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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2018

Figures for 2018, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2018 covers 176 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 3,681,688; 10 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,735. Against 2017, 155 values changed (102 up, 53 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2018

HighestTürkiye

3,681,688

Lowest10 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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2018: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia3,681,688
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,404,008
UgandaUGAEastern Africa1,165,646
SudanSDNNorthern Africa1,078,280
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1,063,835
IranIRNSouthern Asia979,435
LebanonLBNWestern Asia949,653
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia906,640
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa903,226
JordanJORWestern Asia715,298
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa529,065
ChadTCDMiddle Africa451,203
KenyaKENEastern Africa421,243
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa380,327
FranceFRAWestern Europe368,345
ChinaCHNEastern Asia321,758
United StatesUSANorthern America313,242
South SudanSSDEastern Africa291,838
IraqIRQWestern Asia283,018
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa278,322
YemenYEMWestern Asia264,359
SwedenSWENorthern Europe248,210
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa246,746
IndiaINDSouthern Asia195,887
ItalyITASouthern Europe189,227

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Türkiye3,681,688
  2. Pakistan1,404,008
  3. Uganda1,165,646
  4. Sudan1,078,280
  5. Germany1,063,835

Lowest

  1. Vietnamshared0
  2. Solomon Islandsshared0
  3. Singaporeshared0
  4. Myanmarshared0
  5. Cambodiashared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,735. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −1countries joined / left
  • 155values changed, of 173 in both
  • 102 · 53rose · fell
  • 18unchanged

Rose most

  • Türkiye3,480,350 → 3,681,688+201,338
  • Sudan906,590 → 1,078,280+171,690
  • Germany970,357 → 1,063,835+93,478
  • Cameroon337,382 → 380,327+42,945
  • Chad411,475 → 451,203+39,728

Fell most

+ Barbados+ Singapore+ Solomon Islands− Macau

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

  • 159 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published. 10 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 176 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 (2018). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2018

0636 held

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07Questions

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest refugees hosted in Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2018?

Türkiye, at 3,681,688, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2018 cover?

176.

Where can I download Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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