The latest refugee statistics are out.

The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide has reached 43.7m people, the highest number in 15 years, according to a report published today to mark World Refugee Day.

The annual 'Global Trends' report released by the UN's High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) shows a rise of internally displaced people (IDP) - up to 27.5m at the end of 2010. However, it does also report a slight decrease in the number of refugees - down to 15.4m from 15.6m at the end of 2009.

Afghanistan continues to be the prime country with the most refugees under UNHCR responsibility across the globe. There are three million Afghan refugees, one out of three of the total worldwide number. Countries facing conflict and disruption feature heavily in the report and a big trend seen is the number of refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries.



The UNHCR says that "by the end of 2010, three quarters of the world's

refugees were residing in a country neighbouring their own" - neighbouring Pakistan and Iran were the refuge for over 2.7m Afghans in 2010.

As seen in last years report, developing countries host four fifths of the world's refugees. Pakistan, Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic are the top hosting countries globally for refugees.

So what key figures does the report bring into focus?

• Pakistan hosted the largest number of refugees in relation to the size of its economy with 710 refugees per $1 of GDP (PPP) per capita. The Democratic Republic of the Cong and Kenya came in second and third in the report • 49% of persons of concern to UNHCR were women and girls. They also make up 47% of refugees • Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia were the three major source countries of refugees in 2010 • 15,500 individual asylum applications were lodged by unaccompanied or separated children throughout 69 countries in 2010

We have extracted the key data from the report and included some key statistics and some fascinating figures to show a glimpse of this global issue. The table below shows which countries host the most refugees and where they come from. There is more comprehensive data in the spreadsheet including:

