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	Natives per refugee
—	World	00,000	15,097,633
1	Turkey	77,695,904	1,838,848	42
2	Pakistan	182,490,722	1,540,854	118
3	Lebanon	4,224,000	1,172,388	4
4	Iran	74,196,000	979,441	76
5	Ethiopia	79,221,000	702,467	113
6	Jordan	6,316,001	664,102	10
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	000	315,313
12	Cameroon	19,522,000	302,293	65
13	People's Republic of China	0,000	301,057
14	Iraq	30,747,000	288,035	107
15	United States		267,222
16	South Sudan	8,260,490	265,887	31
17	France	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	0,000	200,383
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	33,476,688	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	4,834,000	47,043	103
46	Israel	7,434,000	38,500	193
47	Liberia	3,476,608	38,904	230
48	Nepal	29,331,000	36,287	808
49	Australia	000	35,582
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	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	000	7,762
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	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	REDIRECT Template:Country data North 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}	120531
127	Moldova	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	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	1,288,000	unknown	unknown
177	East Timor	1,134,000	unknown	unknown
178	Bhutan	697,000	unknown	unknown
179	Comoros	676,000	unknown	unknown
180	Equatorial Guinea	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	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
1	Palestine	6,600,000
2	Syria	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

External links

• UNHCR Statistical Yearbooks

• Figure refers to Mainland China only. It excludes the special administrative regions
• 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).
• Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island
• UN figure for mid-2009 is 7,170,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.
• Includes Christmas Island (1,508), [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828)
• Includes Åland Islands
• Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000)
• Includes Transnistria (555,347)
• Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.
• Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon
• Excludes the island of Mayotte.
• 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%7Ctitle=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."
• Includes Ascension and [[Tristan da Cunha]]