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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004

Figures for 2004, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004 covers 148 countries. United States is highest, at 263,675; 20 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 314. Against 2003, 131 values changed (72 up, 59 down), 1 country joined.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2004

HighestUnited States

263,675

Lowest20 countries share it

0

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.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 148 countries · select a heading to sort

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
United StatesUSANorthern America263,675
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa115,224
GermanyDEUWestern Europe86,124
FranceFRAWestern Europe59,346
AustriaAUTWestern Europe38,262
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe28,419
SwedenSWENorthern Europe28,006
CanadaCANNorthern America27,276
BelgiumBELWestern Europe22,857
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe18,616
JordanJORWestern Asia12,450
BurundiBDIEastern Africa10,705
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia10,313
CyprusCYPWestern Asia9,995
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe9,700
KenyaKENEastern Africa9,469
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa8,741
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia8,147
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe7,363
GuineaGINWestern Africa6,317
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa6,123
GhanaGHAWestern Africa6,013
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand5,017
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa4,886
GabonGABMiddle Africa4,837

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States263,675
  2. South Africa115,224
  3. Germany86,124
  4. France59,346
  5. Austria38,262

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0
  2. Vietnamshared0
  3. Turkmenistanshared0
  4. Chadshared0
  5. El Salvadorshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 314. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 131values changed, of 147 in both
  • 72 · 59rose · fell
  • 16unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bahrain

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 118 distinct values among 148

    Values are stored exactly as published. 20 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 148 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2004). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2004

0626 held

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07Questions

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest asylum-seekers in Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004?

United States, at 263,675, of the 148 countries in the file.

What year does Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004 cover?

148.

Where can I download Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2004 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2025.

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