Data for 1999

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1999

Name: Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1999
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 1999, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1999 covers 151 countries. Iran is highest, at 1,835,688; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 5,560. Against 1998, 136 values changed (80 up, 56 down), 7 countries joined, 1 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 1999

HighestIran

1,835,688

Lowest3 countries share it

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

151countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
146distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,835,688
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,202,015
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	975,500
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	622,203
United States`USA`Northern America	521,134
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	501,544
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	501,263
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	390,995
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	296,215
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	293,297
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	285,270
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	257,683
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	223,696
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	221,642
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	218,191
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	206,386
India`IND`Southern Asia	180,031
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	165,249
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	162,492
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	159,504
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	148,921
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	138,633
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	138,433
France`FRA`Western Europe	129,722
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	128,913
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	127,942
Canada`CAN`Northern America	123,303
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	100,133
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	96,310
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	82,273
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82,076
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	80,061
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68,982
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	65,645
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	64,879
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	60,477
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50,509
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	49,310
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	49,227
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	43,441
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39,870
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34,363
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	28,374
Mexico`MEX`Central America	24,506
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	23,477
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23,266
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	22,903
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22,209
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	22,107
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	21,537
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	21,200
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	18,461
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	17,216
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	16,747
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15,069
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	15,000
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	14,799
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14,539
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	13,256
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13,068
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12,866
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12,113
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10,849
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	10,531
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,302
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7,612
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7,120
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	6,942
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,708
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6,664
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6,566
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,553
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6,464
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,283
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6,004
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5,560
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,181
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4,980
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,801
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,541
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4,380
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4,333
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,233
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,172
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,932
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,652
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,972
Belize`BLZ`Central America	2,891
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,829
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,810
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2,687
Brazil`BRA`South America	2,374
Argentina`ARG`South America	2,335
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,071
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,692
Panama`PAN`Central America	1,315
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,291
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,234
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,232
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,015
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,008
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	973
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	956
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	937
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	901
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	731
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	700
Peru`PER`South America	700
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	672
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	621
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	613
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	542
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	501
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	471
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	444
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	436
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	364
Niger`NER`Western Africa	350
Bolivia`BOL`South America	349
Chile`CHL`South America	326
Ecuador`ECU`South America	309
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	271
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	261
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	245
Colombia`COL`South America	232
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	221
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	219
Venezuela`VEN`South America	186
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	166
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	130
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	123
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	112
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	98
Uruguay`URY`South America	83
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	43
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	38
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	33
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20
Paraguay`PRY`South America	20
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	18
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9
Honduras`HND`Central America	8
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	5
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Iran1,835,688
Pakistan1,202,015
Germany975,500
Tanzania622,203
United States521,134

Lowest

Singaporeshared0
Cabo Verdeshared0
Afghanistanshared0
Latviashared5
South Koreashared5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,560. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −1countries joined / left
136values changed, of 144 in both
80 · 56rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia51 → 162,492+162,441
Tanzania543,881 → 622,203+78,322
DR Congo240,214 → 285,270+45,056
Zambia168,564 → 206,386+37,822
United Kingdom121,715 → 148,921+27,206

Fell most

Iran1,931,332 → 1,835,688−95,644
Russia128,575 → 80,061−48,514
Senegal60,822 → 21,537−39,285
Thailand138,334 → 100,133−38,201
Sweden178,782 → 159,504−19,278

+ Comoros

+ Cabo Verde

+ South Korea

+ Latvia

+ Madagascar

+ Mauritius

+ Qatar

− Solomon 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

Read before you use

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

How values are stored

146 distinct values among 151
Values are stored exactly as published. 3 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 151 countries has every column.

05The files

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https://api.unhcr.org/population/v1/population/?limit=1000&yearFrom=1999&yearTo=1999&coa_all=true

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 (1999). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/1999

0636 held

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 1998
145 countries
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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2000
153 countries
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36 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions