Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 1960 - 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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	Germany
1960	197,000
1961	190,000
1962	185,000
1963	182,000
1964	180,000
1965	180,000
1966	140,000
1967	112,000
1968	110,000
1969	113,000
1970	115,000
1971	125,000
1972	125,000
1973	125,000
1974	123,000
1975	122,000
1976	122,000
1977	120,000
1978	83,500
1979	87,000
1980	94,000
1981	100,000
1982	100,000
1983	115,000
1984	126,600
1985	475,000
1986	547,900
1987	596,200
1988	610,200
1989	628,500
1990	816,000
1991	821,500
1992	1,236,000
1993	1,418,000
1994	1,354,600
1995	1,267,900
1996	1,266,000
1997	1,049,000
1998	949,200
1999	975,500
2000	906,000
2001	903,000
2002	980,001
2003	960,393
2004	876,614
2005	699,996
2006	605,359
2007	578,866
2008	582,719
2009	593,787
2010	594,250
2011	571,672
2012	589,735
2013	187,545
2014	216,956
2015	316,098
2016	669,468
2017	970,357
2018	1,063,835
2019	1,146,682
2020	1,210,636

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Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 1960 - 2020

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