Data for 2000

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2000

Figures for 2000, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2000 covers 153 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 2,001,460; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 5,308. Against 1999, 143 values changed (79 up, 64 down), 4 countries joined, 2 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2000

HighestPakistan

2,001,460

Lowest5 countries share it

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.

153countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
147distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
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01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2,001,460
IranIRNSouthern Asia	1,868,000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	906,000
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	680,862
United StatesUSANorthern America	508,209
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	484,390
GuineaGINWestern Africa	427,210
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	414,928
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	332,509
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	294,109
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	280,586
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	250,940
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	236,622
KenyaKENEastern Africa	206,108
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	197,960
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	186,247
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	170,940
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	169,654
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	157,206
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	146,174
FranceFRAWestern Europe	132,508
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	129,234
IraqIRQWestern Asia	127,787
CanadaCANNorthern America	126,991
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	123,190
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	122,611
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	120,694
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	104,966
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	71,017
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	69,307
YemenYEMWestern Asia	60,543
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	60,219
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	57,624
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	55,658
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	50,477
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	47,700
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	43,680
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	38,349
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	38,150
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	28,398
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	27,263
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	27,133
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	26,265
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	23,238
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	22,437
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	21,623
SenegalSENWestern Africa	20,762
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	20,576
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	18,821
MexicoMEXCentral America	18,452
GabonGABMiddle Africa	17,978
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	17,689
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	15,945
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	15,493
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	15,364
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	15,058
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	14,188
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	13,271
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	12,714
TogoTGOWestern Africa	12,223
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	12,086
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	12,016
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	11,541
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	10,609
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	9,048
MaliMLIWestern Africa	8,412
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	7,621
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	7,587
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	7,271
SpainESPSouthern Europe	6,982
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	6,840
ItalyITASouthern Europe	6,813
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	6,653
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	6,543
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	5,862
Costa RicaCRICentral America	5,519
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	5,308
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	5,053
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	4,919
BeninBENWestern Africa	4,290
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	4,127
IsraelISRWestern Asia	4,067
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3,900
JapanJPNEastern Asia	3,752
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	3,549
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	3,461
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	3,096
UkraineUKREastern Europe	2,927
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	2,814
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	2,776
BrazilBRASouth America	2,718
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	2,672
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	2,530
ArgentinaARGSouth America	2,383
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	2,107
EritreaERIEastern Africa	1,984
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	1,677
EcuadorECUSouth America	1,598
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	1,470
PanamaPANCentral America	1,307
BelizeBLZCentral America	1,248
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1,186
JordanJORWestern Asia	1,064
PolandPOLEastern Europe	1,011
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	980
CubaCUBCaribbean	951
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	759
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	720
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	692
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	690
PeruPERSouth America	686
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	560
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	555
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	521
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	506
BelarusBLREastern Europe	453
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	444
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	428
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	416
ChileCHLSouth America	366
BoliviaBOLSouth America	352
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	350
NicaraguaNICCentral America	330
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	280
ColombiaCOLSouth America	244
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	235
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	206
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	191
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	175
VenezuelaVENSouth America	130
BahamasBHSCaribbean	98
UruguayURYSouth America	74
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	73
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	70
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	64
NigerNERWestern Africa	59
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	57
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	50
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	48
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	33
QatarQATWestern Asia	31
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	29
ParaguayPRYSouth America	19
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	13
HondurasHNDCentral America	12
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	12
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	5
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	5
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0
HaitiHTICaribbean	0
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Pakistan2,001,460
Iran1,868,000
Germany906,000
Tanzania680,862
United States508,209

Lowest

Timor-Lesteshared0
Haitishared0
Estoniashared0
Cabo Verdeshared0
Afghanistanshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,308. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −2countries joined / left
143values changed, of 149 in both
79 · 64rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Pakistan1,202,015 → 2,001,460+799,445
Republic of the Congo39,870 → 123,190+83,320
Tanzania622,203 → 680,862+58,659
DR Congo285,270 → 332,509+47,239
Zambia206,386 → 250,940+44,554

Fell most

Azerbaijan221,642 → 280−221,362
Guinea501,544 → 427,210−74,334
Germany975,500 → 906,000−69,500
Austria82,076 → 15,493−66,583
Ethiopia257,683 → 197,960−59,723

+ Estonia

+ Haiti

+ Liechtenstein

+ Timor-Leste

− Mauritius

− Singapore

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

147 distinct values among 153
Values are stored exactly as published. 5 countries share 0. 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 153 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 (2000). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2000

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