Data for 2001

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2001

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2001
Creator: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
License: https://www.unhcr.org/what-we-do/data-and-publications/data-and-statistics/terms-use-datasets

Figures for 2001, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2001 covers 151 countries. United States is highest, at 395,849; 25 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 299. Against 2000, 126 values changed (88 up, 38 down), 3 countries joined, 5 left.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2001

HighestUnited States

395,849

Lowest25 countries share it

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

151countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
114distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2001, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Showing 25 of 151 countries · select a heading to sort

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2001: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

United States`USA`Northern America	395,849
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	85,493
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	78,496
Canada`CAN`Northern America	45,795
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	38,800
France`FRA`Western Europe	34,551
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	25,637
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	21,327
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	17,600
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15,644
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15,187
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12,596
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	11,586
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11,558
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11,413
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10,841
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7,990
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6,546
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,244
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,569
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5,304
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5,293
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,168
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,676
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,667
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3,629
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3,143
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,639
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,588
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,577
Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,494
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,436
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,389
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,387
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2,359
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,321
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,917
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,855
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,817
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,715
Argentina`ARG`South America	1,544
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,534
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,335
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,045
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	904
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	872
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	804
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	793
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	766
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	737
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	716
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	664
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	645
Brazil`BRA`South America	642
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	629
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	598
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	575
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	552
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	500
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	489
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	470
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	464
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	459
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	448
Niger`NER`Western Africa	442
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	394
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	382
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	381
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	371
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	360
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	355
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	354
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	343
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	321
Venezuela`VEN`South America	303
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	299
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	284
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	273
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	250
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	238
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	235
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	223
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	208
India`IND`Southern Asia	204
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	184
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	171
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	137
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	110
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	105
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	84
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	82
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	76
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	71
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	66
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	63
Chile`CHL`South America	60
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	60
Peru`PER`South America	56
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	53
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53
Panama`PAN`Central America	53
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	50
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	34
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	30
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	21
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20
Belize`BLZ`Central America	20
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	20
Colombia`COL`South America	18
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	15
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	12
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	12
Paraguay`PRY`South America	12
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10
Mexico`MEX`Central America	10
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6
Bolivia`BOL`South America	5
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5
Honduras`HND`Central America	5
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	5
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0
Uruguay`URY`South America	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United States395,849
Germany85,493
Netherlands78,496
Canada45,795
United Kingdom38,800

Lowest

Vietnamshared0
Uruguayshared0
Romaniashared0
Portugalshared0
Polandshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 299. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −5countries joined / left
126values changed, of 148 in both
88 · 38rose · fell
22unchanged

Rose most

France0 → 34,551+34,551
Canada30,170 → 45,795+15,625
Germany70,234 → 85,493+15,259
United States386,303 → 395,849+9,546
Sweden10,800 → 17,600+6,800

Fell most

United Kingdom88,600 → 38,800−49,800
Belgium46,240 → 664−45,576
Iran12,228 → 0−12,228
Slovenia8,813 → 284−8,529
Netherlands84,416 → 78,496−5,920

+ Lesotho

+ Mauritius

+ Oman

− Bahamas

− Cabo Verde

− Dominican Republic

− Haiti

− Jamaica

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

114 distinct values among 151
Values are stored exactly as published. 25 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 151 countries has every column.

05The files

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https://api.unhcr.org/population/v1/population/?limit=1000&yearFrom=2001&yearTo=2001&coa_all=true

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2001). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2001

0626 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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