Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 1966 - 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 asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted.
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 asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted.

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Absolute number

Source: UNHCR

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	China
1966	970
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979	250,000
1980	263,000
1981	265,000
1982	272,100
1983	276,630
1984	279,750
1985	279,670
1986	281,790
1987	280,600
1988	284,300
1989	284,300
1990	287,276
1991	289,061
1992	288,123
1993	287,424
1994	287,065
1995	288,310
1996	290,099
1997	291,506
1998	292,345
1999	293,297
2000	294,109
2001	295,321
2002	297,273
2003	299,347
2004	299,367
2005	301,039
2006	301,024
2007	301,075
2008	300,966
2009	300,985
2010	300,984
2011	301,016
2012	301,037
2013	301,045
2014	301,052
2015	301,044
2016	317,254
2017	321,714
2018	321,758
2019	303,379
2020	303,410

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