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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014

Figures for 2014, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014 covers 172 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 1,587,365; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,168. Against 2013, 159 values changed (109 up, 50 down), 3 countries joined, 2 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2014

HighestTürkiye

1,587,365

Lowest7 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, 2014, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 172 countries · select a heading to sort

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1,587,365
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,505,521
LebanonLBNWestern Asia1,154,029
IranIRNSouthern Asia982,025
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa659,520
JordanJORWestern Asia654,131
KenyaKENEastern Africa551,351
ChadTCDMiddle Africa452,897
UgandaUGAEastern Africa385,503
ChinaCHNEastern Asia301,052
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia300,421
SudanSDNNorthern Africa277,818
IraqIRQWestern Asia271,137
United StatesUSANorthern America267,214
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa264,122
YemenYEMWestern Asia257,637
FranceFRAWestern Europe252,248
South SudanSSDEastern Africa248,152
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa236,085
RussiaRUSEastern Europe235,732
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia232,468
GermanyDEUWestern Europe216,956
IndiaINDSouthern Asia199,931
VenezuelaVENSouth America173,591
CanadaCANNorthern America149,164

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Türkiye1,587,365
  2. Pakistan1,505,521
  3. Lebanon1,154,029
  4. Iran982,025
  5. Ethiopia659,520

Lowest

  1. Vietnamshared0
  2. Timor-Lesteshared0
  3. Myanmarshared0
  4. Macaushared0
  5. Cabo Verdeshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,168. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −2countries joined / left
  • 159values changed, of 169 in both
  • 109 · 50rose · fell
  • 10unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Cabo Verde+ Singapore+ Timor-Leste− Haiti− 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

  • 156 distinct values among 172

    Values are stored exactly as published. 7 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 172 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 (2014). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2014

0636 held

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07Questions

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014: questions and answers

Which country has the highest refugees hosted in Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014?

Türkiye, at 1,587,365, of the 172 countries in the file.

What year does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014 describe?

2014.

How many countries does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014 cover?

172.

Where can I download Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2014?

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, 2014 the newest?

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

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