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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2019

Figures for 2019, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2019 covers 176 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 3,579,531; 13 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 3,823. Against 2018, 156 values changed (95 up, 61 down), 2 countries joined, 2 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2019

HighestTürkiye

3,579,531

Lowest13 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia3,579,531
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,419,596
UgandaUGAEastern Africa1,359,458
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1,146,682
SudanSDNNorthern Africa1,055,489
IranIRNSouthern Asia979,435
LebanonLBNWestern Asia916,141
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia854,779
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa733,123
JordanJORWestern Asia693,668
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa523,733
ChadTCDMiddle Africa442,670
KenyaKENEastern Africa438,899
FranceFRAWestern Europe407,915
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa406,259
United StatesUSANorthern America341,715
ChinaCHNEastern Asia303,379
South SudanSSDEastern Africa298,309
IraqIRQWestern Asia273,986
YemenYEMWestern Asia268,503
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa258,391
SwedenSWENorthern Europe253,787
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa242,171
ItalyITASouthern Europe207,602
IndiaINDSouthern Asia195,103

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Türkiye3,579,531
  2. Pakistan1,419,596
  3. Uganda1,359,458
  4. Germany1,146,682
  5. Sudan1,055,489

Lowest

  1. Vietnamshared0
  2. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0
  3. Singaporeshared0
  4. Mongoliashared0
  5. Myanmarshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,823. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −2countries joined / left
  • 156values changed, of 174 in both
  • 95 · 61rose · fell
  • 18unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Anguilla+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines− Solomon Islands− Samoa

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

  • 162 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published. 13 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 (2019). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2019

0636 held

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07Questions

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest refugees hosted in Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2019?

Türkiye, at 3,579,531, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2019 cover?

176.

Where can I download Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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