Data for 2004

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004
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 2004, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004 covers 148 countries. United States is highest, at 263,675; 20 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 314. Against 2003, 131 values changed (72 up, 59 down), 1 country joined.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2004

HighestUnited States

263,675

Lowest20 countries share it

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

148countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
118distinct 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, 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Showing 25 of 148 countries · select a heading to sort

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

United States`USA`Northern America	263,675
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	115,224
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	86,124
France`FRA`Western Europe	59,346
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	38,262
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	28,419
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	28,006
Canada`CAN`Northern America	27,276
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22,857
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	18,616
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12,450
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10,705
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10,313
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9,995
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9,700
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9,469
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8,741
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8,147
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7,363
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,317
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6,123
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6,013
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5,017
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,886
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4,837
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,265
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,929
Venezuela`VEN`South America	3,897
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,667
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,520
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,332
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,240
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,230
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,905
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,748
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,407
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,102
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,040
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,806
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,803
Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,643
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,353
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,272
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,232
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,228
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,113
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,081
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,077
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,040
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,038
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,030
Argentina`ARG`South America	973
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	920
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	899
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	820
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	771
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	720
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	671
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	655
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	655
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	600
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	515
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	475
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	474
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	458
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	456
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	449
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	446
Brazil`BRA`South America	424
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	372
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	348
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	340
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	331
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	315
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	313
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	310
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	305
India`IND`Southern Asia	304
Panama`PAN`Central America	260
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	238
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	223
Peru`PER`South America	222
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	199
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	196
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	188
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	184
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	174
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	172
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	161
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	160
Mexico`MEX`Central America	154
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	140
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	139
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	136
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	110
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	86
Chile`CHL`South America	75
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	65
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	64
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	61
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	52
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	48
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	48
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	42
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	38
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35
Niger`NER`Western Africa	32
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	30
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	28
Colombia`COL`South America	28
Belize`BLZ`Central America	26
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	26
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	23
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	22
Honduras`HND`Central America	21
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	21
Bolivia`BOL`South America	18
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	10
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	9
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5
Uruguay`URY`South America	5
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United States263,675
South Africa115,224
Germany86,124
France59,346
Austria38,262

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0
Vietnamshared0
Turkmenistanshared0
Chadshared0
El Salvadorshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 314. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
131values changed, of 147 in both
72 · 59rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

France22,900 → 59,346+36,446
South Africa84,089 → 115,224+31,135
Jordan6,728 → 12,450+5,722
Kenya4,015 → 9,469+5,454
Cyprus5,065 → 9,995+4,930

Fell most

United States350,860 → 263,675−87,185
Germany128,042 → 86,124−41,918
Netherlands44,635 → 28,419−16,216
Canada41,570 → 27,276−14,294
United Kingdom23,900 → 9,700−14,200

+ Bahrain

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

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

How values are stored

118 distinct values among 148
Values are stored exactly as published. 20 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 148 countries has every column.

05The files

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https://api.unhcr.org/population/v1/population/?limit=1000&yearFrom=2004&yearTo=2004&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 (2004). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2004

0626 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions