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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2007

Figures for 2007, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2007 covers 154 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 2,035,025; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 5,093. Against 2006, 143 values changed (80 up, 63 down), 2 countries joined.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2007

HighestPakistan

2,035,025

Lowest4 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 Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2007, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 154 countries · select a heading to sort

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2007: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia2,035,025
SyriaSYRWestern Asia1,503,767
IranIRNSouthern Asia963,544
GermanyDEUWestern Europe578,866
JordanJORWestern Asia500,273
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa435,630
ChinaCHNEastern Asia301,075
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe299,701
ChadTCDMiddle Africa294,017
United StatesUSANorthern America281,154
KenyaKENEastern Africa265,729
EcuadorECUSouth America264,868
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia240,742
UgandaUGAEastern Africa228,956
SudanSDNNorthern Africa222,720
VenezuelaVENSouth America200,904
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa177,390
CanadaCANNorthern America175,728
IndiaINDSouthern Asia161,534
FranceFRAWestern Europe151,789
NepalNPLSouthern Asia130,678
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia125,627
YemenYEMWestern Asia117,358
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa112,931
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe97,991

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Pakistan2,035,025
  2. Syria1,503,767
  3. Iran963,544
  4. Germany578,866
  5. Jordan500,273

Lowest

  1. Timor-Lesteshared0
  2. Myanmarshared0
  3. Bahrainshared0
  4. Antigua and Barbudashared0
  5. Mongolia5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,093. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 143values changed, of 152 in both
  • 80 · 63rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Trinidad and Tobago

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

  • 150 distinct values among 154

    Values are stored exactly as published. 4 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 154 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 (2007). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2007

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07Questions

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2007: questions and answers

Which country has the highest refugees hosted in Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2007?

Pakistan, at 2,035,025, of the 154 countries in the file.

What year does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2007 describe?

2007.

How many countries does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2007 cover?

154.

Where can I download Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2007?

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

Is Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2007 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025.

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