Fig.4 Major source countries of refugees l 2014 - 2015 (end-year) end-2015 end-2014 Syrian Arab Rep. Afghanistan Somalia South Sudan Sudan DR of Congo Central African Rep. Myanmar Eritrea Colombia 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 Number of refugees (millions) 16 individually recognized, leading the country’s refugee population to increase from 385,500 in 2014 to 477,200 in 2015. As a consequence, by end-2015, Uganda hosted the eighth-largest refugee population in the world. The crises in Burundi, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan forced 62,400 people to seek refuge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the year. In addition, the Congolese Government registered 214,400 Rwandan refugees during 2015, many of whom have resided in the country since the mid-1990s and bringing the total population of Rwandan refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to 245,000. Altogether, the country’s refugee population increased to 383,100 by the end of the year, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo was ninth among refugee-hosting countries. Chad hosted the 10th-largest refugee population worldwide, with 369,500 refugees by the end of 2015. This population came primarily from Sudan (299,800) and the Central African Republic (63,400). The top 10 refugee-hosting countries combined accounted for 58 per cent (9.3 million) of the global refugee population under UNHCR’s mandate. five years, including Afghanistan, which has been a major country of origin for over 33 years. Combined, the top 10 source countries for refugees accounted for 76 per cent (12.2 million) of the global refugee population under UNHCR’s mandate. With 4.9 million refugees residing in 120 countries worldwide,15 the Syrian Arab Republic remained the top source country of refugees at the end of 2015. The overwhelming majority of these refugees were hosted by neighbouring countries, most notably Turkey (2.5 million), Lebanon (1.1 million), Jordan (628,200), Iraq (244,600), and Egypt (117,600). Major host countries for Syrian refugees outside the immediate region included Germany (115,600) and Sweden (52,700). The Afghan refugee population worldwide was estimated at 2.7 million by the end of 2015, compared to 2.6 million at the end of the previous year. Thus, Afghanistan remained the second-largest refugee source country at the end of 2015. The majority of Afghan refugees resided in Pakistan (1.6 million) and the Islamic Republic of Iran (951,100), in addition to Germany (30,000), Austria (17,500), Sweden (13,100), Italy (12,200), and India (10,200).16 Countries of Origin As with countries of asylum, the top countries of origin of refugees were located in developing regions Figure 4 . The majority of these countries have been the most common countries of origin for at least 15 This figure does not include asylum-seekers awaiting a decision on their application as of 31 December 2015, or those persons who could be granted temporary stay under subsidiary forms of protection. UNHCR Global Trends 2015 16 In addition, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan host large numbers of undocumented Afghans, estimated to be 1.5 to 2 million people in the Islamic Republic of Iran and 1 million people in Pakistan.