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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012

Figures for 2012, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012 covers 170 countries. Pakistan is highest, at 1,638,452; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,534. Against 2011, 152 values changed (81 up, 71 down), 3 countries joined, 2 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2012

HighestPakistan

1,638,452

Lowest11 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, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 170 countries · select a heading to sort

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,638,452
IranIRNSouthern Asia868,239
GermanyDEUWestern Europe589,735
KenyaKENEastern Africa564,921
SyriaSYRWestern Asia476,496
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa376,388
ChadTCDMiddle Africa373,690
JordanJORWestern Asia302,700
ChinaCHNEastern Asia301,037
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia267,063
United StatesUSANorthern America262,006
YemenYEMWestern Asia237,176
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia230,696
FranceFRAWestern Europe217,865
VenezuelaVENSouth America203,635
South SudanSSDEastern Africa202,581
UgandaUGAEastern Africa197,872
IndiaINDSouthern Asia185,644
CanadaCANNorthern America163,751
SudanSDNNorthern Africa152,188
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe149,790
LebanonLBNWestern Asia133,913
EcuadorECUSouth America123,793
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa109,923
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa101,021

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Pakistan1,638,452
  2. Iran868,239
  3. Germany589,735
  4. Kenya564,921
  5. Syria476,496

Lowest

  1. Vietnamshared0
  2. Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0
  3. Solomon Islandsshared0
  4. Naurushared0
  5. Montserratshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,534. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −2countries joined / left
  • 152values changed, of 167 in both
  • 81 · 71rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Syria755,435 → 476,496−278,939
  • Jordan451,000 → 302,700−148,300
  • DR Congo152,748 → 65,106−87,642
  • Pakistan1,702,698 → 1,638,452−64,246
  • Liberia128,283 → 65,899−62,384
+ Nauru+ Solomon Islands+ Turks and Caicos Islands− Grenada− Saint Lucia

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

  • 157 distinct values among 170

    Values are stored exactly as published. 11 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 170 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 (2012). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2012

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07Questions

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest refugees hosted in Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012?

Pakistan, at 1,638,452, of the 170 countries in the file.

What year does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012 cover?

170.

Where can I download Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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