Data for 1996

Refugees by Country of Origin, 1996

Figures for 1996, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugees by Country of Origin, 1996 covers 165 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 2,674,234; Brunei is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 707. Against 1995, 155 values changed (98 up, 57 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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Refugees by Country of Origin · Data for 1996

HighestAfghanistan

2,674,234

LowestBrunei

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.

165countries
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1996the year it describes
145distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
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01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Refugees by Country of Origin, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	2,674,234
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	993,868
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	783,992
IraqIRQWestern Asia	714,727
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	636,984
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	518,335
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	475,302
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	469,132
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	428,680
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	375,100
EritreaERIEastern Africa	332,222
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	310,090
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	249,686
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	236,086
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	203,232
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	173,722
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	158,794
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	143,019
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	109,576
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	107,508
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	106,820
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	105,806
IranIRNSouthern Asia	104,122
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	103,963
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	96,264
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	83,231
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	80,202
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	69,745
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	62,240
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	58,443
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	57,962
MaliMLIWestern Africa	55,192
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	50,355
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	48,485
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	46,908
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	40,341
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	40,163
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	34,656
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	28,335
TogoTGOWestern Africa	25,587
CubaCUBCaribbean	25,462
NicaraguaNICCentral America	22,818
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	19,639
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	18,096
SenegalSENWestern Africa	17,630
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	17,118
HaitiHTICaribbean	15,119
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	15,100
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	13,039
PolandPOLEastern Europe	12,868
ChileCHLSouth America	12,801
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	11,872
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	11,365
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	10,888
NigerNERWestern Africa	10,359
KenyaKENEastern Africa	9,390
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	8,611
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	7,546
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	7,499
PeruPERSouth America	6,695
UkraineUKREastern Europe	6,106
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	5,826
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	5,784
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	4,751
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	3,369
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	3,246
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	3,082
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	2,936
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	2,245
ColombiaCOLSouth America	2,168
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	2,111
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	2,006
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	1,956
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	1,309
HondurasHNDCentral America	1,256
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	1,198
YemenYEMWestern Asia	1,154
IsraelISRWestern Asia	1,121
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	977
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	854
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	854
SurinameSURSouth America	754
JordanJORWestern Asia	707
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	659
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	599
VenezuelaVENSouth America	558
GuineaGINWestern Africa	520
MexicoMEXCentral America	520
BelarusBLREastern Europe	499
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	421
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	410
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	398
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	308
FijiFJIMelanesia	305
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	302
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	286
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	282
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	272
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	271
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	247
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	244
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	240
ArgentinaARGSouth America	218
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	218
SpainESPSouthern Europe	217
EcuadorECUSouth America	216
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	214
UruguayURYSouth America	202
BoliviaBOLSouth America	177
PanamaPANCentral America	146
United StatesUSANorthern America	141
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	138
Costa RicaCRICentral America	136
ItalyITASouthern Europe	109
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	105
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	102
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	97
BrazilBRASouth America	84
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	76
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	69
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	66
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	64
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	64
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	57
GuyanaGUYSouth America	54
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	53
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	47
FranceFRAWestern Europe	46
ParaguayPRYSouth America	45
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	44
BeninBENWestern Africa	42
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	40
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	40
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	39
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	37
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	36
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	34
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	34
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	32
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	29
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	22
GabonGABMiddle Africa	22
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	18
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	18
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	18
QatarQATWestern Asia	17
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	17
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	16
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	13
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	13
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	12
CanadaCANNorthern America	10
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	10
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	10
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	10
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	10
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	9
OmanOMNWestern Asia	8
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	5
BelizeBLZCentral America	5
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	5
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	5
TongaTONPolynesia	5
TuvaluTUVPolynesia	5
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Afghanistan2,674,234
Bosnia and Herzegovina993,868
Liberia783,992
Iraq714,727
Somalia636,984

Lowest

Brunei0
Tuvalushared5
Tongashared5
Mongoliashared5
Icelandshared5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 707. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −1countries joined / left
155values changed, of 161 in both
98 · 57rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Bosnia and Herzegovina769,753 → 993,868+224,115
Burundi350,575 → 428,680+78,105
Uzbekistan142 → 69,745+69,603
DR Congo89,742 → 158,794+69,052
Croatia245,572 → 310,090+64,518

Fell most

Rwanda1,819,367 → 469,132−1,350,235
Mozambique125,561 → 34,656−90,905
Togo93,152 → 25,587−67,565
Russia207,027 → 173,722−33,305
Vietnam543,536 → 518,335−25,201

+ Iceland

+ Mongolia

+ North Korea

+ Tonga

− Japan

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.

The site’s method

145 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published. 6 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 165 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (1996). Refugees by Country of Origin, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-by-origin/1996

0634 held

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07Questions