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On the other side are the United States of America and Germany as most often chosen host countries for an application for asylum.<p>Our listing shows on both sides the 50 largest countries on the basis of data collected from UNHCR. Included are the numbers of initial applications for asylum. The rejection and admission quotas of individual countries can be found on the detail view of each country.</div><div class=clear></div></div></div><div class="adtg bbd" id="adtg-1" data-gptfrmt="bbd" ><ins id=ags1 class=adsbygoogle data-ad-client="ca-pub-0315193065476355" data-ad-slot="2913722277" data-ad-format="horizontal" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class=boxwhite><h2>Origin and host countries 2023</h2>For 2023, 2.96 million initial refugee asylum applications were registered worldwide. The number of initial applications accepted was 544,579, or about 18 percent. 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function buildTooltip(code,countryname){ if(wd_tooltips[code]){ var tt='<b>'+countryname+'</b>'; ttData=wd_tooltips[code].split(';'); if(ttData[0]){tt+='Rank '+ttData[0]} if(ttData[1]){tt+='<br><br>'+ttData[1]+' Applications for asylum in other countries';} if(ttData[2]){tt+='<br> ~ '+ttData[2]+' per million<br>inhabitants'} return tt; } return countryname; }</script><div class="table1 tablescroller"><h3>Top 50 of the countries of origin</h3><table class="std100 hover"><tr class="right bottom"><th class=left>Origin</th><th>applications<br>for asylum</th><th>per million<br>inhabitants</th></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_VEN" href="/america/venezuela/asylum.php">Venezuela</a></td><td>250,005</td><td>8,834</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_SYR" href="/asia/syria/asylum.php">Syria</a></td><td>200,648</td><td>8,504</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_SDN" href="/africa/sudan/asylum.php">Sudan</a></td><td>194,452</td><td>3,886</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_AFG" href="/asia/afghanistan/asylum.php">Afghanistan</a></td><td>167,137</td><td>4,032</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_COL" href="/america/colombia/asylum.php">Colombia</a></td><td>155,750</td><td>2,977</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_SOM" href="/africa/somalia/asylum.php">Somalia</a></td><td>152,869</td><td>8,327</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_TUR" href="/asia/turkey/asylum.php">Turkey</a></td><td>118,836</td><td>1,393</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_CUB" href="/america/cuba/asylum.php">Cuba</a></td><td>105,548</td><td>9,578</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_HTI" href="/america/haiti/asylum.php">Haiti</a></td><td>101,685</td><td>8,738</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_NIC" href="/america/nicaragua/asylum.php">Nicaragua</a></td><td>88,360</td><td>12,949</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_COD" href="/africa/congo-kinshasa/asylum.php">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></td><td>75,258</td><td>711</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_ERI" href="/africa/eritrea/asylum.php">Eritrea</a></td><td>71,571</td><td>20,623</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_HND" href="/america/honduras/asylum.php">Honduras</a></td><td>67,899</td><td>6,379</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_BGD" href="/asia/bangladesh/asylum.php">Bangladesh</a></td><td>55,417</td><td>323</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_IND" href="/asia/india/asylum.php">India</a></td><td>52,303</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_PAK" href="/asia/pakistan/asylum.php">Pakistan</a></td><td>50,275</td><td>203</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_RUS" href="/europe/russia/asylum.php">Russia</a></td><td>45,606</td><td>317</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_PER" href="/america/peru/asylum.php">Peru</a></td><td>43,154</td><td>1,275</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_MEX" href="/america/mexico/asylum.php">Mexico</a></td><td>43,087</td><td>332</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_BFA" href="/africa/burkina-faso/asylum.php">Burkina Faso</a></td><td>37,839</td><td>1,643</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_ETH" href="/africa/ethiopia/asylum.php">Ethiopia</a></td><td>37,541</td><td>292</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_CMR" href="/africa/cameroon/asylum.php">Cameroon</a></td><td>37,027</td><td>1,305</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_TCD" href="/africa/chad/asylum.php">Chad</a></td><td>36,830</td><td>1,906</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_IRN" href="/asia/iran/asylum.php">Iran</a></td><td>36,173</td><td>399</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_UKR" href="/europe/ukraine/asylum.php">Ukraine</a></td><td>33,408</td><td>885</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_CHN" href="/asia/china/asylum.php">China</a></td><td>32,665</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_IRQ" href="/asia/iraq/asylum.php">Iraq</a></td><td>32,651</td><td>724</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_EGY" href="/africa/egypt/asylum.php">Egypt</a></td><td>32,010</td><td>279</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_MAR" href="/africa/morocco/asylum.php">Morocco</a></td><td>31,775</td><td>843</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_NGA" href="/africa/nigeria/asylum.php">Nigeria</a></td><td>31,086</td><td>136</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_BDI" href="/africa/burundi/asylum.php">Burundi</a></td><td>30,482</td><td>2,227</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_GTM" href="/america/guatemala/asylum.php">Guatemala</a></td><td>29,090</td><td>1,605</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_GEO" href="/asia/georgia/asylum.php">Georgia</a></td><td>27,491</td><td>7,399</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_SLV" href="/america/el-salvador/asylum.php">El Salvador</a></td><td>21,006</td><td>3,329</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_ECU" href="/america/ecuador/asylum.php">Ecuador</a></td><td>20,910</td><td>1,163</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_GIN" href="/africa/guinea/asylum.php">Guinea</a></td><td>20,033</td><td>1,391</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_BRA" href="/america/brazil/asylum.php">Brazil</a></td><td>19,309</td><td>91</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_CIV" href="/africa/ivory-coast/asylum.php">Ivory Coast</a></td><td>17,851</td><td>573</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_LKA" href="/asia/sri-lanka/asylum.php">Sri Lanka</a></td><td>17,387</td><td>789</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_SSD" href="/africa/south-sudan/asylum.php">South Sudan</a></td><td>16,118</td><td>1,404</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_MMR" href="/asia/burma/asylum.php">Myanmar</a></td><td>14,199</td><td>262</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_TUN" href="/africa/tunisia/asylum.php">Tunisia</a></td><td>13,875</td><td>1,137</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_PSE" href="/asia/palestine/asylum.php">Palestine</a></td><td>12,884</td><td>2,494</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_DZA" href="/africa/algeria/asylum.php">Algeria</a></td><td>12,345</td><td>267</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_ALB" href="/europe/albania/asylum.php">Albania</a></td><td>11,442</td><td>4,167</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_MLI" href="/africa/mali/asylum.php">Mali</a></td><td>11,227</td><td>472</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_SEN" href="/africa/senegal/asylum.php">Senegal</a></td><td>10,580</td><td>585</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_VNM" href="/asia/vietnam/asylum.php">Vietnam</a></td><td>10,088</td><td>101</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_AGO" href="/africa/angola/asylum.php">Angola</a></td><td>9,508</td><td>259</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_KEN" href="/africa/kenya/asylum.php">Kenya</a></td><td>8,276</td><td>150</td></tr></table></div><div class=floater><div class=tablescroller><h3>Top 50 destination countries</h3><table class="std100 hover"><tr class="right bottom"><th class=left>Destination</th><th>applications<br>for asylum</th><th>per million<br>inhabitants</th></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_USA" href="/america/usa/asylum.php">United States of America</a></td><td>642,542</td><td>1,919</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_DEU" href="/europe/germany/asylum.php">Germany</a></td><td>329,017</td><td>3,951</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_EGY" href="/africa/egypt/asylum.php">Egypt</a></td><td>183,011</td><td>1,598</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_ESP" href="/europe/spain/asylum.php">Spain</a></td><td>163,050</td><td>3,372</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_CAN" href="/america/canada/asylum.php">Canada</a></td><td>146,608</td><td>3,656</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_MEX" href="/america/mexico/asylum.php">Mexico</a></td><td>140,767</td><td>1,085</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_ITA" href="/europe/italy/asylum.php">Italy</a></td><td>135,659</td><td>2,300</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_FRA" href="/europe/france/asylum.php">France</a></td><td>123,864</td><td>1,814</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_KEN" href="/africa/kenya/asylum.php">Kenya</a></td><td>92,931</td><td>1,679</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_GBR" href="/europe/united-kingdom/asylum.php">United