | 71,909 | 74,598 | 74,961 |
![]() | 0.30 | 1,791 | 2,747 | 1,421 | 1,349 | 1,349 | 1,403 | 1,517 | 1,934 | 2,307 |
![]() | 0.06 | 312 | 327 | 331 | 361 | 280 | 189 | 129 | 86 | 64 |
![]() | 4.29 | 255,307 | 180,006 | 166,093 | 82,064 | 77,830 | 57,661 | 50,510 | 302 | 314 |
![]() | 0.01 | 91,275 | 54,166 | 1,367 | 1,279 | 1,239 | 1,694 | 3,154 | 8,806 | 8,747 |
![]() | 0.40 | 635 | 353 | 477 | 584 | 614 | 687 | 750 | 801 | 959 |
![]() | 9.14 | 75,311 | 53,888 | 59,522 | 47,043 | 47,043 | 46,106 | 42,822 | 40,691 | 40,260 |
![]() | 0.03 | 295 | 307 | 317 | 122 | 151 | 138 | 138 | 83 | 78 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 0.05 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
![]() | 4.47 | 2,576 | 2,557 | 2,350 | 2,303 | 2,271 | 2,665 | 2,429 | 2,262 | 2,073 |
![]() | 1.27 | 10,524 | 9,707 | 4,955 | 4,929 | 4,929 | 4,797 | 4,802 | 4,810 | 4,698 |
![]() | 0.02 | 5,420 | 1,016 | 204 | 161 | 153 | 136 | 133 | 124 | 107 |
![]() | 0.05 | 6,543 | 2,879 | 1,649 | 1,407 | 1,303 | 1,162 | 1,122 | 1,144 | 1,146 |
![]() | 856 | 690 | 408 | 254 | 222 | 182 | 141 | 125 | 243 | |
![]() | 0.41 | 971,129 | 12,673 | 11,747 | 15,741 | 15,741 | 16,438 | 15,911 | 15,847 | 15,555 |
![]() | 0.07 | 59,777 | 2,387 | 1,194 | 699 | 699 | 598 | 483 | 408 | 384 |
![]() | 0.06 | 197 | 203 | 177 | 133 | 133 | 130 | 80 | 80 | 51 |
![]() | 0.12 | 105,621 | 3,882 | 2,905 | 2,426 | 2,182 | 1,770 | 1,262 | 1,005 | 1,021 |
![]() | 2.20 | 1,277,753 | 42,433 | 228,990 | 315,313 | 235,750 | 3,458 | 3,178 | 3,914 | 4,922 |
![]() | 11.70 | 120,753 | 145,057 | 156,065 | 132,743 | 73,820 | 73,349 | 58,212 | 55,325 | 55,398 |
![]() | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
![]() | 0.01 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||
![]() | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
![]() | 0.08 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
![]() | 0.01 | 454 | 320 | 133 | 184 | 534 | 532 | 550 | 572 | 555 |
![]() | 0.97 | 11,802 | 14,469 | 14,584 | 14,304 | 14,274 | 14,247 | 14,237 | 20,644 | 20,672 |
![]() ![]() | 3.97 | 26,521 | 26,433 | 29,522 | 35,309 | 43,751 | 57,083 | 66,370 | 70,707 | 73,608 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
![]() | 0.22 | 443 | 683 | 1,371 | 1,372 | 2,817 | 4,204 | 8,092 | 8,363 | |
![]() | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||
![]() | 0.15 | 96,563 | 977 | 990 | 799 | 799 | 701 | 662 | 546 | 461 |
![]() | 0.14 | 8,705 | 751 | 462 | 283 | 257 | 213 | 176 | 142 | 312 |
![]() | 0.01 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
![]() | 0.34 | 16,023 | 17,883 | 11,574 | 3,582 | 2,729 | 2,425 | 2,264 | 2,099 | 1,937 |
![]() | 2.12 | 66,596 | 89,285 | 91,043 | 114,512 | 112,192 | 65,987 | 65,233 | 57,899 | 57,899 |
