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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

5

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

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.

Showing 25 of 112 countries · select a heading to sort

Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia4,552,153
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa1,445,474
IraqIRQWestern Asia1,343,824
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa812,196
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa520,914
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia517,111
EritreaERIEastern Africa503,200
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe437,501
RwandaRWAEastern Africa434,731
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa313,131
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa300,494
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia300,000
SudanSDNNorthern Africa267,767
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa253,591
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia245,127
RussiaRUSEastern Europe213,802
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia195,000
BurundiBDIEastern Africa184,129
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe168,570
IranIRNSouthern Asia128,781
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia128,115
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia96,158
PalestinePSEWestern Asia95,343
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe90,081
ChinaCHNEastern Asia82,576

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Afghanistan4,552,153
  2. Mozambique1,445,474
  3. Iraq1,343,824
  4. Somalia812,196
  5. Liberia520,914

Lowest

  1. Venezuelashared5
  2. Malaysiashared5
  3. Latviashared5
  4. South Koreashared5
  5. 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

Read before you use

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

How values are stored

  • 98 distinct values among 112

    Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 112 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

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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06Questions

Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992: questions and answers

Which country has the highest refugees by country of origin in Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992?

Afghanistan, at 4,552,153, of the 112 countries in the file.

What year does Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992 describe?

1992.

How many countries does Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992 cover?

112.

Where can I download Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Refugees by Country of Origin, 1992 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Refugees by Country of Origin, 2025.

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