Data for 2004

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2004

Figures for 2004, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2004 covers 148 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 1,290,980; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 5,067. Against 2003, 141 values changed (70 up, 71 down), 1 country joined.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2004

HighestPakistan

1,290,980

Lowest2 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.

148countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
146distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	1,290,980
IranIRNSouthern Asia	1,045,975
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	876,614
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	602,088
United StatesUSANorthern America	420,788
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	299,367
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	298,826
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	276,677
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	259,880
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	250,477
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	240,551
KenyaKENEastern Africa	239,833
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	235,233
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	199,323
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	173,907
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	169,053
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	162,683
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	141,587
CanadaCANNorthern America	141,402
FranceFRAWestern Europe	139,852
GuineaGINWestern Africa	139,240
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	126,792
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	124,920
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	121,145
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	115,979
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	90,335
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	73,383
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	72,084
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	68,536
YemenYEMWestern Asia	66,379
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	65,433
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	65,305
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	63,478
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	58,861
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	50,221
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	48,807
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	47,654
IraqIRQWestern Asia	46,053
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	44,452
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	44,031
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	42,049
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	27,675
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	25,019
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	24,900
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	22,209
SenegalSENWestern Africa	20,802
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	20,450
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	18,033
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	17,777
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	15,845
ItalyITASouthern Europe	15,668
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	15,600
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	15,168
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	14,773
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	13,963
GabonGABMiddle Africa	13,780
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	13,522
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	13,252
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	12,164
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	11,309
TogoTGOWestern Africa	11,286
MaliMLIWestern Africa	11,256
Costa RicaCRICentral America	10,413
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	8,604
EcuadorECUSouth America	8,425
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	8,395
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	7,702
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	7,626
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	7,537
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	7,339
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	6,875
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	6,530
SpainESPSouthern Europe	5,690
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	5,334
BeninBENWestern Africa	4,800
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	4,676
MexicoMEXCentral America	4,336
EritreaERIEastern Africa	4,242
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	3,756
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3,682
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	3,662
BrazilBRASouth America	3,333
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	3,029
ArgentinaARGSouth America	2,898
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	2,831
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	2,559
PolandPOLEastern Europe	2,491
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	2,479
UkraineUKREastern Europe	2,442
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	2,360
JapanJPNEastern Asia	1,967
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	1,865
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	1,851
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	1,835
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	1,753
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1,624
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	1,610
PanamaPANCentral America	1,596
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	1,590
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	1,561
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	1,519
JordanJORWestern Asia	1,096
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	1,003
CubaCUBCaribbean	791
PeruPERSouth America	757
BelizeBLZCentral America	732
BelarusBLREastern Europe	719
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	703
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	655
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	617
ChileCHLSouth America	566
IsraelISRWestern Asia	564
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	525
BoliviaBOLSouth America	524
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	494
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	473
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	469
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	396
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	380
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	368
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	362
NigerNERWestern Africa	342
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	299
NicaraguaNICCentral America	288
VenezuelaVENSouth America	245
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	235
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	226
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	189
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	164
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	147
ColombiaCOLSouth America	146
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	106
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	106
UruguayURYSouth America	87
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	83
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	60
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	51
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	49
QatarQATWestern Asia	46
ParaguayPRYSouth America	40
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	37
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	31
HondurasHNDCentral America	24
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	10
OmanOMNWestern Asia	7
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	6
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Pakistan1,290,980
Iran1,045,975
Germany876,614
Tanzania602,088
United States420,788

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,067. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 147 in both
70 · 71rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Pakistan1,124,295 → 1,290,980+166,685
Chad146,396 → 259,880+113,484
Iran984,895 → 1,045,975+61,080
United Kingdom276,482 → 298,826+22,344
Uganda230,904 → 250,477+19,573

Fell most

Germany960,393 → 876,614−83,779
Zambia226,697 → 173,907−52,790
Tanzania649,770 → 602,088−47,682
Guinea184,339 → 139,240−45,099
Sweden112,148 → 73,383−38,765

+ Bahrain

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

146 distinct values among 148
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 106. 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 148 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 (2004). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2004

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