Refugee population by country or territory of origin - Migration - Labor & Social Protection - World 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--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. 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 origin generally refers to the nationality or country of citizenship of a claimant.

Rank	Country	Value
Refugee population by country or territory of origin - Migration - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Low & middle income	10,059,008
2	Least developed countries: UN classification	5,704,676
3	Low income	5,386,084
4	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	5,276,426
5	Middle income	4,672,924
6	Lower middle income	3,628,982
7	South Asia	3,142,119
8	Afghanistan	2,833,128
9	Sub-Saharan Africa	2,627,732
10	Middle East & North Africa	2,368,907
11	Iraq	1,903,519
12	Upper middle income	1,043,942
13	East Asia & Pacific	761,070
14	Europe & Central Asia	712,537
15	Somalia	561,155
16	Latin America & Caribbean	446,643
17	Sudan	419,248
18	Colombia	373,532
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	367,995
20	West Bank and Gaza	340,026
21	Vietnam	328,183
22	Burundi	281,592
23	Turkey	214,378
24	China	195,259
25	Eritrea	186,398
26	Serbia	185,935
27	Burma	184,413
28	Angola	171,393
29	Sri Lanka	137,752
30	Central African Republic	125,106
31	High income	109,412
32	Bhutan	104,965
33	Russia	103,061
34	High income: nonOECD	101,682
35	Croatia	97,012
36	Liberia	75,213
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74,366
38	Rwanda	72,530
39	Iran	69,061
40	Ethiopia	63,878
41	Chad	55,105
42	Mauritania	45,601
43	Sierra Leone	32,536
44	Pakistan	32,403
45	Ukraine	28,424
46	Haiti	23,066
47	Ivory Coast	22,227
48	Republic of the Congo	19,925
49	India	19,569
50	Indonesia	19,345
51	Cambodia	17,253
52	Zimbabwe	16,841
53	Togo	16,750
54	Armenia	16,336
55	Azerbaijan	16,319
56	Senegal	16,006
57	Syria	15,211
58	Albania	15,006
59	Nigeria	14,169
60	Cameroon	13,870
61	Ghana	13,242
62	Lebanon	12,967
63	Georgia	12,598
64	Bangladesh	10,098
65	Kenya	9,688
66	Guinea	9,495
67	Algeria	9,060
68	Laos	8,598
69	Cuba	7,938
70	High income: OECD	7,730
71	Uganda	7,548
72	Macedonia	7,521
73	Peru	7,339
74	Egypt	6,780
75	Uzbekistan	6,308
76	Mexico	6,162
77	Guatemala	5,934
78	Venezuela	5,807
79	Moldova	5,555
80	Belarus	5,384
81	El Salvador	5,151
82	Kazakhstan	4,825
83	Romania	4,756
84	Nepal	4,189
85	Morocco	3,533
86	Bulgaria	3,040
87	Kyrgyzstan	2,517
88	Poland	2,391
89	Tunisia	2,349
90	United States	2,137
91	Libya	2,084
92	Jordan	1,890
93	Fiji	1,868
94	Thailand	1,815
95	Yemen	1,777
96	Mali	1,758
97	Hungary	1,614
98	Nicaragua	1,537
99	Israel	1,494
100	Brazil	1,404
101	Czech Republic	1,358
102	Philippines	1,354
103	Gambia	1,352
104	Mongolia	1,333
105	Montenegro	1,283
106	Tanzania	1,270
107	Honduras	1,116
108	South Korea	1,104
109	North Korea	1,104
110	Ecuador	1,066
111	Guinea-Bissau	1,065
112	Argentina	1,047
113	Chile	993.60
114	Euro area	992.60
115	Namibia	984.80
116	Kuwait	854.40
117	Jamaica	825.80
118	Niger	795.60
119	Latvia	763.40
120	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	750.40
121	Turkmenistan	736.20
122	Burkina Faso	725
123	Saudi Arabia	712.40
124	Guyana	708
125	Djibouti	649.60
126	Malaysia	608.40
127	Tajikistan	544
128	Lithuania	489.60
129	Bolivia	454.20
130	South Africa	453.40
131	Equatorial Guinea	384.20
132	Comoros	378.20
133	Costa Rica	354
134	Slovakia	330.80
135	Benin	317.80
136	Dominican Republic	317.60
137	Grenada	311.80
138	St. Lucia	287.80
139	Madagascar	277.20
140	United Arab Emirates	256.20
141	Estonia	248.40
142	Trinidad and Tobago	230.80
143	Mozambique	208
144	Uruguay	199.20
145	Zambia	194.60
146	United Kingdom	185.20
147	Japan	185
148	Germany	165.60
149	Gabon	129.20
150	Panama	110.80
151	Singapore	109
152	Malawi	105.80
153	Canada	101.40
154	Paraguay	101
155	France	100.60
156	Bahrain	79.80
157	Qatar	71.20
158	Greece	67.40
159	Italy	61.60
160	Belgium	60.80
161	Oman	56.40
162	Dominica	56
163	Seychelles	52.80
164	Solomon Islands	52
165	Slovenia	51.80
166	Suriname	50.20
167	Netherlands	46.40
168	Papua New Guinea	46
169	Australia	43.40
170	Kiribati	38
171	Portugal	36.40
172	Sao Tome and Principe	35
173	Barbados	34
174	Switzerland	32
175	Swaziland	31.80
176	Cape Verde	30
177	Spain	27
178	Antigua and Barbuda	26
179	Botswana	25.80
180	Mauritius	23.80
181	Belize	20.40
182	Maldives	16.40
183	Sweden	15.40
184	Bahamas	15.20
185	Austria	14
186	Denmark	11.20
187	Hong Kong	10.80
188	Cyprus	10.40
189	New Zealand	10
190	Macau	9
191	Malta	8.80
192	Lesotho	8.40
193	Timor-Leste	7
194	Tonga	7
195	Iceland	7
196	Ireland	7
197	Andorra	6
198	Finland	4
199	St. Kitts and Nevis	4
200	Samoa	4
201	Norway	4
202	San Marino	1
203	Brunei Darussalam	1
204	Palau	1

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