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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017

Figures for 2017, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017 covers 174 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 3,480,350; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,776. Against 2016, 154 values changed (103 up, 51 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2017

HighestTürkiye

3,480,350

Lowest8 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, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 174 countries · select a heading to sort

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia3,480,350
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,393,132
UgandaUGAEastern Africa1,350,495
LebanonLBNWestern Asia998,876
IranIRNSouthern Asia979,435
GermanyDEUWestern Europe970,357
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia932,209
SudanSDNNorthern Africa906,590
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa889,412
JordanJORWestern Asia691,015
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa537,089
KenyaKENEastern Africa431,895
ChadTCDMiddle Africa411,475
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa337,382
FranceFRAWestern Europe337,158
ChinaCHNEastern Asia321,714
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa308,528
United StatesUSANorthern America287,135
South SudanSSDEastern Africa283,405
IraqIRQWestern Asia277,668
YemenYEMWestern Asia270,913
SwedenSWENorthern Europe240,954
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa232,647
IndiaINDSouthern Asia197,142
RwandaRWAEastern Africa170,991

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Türkiye3,480,350
  2. Pakistan1,393,132
  3. Uganda1,350,495
  4. Lebanon998,876
  5. Iran979,435

Lowest

  1. Vietnamshared0
  2. Myanmarshared0
  3. Macaushared0
  4. Saint Kitts and Nevisshared0
  5. Cabo Verdeshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,776. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −2countries joined / left
  • 154values changed, of 173 in both
  • 103 · 51rose · fell
  • 19unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Russia228,981 → 126,021−102,960
  • Venezuela172,047 → 122,804−49,243
  • Cameroon375,413 → 337,382−38,031
  • Kenya451,097 → 431,895−19,202
  • Panama17,332 → 2,417−14,915
+ Saint Kitts and Nevis− Antigua and Barbuda− Micronesia

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 174

    Values are stored exactly as published. 8 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 174 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 (2017). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2017

0636 held

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07Questions

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest refugees hosted in Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017?

Türkiye, at 3,480,350, of the 174 countries in the file.

What year does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017 cover?

174.

Where can I download Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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