Refugee population by country or territory of origin 1991 - 2020

Description	Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of origin generally refers to the nationality or country of citizenship of a claimant.
Unit of measure	Absolute number

Description

Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of origin generally refers to the nationality or country of citizenship of a claimant.

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Absolute number

Source: UNHCR

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	United States
1991	8
1992	8
1993	10
1994	364
1995	243
1996	141
1997	75
1998	50
1999	38
2000	173
2001	220
2002	383
2003	394
2004	451
2005	676
2006	1,353
2007	2,164
2008	2,126
2009	2,367
2010	3,019
2011	3,775
2012	4,454
2013	4,755
2014	4,980
2015	4,824
2016	302
2017	310
2018	333
2019	298
2020	369

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Refugee population by country or territory of origin 1991 - 2020

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