Data for 2001

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2001

Name: Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2001
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 2001, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2001 covers 151 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 2,198,792; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 6,804. Against 2000, 140 values changed (77 up, 63 down), 3 countries joined, 5 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2001

HighestPakistan

2,198,792

Lowest2 countries share it

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

151countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
148distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,198,792
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,868,000
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	903,000
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	646,899
United States`USA`Northern America	515,851
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	400,306
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	362,014
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	349,209
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	295,321
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	284,173
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	264,337
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	245,266
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	239,221
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	233,389
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	199,735
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	178,446
India`IND`Southern Asia	169,548
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	169,417
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	152,554
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	151,919
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	146,480
France`FRA`Western Europe	131,601
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	130,945
Canada`CAN`Northern America	129,227
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	128,142
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	126,239
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	119,146
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	110,711
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	73,542
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73,284
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	69,462
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	58,471
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	57,885
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	54,753
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50,456
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	50,122
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	49,233
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41,186
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39,579
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34,793
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	32,744
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	30,886
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	27,895
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23,172
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22,169
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	21,875
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20,703
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	19,529
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18,594
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17,970
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	15,945
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15,576
Mexico`MEX`Central America	15,452
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	15,346
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14,375
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	14,003
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	12,950
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12,726
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12,257
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12,252
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12,245
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	11,787
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11,662
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10,498
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9,295
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8,708
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8,541
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,439
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	8,131
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8,104
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7,902
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7,332
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,223
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7,201
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,927
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,804
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6,200
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5,251
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,941
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4,794
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4,700
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	4,362
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4,159
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,585
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3,577
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,466
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,348
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,198
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,984
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2,958
Brazil`BRA`South America	2,877
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,816
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,411
Argentina`ARG`South America	2,384
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,272
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,093
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,792
Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,680
Panama`PAN`Central America	1,471
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,392
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,295
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,255
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,217
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,201
Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,128
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,062
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1,033
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	724
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	690
Peru`PER`South America	681
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	587
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	581
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	554
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	461
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	457
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	444
Chile`CHL`South America	389
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	363
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	363
Bolivia`BOL`South America	348
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	322
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	291
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	283
Colombia`COL`South America	213
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	206
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	204
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	175
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	156
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	140
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	132
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	92
Uruguay`URY`South America	86
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	84
Niger`NER`Western Africa	79
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	67
Venezuela`VEN`South America	62
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	47
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34
Honduras`HND`Central America	20
Paraguay`PRY`South America	19
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	13
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	5
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Pakistan2,198,792
Iran1,868,000
Germany903,000
Tanzania646,899
United States515,851

Lowest

Timor-Lesteshared0
Omanshared0
Latviashared5
South Koreashared5
Estonia6

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,804. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −5countries joined / left
140values changed, of 148 in both
77 · 63rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Saudi Arabia5,308 → 245,266+239,958
Pakistan2,001,460 → 2,198,792+197,332
United Kingdom186,247 → 233,389+47,142
Zambia250,940 → 284,173+33,233
Kenya206,108 → 239,221+33,113

Fell most

Guinea427,210 → 178,446−248,764
Serbia484,390 → 400,306−84,084
Sudan414,928 → 349,209−65,719
Indonesia122,611 → 73,542−49,069
Ethiopia197,960 → 152,554−45,406

+ Lesotho

+ Mauritius

+ Oman

− Bahamas

− Cabo Verde

− Dominican Republic

− Haiti

− Jamaica

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

148 distinct values among 151
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 363. 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=2001&yearTo=2001&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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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2001). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2001

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