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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2009

Figures for 2009, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

How many refugees under UNHCR's mandate were living in each country at the end of the year — recognised refugees and people in refugee-like situations, counted where they have found protection. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, compiles it from governments and its own operations, and it is the standard world count of who hosts the people who have fled their own country.

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2009 covers 161 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 1,740,709; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 4,751. Against 2008, 147 values changed (79 up, 68 down), 6 countries joined.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2009

HighestPakistan

1,740,709

Lowest6 countries share it

0

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 161 countries · select a heading to sort

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2009: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,740,709
IranIRNSouthern Asia1,070,483
SyriaSYRWestern Asia1,054,464
GermanyDEUWestern Europe593,787
JordanJORWestern Asia450,752
KenyaKENEastern Africa358,916
ChadTCDMiddle Africa338,495
ChinaCHNEastern Asia300,985
United StatesUSANorthern America275,393
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe269,355
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia228,587
VenezuelaVENSouth America201,310
FranceFRAWestern Europe196,364
SudanSDNNorthern Africa186,292
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa185,809
IndiaINDSouthern Asia185,318
YemenYEMWestern Asia170,850
CanadaCANNorthern America169,424
UgandaUGAEastern Africa127,340
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa121,880
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa118,731
EcuadorECUSouth America116,532
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa111,403
NepalNPLSouthern Asia108,457
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia105,286

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Pakistan1,740,709
  2. Iran1,070,483
  3. Syria1,054,464
  4. Germany593,787
  5. Jordan450,752

Lowest

  1. Timor-Lesteshared0
  2. Myanmarshared0
  3. Saint Luciashared0
  4. Haitishared0
  5. Fijishared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,751. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +6 / −0countries joined / left
  • 147values changed, of 155 in both
  • 79 · 68rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Cayman Islands+ Haiti+ Jamaica+ Saint Lucia+ Macau+ Palau

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

  • 152 distinct values among 161

    Values are stored exactly as published. 6 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 161 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2009). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2009

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