Refugee Populations in the World in 2013..
After comparing statistics for the Refugee Resettlement Programme 2014, it was noted that many people see the Total Refugee numbers and confusion arises over the different figures between Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Refugee Resettlement.
The following figures are from the worldbank, and are selected as the same countries shown as taking the largest number of Refugee Resettlement in 2014
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum in 2013
263,662 refugee population in United States which is 0.08% of the total population
160,349 refugee population in Canada which is 0.45% of the total population
114,175 refugee population in Sweden which is 1.16% of the total population
46,106 refugee population in Norway which is 0.89% of the total population
34,503 refugee population in Australia which is 0.14% of the total population
11,252 refugee population in Finland which is 0.21% of the total population
The FIVE countries that take the most Refugees are shown as:
2,712,888 refugee population in Jordan which is 35.72% of the total population
1,994,493 refugee population in West Bank and Gaza which is 44.82% of the total population
1,616,507 refugee population in Pakistan which is 0.85% of the total population
857,354 refugee population in Iran, Islamic Rep. which is 1.09% of the total population
609,938 refugee population in Turkey which is 0.79% of the total population
Some Other Major Nations taking in Temporary Refugees are:
609,938 refugee population in Turkey which is 0.79% of the total population
301,047 refugee population in China which is 0.02% of the total population
232,487 refugee population in France which is 0.35% of the total population
188,395 refugee population in India which is 0.01% of the total population
187,567 refugee population in Germany which is 0.23% of the total population
126,055 refugee population in United Kingdom which is 0.19% of the total population
78,061 refugee population in Italy which is 0.13% of the total population
74,707 refugee population in Netherlands which is 0.44% of the total population
55,598 refugee population in Austria which is 0.65% of the total population
13,170 refugee population in Denmark which is 0.23% of the total population
Sweden does appear to a Western Country that takes in a large number of Temporary Refugees when compared to its own population, at a rate of 1.16% of the total population.
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