Data for 2005

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2005

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2005
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 2005, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2005 covers 150 countries. United States is highest, at 169,706; 17 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 275. Against 2004, 129 values changed (73 up, 56 down), 2 countries joined.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2005

HighestUnited States

169,706

Lowest17 countries share it

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

150countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
129distinct 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, 2005, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Showing 25 of 150 countries · select a heading to sort

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2005: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

United States`USA`Northern America	169,706
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	140,095
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71,598
France`FRA`Western Europe	41,279
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	40,710
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	32,137
Canada`CAN`Northern America	20,533
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	19,898
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	18,895
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16,563
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16,446
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	15,670
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14,617
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	14,405
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13,054
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12,500
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	11,003
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10,829
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8,857
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6,766
Venezuela`VEN`South America	5,906
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5,501
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5,325
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,870
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4,844
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,420
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4,299
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,013
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,809
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,482
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,413
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,704
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,628
Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,474
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,436
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,414
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,956
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,948
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,888
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,838
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,829
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,806
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,756
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,682
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,620
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,591
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,589
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,438
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,266
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,078
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,064
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	923
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	908
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	878
Argentina`ARG`South America	804
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	797
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	787
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	774
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	724
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	665
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	600
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	582
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	520
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	509
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	500
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	488
Panama`PAN`Central America	426
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	407
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	407
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	370
Peru`PER`South America	328
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	301
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	299
India`IND`Southern Asia	296
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	286
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	263
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	256
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	223
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	212
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	210
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	209
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	208
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	196
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	182
Brazil`BRA`South America	176
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	174
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	161
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	147
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	146
Mexico`MEX`Central America	142
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	139
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	138
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	137
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	118
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	117
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	101
Chile`CHL`South America	101
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	97
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	92
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	68
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	65
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	64
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	63
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	62
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	58
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	51
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50
Honduras`HND`Central America	48
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43
Niger`NER`Western Africa	41
Colombia`COL`South America	35
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	32
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	28
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	27
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	26
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	25
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	23
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	22
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	17
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14
Belize`BLZ`Central America	14
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	10
Paraguay`PRY`South America	8
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0
Uruguay`URY`South America	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United States169,706
South Africa140,095
Germany71,598
France41,279
Austria40,710

Lowest

Vietnamshared0
Uruguayshared0
Turkmenistanshared0
El Salvadorshared0
Portugalshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 275. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 148 in both
73 · 56rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Thailand1,038 → 32,137+31,099
South Africa115,224 → 140,095+24,871
Burundi10,705 → 19,898+9,193
Kenya9,469 → 16,446+6,977
Jordan12,450 → 16,563+4,113

Fell most

United States263,675 → 169,706−93,969
France59,346 → 41,279−18,067
Germany86,124 → 71,598−14,526
Netherlands28,419 → 14,617−13,802
Sweden28,006 → 15,670−12,336

+ Myanmar

+ Mongolia

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

129 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published. 17 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 150 countries has every column.

05The files

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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 (2005). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2005

0626 held

Other years

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004
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152 countries
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26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions