Refugee population by country or territory of origin - 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 origin generally refers to the nationality or country of citizenship of a claimant. Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Statistical Yearbook.
Refugee population by country or territory of origin - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa2,652,571
2Sub-Saharan Africa2,628,766
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa2,628,312
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria2,614,143
5Somalia561,155
6Sudan419,248
7Democratic Republic of the Congo367,995
8Burundi281,592
9Eritrea186,398
10Angola171,393
11Central African Republic125,106
12Liberia75,213
13Rwanda72,530
14Ethiopia63,878
15Chad55,105
16Mauritania45,601
17Sierra Leone32,536
18North Africa23,806
19Ivory Coast22,227
20Republic of the Congo19,925
21Zimbabwe16,841
22Togo16,750
23Senegal16,006
24Nigeria14,169
25Cameroon13,870
26Ghana13,242
27Kenya9,688
28Guinea9,495
29Algeria9,060
30Uganda7,548
31Egypt6,780
32Morocco3,533
33Tunisia2,349
34Libya2,084
35Mali1,758
36Gambia1,352
37Tanzania1,270
38Guinea-Bissau1,065
39Namibia984.80
40Niger795.60
41Burkina Faso725
42Djibouti649.60
43South Africa453.40
44Equatorial Guinea384.20
45Comoros378.20
46Benin317.80
47Madagascar277.20
48Mozambique208
49Zambia194.60
50Gabon129.20
51Malawi105.80
52Seychelles52.80
53Sao Tome and Principe35
54Swaziland31.80
55Cape Verde30
56Botswana25.80
57Mauritius23.80
58Lesotho8.40
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