![]() | 0.13 | 317,751 | 57,761 | 12,989 | 5,798 | 5,798 | 4,637 | 4,510 | 4,228 | 3,820 |
![]() | 0.04 | 504 | 1,045 | 604 | 848 | 511 | 145 | 110 | 188 | 223 |
![]() | 9.05 | 1,097,128 | 1,055,489 | 421,466 | 322,638 | 244,430 | 124,328 | 126,218 | 113,439 | 144,008 |
![]() | 22.32 | 308,369 | 298,313 | 262,560 | 265,887 | 248,152 | 229,587 | 202,581 | 105,023 | |
![]() | 25 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
![]() | 0.42 | 1173 | 728 | 539 | 515 | 507 | 505 | 759 | 759 | |
![]() | 14.66 | 277,726 | 253,794 | 230,164 | 142,207 | 142,207 | 114,175 | 92,872 | 86,615 | 82,629 |
![]() | 8.45 | 182,474 | 110,168 | 82,681 | 69,390 | 62,620 | 52,464 | 50,747 | 50,416 | 48,813 |
![]() | 7.95 | 593,844 | 583,443 | 19,809 | 149,200 | 149,140 | 149,292 | 476,506 | 755,445 | 1,005,472 |
![]() | 0.21 | 8,608 | 3,791 | 2,729 | 1,782 | 2,026 | 2,048 | 2,248 | 3,323 | 3,131 |
![]() | 3.07 | 206,229 | 242,171 | 281,498 | 159,014 | 88,492 | 102,099 | 101,021 | 131,243 | 109,286 |
![]() | 1.63 | 94,472 | 97,571 | 54,251 | 56,947 | 75,137 | 78,970 | 84,479 | 89,253 | 96,675 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
![]() | 3.07 | 9,300 | 11,968 | 12,491 | 21,877 | 21,778 | 20,613 | 23,540 | 19,270 | 14,051 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
![]() | 0.09 | 3,424 | 2,321 | 109 | 121 | 83 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 29 |
![]() | 0.07 | 3,299 | 1,746 | 649 | 824 | 901 | 730 | 1,435 | 3,048 | 89 |
![]() | 0.12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 0.01 | 14 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 35 | 45 | 46 | 59 | 62 |
![]() | 11.34 | 1,463,523 | 1,359,464 | 940,835 | 428,397 | 385,513 | 220,555 | 197,877 | 139,448 | 135,801 |
![]() | 0.07 | 2,520 | 2,172 | 3,302 | 3,232 | 3,219 | 2,968 | 2,807 | 2,676 | 2,522 |
![]() | 0.05 | 1,399 | 1,247 | 895 | 424 | 417 | 603 | 631 | 677 | 538 |
![]() | 1.82 | 328,989 | 133,094 | 118,995 | 117,234 | 117,234 | 126,055 | 149,799 | 193,510 | 238,150 |
![]() | 0.84 | 363,059 | 341,711 | 272,959 | 267,222 | 267,222 | 263,662 | 262,023 | 264,763 | 264,574 |
![]() | 0.08 | 1,115 | 516 | 312 | 289 | 272 | 203 | 181 | 174 | 189 |
![]() | 13,026 | 14 | 27 | 118 | 125 | 141 | 176 | 214 | 311 | |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
![]() | 5.68 | 29,341 | 67,755 | 7,861 | 5,647 | 5,052 | 4,340 | 3,644 | 2,022 | 1,547 |
![]() | 1 | 990 | 1,928 | |||||||
![]() | 10.05 | 77,458 | 268,511 | 269,783 | 263,047 | 257,645 | 241,288 | 237,182 | 214,740 | 190,092 |
![]() | 1.64 | 61,159 | 57,521 | 29,350 | 25,737 | 25,578 | 23,594 | 25,653 | 45,632 | 47,857 |
![]() | 0.40 | 10,475 | 8,959 | 7,426 | 6,085 | 6,079 | 6,389 | 4,356 | 4,561 | 4,435 |
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.
