Data for 2011

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2011

Name: Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2011
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 2011, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2011 covers 169 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 1,702,698; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 4,074. Against 2010, 151 values changed (91 up, 60 down), 5 countries joined, 3 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2011

HighestPakistan

1,702,698

Lowest8 countries share it

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

169countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
156distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,702,698
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	886,465
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	755,435
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	571,672
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	566,482
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	451,000
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	366,491
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	301,016
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	288,839
United States`USA`Northern America	264,752
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	229,669
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	214,736
France`FRA`Western Europe	210,207
Venezuela`VEN`South America	202,013
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	193,494
India`IND`Southern Asia	185,118
Canada`CAN`Northern America	164,879
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	152,748
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	141,224
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	139,442
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	139,407
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	131,243
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	128,283
Ecuador`ECU`South America	123,407
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	105,023
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	100,368
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	95,078
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	94,145
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	89,245
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	86,676
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	86,603
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	74,587
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	72,651
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	70,702
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58,066
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57,899
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55,325
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	50,401
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	47,055
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	45,627
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	41,221
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	40,671
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	35,658
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35,184
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26,535
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	24,212
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	23,423
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22,396
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20,640
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	20,336
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	20,044
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19,271
Panama`PAN`Central America	17,249
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	16,737
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	16,606
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16,212
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15,834
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	15,618
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14,457
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	13,588
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	13,386
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	12,871
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	10,129
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9,523
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9,378
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9,170
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8,971
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8,803
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8,234
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8,091
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7,796
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7,213
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6,948
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6,932
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6,306
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6,097
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,050
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5,676
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5,085
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	4,719
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4,559
Brazil`BRA`South America	4,466
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4,220
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,085
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,074
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3,913
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3,498
Argentina`ARG`South America	3,341
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,322
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3,312
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,168
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,011
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,913
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,855
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,645
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2,424
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,100
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,916
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,769
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,727
Chile`CHL`South America	1,669
Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,647
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,566
Peru`PER`South America	1,130
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,129
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,004
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,003
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	990
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	824
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	818
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	757
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	736
Bolivia`BOL`South America	701
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	675
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	613
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	595
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	595
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	594
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	549
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	535
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	461
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	399
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	389
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	381
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	336
Niger`NER`Western Africa	301
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	216
Colombia`COL`South America	208
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	199
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	187
Uruguay`URY`South America	165
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	148
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	146
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	134
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	131
Paraguay`PRY`South America	120
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	118
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	88
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	88
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	83
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	80
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	80
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	79
Belize`BLZ`Central America	78
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	59
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	55
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	39
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	37
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	34
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	27
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	19
Honduras`HND`Central America	16
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	15
Guyana`GUY`South America	7
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	6
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	5
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	5
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Pakistan1,702,698
Iran886,465
Syria755,435
Germany571,672
Kenya566,482

Lowest

Montserratshared0
Mongoliashared0
Myanmarshared0
Macaushared0
Saint Luciashared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,074. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −3countries joined / left
151values changed, of 164 in both
91 · 60rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Kenya402,891 → 566,482+163,591
Ethiopia154,288 → 288,839+134,551
Liberia24,735 → 128,283+103,548
Yemen190,088 → 214,736+24,648
Tanzania109,286 → 131,243+21,957

Fell most

Syria1,005,471 → 755,435−250,036
Pakistan1,900,619 → 1,702,698−197,921
Iran1,073,363 → 886,465−186,898
United Kingdom238,133 → 193,494−44,639
Sudan178,305 → 139,407−38,898

+ Aruba

+ Lesotho

+ Monaco

+ Madagascar

+ South Sudan

− Cayman Islands

− Singapore

− Vanuatu

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

156 distinct values among 169
Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 169 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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Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2011). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2011

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170 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions