Data for 2020

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2020

Name: Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2020
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 2020, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2020 covers 177 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 3,652,362; 15 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,581. Against 2019, 157 values changed (98 up, 59 down), 1 country joined.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2020

HighestTürkiye

3,652,362

Lowest15 countries share it

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

177countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,652,362
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,438,940
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,421,133
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,210,596
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,040,288
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	870,388
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	866,534
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	800,454
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	800,025
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	702,461
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	490,243
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	478,649
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	452,916
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	436,396
France`FRA`Western Europe	436,055
United States`USA`Northern America	340,846
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	314,438
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	303,405
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	272,826
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	270,377
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	248,372
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	234,645
Niger`NER`Western Africa	233,293
India`IND`Southern Asia	195,373
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	166,906
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	141,816
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	139,491
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	132,304
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	129,902
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	128,033
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	115,798
Canada`CAN`Northern America	109,214
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	107,910
Ecuador`ECU`South America	104,582
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	103,624
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	103,101
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	97,651
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	96,179
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	95,897
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	93,607
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	76,729
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	75,461
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	72,278
Venezuela`VEN`South America	68,089
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	66,070
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	66,056
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	64,973
Brazil`BRA`South America	59,092
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	57,411
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	49,653
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	47,380
Mexico`MEX`Central America	45,434
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	36,643
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	27,097
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	26,085
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25,791
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23,428
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	21,193
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	21,113
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	20,260
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20,252
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19,555
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15,304
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14,892
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14,361
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13,997
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12,406
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11,220
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	10,798
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10,781
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10,114
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	9,593
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9,261
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9,168
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9,083
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9,035
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8,213
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	6,505
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,029
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5,838
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,578
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5,232
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5,158
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,757
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4,378
Peru`PER`South America	4,272
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4,149
Argentina`ARG`South America	3,965
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,581
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3,578
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3,443
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,179
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,900
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,771
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,580
Panama`PAN`Central America	2,562
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2,405
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2,249
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,086
Chile`CHL`South America	2,053
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,919
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,880
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,846
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,843
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1,780
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,748
Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,686
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,572
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1,460
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,396
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,315
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,132
Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,116
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,074
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,008
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1,006
Colombia`COL`South America	957
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	956
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	945
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	823
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	732
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	709
Uruguay`URY`South America	664
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	637
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	617
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	467
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	442
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	440
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	405
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	342
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	334
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	330
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	311
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	308
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	303
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	277
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	271
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	256
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	245
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	222
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	201
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	201
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	166
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	162
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	129
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	112
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	105
Honduras`HND`Central America	85
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	68
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	48
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	38
Belize`BLZ`Central America	29
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	27
Guyana`GUY`South America	23
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	22
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	20
Suriname`SUR`South America	19
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	13
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	8
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Türkiye3,652,362
Pakistan1,438,940
Uganda1,421,133
Germany1,210,596
Sudan1,040,288

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,581. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 176 in both
98 · 59rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Armenia17,980 → 107,910+89,930
Türkiye3,579,531 → 3,652,362+72,831
Ethiopia733,123 → 800,454+67,331
Germany1,146,682 → 1,210,596+63,914
Uganda1,359,458 → 1,421,133+61,675

Fell most

Iran979,435 → 800,025−179,410
Yemen268,503 → 166,906−101,597
Italy207,602 → 128,033−79,569
Lebanon916,141 → 870,388−45,753
DR Congo523,733 → 490,243−33,490

+ Grenada

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 177
Values are stored exactly as published. 15 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 177 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 (2020). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2020

0636 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2019
176 countries
The year after ›
Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2021
179 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