Data for 2014

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014

Name: Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014
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 2014, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014 covers 172 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 1,587,365; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,168. Against 2013, 159 values changed (109 up, 50 down), 3 countries joined, 2 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2014

HighestTürkiye

1,587,365

Lowest7 countries share it

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

172countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
156distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,587,365
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,505,521
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,154,029
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	982,025
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	659,520
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	654,131
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	551,351
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	452,897
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	385,503
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	301,052
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	300,421
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	277,818
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	271,137
United States`USA`Northern America	267,214
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	264,122
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	257,637
France`FRA`Western Europe	252,248
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	248,152
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	236,085
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	235,732
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	232,468
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	216,956
India`IND`Southern Asia	199,931
Venezuela`VEN`South America	173,591
Canada`CAN`Northern America	149,164
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	149,135
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	142,197
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	130,227
Ecuador`ECU`South America	122,129
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	119,752
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	117,226
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	112,182
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99,362
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	94,119
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	93,712
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	88,492
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82,483
Niger`NER`Western Africa	77,826
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	75,628
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	73,822
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	62,596
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60,724
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54,842
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	52,931
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	47,025
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	43,749
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	39,698
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	38,586
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38,490
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	35,565
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	31,894
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	29,170
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	27,964
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25,566
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	21,773
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	20,726
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	20,525
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18,448
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17,767
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	17,635
Panama`PAN`Central America	17,256
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15,730
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15,468
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	15,193
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14,267
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	11,783
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11,606
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11,026
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,292
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9,503
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8,763
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	8,685
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7,692
Brazil`BRA`South America	7,478
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6,883
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6,455
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6,095
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6,076
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5,871
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,832
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5,797
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5,120
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,534
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4,267
Argentina`ARG`South America	3,473
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,206
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3,129
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,898
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,854
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,732
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,642
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,562
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,171
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,027
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,918
Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,820
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,765
Chile`CHL`South America	1,764
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,371
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,342
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,298
Peru`PER`South America	1,275
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,237
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,205
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,164
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,091
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,007
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,007
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	919
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	895
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	880
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	858
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	791
Bolivia`BOL`South America	751
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	724
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	704
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	628
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	611
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	608
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	559
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	511
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	508
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	484
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	419
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	414
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	386
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	323
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	310
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	276
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	273
Uruguay`URY`South America	254
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	251
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	213
Colombia`COL`South America	198
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	168
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	160
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	160
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	150
Paraguay`PRY`South America	149
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	132
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	123
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	111
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	102
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	93
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	82
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	76
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	59
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	43
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	34
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	34
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	33
Honduras`HND`Central America	28
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	12
Guyana`GUY`South America	12
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11
Belize`BLZ`Central America	10
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	5
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	5
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Türkiye1,587,365
Pakistan1,505,521
Lebanon1,154,029
Iran982,025
Ethiopia659,520

Lowest

Vietnamshared0
Timor-Lesteshared0
Myanmarshared0
Macaushared0
Cabo Verdeshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,168. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −2countries joined / left
159values changed, of 169 in both
109 · 50rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Türkiye609,931 → 1,587,365+977,434
Lebanon856,539 → 1,154,029+297,490
Afghanistan16,861 → 300,421+283,560
Russia3,450 → 235,732+232,282
Ethiopia433,933 → 659,520+225,587

Fell most

Pakistan1,616,505 → 1,505,521−110,984
Venezuela204,331 → 173,591−30,740
Mauritania92,766 → 75,628−17,138
Liberia53,243 → 38,586−14,657
Tanzania102,099 → 88,492−13,607

+ Cabo Verde

+ Singapore

+ Timor-Leste

− Haiti

− 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.

How values are stored

156 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published. 7 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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https://api.unhcr.org/population/v1/population/?limit=1000&yearFrom=2014&yearTo=2014&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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Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2014). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2014

0636 held

Other years

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2013
171 countries
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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2015
175 countries
All of them
Refugee Population by Country of Asylum: every year
36 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions