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List of sovereign states by refugee population

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Under international law, a refugee is a person who has fled their own country of nationality or habitual residence, and cannot return due to fear of persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. These recent migration movements are caused by a variety of reasons. Some refugees stay in refugee camps, some are urban refugees in individual accommodations, some stay in self-settled camps, and the location of some refugees is undefined or unknown by UNHCR.

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By destination country of asylum

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The below table is based on UNHCR data and does not include data for people of concern to the UNRWA or those not known to the UNHCR. These people have fled their country/territory of origin and registered with the UNHCR in these countries or territories.

More information Country/territory of asylum, Refugees per 1,000 inhabitants in mid-2015 ...
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By country of origin

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The below table is based on UNHCR data and does not include data for people of concern to the UNRWA or those not known to the UNHCR. These people registered with the UNHCR outside of their country of origin.

More information Country/territory of origin, % of the country's population who were refugees in 2014 ...
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People in refugee-like situations by region

The table is sourced from the UNHCR Global Trends Report 2022.[17]

More information Continent, Refugees ...

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Notes

  1. Countries/territories with less than 10 refugees in the given time period (2012 to 2022) are not included in this table. These (20) countries/territories are: Aruba, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Grenada, Haiti, Macau, Micronesia, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sint Maarten, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, East Timor, Tonga, Turks and Caicos Islands, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
  2. Countries/territories with less than 10 refugees in the given time period (2010 to 2014) are not included in this table. These (17) countries/territories are: Andorra, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Finland, Gibraltar, Iceland, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Norfolk Island, Palau, Samoa, San Marino, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
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