• Breakdown of where refugees from each country go to

• Ratio of refugees per 1,000 population

• Repatriations

• Demographic breakdown

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Data summary

UNHCR refugee statistics by country Click heading to sort - Download this data Origin WHERE REFUGEES COME FROM WHERE REFUGEES GO TO RETURNED REFUGEES REFUGEES PER 1,000 POP Afghanistan 3,054,709 6,434 118,032 0.20 Albania 14,772 76 0 0.02 Algeria 6,689 94,144 3 2.65 Andorra 6 Angola 134,858 15,155 488 0.79 Antigua and Barbuda 30 0 Argentina 557 3,276 0 0.08 Armenia 17,547 3,296 0 1.07 Aruba 0 0 0 0.00 Australia 37 21,805 0 0.98 Austria 10 42,630 0 5.08 Azerbaijan 16,753 1,891 0 0.21 Bahamas 17 28 0 0.08 Bahrain 87 165 0 0.13 Bangladesh 10,049 229,253 0 1.54 Barbados 32 Belarus 5,743 589 0 0.06 Belgium 83 17,892 0 1.67 Belize 23 134 0 0.43 Benin 442 7,139 0 0.81 Bermuda 0 Bhutan 75,070 Bolivia 590 695 0.07 Bosnia and Herzegovina 63,004 7,016 909 1.87 Botswana 53 2,986 0 1.49 Brazil 994 4,357 0 0.02 Brunei Darussalam 1 0 Bulgaria 2,559 5,530 0 0.74 Burkina Faso 1,145 531 0 0.03 Burundi 84,064 29,365 4,766 3.50 Cambodia 16,314 129 0 0.01 Cameroon 14,963 104,275 0 5.32 Canada 90 165,549 0 4.87 Cape Verde 25 0.00 Cayman Islands 1 1 0 0.02 Central African Rep. 164,905 21,574 49 4.90 Chad 53,733 347,939 41 30.99 Chile 1,170 1,621 0 0.09 China 184,602 300,986 0 0.22 Colombia 395,577 212 34 0.00 Comoros 368 0 0.00 Congo 20,679 133,112 101 32.92 Congo, Dem Rep 476,693 166,336 16,631 2.52 Cook Islands 1 Costa Rica 352 19,505 0 4.19 Côte d'Ivoire 41,758 26,218 46 1.33 Croatia 65,861 936 469 0.21 Cuba 7,477 411 0 0.04 Cyprus 13 3,394 0 3.08 Czech Rep. 817 2,449 0 0.23 Denmark 9 17,922 0 3.23 Djibouti 566 15,104 0 17.00 Dominica 52 0 Dominican Rep. 246 599 0 0.06 Ecuador 852 121,249 0 8.38 Egypt 6,913 95,056 0 1.17 El Salvador 4,976 38 2 0.01 Equatorial Guinea 305 0 0.00 Eritrea 222,460 4,809 0 0.92 Estonia 240 39 0 0.03 Ethiopia 68,848 154,295 6 1.86 Fiji 1,851 1 0 0.00 Finland 6 8,724 0 1.63 France 92 200,687 0 3.20 Gabon 165 9,015 0 5.99 Gambia 2,242 8,378 0 4.85 Georgia 10,640 639 3 0.15 Germany 164 594,269 0 7.22 Ghana 20,203 13,828 1 0.57 Gibraltar 2 Greece 51 1,444 0 0.13 Grenada 345 0 Guatemala 5,679 138 0 0.01 Guinea 11,985 14,113 1 1.41 Guinea-Bissau 1,127 7,679 0 5.07 Guyana 749 7 0 0.01 Haiti 25,892 0 1 0.00 Honduras 1,302 14 0 0.00 Hong Kong 17 154 0.02 Hungary 1,438 5,414 0 0.54 Iceland 4 83 0 0.26 India 17,769 184,821 0 0.15 Indonesia 16,892 811 0 0.00 Iran 68,791 1,073,366 14.51 Iraq 1,683,579 34,655 28,896 1.09 Ireland 8 9,107 0 2.04 Israel 1,301 25,471 0 3.43 Italy 50 56,397 0 0.93 Jamaica 1,057 21 0 0.01 Japan 152 2,586 0 0.02 Jordan 2,254 450,915 0 72.88 Kazakhstan 3,632 4,406 0 0.27 Kenya 8,602 402,905 325 9.95 Kiribati 33 Korea, North 917 Korea, South 358 0.01 Korea, South 585 358 0 0.01 Kuwait 988 184 0 0.07 Kyrgyzstan 2,744 2,458 0 0.46 Laos 8,414 0.00 Latvia 713 68 0 0.03 Lebanon 15,869 8,063 0 1.91 Lesotho 11 0 0.00 Liberia 70,129 24,743 1,305 6.19 Libya 2,309 7,923 1.25 Liechtenstein 0 92 0 2.55 Lithuania 515 803 0 0.24 Luxembourg 0 3,254 0 6.41 Macao 10 0 0.00 Macedonia 7,889 1,398 0 0.68 Madagascar 270 0 0 0.00 Malawi 171 5,740 0 0.39 Malaysia 552 81,516 0 2.87 Mali 3,663 13,558 0 0.88 Malta 6 6,136 0 14.73 Mauritania 37,733 26,717 1,391 7.72 Mauritius 28 0 0.00 Mexico 6,816 1,395 0 0.01 Moldova 6,200 148 0 0.04 Monaco 2 0 Mongolia 1,724 12 0 0.00 Montenegro 3,246 16,364 0 25.91 Montserrat 0 0 Morocco 2,284 792 0 0.02 Mozambique 131 4,077 5 0.17 Myanmar 415,670 0 0.00 Namibia 1,017 7,254 29 3.18 Nepal 5,889 89,808 2 3.00 Netherlands 53 74,961 0 4.51 New Zealand 15 2,307 0 0.53 Nicaragua 1,431 64 20 0.01 Niger 803 314 0 0.02 Nigeria 15,642 8,747 0 0.06 Norway 7 40,260 0 8.24 Occupied Palestinian Territory 93,323 13 0.00 Oman 63 78 0 0.03 Pakistan 39,982 1,900,621 2 10.95 Palau 0 0 0 0.00 Panama 100 17,073 0 4.85 Papua New Guinea 89 9,698 0 1.41 Paraguay 86 107 0 0.02 Peru 5,834 1,146 1 0.04 Philippines 970 243 0 0.00 Pitcairn 0 Poland 1,764 15,555 0 0.41 Portugal 30 384 0 0.04 Puerto Rico 0 Qatar 112 51 0 0.03 Romania 3,934 1,021 0 0.05 Russian Federation 111,948 4,922 38 0.03 Rwanda 114,836 55,398 10,906 5.21 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 0 0.00 Saint Lucia 334 0 0 0.00 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 946 0 0.00 Samoa 1 San Marino 2 Sao Tome and Principe 33 0 0.00 Saudi Arabia 667 582 0 0.02 Senegal 16,267 20,672 0 1.66 Serbia (and Kosovo: UNSCR 1244) 183,289 73,608 Serbia and Montenegro 0 7.47 Seychelles 49 Sierra Leone 11,275 8,363 0 1.43 Singapore 76 7 0 0.00 Slovakia 158 461 0 0.08 Slovenia 38 314 0 0.15 Solomon Islands 75 Somalia 770,154 1,937 34 0.21 South Africa 380 57,899 0 1.15 Spain 42 3,820 0 0.08 Sri Lanka 141,074 223 5,062 0.01 Sudan 387,288 178,308 4.09 Suriname 25 1 0 0.00 Swaziland 36 759 0 0.64 Sweden 25 82,629 0 8.81 Switzerland 19 48,813 0 6.37 Syria 18,452 1,005,472 0 49.26 Tajikistan 577 3,131 0 0.46 Tanzania 1,144 109,286 0 2.44 Thailand 356 96,675 0 1.40 Tibet 15,082 Timor-Leste 8 1 0 0.00 Togo 18,330 14,051 29 2.33 Tonga 6 0 Trinidad and Tobago 255 29 0 0.02 Tunisia 2,174 89 0 0.01 Turkey 146,794 10,032 255 0.14 Turkmenistan 738 62 0 0.01 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 Tuvalu 0 Uganda 6,441 135,801 59 4.06 Ukraine 25,111 3,022 0 0.07 United Arab Emirates 424 538 0 0.07 United Kingdom 153 238,150 0 3.84 United States 3,026 264,574 0 0.85 Uruguay 186 189 0 0.06 US Virgin Islands 0 Uzbekistan 8,840 311 0 0.01 Vanuatu 1 4 0 0.02 Venezuela 6,701 201,547 6.95 Viet Nam 338,698 1,928 0 0.02 Western Irian Jaya 0 811 0.00 Western Sahara 116,415 Yemen 2,076 190,092 0 7.90 Zambia 228 47,857 0 3.66 Zimbabwe 24,089 4,435 180 0.35 Stateless 16,910 0 Various 167,805 0 0 Africa 2,947,122 2,408,676 43,466 Asia 6,441,866 5,715,818 152,287 Europe 500,064 1,606,639 2,073 Latin America and the Caribbean 470,693 373,867 58 Northern America 3,116 430,123 0 Oceania 2,109 33,815 0 Various/Stateless 184,715 Total 10,549,686 197,626

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