Data for 1992

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1992

Figures for 1992, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1992 covers 130 countries. Iran is highest, at 4,150,723; Comoros is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 12,139. Against 1991, 115 values changed (63 up, 52 down), 15 countries joined, 1 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 1992

HighestIran

4,150,723

LowestComoros

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.

130countries
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1992the year it describes
128distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1992, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1992: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

IranIRNSouthern Asia	4,150,723
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	1,629,218
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	1,236,000
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	1,058,498
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	725,900
United StatesUSANorthern America	579,938
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	516,430
GuineaGINWestern Africa	478,491
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	431,824
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	403,000
KenyaKENEastern Africa	402,194
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	391,127
MexicoMEXCentral America	360,991
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	300,000
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	292,148
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	288,123
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	271,745
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	258,372
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	246,000
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	245,154
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	237,713
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	222,929
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	219,314
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	196,290
CanadaCANNorthern America	183,723
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	174,076
FranceFRAWestern Europe	156,512
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	142,104
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	131,069
IraqIRQWestern Asia	115,000
Costa RicaCRICentral America	114,392
HondurasHNDCentral America	100,348
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	100,048
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	95,251
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	74,100
SenegalSENWestern Africa	71,620
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	64,717
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	63,625
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	62,355
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	60,025
YemenYEMWestern Asia	59,680
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	55,580
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	52,604
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	51,930
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	44,879
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	42,233
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	39,124
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	37,500
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	32,412
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	32,000
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	29,846
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	29,721
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	28,660
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	28,477
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	28,000
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	25,162
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	24,292
BelizeBLZCentral America	20,351
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	19,903
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	19,040
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	17,310
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	16,263
NicaraguaNICCentral America	14,450
MaliMLIWestern Africa	13,109
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	12,163
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	12,114
ArgentinaARGSouth America	11,515
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	11,399
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	11,002
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	9,399
ItalyITASouthern Europe	9,242
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	8,456
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	6,721
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	6,686
JapanJPNEastern Asia	6,669
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	6,310
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	6,012
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5,950
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	5,866
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	5,670
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	5,509
BrazilBRASouth America	5,439
CubaCUBCaribbean	5,092
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	4,782
SpainESPSouthern Europe	4,040
NigerNERWestern Africa	3,699
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	3,632
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	3,530
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	3,385
TogoTGOWestern Africa	3,353
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3,000
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3,000
PolandPOLEastern Europe	2,719
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	2,605
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	2,208
VenezuelaVENSouth America	1,990
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	1,778
PanamaPANCentral America	1,007
PeruPERSouth America	640
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	520
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	510
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	500
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	497
BoliviaBOLSouth America	491
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	480
ColombiaCOLSouth America	478
BahamasBHSCaribbean	374
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	319
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	299
BeninBENWestern Africa	293
GabonGABMiddle Africa	272
JordanJORWestern Asia	270
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	218
EcuadorECUSouth America	204
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	171
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	154
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	149
ChileCHLSouth America	142
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	117
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	115
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	111
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	90
UruguayURYSouth America	90
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	80
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	70
SurinameSURSouth America	52
ParaguayPRYSouth America	45
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	21
MacauMACEastern Asia	15
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Iran4,150,723
Pakistan1,629,218
Germany1,236,000
Malawi1,058,498
Sudan725,900

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12,139. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+15 / −1countries joined / left
115values changed, of 115 in both
63 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Serbia517 → 516,430+515,913
Germany821,500 → 1,236,000+414,500
Kenya120,163 → 402,194+282,031
Bangladesh40,260 → 245,154+204,894
Malawi981,812 → 1,058,498+76,686

Fell most

Pakistan3,099,891 → 1,629,218−1,470,673
Iran4,404,995 → 4,150,723−254,272
Ethiopia529,620 → 431,824−97,796
DR Congo482,959 → 391,127−91,832
Guinea547,961 → 478,491−69,470

+ Albania

+ Armenia

+ Azerbaijan

+ Bulgaria

+ Bahamas

+ Comoros

+ Cuba

+ Croatia

+ Liberia

+ North Macedonia

+ Somalia

+ Suriname

+ Slovenia

+ Chad

+ Tajikistan

− Cabo Verde

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

128 distinct values among 130
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 3,000. 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 130 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 (1992). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/1992

0636 held

Other years

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1991
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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1993
142 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country

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