Data for 2016

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016

Name: Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016
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 2016, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016 covers 175 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 2,869,419; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,640. Against 2015, 156 values changed (97 up, 59 down), 3 countries joined, 3 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2016

HighestTürkiye

2,869,419

Lowest9 countries share it

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

175countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
160distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,869,419
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,352,551
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,012,959
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	979,435
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	940,825
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	791,631
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	685,188
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	669,468
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	451,957
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	451,097
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	421,459
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	391,235
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	375,413
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	317,254
France`FRA`Western Europe	304,527
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	281,498
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	276,203
United States`USA`Northern America	272,963
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	269,778
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	262,558
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	261,863
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	230,158
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	228,981
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	213,515
India`IND`Southern Asia	197,848
Venezuela`VEN`South America	172,047
Niger`NER`Western Africa	166,089
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	156,065
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	147,362
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	118,973
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	106,431
Ecuador`ECU`South America	102,848
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	101,727
Canada`CAN`Northern America	97,322
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	94,220
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	93,242
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	92,256
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	91,018
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	82,668
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	74,146
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	59,770
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	59,512
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	57,462
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	46,454
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	46,411
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	42,187
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	42,158
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	36,517
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	33,501
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	32,551
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	30,529
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29,338
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	25,249
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19,807
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	18,978
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18,402
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	17,883
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	17,794
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	17,683
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	17,510
Panama`PAN`Central America	17,332
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15,547
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14,575
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12,983
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12,486
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	12,117
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	11,866
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	11,738
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11,579
Brazil`BRA`South America	9,674
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9,529
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9,386
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9,311
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9,264
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8,478
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7,941
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7,936
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7,824
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7,423
Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,178
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,720
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5,266
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5,067
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,762
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4,736
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,663
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,162
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3,640
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,292
Argentina`ARG`South America	3,267
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,880
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,724
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,512
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,342
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,122
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,090
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,020
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,798
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,747
Chile`CHL`South America	1,730
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1,647
Peru`PER`South America	1,615
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,408
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,397
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,357
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,284
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,193
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,189
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	980
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	970
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	935
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	926
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	888
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	804
Bolivia`BOL`South America	776
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	725
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	683
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	647
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	646
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	634
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	602
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	593
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	508
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	454
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	419
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	392
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	340
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	334
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	325
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	316
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	312
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	312
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	300
Uruguay`URY`South America	299
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	295
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	270
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	245
Colombia`COL`South America	241
Paraguay`PRY`South America	199
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	176
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	161
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	141
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	136
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	104
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	91
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	53
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	46
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	27
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	26
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	26
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	18
Honduras`HND`Central America	16
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13
Guyana`GUY`South America	12
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	9
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	5
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	5
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Suriname`SUR`South America	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Türkiye2,869,419
Pakistan1,352,551
Lebanon1,012,959
Iran979,435
Uganda940,825

Lowest

Vietnamshared0
Surinameshared0
Mauritiusshared0
Myanmarshared0
Macaushared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,640. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −3countries joined / left
156values changed, of 172 in both
97 · 59rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Uganda477,187 → 940,825+463,638
Germany316,098 → 669,468+353,370
Türkiye2,541,348 → 2,869,419+328,071
Sudan309,632 → 421,459+111,827
Tanzania211,845 → 281,498+69,653

Fell most

Pakistan1,561,157 → 1,352,551−208,606
Afghanistan257,553 → 59,770−197,783
Kenya553,907 → 451,097−102,810
Russia314,498 → 228,981−85,517
Lebanon1,070,844 → 1,012,959−57,885

+ Aruba

+ Mauritius

+ Suriname

− North Korea

− Solomon Islands

− Timor-Leste

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

160 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published. 9 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 175 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 (2016). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2016

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36 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions