Fig.5 Number of refugees per 1 USD GDP (PPP) per capita | end - 2015
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
471
Ethiopia
453
Pakistan
317
Uganda
233
Kenya
180
Chad
170
South Sudan
137
Afghanistan
134
Niger
130
Turkey
126
The number of Somali refugees worldwide increased marginally from 1.11 million in 2014 to 1.12
million in 2015, and Somalia remained the thirdlargest country of origin. Kenya and Ethiopia continue to host large numbers of refugees originating
from Somalia, with 417,900 and 256,700 Somali
refugees at the end of 2015, respectively. Other
countries hosting large numbers of Somalis included Yemen (253,200), South Africa (41,500),
and Uganda (27,700). Outside Africa, countries
that hosted large numbers of Somali refugees
were Sweden (21,500), the Netherlands (17,400),
Italy (13,100), Norway (8,600), the United Kingdom
(7,000), and Germany (4,900).
At year’s end, the total number of refugees
originating from South Sudan was estimated at
778,700, compared to 616,200 at the end of 2014.
This increase was a direct result of renewed conflict in South Sudan, which caused that country
to become the fourth-largest country of origin. A
large majority of refugees originating from South
Sudan were hosted by Ethiopia (281,500), Uganda
(199,400), Sudan (194,400), and Kenya (95,700).
By end of 2015, the total number of refugees
originating from Sudan, the fifth-largest refugeeproducing country, was 628,800 people, compared to 665,900 people in 2014. Refugees from
Sudan are hosted primarily in Chad (299,800) and
South Sudan (241,000), with smaller numbers in
Ethiopia (37,800), Egypt (11,300), Israel (6,300), the
United Kingdom (6,100), and France (4,100).
The total number of refugees originating from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 541,500
at the end of 2015, compared to 516,600 at the
end of 2014. The country thus remained the sixthlargest refugee source country at the end of 2015.
Uganda hosted the largest number of refugees from
the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 201,800
individuals, followed by Rwanda (73,900), Tanzania
(55,800), Burundi (53,000), and South Africa (32,600).
With 471,100 refugees originating from the Central
African Republic at the end of 2015, largely due to
renewed conflicts, the country became the seventhlargest country of origin. By 2015, neighbouring countries hosting large numbers of refugees originating
from the Central African Republic included Cameroon
(267,500), the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(107,900), Chad (63,400), and the Republic of the
Congo (23,700).
The refugee population from Myanmar was estimated at 451,800 by the end of 2015. That compared
to 479,000 at the end of 2014, with this decline largely due to resettlement from Malaysia during 2015.
Refugees originating from Myanmar were the eighthlargest refugee population at the end of 2015.
Eritrea was the ninth-largest country of origin in
2015, with an estimated 411,300 refugees originating
from the country by the end of 2015, compared to
363,200 at end-2014. With an estimated 340,200 refugees, Colombia was the 10th-largest source country
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