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Refugees - major source countries worldwide as of 2016

Ranking of the major source countries of refugees, as of 2016
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The data displays the major source countries of refugees as of year end 2016. As of the end of 2016, a total of about 5.52 million refugees had fled from the Syrian Arab Republic. This data does not refer to the actual year of the flight, but presents the total sum of all people classified as refugees in 2016.

Syrian Arab Rep. 5524333
Afghanistan 2501410
South Sudan 1436667
Somalia 1012277
Sudan 650588
Dem. Rep. of the Congo 537429
Central African Rep. 490869
Myanmar 490265
Eritrea 459390
Burundi 408036
Viet Nam 329331
Iraq 315998
Colombia 311051
Rwanda 286033
Ukraine 239048
Nigeria 229261
China 207733
Mali 156390
Various/Unknown 138769
Sri Lanka 117447