Data for 2015

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2015

Name: Refugees by Country of Origin, 2015
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 2015, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2015 covers 193 countries. Syria is highest, at 4,873,236; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 893. Against 2014, 171 values changed (85 up, 86 down), 3 countries joined.

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Refugees by Country of Origin · Data for 2015

HighestSyria

4,873,236

Lowest8 countries share it

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

193countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
173distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Refugees by Country of Origin, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4,873,236
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,666,294
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,123,144
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	778,722
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	627,080
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	541,487
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	471,093
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	451,804
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	407,428
Colombia`COL`South America	340,116
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	321,399
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	313,152
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	297,886
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	292,750
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	286,357
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	264,086
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	212,911
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	167,973
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	154,202
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	121,427
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	98,013
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85,839
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	84,950
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	71,107
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	67,008
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	59,545
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38,620
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34,762
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34,656
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	33,452
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	22,962
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	21,332
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	21,267
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	18,763
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17,929
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	17,709
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	16,995
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	15,901
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14,921
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14,778
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	14,772
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,947
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	12,802
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,154
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11,855
Mexico`MEX`Central America	11,340
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11,211
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10,565
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,404
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10,284
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9,972
India`IND`Southern Asia	9,882
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9,707
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9,051
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8,774
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	8,473
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	7,902
Venezuela`VEN`South America	7,455
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,359
Honduras`HND`Central America	6,847
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6,827
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6,505
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6,311
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,077
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4,900
United States`USA`Northern America	4,824
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,353
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,197
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4,117
Peru`PER`South America	3,591
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,470
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,498
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,289
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2,263
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,198
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,147
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,857
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,836
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,823
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,769
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,760
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,731
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,554
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,472
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,469
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1,447
Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,383
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,298
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,280
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,272
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,264
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,094
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,076
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,059
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,011
Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,006
Brazil`BRA`South America	893
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	887
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	810
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	790
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	787
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	686
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	646
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	582
Bolivia`BOL`South America	566
Chile`CHL`South America	554
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	550
Guyana`GUY`South America	508
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	447
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	446
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	435
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	429
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	422
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	400
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	382
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	374
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	369
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	346
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	335
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	334
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	325
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	315
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	306
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	285
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	270
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	216
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	213
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	209
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	187
Argentina`ARG`South America	186
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	174
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	153
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	143
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	142
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	140
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	128
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	111
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	101
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	95
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	91
France`FRA`Western Europe	90
Paraguay`PRY`South America	88
Uruguay`URY`South America	84
Canada`CAN`Northern America	73
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	71
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	66
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	64
Panama`PAN`Central America	62
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	56
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	55
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	50
Belize`BLZ`Central America	48
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	39
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	36
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	35
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	35
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	33
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	27
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	25
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	22
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	21
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	21
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	19
Suriname`SUR`South America	19
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	19
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	18
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	16
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	14
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	10
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	6
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	5
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	5
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Syria4,873,236
Afghanistan2,666,294
Somalia1,123,144
South Sudan778,722
Sudan627,080

Lowest

Samoashared0
Maltashared0
Kiribatishared0
Icelandshared0
Micronesiashared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 893. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
171values changed, of 190 in both
85 · 86rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Syria3,887,490 → 4,873,236+985,746
Burundi72,477 → 292,750+220,273
Rwanda79,396 → 286,357+206,961
South Sudan616,206 → 778,722+162,516
Ukraine237,617 → 321,399+83,782

Fell most

Iraq369,960 → 264,086−105,874
Sudan665,956 → 627,080−38,876
Pakistan335,947 → 297,886−38,061
Chad48,236 → 14,921−33,315
Myanmar479,006 → 451,804−27,202

+ Brunei

+ Micronesia

+ Malta

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

Read before you use

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

How values are stored

173 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 193 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 (2015). Refugees by Country of Origin, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-by-origin/2015

0634 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Refugees by Country of Origin, 2014
190 countries
The year after ›
Refugees by Country of Origin, 2016
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