Chapter 2 Figure 3 | Major source countries of refugees Syrian Arab Rep. Afghanistan South Sudan Myanmar Somalia Sudan DR. of the Congo Central African Rep. Eritrea Burundi 0.0 1.0 2.0 Refugee population (millions) Chad (324,300), South Sudan (262,000), and Ethiopia (43,900). The number of refugees from the DRC increased by 16 per cent, from 537,500 to 620,800, with many new arrivals in Uganda and Angola in 2017. Refugees from the DRC received protection mainly in the neighbouring countries of Uganda (226,200), Rwanda (82,800), Burundi (61,900), the United Republic of Tanzania (Tanzania) (56,900), Angola (38,500), Zambia (34,900), South Sudan (15,000), and the Republic of Congo (Congo) (12,300). Other countries that provided asylum were South Africa (26,000), France (15,700), and Kenya (13,900). Refugees originating from the Central African Republic increased by 11 per cent, from 490,900 to 545,500, with most new arrivals finding protection in the DRC and Cameroon. At year-end, refugees from the Central African Republic mostly resided in Cameroon (248,800), the DRC (181,900), Chad (76,700), and Congo (26,400). The nineth-largest refugee population in 2017 originated from Eritrea, with 486,200 people forcibly displaced. The main host countries of Eritrean refugees were Ethiopia (164,600), Sudan (108,200), Germany (49,300), Switzerland (30,900), Sweden (27,200), and Israel (22,000). unhcr > Global trends 2017 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 end-2017 7.0 end-2016 At the end of 2017, 439,300 refugees from Burundi were displaced outside their country, making it the 10th-largest source country of refugees. The main countries providing protection to Burundian refugees were Tanzania (251,200), Rwanda (88,200), the DRC (44,500), and Uganda (38,200). When combined, refugees from the 10 most common countries of origin – nine of which are least developed countries17 – accounted for 82 per cent (16.3 million) of the world’s total refugee population under UNHCR’s mandate. Over two-thirds of the world’s refugees originated from just five countries: Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia. By Country of Asylum Countries in developing regions continue to host the majority of the world’s refugees. Approximately 85 per cent of all refugees at the end of 2017 were granted protection in countries in developing regions (as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division classification),18 which included nine of the 10 largest refugee-hosting countries. Many of these countries are already dealing with substantial barriers to sustainable development, making it particularly 17 See: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/. 18 See: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/#developed. 15