Data for 2012

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012

Figures for 2012, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012 covers 170 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 1,638,452; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,534. Against 2011, 152 values changed (81 up, 71 down), 3 countries joined, 2 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2012

HighestPakistan

1,638,452

Lowest11 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.

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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	1,638,452
IranIRNSouthern Asia	868,239
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	589,735
KenyaKENEastern Africa	564,921
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	476,496
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	376,388
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	373,690
JordanJORWestern Asia	302,700
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	301,037
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	267,063
United StatesUSANorthern America	262,006
YemenYEMWestern Asia	237,176
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	230,696
FranceFRAWestern Europe	217,865
VenezuelaVENSouth America	203,635
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	202,581
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	197,872
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	185,644
CanadaCANNorthern America	163,751
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	152,188
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	149,790
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	133,913
EcuadorECUSouth America	123,793
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	109,923
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	101,021
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	98,961
IraqIRQWestern Asia	98,818
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	98,446
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	94,130
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	92,869
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	90,173
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	84,475
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	80,500
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	71,893
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	66,367
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	65,899
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	65,225
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	65,106
ItalyITASouthern Europe	64,782
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	58,217
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	56,263
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	51,707
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	50,733
NigerNERWestern Africa	50,509
IsraelISRWestern Asia	48,490
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	42,805
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	41,811
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	39,304
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	30,061
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	25,647
TogoTGOWestern Africa	23,539
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	23,401
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	22,023
Costa RicaCRICentral America	20,435
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	19,136
PanamaPANCentral America	17,414
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	16,184
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	16,012
PolandPOLEastern Europe	15,897
SenegalSENWestern Africa	14,229
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	14,015
MaliMLIWestern Africa	13,930
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	11,797
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	11,193
GuineaGINWestern Africa	10,369
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	9,910
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	9,846
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	9,378
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	8,242
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	7,780
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	7,065
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	6,904
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	6,546
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	6,309
BeninBENWestern Africa	4,960
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4,940
BrazilBRASouth America	4,681
SpainESPSouthern Europe	4,502
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	4,395
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	4,354
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	4,203
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	4,034
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	3,972
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	3,627
EritreaERIEastern Africa	3,600
ArgentinaARGSouth America	3,468
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	3,164
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	3,151
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	2,910
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2,849
UkraineUKREastern Europe	2,790
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	2,784
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	2,780
JapanJPNEastern Asia	2,579
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	2,307
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2,273
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	2,248
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	2,090
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	1,811
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	1,808
ChileCHLSouth America	1,692
GabonGABMiddle Africa	1,661
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	1,504
MexicoMEXCentral America	1,501
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	1,467
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	1,433
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	1,263
PeruPERSouth America	1,100
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	1,076
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	871
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	757
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	745
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	722
BoliviaBOLSouth America	717
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	676
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	650
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	628
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	575
BelarusBLREastern Europe	572
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	561
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	499
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	488
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	473
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	468
CubaCUBCaribbean	366
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	289
ColombiaCOLSouth America	204
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	178
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	176
UruguayURYSouth America	170
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	169
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	157
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	141
OmanOMNWestern Asia	138
ParaguayPRYSouth America	129
NicaraguaNICCentral America	124
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	113
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	109
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	105
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	103
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	84
QatarQATWestern Asia	80
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	75
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	55
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	48
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	46
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	43
MonacoMCOWestern Europe	37
BahamasBHSCaribbean	36
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	33
BelizeBLZCentral America	27
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	19
HondurasHNDCentral America	16
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	13
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	13
GuyanaGUYSouth America	7
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	5
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	5
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean	5
ArubaABWCaribbean	0
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0
FijiFJIMelanesia	0
HaitiHTICaribbean	0
MacauMACEastern Asia	0
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0
NauruNRUMicronesia	0
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Pakistan1,638,452
Iran868,239
Germany589,735
Kenya564,921
Syria476,496

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,534. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −2countries joined / left
152values changed, of 167 in both
81 · 71rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

Türkiye14,457 → 267,063+252,606
Lebanon8,971 → 133,913+124,942
South Sudan105,023 → 202,581+97,558
Ethiopia288,839 → 376,388+87,549
Iraq35,184 → 98,818+63,634

Fell most

Syria755,435 → 476,496−278,939
Jordan451,000 → 302,700−148,300
DR Congo152,748 → 65,106−87,642
Pakistan1,702,698 → 1,638,452−64,246
Liberia128,283 → 65,899−62,384

+ Nauru

+ Solomon Islands

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

− Grenada

− Saint Lucia

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

157 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published. 11 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 170 countries has every column.

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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 (2012). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2012

0636 held

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07Questions