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Refugee population by country or territory of asylum

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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1991 to 2015 of Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries). No data until 1990. Number of actual observations by date: 25.

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:

5.182 mln

Minimum:

3.948 mln

jan 1, 2004

Maximum:

6.948 mln

jan 1, 2015

At the date of observation

Value

Absolute change

Change from the previous value

jan 1, 1991

5.946 mln

+5.946 mln

0.0%

jan 1, 1992

6.405 mln

+458.156K

7.7%

jan 1, 1993

6.287 mln

-117.593K

-1.84%

jan 1, 1994

4.748 mln

-1.539 mln

-24.48%

jan 1, 1995

4.588 mln

-159.907K

-3.37%

jan 1, 1996

4.482 mln

-106.181K

-2.31%

jan 1, 1997

4.516 mln

+33.968K

0.76%

jan 1, 1998

4.525 mln

+8.572K

0.19%

jan 1, 1999

4.554 mln

+29.744K

0.66%

jan 1, 2000

4.537 mln

-17.41K

-0.38%

jan 1, 2001

4.655 mln

+117.6K

2.59%

jan 1, 2002

4.73 mln

+75.39K

1.62%

jan 1, 2003

4.309 mln

-420.958K

-8.9%

jan 1, 2004

3.948 mln

-360.599K

-8.37%

jan 1, 2005

4.066 mln

+117.872K

2.99%

jan 1, 2006

4.005 mln

-61.613K

-1.52%

jan 1, 2007

5.235 mln

+1.231 mln

30.73%

jan 1, 2008

6.15 mln

+914.746K

17.47%

jan 1, 2009

5.861 mln

-289.144K

-4.7%

jan 1, 2010

5.924 mln

+63.447K

1.08%

jan 1, 2011

5.926 mln

+2.279K

0.04%

jan 1, 2012

5.479 mln

-447.421K

-7.55%

jan 1, 2013

5.325 mln

-153.838K

-2.81%

jan 1, 2014

6.4 mln

+1.075 mln

20.19%