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Refugees - major source countries worldwide as of 2016

Ranking of the major source countries of refugees, as of 2016

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

Refugees - major source countries worldwide as of 2016

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