Kingdom</a></td><td>84,332</td><td>1,234</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_AUT" href="/europe/austria/asylum.php">Austria</a></td><td>59,157</td><td>6,478</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_BRA" href="/america/brazil/asylum.php">Brazil</a></td><td>58,533</td><td>277</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_GRC" href="/europe/greece/asylum.php">Greece</a></td><td>57,841</td><td>5,559</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_ETH" href="/africa/ethiopia/asylum.php">Ethiopia</a></td><td>46,208</td><td>359</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_NLD" href="/europe/netherlands/asylum.php">Netherlands</a></td><td>38,233</td><td>2,139</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_UGA" href="/africa/uganda/asylum.php">Uganda</a></td><td>37,795</td><td>777</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_CRI" href="/america/costa-rica/asylum.php">Costa Rica</a></td><td>35,960</td><td>7,043</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_oz fl_AUS" href="/oceania/australia/asylum.php">Australia</a></td><td>32,552</td><td>1,221</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_CAF" href="/africa/central-african-republic/asylum.php">Central African Republic</a></td><td>32,061</td><td>6,223</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_LBY" href="/africa/libya/asylum.php">Libya</a></td><td>30,328</td><td>4,151</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_BEL" href="/europe/belgium/asylum.php">Belgium</a></td><td>29,455</td><td>2,499</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_CHE" href="/europe/switzerland/asylum.php">Switzerland</a></td><td>26,842</td><td>3,020</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_TGO" href="/africa/togo/asylum.php">Togo</a></td><td>23,561</td><td>2,532</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_NGA" href="/africa/nigeria/asylum.php">Nigeria</a></td><td>23,263</td><td>102</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_BGR" href="/europe/bulgaria/asylum.php">Bulgaria</a></td><td>22,483</td><td>3,488</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_ZAF" href="/africa/south-africa/asylum.php">South Africa</a></td><td>20,427</td><td>323</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_TUR" href="/asia/turkey/asylum.php">Turkey</a></td><td>19,017</td><td>223</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_SDN" href="/africa/sudan/asylum.php">Sudan</a></td><td>18,888</td><td>377</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_KOR" href="/asia/south-korea/asylum.php">South Korea</a></td><td>18,717</td><td>362</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_TZA" href="/africa/tanzania/asylum.php">Tanzania</a></td><td>13,268</td><td>199</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_IRL" href="/europe/ireland/asylum.php">Ireland</a></td><td>13,095</td><td>2,467</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_ZMB" href="/africa/zambia/asylum.php">Zambia</a></td><td>13,083</td><td>631</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_RWA" href="/africa/rwanda/asylum.php">Rwanda</a></td><td>12,899</td><td>924</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_JPN" href="/asia/japan/asylum.php">Japan</a></td><td>12,862</td><td>103</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_CYP" href="/asia/cyprus/asylum.php">Cyprus</a></td><td>11,820</td><td>8,788</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_COD" href="/africa/congo-kinshasa/asylum.php">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></td><td>10,393</td><td>98</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_MYS" href="/asia/malaysia/asylum.php">Malaysia</a></td><td>10,112</td><td>288</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_ROU" href="/europe/romania/asylum.php">Romania</a></td><td>10,099</td><td>530</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_PER" href="/america/peru/asylum.php">Peru</a></td><td>9,764</td><td>288</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_POL" href="/europe/poland/asylum.php">Poland</a></td><td>9,572</td><td>261</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_URY" href="/america/uruguay/asylum.php">Uruguay</a></td><td>9,001</td><td>2,657</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_RUS" href="/europe/russia/asylum.php">Russia</a></td><td>8,492</td><td>59</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_SWE" href="/europe/sweden/asylum.php">Sweden</a></td><td>8,417</td><td>799</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_eu fl_SVN" href="/europe/slovenia/asylum.php">Slovenia</a></td><td>7,244</td><td>3,416</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_PAK" href="/asia/pakistan/asylum.php">Pakistan</a></td><td>6,694</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_TUN" href="/africa/tunisia/asylum.php">Tunisia</a></td><td>6,694</td><td>549</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_as fl_ISR" href="/asia/israel/asylum.php">Israel</a></td><td>6,618</td><td>678</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_COL" href="/america/colombia/asylum.php">Colombia</a></td><td>5,721</td><td>109</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_af fl_CMR" href="/africa/cameroon/asylum.php">Cameroon</a></td><td>5,542</td><td>195</td></tr><tr><td><a class="fl_am fl_ECU" href="/america/ecuador/asylum.php">Ecuador</a></td><td>5,425</td><td>302</td></tr></table></div></div><div class=clear></div><br><h2 style="margin-top:40px;">Updating this page</h2>We update this page annually. 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