Data for 2015

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2015

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2015
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 2015, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2015 covers 175 countries. South Africa is highest, at 1,096,021; 20 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 422. Against 2014, 148 values changed (89 up, 59 down), 5 countries joined, 2 left.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2015

HighestSouth Africa

1,096,021

Lowest20 countries share it

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

175countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
146distinct 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, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2015: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,096,021
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	420,570
United States`USA`Northern America	286,177
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	212,368
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	157,017
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	80,060
France`FRA`Western Europe	63,043
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	60,393
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60,135
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	45,853
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39,953
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38,135
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	36,671
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	35,996
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35,768
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	32,691
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30,131
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	28,030
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	27,463
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26,122
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	25,274
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	24,906
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24,340
Brazil`BRA`South America	20,798
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20,752
Canada`CAN`Northern America	19,631
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	14,819
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14,467
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13,823
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12,582
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	12,114
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11,677
Ecuador`ECU`South America	11,583
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11,023
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10,115
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9,857
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9,488
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8,248
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7,566
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7,414
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	6,573
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	6,479
India`IND`Southern Asia	6,476
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6,437
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5,426
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5,356
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,248
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,982
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,340
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,281
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,259
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,116
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2,931
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,930
Panama`PAN`Central America	2,929
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,890
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,639
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,408
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,349
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,298
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2,210
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,150
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,126
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2,047
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,942
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,850
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,534
Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,344
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,102
Argentina`ARG`South America	1,062
Chile`CHL`South America	1,055
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	978
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	903
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	835
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	830
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	750
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	745
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	720
Belize`BLZ`Central America	716
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	672
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	654
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	644
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	602
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	574
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	571
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	492
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	448
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	422
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	408
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	406
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	385
Peru`PER`South America	350
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	336
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	332
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	309
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	286
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	273
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	263
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	257
Venezuela`VEN`South America	217
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	215
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	199
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	190
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	185
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	182
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	176
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	173
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	160
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	159
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	141
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	139
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	133
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	126
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	123
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	116
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	115
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	113
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	108
Colombia`COL`South America	105
Niger`NER`Western Africa	103
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	94
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	92
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	89
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	87
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	87
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	80
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	78
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	75
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	73
Uruguay`URY`South America	69
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	34
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	33
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	30
Paraguay`PRY`South America	27
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	24
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	23
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	20
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	20
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	15
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10
Honduras`HND`Central America	10
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	10
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	10
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	10
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	5
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	5
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0
Guyana`GUY`South America	0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

South Africa1,096,021
Germany420,570
United States286,177
Türkiye212,368
Sweden157,017

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 422. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −2countries joined / left
148values changed, of 170 in both
89 · 59rose · fell
22unchanged

Rose most

South Africa463,909 → 1,096,021+632,112
Germany226,147 → 420,570+194,423
Türkiye106,357 → 212,368+106,011
Sweden56,748 → 157,017+100,269
United States187,815 → 286,177+98,362

Fell most

Cameroon11,736 → 5,356−6,380
Greece31,898 → 26,122−5,776
Ethiopia4,120 → 2,126−1,994
North Macedonia1,547 → 15−1,532
Mexico2,862 → 1,344−1,518

+ Antigua and Barbuda

+ Micronesia

+ Haiti

+ North Korea

+ Samoa

− Aruba

− Singapore

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

146 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published. 20 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2015). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2015

0626 held

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175 countries
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26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions