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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016

Figures for 2016, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016 covers 175 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 2,869,419; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,640. Against 2015, 156 values changed (97 up, 59 down), 3 countries joined, 3 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2016

HighestTürkiye

2,869,419

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2,869,419
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,352,551
LebanonLBNWestern Asia1,012,959
IranIRNSouthern Asia979,435
UgandaUGAEastern Africa940,825
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa791,631
JordanJORWestern Asia685,188
GermanyDEUWestern Europe669,468
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa451,957
KenyaKENEastern Africa451,097
SudanSDNNorthern Africa421,459
ChadTCDMiddle Africa391,235
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa375,413
ChinaCHNEastern Asia317,254
FranceFRAWestern Europe304,527
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa281,498
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia276,203
United StatesUSANorthern America272,963
YemenYEMWestern Asia269,778
South SudanSSDEastern Africa262,558
IraqIRQWestern Asia261,863
SwedenSWENorthern Europe230,158
RussiaRUSEastern Europe228,981
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa213,515
IndiaINDSouthern Asia197,848

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Türkiye2,869,419
  2. Pakistan1,352,551
  3. Lebanon1,012,959
  4. Iran979,435
  5. Uganda940,825

Lowest

  1. Vietnamshared0
  2. Surinameshared0
  3. Mauritiusshared0
  4. Myanmarshared0
  5. Macaushared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,640. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −3countries joined / left
  • 156values changed, of 172 in both
  • 97 · 59rose · fell
  • 16unchanged

Rose most

  • Uganda477,187 → 940,825+463,638
  • Germany316,098 → 669,468+353,370
  • Türkiye2,541,348 → 2,869,419+328,071
  • Sudan309,632 → 421,459+111,827
  • Tanzania211,845 → 281,498+69,653

Fell most

  • Pakistan1,561,157 → 1,352,551−208,606
  • Afghanistan257,553 → 59,770−197,783
  • Kenya553,907 → 451,097−102,810
  • Russia314,498 → 228,981−85,517
  • Lebanon1,070,844 → 1,012,959−57,885
+ Aruba+ Mauritius+ Suriname− North Korea− Solomon Islands− Timor-Leste

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

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

The site’s method

  • 160 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 (2016). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2016

0636 held

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07Questions

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest refugees hosted in Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016?

Türkiye, at 2,869,419, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016 cover?

175.

Where can I download Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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