Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | Refugee population by country or territory of origin

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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | Refugee population by country or territory of origin
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
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1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990 5732184
1991 5158122
1992 5416785
1993 6317015
1994 6726320
1995 5622341
1996 4349729
1997 3538272
1998 3409975
1999 3532980
2000 3763352
2001 3458569
2002 3500330
2003 3287797
2004 3195818
2005 3074017
2006 3026392
2007 2733775
2008 2613496
2009 2650150
2010 2793749
2011 3354349
2012

Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | Refugee population by country or territory of origin

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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria
Records
53
Source