Refugee population by country or territory of origin

This statistics in other country:

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Arab World Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas, The Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Caribbean small states Cayman Islands Central African Republic Central Europe and the Baltics Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Rep.Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Early-demographic dividend East Asia & Pacific East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)Ecuador Egypt, Arab Rep.El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Euro area Europe & Central Asia Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)European Union Fiji Finland Fragile and conflict affected situations France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)High income Honduras Hong Kong SAR, China Hungary IBRD only Iceland IDA & IBRD total IDA blend IDA only IDA total India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Rep.Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.Korea, Rep.Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Late-demographic dividend Latin America & Caribbean Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)Latvia Least developed countries: UN classification Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Low & middle income Low income Lower middle income Luxembourg Macao SAR, China Macedonia, FYR Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Middle East & North Africa Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)Middle income Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North America Norway OECD members Oman Other small states Pacific island small states Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Post-demographic dividend Pre-demographic dividend Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Slovak Republic Slovenia Small states Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Asia South Asia (IDA & IBRD)South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Upper middle income Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela, RB Vietnam Virgin Islands (U.S.)West Bank and Gaza World Yemen, Rep.Zambia Zimbabwe

Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1991 to 2016 of IBRD only. No data until 1990. Number of actual observations by date: 26.

Source name:

World Development Indicators

Source organization:

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Statistical Yearbook and data files, complemented by statistics on Palestinian refugees under the mandate of the UNRWA as published on its website. Data from UNHCR are available online at: www.unhcr.org/statistics/populationdatabase.

Categories, topics:

Health, Social Development

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:

2.83 mln

Minimum:

1.508 mln

jan 1, 2014

Maximum:

4.168 mln

jan 1, 2008

At the date of observation

Value

Absolute change

Change from the previous value

jan 1, 1991

1.957 mln

+1.957 mln

0.0%

jan 1, 1992

2.235 mln

+278.131K

14.21%

jan 1, 1993

3.451 mln

+1.216 mln

54.41%

jan 1, 1994

3.119 mln

-331.614K

-9.61%

jan 1, 1995

3.189 mln

+69.846K

2.24%

jan 1, 1996

3.126 mln

-63.271K

-1.98%

jan 1, 1997

3.512 mln

+386.548K

12.37%

jan 1, 1998

3.414 mln

-98.891K

-2.82%

jan 1, 1999

3.268 mln

-145.369K

-4.26%

jan 1, 2000

3.116 mln

-151.719K

-4.64%

jan 1, 2001

2.734 mln

-382.099K

-12.26%

jan 1, 2002

2.692 mln

-42.428K

-1.55%

jan 1, 2003

3.048 mln

+356.341K

13.24%

jan 1, 2004

2.638 mln

-410.482K

-13.47%

jan 1, 2005

2.321 mln

-317.022K

-12.02%

jan 1, 2006

1.988 mln

-333.132K

-14.35%

jan 1, 2007

3.235 mln

+1.247 mln

62.75%

jan 1, 2008

4.168 mln

+933.139K

28.85%

jan 1, 2009

3.609 mln

-559.497K

-13.42%

jan 1, 2010

3.407 mln

-201.618K

-5.59%

jan 1, 2011

3.267 mln

-139.402K

-4.09%

jan 1, 2012

2.976 mln

-291.12K

-8.91%

jan 1, 2013

2.176 mln

-800.074K

-26.88%

jan 1, 2014

1.508 mln

-668.491K

-30.72%

jan 1, 2015

1.676 mln

+167.939K

11.14%

jan 1, 2016

1.743 mln

+67.505K

4.03%