Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre by country
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
8.29 units per square kilometre
Haiti
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
New Caledonia
Median
0.0322 units per square kilometre
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,589
What the numbers show
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 8.29 units per square kilometre in Haiti; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in New Caledonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0322 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.2682 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 166 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 103,897.0%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 100.0%).
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 8.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,330.6% | volatile |
| 2 | El Salvador | 6.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,081.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Cuba | 3.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29,455.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 2.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60,655.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Burundi | 2.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 324.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Palestine | 2.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 271.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Honduras | 1.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,998.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Tonga | 1.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,075.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Guatemala | 1.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,987.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Venezuela | 1.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103,897.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Syria | 0.9963 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 346.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Lebanon | 0.9573 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 258.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Eritrea | 0.8656 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 262.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Nauru | 0.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Rwanda | 0.7417 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.7% | rising |
| 16 | Jamaica | 0.6523 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,021.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Armenia | 0.6517 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 246.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 0.6505 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,213.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Albania | 0.6401 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Barbados | 0.593 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 0.5837 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 232.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Gambia | 0.5676 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Georgia | 0.5548 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 233.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Comoros | 0.4949 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 189.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Dominica | 0.4587 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,620.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 0.4539 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 293.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Iraq | 0.4427 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 345.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4231 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Saint Lucia | 0.3787 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Grenada | 0.3618 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 0.3305 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9,549.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Singapore | 0.3189 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 651.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 0.2922 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 34 | Somalia | 0.2857 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 402.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Mauritius | 0.2749 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 357.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Colombia | 0.272 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,830.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Ecuador | 0.2674 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,738.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Bahrain | 0.2587 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 123.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2269 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 181.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 0.2239 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,187.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Turkey | 0.199 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,351.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Moldova | 0.1947 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 629.8% | volatile |
| 43 | North Macedonia | 0.1859 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Bahamas | 0.1823 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,659.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Macao | 0.1818 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Tuvalu | 0.1667 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | Fiji | 0.1651 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 551.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1596 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 544.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Togo | 0.1506 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 443.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Guinea | 0.1405 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 197.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Kuwait | 0.1379 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,320.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Sudan | 0.1359 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 794.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Samoa | 0.1349 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,353.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 0.1235 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 182.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Nepal | 0.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 354.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1159 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 0.1131 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 240.9% | flat |
| 58 | Cameroon | 0.1076 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,106.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Senegal | 0.0975 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 301.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Pakistan | 0.0935 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Jordan | 0.0924 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 785.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Maldives | 0.0906 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Myanmar | 0.0837 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 0.082 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 65 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0816 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Mexico | 0.0804 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,174.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Montenegro | 0.0787 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Nigeria | 0.0756 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 222.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Uganda | 0.0748 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 299.3% | volatile |
| 70 | East Timor | 0.073 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10,750.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Serbia | 0.0687 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Djibouti | 0.0679 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 302.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0661 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 129.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Yemen | 0.0635 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,694.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Peru | 0.0626 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11,416.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Cape Verde | 0.0613 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,352.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Vanuatu | 0.0595 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,078.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Tunisia | 0.0592 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 415.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Ukraine | 0.0587 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,983.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Belarus | 0.0583 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,260.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Malaysia | 0.0573 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,971.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Israel | 0.0569 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 326.3% | flat |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0491 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Ghana | 0.0486 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.3% | volatile |
| 85 | India | 0.048 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,043.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Egypt | 0.0466 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 389.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 0.0432 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 901.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Belize | 0.0428 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,741.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Vietnam | 0.042 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 558.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0419 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 523.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Liberia | 0.0405 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Uzbekistan | 0.0396 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 872.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Iran | 0.0394 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 94 | South Sudan | 0.0389 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Morocco | 0.0388 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 505.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Kiribati | 0.0333 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 0.033 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 266.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Chad | 0.0324 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 960.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Romania | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 541.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Congo | 0.0303 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 216.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Andorra | 0.0298 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Seychelles | 0.0283 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Marshall Islands | 0.0278 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 104 | Kenya | 0.0274 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 612.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Chile | 0.0259 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29,060.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0256 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Panama | 0.0255 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,918.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Benin | 0.025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 462.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Central African Republic | 0.0237 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 98.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 0.0236 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Malta | 0.0187 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Solomon Islands | 0.0186 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,100.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Angola | 0.0183 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,482.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Mauritania | 0.0182 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 388.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Malawi | 0.0176 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0163 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 661.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Philippines | 0.0157 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 433.1% | volatile |
