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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2015

Figures for 2015, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2015 covers 175 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 2,541,348; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,261. Against 2014, 156 values changed (104 up, 52 down), 5 countries joined, 2 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2015

HighestTürkiye

2,541,348

Lowest9 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, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 175 countries · select a heading to sort

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2015: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2,541,348
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,561,157
LebanonLBNWestern Asia1,070,844
IranIRNSouthern Asia979,435
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa736,081
JordanJORWestern Asia664,110
KenyaKENEastern Africa553,907
UgandaUGAEastern Africa477,187
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa383,095
ChadTCDMiddle Africa369,538
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa342,970
GermanyDEUWestern Europe316,098
RussiaRUSEastern Europe314,498
SudanSDNNorthern Africa309,632
ChinaCHNEastern Asia301,044
IraqIRQWestern Asia277,702
United StatesUSANorthern America273,198
FranceFRAWestern Europe273,117
YemenYEMWestern Asia267,163
South SudanSSDEastern Africa263,012
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia257,553
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia231,954
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa212,492
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa211,845
IndiaINDSouthern Asia201,379

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Türkiye2,541,348
  2. Pakistan1,561,157
  3. Lebanon1,070,844
  4. Iran979,435
  5. Ethiopia736,081

Lowest

  1. Samoashared0
  2. Vietnamshared0
  3. Timor-Lesteshared0
  4. North Koreashared0
  5. Myanmarshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,261. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +5 / −2countries joined / left
  • 156values changed, of 170 in both
  • 104 · 52rose · fell
  • 14unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Syria149,135 → 21,112−128,023
  • Chad452,897 → 369,538−83,359
  • Lebanon1,154,029 → 1,070,844−83,185
  • Afghanistan300,421 → 257,553−42,868
  • Egypt236,085 → 212,492−23,593
+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Micronesia+ Haiti+ North Korea+ Samoa− Aruba− Singapore

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

  • 161 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published. 9 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 175 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 (2015). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2015

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07Questions

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest refugees hosted in Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2015?

Türkiye, at 2,541,348, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2015 cover?

175.

Where can I download Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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