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] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 7.59 | 2,596,270 | 2,556,502 | 2,586,152 | 2,664,436 | 3,054,709 |
![]() | 0.35 | 10,158 | 10,103 | 12,568 | 13,551 | 14,772 |
![]() | 0.01 | 3,524 | 3,660 | 5,673 | 6,120 | 6,688 |
![]() | 0.01 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
![]() | 0.04 | 9,484 | 10,286 | 19,258 | 128,664 | 134,858 |
![]() | 0.06 | 53 | 49 | 45 | 32 | 30 |
![]() | 0.00 | 318 | 388 | 447 | 518 | 557 |
![]() | 0.39 | 11,848 | 11,998 | 15,934 | 16,486 | 17,546 |
![]() | 0.00 | 25 | 28 | 48 | 39 | 37 |
![]() | 0.00 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
![]() | 0.11 | 10,515 | 10,814 | 15,537 | 16,162 | 16,753 |
![]() | 0.06 | 215 | 210 | 196 | 185 | 17 |
![]() | 0.03 | 347 | 275 | 297 | 215 | 87 |
![]() | 0.01 | 10,881 | 9,725 | 10,156 | 10,052 | 10,046 |
![]() | 0.03 | 86 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 32 |
![]() | 0.05 | 4,300 | 4,397 | 6,191 | 5,925 | 5,743 |
![]() | 0.00 | 75 | 78 | 93 | 90 | 83 |
![]() | 0.01 | 45 | 40 | 39 | 32 | 23 |
![]() | 0.00 | 340 | 302 | 457 | 461 | 442 |
![]() | 3.00 | 23,642 | 31,567 | 41,590 | 55,603 | 72,776 |
![]() | 0.01 | 600 | 601 | 618 | 611 | 590 |
![]() | 0.57 | 21,841 | 26,756 | 51,767 | 58,515 | 62,910 |
![]() | 0.01 | 237 | 168 | 127 | 85 | 53 |
![]() | 0.00 | 977 | 985 | 1,076 | 1,045 | 994 |
![]() | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0.02 | 1,648 | 1,880 | 2,147 | 2,327 | 2,559 |
![]() | 0.01 | 1,853 | 1,580 | 1,456 | 1,267 | 1,141 |
![]() | 0.67 | 72,493 | 72,647 | 73,363 | 101,288 | 84,064 |
![]() | 0.09 | 13,062 | 13,713 | 13,993 | 15,184 | 16,301 |
![]() | 0.05 | 10,766 | 11,427 | 13,382 | 15,163 | 14,963 |
![]() | 0.00 | 95 | 99 | 119 | 105 | 90 |
![]() | 0.01 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 25 |
![]() | 7.88 | 410,787 | 249,044 | 162,442 | 160,736 | 162,755 |
![]() | 0.01 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0.11 | 14,855 | 15,237 | 15,844 | 18,720 | 21,583 |
![]() | 0.00 | 579 | 596 | 1,152 | 1,189 | 1,170 |
![]() | 0.02 | 210,802 | 195,133 | 193,453 | 190,369 | 184,602 |
![]() | 0.22 | 103,150 | 108,117 | 111,773 | 113,605 | 113,233 |
![]() | 0.08 | 581 | 513 | 454 | 422 | 368 |
![]() | 0.69 | 516,563 | 499,355 | 509,082 | 491,481 | 476,693 |
![]() | 0.32 | 14,500 | 11,753 | 12,119 | 12,839 | 20,679 |
![]() | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0.01 | 417 | 463 | 325 | 331 | 352 |
![]() | 0.32 | 71,966 | 85,652 | 100,717 | 154,824 | 41,758 |
![]() | 0.93 | 40,122 | 49,756 | 62,606 | 62,649 | 65,861 |
![]() | 0.06 | 6,502 | 6,460 | 6,724 | 6,849 | 6,470 |
![]() | 0.02 | 35 | 35 | |||
![]() | 0.00 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
![]() | 0.01 | 1,327 | 991 | 622 | 763 | 817 |
![]() | 0.00 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
