Refugee population by country or territory of asylum - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers are people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed. Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Statistical Yearbook.
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa2,332,904
2Sub-Saharan Africa2,133,377
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa2,089,831
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria2,079,707
5Chad330,510
6Tanzania321,909
7Kenya320,605
8North Africa199,527
9Sudan181,605
10Uganda162,132
11Democratic Republic of the Congo155,162
12Egypt97,861
13Algeria94,093
14Ethiopia83,583
15Zambia83,485
16Cameroon81,037
17Rwanda55,062
18South Africa43,546
19Senegal33,193
20Mauritania27,041
21Ivory Coast24,811
22Republic of the Congo24,779
23Guinea21,488
24Burundi21,093
25Ghana18,206
26Gambia14,836
27Angola12,710
28Liberia10,224
29Nigeria10,124
30Mali9,578
31Togo9,377
32Djibouti9,228
33Gabon9,001
34Guinea-Bissau7,884
35Sierra Leone7,826
36Central African Republic7,429
37Benin6,933
38Namibia6,799
39Libya6,713
40Eritrea4,862
41Malawi4,175
42Zimbabwe3,468
43Mozambique3,163
44Botswana3,019
45Somalia1,842
46Swaziland775
47Morocco766
48Burkina Faso557
49Niger320
50Tunisia94
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