Data for 2017

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017

Name: Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017
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 2017, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017 covers 174 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 3,480,350; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,776. Against 2016, 154 values changed (103 up, 51 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2017

HighestTürkiye

3,480,350

Lowest8 countries share it

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

174countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
161distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,480,350
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,393,132
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,350,495
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	998,876
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	979,435
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	970,357
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	932,209
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	906,590
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	889,412
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	691,015
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	537,089
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	431,895
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	411,475
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	337,382
France`FRA`Western Europe	337,158
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	321,714
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	308,528
United States`USA`Northern America	287,135
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	283,405
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	277,668
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	270,913
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	240,954
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	232,647
India`IND`Southern Asia	197,142
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	170,991
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	167,330
Niger`NER`Western Africa	165,729
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	126,021
Venezuela`VEN`South America	122,804
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	121,821
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	115,252
Canada`CAN`Northern America	104,768
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	104,605
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	103,843
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	103,837
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	94,248
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	93,030
Ecuador`ECU`South America	92,405
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	88,694
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	77,424
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	75,927
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	62,353
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	59,230
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48,509
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	48,480
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	42,158
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	41,266
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	41,119
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	38,988
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	35,668
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32,205
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	25,657
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	24,152
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21,467
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20,793
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19,425
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	19,166
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	17,968
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	17,553
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17,541
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	17,036
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14,646
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14,565
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12,425
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	12,225
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12,153
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	11,207
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11,109
Brazil`BRA`South America	10,260
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10,033
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10,018
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9,790
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,782
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9,352
Mexico`MEX`Central America	8,993
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	8,977
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	8,039
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7,994
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7,566
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6,394
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5,671
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5,224
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5,156
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,876
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,703
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,479
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,911
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3,640
Argentina`ARG`South America	3,332
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,241
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,521
Panama`PAN`Central America	2,417
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,392
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,238
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,189
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,182
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,155
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,116
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,089
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,020
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,910
Chile`CHL`South America	1,861
Peru`PER`South America	1,788
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,619
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,577
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,559
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,465
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,120
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,056
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	964
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	912
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	884
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	845
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	820
Bolivia`BOL`South America	802
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	794
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	790
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	726
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	678
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	653
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	613
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	611
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	602
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	594
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	512
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	508
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	414
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	405
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	391
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	361
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	360
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	343
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	334
Uruguay`URY`South America	334
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	322
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	308
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	282
Colombia`COL`South America	260
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	255
Paraguay`PRY`South America	200
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	188
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	164
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	153
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	124
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	74
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	55
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	40
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39
Suriname`SUR`South America	34
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	29
Honduras`HND`Central America	27
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	25
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	22
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	20
Guyana`GUY`South America	17
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	8
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	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
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Türkiye3,480,350
Pakistan1,393,132
Uganda1,350,495
Lebanon998,876
Iran979,435

Lowest

Vietnamshared0
Myanmarshared0
Macaushared0
Saint Kitts and Nevisshared0
Cabo Verdeshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,776. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −2countries joined / left
154values changed, of 173 in both
103 · 51rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh276,203 → 932,209+656,006
Türkiye2,869,419 → 3,480,350+610,931
Sudan421,459 → 906,590+485,131
Uganda940,825 → 1,350,495+409,670
Germany669,468 → 970,357+300,889

Fell most

Russia228,981 → 126,021−102,960
Venezuela172,047 → 122,804−49,243
Cameroon375,413 → 337,382−38,031
Kenya451,097 → 431,895−19,202
Panama17,332 → 2,417−14,915

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Micronesia

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

161 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 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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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2017). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2017

0636 held

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

07Questions