![]() | 0.10 | 879 | 762 | 640 | 602 | 566 |
![]() | 0.05 | 38 | 43 | 54 | 52 | 52 |
![]() | 0.00 | 349 | 306 | 289 | 250 | 246 |
![]() | 0.01 | 804 | 707 | 844 | 909 | 852 |
![]() | 0.02 | 15,903 | 12,810 | 10,016 | 7,934 | 6,911 |
![]() | 0.18 | 10,965 | 9,635 | 8,171 | 6,720 | 4,976 |
![]() | 0.02 | 174 | 200 | 228 | 258 | 305 |
![]() | 6.08 | 330,541 | 273,063 | 248,024 | 220,745 | 205,458 |
![]() | 0.03 | 339 | 352 | 456 | 224 | 240 |
![]() | 0.09 | 86,870 | 77,122 | 74,939 | 70,586 | 68,832 |
![]() | 0.10 | 924 | 1,112 | 1,317 | 1,579 | 1,851 |
![]() | 0.00 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
![]() | 0.00 | 93 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 92 |
![]() | 0.00 | |||||
![]() | 0.01 | 172 | 176 | 183 | 173 | 165 |
![]() | 0.27 | 5,136 | 3,397 | 3,076 | 2,583 | 2,242 |
![]() | 0.17 | 6,681 | 6,778 | 9,261 | 9,612 | 10,143 |
![]() | 0.00 | 176 | 175 | 182 | 174 | 164 |
![]() | 0.08 | 22,143 | 21,076 | 24,296 | 20,279 | 20,201 |
![]() | 0.01 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0.00 | 113 | 91 | 51 | 56 | 51 |
![]() | 0.30 | 324 | 330 | 316 | 323 | 345 |
![]() | 0.05 | 7,483 | 6,615 | 6,388 | 6,088 | 5,679 |
![]() | 0.12 | 15,252 | 14,561 | 14,061 | 13,161 | 11,985 |
![]() | 0.07 | 1,307 | 1,223 | 1,180 | 1,123 | 1,127 |
![]() | 0.09 | 700 | 800 | 801 | 771 | 749 |
![]() | 0.35 | 37,162 | 38,659 | 38,568 | 33,661 | 25,892 |
![]() | 0.05 | 4,159 | 3,300 | 2,613 | 1,966 | 1,302 |
![]() | 0.00 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 17 |
![]() | 0.01 | 1,267 | 1,220 | 1,087 | 1,238 | 1,438 |
![]() | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
![]() | 0.00 | 10,436 | 11,041 | 14,258 | 16,232 | 17,769 |
![]() | 0.00 | 9,562 | 9,640 | 10,051 | 10,659 | 11,085 |
![]() | 0.11 | 82,191 | 75,070 | 75,938 | 72,347 | 68,795 |
![]() | 1.04 | 369,954 | 401,466 | 746,190 | 1,428,308 | 1,683,575 |
![]() | 0.00 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
![]() | 0.01 | 979 | 1,041 | 1,340 | 1,335 | 1,301 |
![]() | 0.00 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 58 | 50 |
![]() | 0.06 | 1,692 | 1,503 | 1,407 | 1,252 | 1,057 |
![]() | 0.00 | 262 | 157 | 172 | 176 | 152 |
![]() | 0.02 | 1,718 | 1,632 | 2,358 | 2,248 | 2,252 |
![]() | 0.01 | 2,224 | 2,123 | 3,571 | 3,500 | 3,640 |
![]() | 0.02 | 8,553 | 8,586 | 8,950 | 8,745 | 8,602 |
![]() | 0.00 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
![]() | 0.01 | 1,282 | 1,167 | 1,132 | 1,052 | 917 |
![]() | 0.00 | 481 | 500 | 558 | 514 | 585 |
![]() | 0.03 | 981 | 977 | 1,197 | 1,120 | 988 |
![]() | 0.04 | 2,451 | 2,301 | 3,489 | 3,162 | 2,744 |
![]() | 0.11 | 7,482 | 7,744 | 7,983 | 8,087 | 8,413 |
![]() | 0.01 | 213 | 233 | 662 | 709 | 713 |
![]() | 0.08 | 4,273 | 3,819 | 15,106 | 15,013 | 15,869 |
![]() | 0.00 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
![]() | 0.31 | 13,545 | 17,531 | 23,401 | 66,752 | 70,089 |
![]() | 0.07 | 4,203 | 3,314 | 5,249 | 3,335 | 2,309 |
![]() | 0.01 | 183 | 220 | 491 | 528 | 515 |
![]() | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | |||
![]() | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
![]() | 0.00 | 281 | 296 | 300 | 288 | 269 |
![]() | 0.00 | 361 | 326 | 277 | 222 | 171 |
![]() | 0.00 | 468 | 485 | 531 | 537 | 552 |
![]() | 0.01 | 36 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 19 |
![]() | 0.81 | 139,267 | 152,828 | 149,942 | 4,295 | 3,663 |
![]() | 0.00 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
![]() | 0.01 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
![]() | 0.85 | 34,113 | 34,252 | 33,765 | 39,929 | 37,733 |
![]() | 0.01 | 94 | 81 | 62 | 42 | 28 |
![]() | 0.01 | 10,666 | 9,390 | 8,435 | 7,472 | 6,816 |
![]() | 0.05 | 2,233 | 2,207 | 6,148 | 6,264 | 6,200 |
![]() | 0.01 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
![]() | 0.07 | 2,163 | 2,059 | 2,114 | 1,985 | 1,724 |
![]() | 0.10 | 607 | 546 | 4,054 | 3,698 | 3,246 |
![]() | 0.00 | 1,539 | 1,308 | 2,405 | 2,312 | 2,284 |
![]() | 0.00 | 58 | 56 | 160 | 155 | 131 |
![]() | 0.42 | 223,896 | 222,053 | 215,340 | 214,594 | 215,644 |
![]() | 0.05 | 1,253 | 1,143 | 1,098 | 1,073 | 1,017 |
![]() | 0.00 | |||||
![]() | 0.03 | 8,561 | 8,108 | 7,610 | 6,852 | 5,884 |
![]() | 0.00 | 68 | 64 | 71 | 64 | 53 |
![]() | 0.00 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 15 |
![]() | 0.03 | 1,587 | 1,538 | 1,531 | 1,468 | 1,431 |
![]() | 0.00 | 739 | 683 | 832 | 819 | 803 |
![]() | 0.03 | 54,563 | 25,465 | 18,020 | 16,840 | 15,639 |
![]() | 1.11 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 | |
![]() | 0.05 | 1 | ||||
![]() | 0.08 | 1,759 | 1,628 | 7,589 | 7,684 | 7,890 |
![]() | 0.00 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
![]() | 0.00 | 29 | 26 | 65 | 60 | 63 |
![]() | 0.17 | 315,805 | 31,893 | 33,673 | 33,009 | 33,591 |
![]() | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | |||
![]() | 2.10 | 97,212 | 96,044 | 94,821 | 94,121 | 93,299 |
![]() | 0.00 | 89 | 105 | 107 | 100 | 100 |
![]() | 0.00 | 288 | 221 | 174 | 128 | 89 |
![]() | 0.00 | 94 | 95 | 101 | 91 | 86 |
![]() | 0.01 | 4,343 | 4,768 | 5,212 | 5,491 | 5,834 |
![]() | 0.00 | 666 | 717 | 966 | 933 | 953 |
![]() | 0.00 | 1,310 | 1,429 | 1,640 | 1,815 | 1,764 |
![]() | 0.00 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 30 |
![]() | 0.00 | 21 | 17 | 124 | 95 | 112 |
![]() | 0.01 | 1,918 | 2,330 | 2,806 | 3,428 | 3,933 |
![]() | 0.05 | 70,562 | 74,316 | 110,586 | 109,784 | 108,261 |
![]() | 0.70 | 79,408 | 83,955 | 97,373 | 106,833 | 114,836 |
![]() | 0.04 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
![]() | 0.50 | 922 | 710 | 566 | 433 | 334 |
![]() | 1.56 | 1,736 | 1,535 | 1,316 | 1,127 | 946 |