| 119 | China | 0.0146 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 453.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Eswatini | 0.0146 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Hungary | 0.0137 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Bhutan | 0.0123 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 197.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Niger | 0.0122 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,603.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Mali | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Mozambique | 0.0111 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 513.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Portugal | 0.0107 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,347.5% | volatile |
| 127 | South Korea | 0.0096 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 342.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Brazil | 0.0086 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13,009.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 130 | Indonesia | 0.007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,082.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Russia | 0.007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 341.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Thailand | 0.0066 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,848.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Guyana | 0.006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 767.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Netherlands | 0.0059 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 696.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Cambodia | 0.0054 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 315.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Qatar | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Italy | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,831.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Paraguay | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7,019.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Belgium | 0.0049 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 378.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Algeria | 0.0048 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 164.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Uruguay | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,618.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Brunei | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 380.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Slovenia | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 727.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 0.0042 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 883.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Bolivia | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,122.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Cyprus | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Mongolia | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 403.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Turkmenistan | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 478.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Bulgaria | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Libya | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 192.7% | volatile |
| 152 | South Africa | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,082.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Poland | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 283.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Tanzania | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 190.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Gabon | 0.0032 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 701.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Ireland | 0.0032 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 584.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Latvia | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 166.7% | falling |
| 158 | Spain | 0.0026 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,846.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Botswana | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,275.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Laos | 0.0024 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,265.8% | volatile |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0024 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 317.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Slovakia | 0.0024 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Czechia | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Germany | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 942.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Lithuania | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Namibia | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 480.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Greece | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 168 | United Kingdom | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 490.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Argentina | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,080.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 392.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Croatia | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Estonia | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 168.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Lesotho | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Suriname | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 952.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Switzerland | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 176 | France | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,031.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Zambia | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 178 | North Korea | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 754.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Madagascar | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Sweden | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,650.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Denmark | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Japan | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 199.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Austria | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Oman | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 186 | United States | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 624.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Finland | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 819.8% | volatile |
| 188 | New Zealand | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Norway | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 280.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Iceland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Canada | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,279.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Australia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,258.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Curacao | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Luxembourg | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Monaco | 0 units per square kilometre | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 193 | New Caledonia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.1758 units per square kilometre
- European Union 0.0043 units per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.1659 units per square kilometre
- Euro area 0.0025 units per square kilometre
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.1503 units per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 0.1461 units per square kilometre
- IDA only 0.1325 units per square kilometre
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.122 units per square kilometre
- IDA total 0.1178 units per square kilometre
- Low income 0.1133 units per square kilometre
- Early-demographic dividend 0.1113 units per square kilometre
- Least developed countries 0.0969 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0957 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0946 units per square kilometre
- Pacific island small states 0.0938 units per square kilometre
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0869 units per square kilometre
- Low & middle income 0.0844 units per square kilometre
- Middle income 0.0778 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0766 units per square kilometre
- South Asia 0.076 units per square kilometre
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.076 units per square kilometre
- Arab World 0.0754 units per square kilometre
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0685 units per square kilometre
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0665 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0612 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0612 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0612 units per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0582 units per square kilometre
- IDA blend 0.0565 units per square kilometre
- World 0.0521 units per square kilometre
- Africa Western and Central 0.0494 units per square kilometre
- Upper middle income 0.0487 units per square kilometre
- IBRD only 0.0482 units per square kilometre
- Small states 0.0248 units per square kilometre
- Other small states 0.0231 units per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0203 units per square kilometre
- Late-demographic dividend 0.02 units per square kilometre
- OECD members 0.0183 units per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0174 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0164 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.