Data for 2004

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2004

Name: Refugees by Country of Origin, 2004
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 2004, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2004 covers 182 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 2,414,460; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 701. Against 2003, 170 values changed (83 up, 87 down), 1 country joined, 4 left.

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Refugees by Country of Origin · Data for 2004

HighestAfghanistan

2,414,460

Lowest7 countries share it

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

182countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
161distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Refugees by Country of Origin, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,414,460
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	730,631
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	485,753
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	462,186
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	389,287
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	349,827
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	349,793
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	335,466
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	311,889
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	250,584
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	237,015
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	228,842
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	228,813
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	215,480
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	174,572
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	160,997
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	134,708
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	131,108
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	115,171
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	114,050
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	108,096
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	105,259
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	89,582
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63,792
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	63,153
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	56,776
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	52,645
Colombia`COL`South America	47,380
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	41,797
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31,955
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	31,104
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31,056
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28,140
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27,919
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25,943
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23,882
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23,649
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21,430
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19,854
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18,109
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	16,114
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15,671
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	14,759
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13,409
India`IND`Southern Asia	13,335
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11,936
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	10,818
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10,683
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10,650
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,474
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9,557
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,209
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8,325
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8,226
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7,631
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7,292
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6,620
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6,124
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,043
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5,733
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	5,361
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	5,106
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4,777
Peru`PER`South America	4,767
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4,528
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,497
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4,374
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3,842
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,286
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,822
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,747
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,511
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,227
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,822
Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,740
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,696
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,599
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,470
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,414
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,313
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,307
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,280
Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,251
Chile`CHL`South America	1,183
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,158
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,008
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	982
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	849
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	815
Argentina`ARG`South America	789
Ecuador`ECU`South America	718
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	684
Niger`NER`Western Africa	676
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	669
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	618
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	580
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	575
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	540
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	492
Honduras`HND`Central America	485
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	476
United States`USA`Northern America	451
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	443
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	428
Brazil`BRA`South America	401
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	391
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	350
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	344
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	320
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	299
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	287
Bolivia`BOL`South America	280
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	269
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	261
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	221
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	221
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	212
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	192
Guyana`GUY`South America	191
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	181
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	141
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	136
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	132
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	119
France`FRA`Western Europe	112
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	98
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	95
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	94
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	93
Uruguay`URY`South America	76
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	74
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	69
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	61
Canada`CAN`Northern America	57
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	53
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	52
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	52
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	50
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	47
Suriname`SUR`South America	47
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	45
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	44
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	41
Panama`PAN`Central America	38
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	38
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	36
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	36
Paraguay`PRY`South America	34
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	32
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	31
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	30
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	24
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	19
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	18
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	16
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	13
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	10
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7
Belize`BLZ`Central America	6
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Afghanistan2,414,460
Sudan730,631
Burundi485,753
DR Congo462,186
Somalia389,287

Lowest

New Zealandshared0
Maltashared0
Maldivesshared0
Micronesiashared0
Finlandshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 701. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −4countries joined / left
170values changed, of 181 in both
83 · 87rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan2,136,039 → 2,414,460+278,421
Sudan606,230 → 730,631+124,401
Russia96,414 → 108,096+11,682
Indonesia16,240 → 27,919+11,679
Myanmar151,370 → 160,997+9,627

Fell most

Angola329,573 → 228,842−100,731
Bosnia and Herzegovina300,012 → 228,813−71,199
Serbia296,627 → 237,015−59,612
Iraq368,577 → 311,889−56,688
Burundi531,626 → 485,753−45,873

+ Maldives

− Cyprus

− Saint Kitts and Nevis

− Nauru

− Turks and Caicos Islands

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

161 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published. 7 countries share 5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 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 (2004). Refugees by Country of Origin, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-by-origin/2004

0634 held

Other years

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Refugees by Country of Origin, 2003
185 countries
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Refugees by Country of Origin, 2005
186 countries
All of them
Refugees by Country of Origin: every year
34 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

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