![]() | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0.01 | 22 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 |
![]() | 0.00 | 630 | 584 | 817 | 745 | 667 |
![]() | 0.16 | 23,118 | 19,822 | 18,724 | 17,722 | 16,267 |
![]() ![]() | 0.51 | 45,464 | 48,436 | 157,623 | 161,363 | 182,955 |
![]() | 0.03 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 42 | 49 |
![]() | 0.08 | 4,993 | 5,311 | 6,202 | 8,002 | 11,277 |
![]() | 0.00 | 59 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 76 |
![]() | 0.01 | 319 | 323 | 239 | 269 | 158 |
![]() | 0.00 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 32 | 38 |
![]() | 0.01 | 70 | 61 | 61 | 72 | 75 |
![]() | 9.52 | 1,106,434 | 1,121,770 | 1,136,718 | 1,075,148 | 770,148 |
![]() | 0.00 | 424 | 423 | 420 | 429 | 380 |
![]() | 0.00 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 43 | 42 |
![]() | 0.59 | 122,010 | 123,083 | 132,721 | 136,605 | 141,063 |
![]() | 1.65 | 659,408 | 636,405 | 558,199 | 491,013 | 379,067 |
![]() | 4.92 | 616,143 | 114,371 | 86,909 | 1 | |
![]() | 0.00 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
![]() | 0.01 | 161 | 109 | 65 | 43 | 36 |
![]() | 0.00 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 24 |
![]() | 0.00 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
![]() | 17.09 | 3,869,626 | 2,457,241 | 728,698 | 19,900 | 18,428 |
![]() | 0.01 | 725 | 662 | 674 | 612 | 577 |
![]() | 0.00 | 858 | 1,040 | 1,122 | 1,163 | 1,144 |
![]() | 0.00 | 231 | 217 | 369 | 359 | 348 |
![]() | 0.47 | 15,069 | 15,065 | 15,000 | 15,068 | 15,082 |
![]() | 0.00 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
![]() | 0.13 | 9,275 | 10,318 | 15,692 | 17,870 | 18,329 |
![]() | 0.02 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 6 |
![]() | 0.03 | 371 | 336 | 333 | 297 | 255 |
![]() | 0.01 | 1,485 | 1,363 | 1,934 | 1,951 | 2,173 |
![]() | 0.08 | 63,892 | 66,575 | 135,370 | 139,778 | 146,793 |
![]() | 0.01 | 484 | 519 | 723 | 726 | 738 |
![]() | 0.04 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
![]() | 0.02 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0.02 | 7,190 | 8,176 | 5,608 | 5,680 | 6,441 |
![]() | 0.53 | 237,625 | 5,163 | 25,254 | 25,379 | 25,111 |
![]() | 0.00 | 90 | 90 | 584 | 486 | 424 |
![]() | 0.00 | 141 | 142 | 153 | 150 | 152 |
![]() | 0.00 | 4,987 | 4,760 | 4,453 | 3,777 | 3,025 |
![]() | 0.00 | 124 | 147 | 171 | 184 | 186 |
![]() | 0.02 | 4,795 | 4,952 | 7,088 | 7,164 | 6,886 |
![]() | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0.03 | 8,009 | 8,395 | 8,208 | 7,577 | 6,701 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 0.01 | 2,631 | 2,428 | 2,593 | 2,322 | 2,075 |
![]() | 0.00 | 316 | 232 | 243 | 240 | 228 |
![]() | 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 |
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) |
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