Data for 2013

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2013

Name: Refugees by Country of Origin, 2013
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 2013, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2013 covers 192 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 2,556,483; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 886. Against 2012, 174 values changed (65 up, 109 down), 6 countries joined, 2 left.

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Refugees by Country of Origin · Data for 2013

HighestAfghanistan

2,556,483

Lowest4 countries share it

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

192countries
1measure
2013the year it describes
173distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Refugees by Country of Origin, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,556,483
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,468,323
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,121,760
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	648,936
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	499,551
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	479,594
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	401,461
Colombia`COL`South America	396,711
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	314,109
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	308,210
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	252,854
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	195,121
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	152,812
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	123,074
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	114,468
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	96,035
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	85,650
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	83,943
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	77,109
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	75,061
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	74,310
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	72,636
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	66,558
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	49,755
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	48,725
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	48,676
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	48,618
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38,644
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34,239
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	31,556
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	31,173
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	26,787
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21,048
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	19,815
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	19,719
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	17,548
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14,775
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14,559
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13,738
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12,804
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11,995
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	11,744
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11,410
India`IND`Southern Asia	11,032
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10,808
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	10,301
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10,274
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,104
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9,720
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9,634
Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,396
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	8,580
Venezuela`VEN`South America	8,396
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8,166
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8,098
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,736
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7,453
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6,787
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,620
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,305
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,154
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,953
Peru`PER`South America	4,762
United States`USA`Northern America	4,755
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4,387
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,809
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,643
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3,382
Honduras`HND`Central America	3,299
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3,298
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2,413
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,331
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,299
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,210
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2,114
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,054
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,875
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,622
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,622
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,578
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,535
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,530
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,501
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,428
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,359
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,290
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,222
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1,218
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,163
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,138
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,109
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,033
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,026
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	984
Brazil`BRA`South America	982
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	971
Guyana`GUY`South America	800
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	747
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	718
Ecuador`ECU`South America	711
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	711
Niger`NER`Western Africa	674
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	657
Bolivia`BOL`South America	594
Chile`CHL`South America	588
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	575
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	542
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	509
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	502
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	495
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	478
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	463
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	424
Argentina`ARG`South America	381
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	349
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	336
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	330
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	323
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	321
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	298
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	298
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	294
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	274
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	230
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	228
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	220
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	219
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	217
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	208
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	196
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	180
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	165
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	164
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	154
Uruguay`URY`South America	144
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	140
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	103
Panama`PAN`Central America	99
Canada`CAN`Northern America	94
France`FRA`Western Europe	92
Paraguay`PRY`South America	91
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	88
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	84
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	76
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	72
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	64
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	63
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	60
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	56
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	50
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	41
Belize`BLZ`Central America	37
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	35
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	31
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	30
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	27
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	27
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	27
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	24
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	24
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	21
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	20
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18
Suriname`SUR`South America	17
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	16
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	15
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	15
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	14
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	12
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	10
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	6
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	5
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Afghanistan2,556,483
Syria2,468,323
Somalia1,121,760
Sudan648,936
DR Congo499,551

Lowest

Samoashared0
Palaushared0
Macaushared0
Icelandshared0
Maltashared5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 886. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −2countries joined / left
174values changed, of 186 in both
65 · 109rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Syria729,011 → 2,468,323+1,739,312
Central African Republic164,567 → 252,854+88,287
Sudan568,934 → 648,936+80,002
Myanmar415,363 → 479,594+64,231
South Sudan87,007 → 114,468+27,461

Fell most

Iraq746,204 → 401,461−344,743
Serbia158,903 → 48,725−110,178
Türkiye135,353 → 66,558−68,795
Russia110,587 → 74,310−36,277
Afghanistan2,586,132 → 2,556,483−29,649

+ Curaçao

+ Cayman Islands

+ Iceland

+ Macau

+ Marshall Islands

+ Palau

− Bermuda

− Tuvalu

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

173 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published. 6 countries share 5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 192 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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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2013). Refugees by Country of Origin, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-by-origin/2013

0634 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Refugees by Country of Origin, 2012
188 countries
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Refugees by Country of Origin, 2014
190 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

07Questions