Data for 1992

Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992

Figures for 1992, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992 covers 112 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 4,552,153; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 2,237.

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Refugees by Country of Origin · Data for 1992

HighestAfghanistan

4,552,153

Lowest8 countries share it

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

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1992the year it describes
98distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
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01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	4,552,153
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1,445,474
IraqIRQWestern Asia	1,343,824
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	812,196
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	520,914
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	517,111
EritreaERIEastern Africa	503,200
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	437,501
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	434,731
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	313,131
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	300,494
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	300,000
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	267,767
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	253,591
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	245,127
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	213,802
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	195,000
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	184,129
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	168,570
IranIRNSouthern Asia	128,781
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	128,115
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	96,158
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	95,343
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	90,081
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	82,576
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	81,269
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	79,594
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	75,442
MaliMLIWestern Africa	71,190
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	66,378
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	60,008
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	53,940
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	53,921
NicaraguaNICCentral America	44,275
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	32,456
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	30,854
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	28,849
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	25,118
NigerNERWestern Africa	22,006
CubaCUBCaribbean	21,273
SenegalSENWestern Africa	15,463
PolandPOLEastern Europe	14,518
ChileCHLSouth America	14,042
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	10,257
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	10,089
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	9,241
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	6,829
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	5,006
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	4,776
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	4,408
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	4,355
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	3,994
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	3,327
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2,980
SurinameSURSouth America	2,545
HaitiHTICaribbean	2,483
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1,990
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	1,088
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	1,021
ColombiaCOLSouth America	841
PeruPERSouth America	727
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	687
PanamaPANCentral America	652
UruguayURYSouth America	431
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	325
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	210
JordanJORWestern Asia	183
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	115
ArgentinaARGSouth America	111
TogoTGOWestern Africa	105
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	92
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	88
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	84
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	77
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	75
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	69
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	61
KenyaKENEastern Africa	61
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	59
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	53
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	52
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	50
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	45
HondurasHNDCentral America	41
UkraineUKREastern Europe	39
EcuadorECUSouth America	38
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	37
IsraelISRWestern Asia	37
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	33
YemenYEMWestern Asia	31
BoliviaBOLSouth America	28
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	25
FijiFJIMelanesia	19
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	19
GabonGABMiddle Africa	17
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	17
GuineaGINWestern Africa	16
BrazilBRASouth America	11
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	10
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	10
ParaguayPRYSouth America	10
United StatesUSANorthern America	8
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	8
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	7
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	5
CanadaCANNorthern America	5
Costa RicaCRICentral America	5
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	5
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	5
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	5
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	5
VenezuelaVENSouth America	5

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Afghanistan4,552,153
Mozambique1,445,474
Iraq1,343,824
Somalia812,196
Liberia520,914

Lowest

Venezuelashared5
Malaysiashared5
Latviashared5
South Koreashared5
Germanyshared5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,237. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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The site’s method

98 distinct values among 112
Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 112 countries has every column.

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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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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (1992). Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-by-origin/1992

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