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Refugees by Country of Origin, 2009

Figures for 2009, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

How many refugees under UNHCR's mandate have fled each country, counted wherever in the world they are living at the end of the year. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, compiles it, and it is the standard world count of where the people who have had to leave their country come from.

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2009 covers 183 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 2,887,114; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 987. Against 2008, 166 values changed (86 up, 80 down), 2 countries joined, 2 left.

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Refugees by Country of Origin · Data for 2009

HighestAfghanistan

2,887,114

Lowest2 countries share it

0

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, 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 183 countries · select a heading to sort

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2009: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia2,887,114
IraqIRQWestern Asia1,785,215
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa678,296
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa455,852
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia406,667
ColombiaCOLSouth America389,753
SudanSDNNorthern Africa368,178
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia339,299
EritreaERIEastern Africa209,164
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe195,625
ChinaCHNEastern Asia180,546
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa159,542
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia146,378
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia145,711
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa141,006
RwandaRWAEastern Africa129,108
RussiaRUSEastern Europe109,452
PalestinePSEWestern Asia95,185
BurundiBDIEastern Africa94,221
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia89,064
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe76,479
IranIRNSouthern Asia72,771
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa71,601
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe70,006
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa62,877

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Afghanistan2,887,114
  2. Iraq1,785,215
  3. Somalia678,296
  4. DR Congo455,852
  5. Myanmar406,667

Lowest

  1. Norwayshared0
  2. Saint Kitts and Nevisshared0
  3. Tongashared5
  4. Lesothoshared5
  5. Icelandshared5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 987. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

  • +2 / −2countries joined / left
  • 166values changed, of 181 in both
  • 86 · 80rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Palestine340,004 → 95,185−244,819
  • Burundi281,583 → 94,221−187,362
  • Iraq1,903,516 → 1,785,215−118,301
  • Türkiye214,365 → 146,378−67,987
  • Sudan419,249 → 368,178−51,071
+ Finland+ Norway− Vatican City− Samoa

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 168 distinct values among 183

    Values are stored exactly as published. 4 countries share 10. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 183 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2009). Refugees by Country of Origin, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-by-origin/2009

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