Russia - Refugee population by country or territory of origin

Refugee population by country or territory of origin

The value for Refugee population by country or territory of origin in Russia was 52,717.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 56 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 251,394.00 in 1994 and a minimum value of 50.00 in 1977.

Definition: 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.

Source: Data before 2018 are from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Statistics Database, Statistical Yearbook and data files, complemented by statistics on Palestinian refugees under the mandate of the UNRWA as published on its website. Data

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Year Value
1964 120.00
1966 17,970.00
1970 170.00
1971 160.00
1972 150.00
1973 110.00
1974 80.00
1975 70.00
1976 60.00
1977 50.00
1978 50.00
1980 10,821.00
1981 11,562.00
1982 11,569.00
1983 11,574.00
1984 11,577.00
1985 11,582.00
1986 10,226.00
1987 8,683.00
1988 33,636.00
1989 68,496.00
1990 117,736.00
1991 155,576.00
1992 213,802.00
1993 243,312.00
1994 251,394.00
1995 207,027.00
1996 173,722.00
1997 198,055.00
1998 172,724.00
1999 28,319.00
2000 40,309.00
2001 45,154.00
2002 91,625.00
2003 96,414.00
2004 108,096.00
2005 103,037.00
2006 159,383.00
2007 93,218.00
2008 103,061.00
2009 109,452.00
2010 111,944.00
2011 109,783.00
2012 110,587.00
2013 74,310.00
2014 70,552.00
2015 67,008.00
2016 62,759.00
2017 61,584.00
2018 61,457.00
2019 62,353.00
2020 52,717.00

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Migration