Country Comparison :: Refugees and internally displaced persons

This entry includes those persons residing in a country as refugees or internally displaced persons (IDPs). The definition of a refugee according to a United Nations Convention is "a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion; and is unable or unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution." The UN established the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1950 to handle refugee matters worldwide. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has a different operational definition for a Palestinian refugee: "a person whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948 and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict." However, UNHCR also assists some 400,000 Palestinian refugees not covered under the UNRWA definition. The term "internally displaced person" is not specifically covered in the UN Convention; it is used to describe people who have fled their homes for reasons similar to refugees, but who remain within their own national territory and are subject to the laws of that state.

Rank country Refugees and internally displaced personsDate of

Information 1 Iraq 2,400,000.00 2007 2 Jordan 1,835,704.00 2007 3 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,400,000.00 2007 4 Uganda 1,270,000.00 2007 5 Somalia 1,100,000.00 2007 6 Pakistan 1,043,984.00 2007 7 Gaza Strip 1,017,000.00 2007 8 Iran 914,268.00 2007 9 West Bank 722,000.00 2007 10 Cote d'Ivoire 709,000.00 2007 11 Zimbabwe 569,685.00 2007 12 Syria 522,100.00 2007 13 Burma 503,000.00 2007 14 Jordan 500,000.00 2007 15 Sri Lanka 460,000.00 2007 16 Lebanon 405,425.00 2007 17 Tanzania 352,640.00 2007 18 Syria 305,000.00 2007 19 China 300,897.00 2007 20 Philippines 300,000.00 2007 21 Saudi Arabia 240,015.00 2007 22 Chad 234,000.00 2007 23 Uganda 215,700.00 2007 24 Cyprus 210,000.00 2007 25 Serbia 206,000.00 2007 26 Ethiopia 200,000.00 2007 27 Lebanon 200,000.00 2007 28 Central African Republic 197,000.00 2007 29 Chad 178,918.00 2007 30 Kenya 173,702.00 2007 31 Jordan 160,000.00 2007 32 Sudan 157,220.00 2007 33 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 132,295.00 2007 34 Thailand 132,241.00 2007 35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 131,600.00 2007 36 Tanzania 127,973.00 2007 37 Armenia 113,295.00 2007 38 Nepal 107,803.00 2007 39 Burundi 100,000.00 2007 40 Timor-Leste 100,000.00 2007 41 Yemen 91,587.00 2007 42 Algeria 90,000.00 2007 43 China 90,000.00 2007 44 India 77,200.00 2007 45 Kenya 73,004.00 2007 46 Serbia 71,111.00 2007 47 Egypt 70,198.00 2007 48 India 69,609.00 2007 49 Ethiopia 66,980.00 2007 50 Bangladesh 65,000.00 2007 51 Angola 61,700.00 2007 52 Zambia 60,874.00 2007 53 Chad 54,200.00 2007 54 Iran 54,024.00 2007 55 Congo, Republic of the 48,000.00 2007 56 Congo, Republic of the 46,341.00 2007 57 Rwanda 46,272.00 2007 58 Zambia 42,565.00 2007 59 Uzbekistan 39,202.00 2007 60 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 37,313.00 2007 61 Ghana 35,653.00 2007 62 Pakistan 34,000.00 2007 63 Eritrea 32,000.00 2007 64 Uganda 28,880.00 2007 65 Serbia 27,414.00 2007 66 Sierra Leone 27,311.00 2007 67 Bangladesh 26,268.00 2007 68 Cote d'Ivoire 25,615.00 2007 69 Sudan 25,023.00 2007 70 Uganda 24,900.00 2007 71 Cameroon 24,000.00 2007 72 Senegal 22,400.00 2007 73 Guinea 21,856.00 2007 74 Malaysia 21,544.00 2007 75 Kosovo 21,000.00 2007 76 Nepal 20,153.00 2007 77 Senegal 19,630.00 2007 78 Guinea 19,000.00 2007 79 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 17,777.00 2007 80 Lebanon 17,000.00 2007 81 Iraq 16,832.00 2007 82 Ethiopia 16,576.00 2007 83 Kenya 16,428.00 2007 84 Montenegro 16,192.00 2007 85 Malaysia 15,174.00 2007 86 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13,904.00 2007 87 Ethiopia 13,078.00 2007 88 Liberia 13,000.00 2007 89 Angola 12,615.00 2007 90 Liberia 12,600.00 2007 91 Egypt 12,157.00 2007 92 Iraq 11,773.00 2007 93 Ecuador 11,526.00 2007 94 Turkmenistan 11,173.00 2007 95 Sudan 11,009.00 2007 96 South Africa 10,772.00 2007 97 United States 10,586.00 2006 98 Papua New Guinea 10,177.00 2007 99 Burundi 9,849.00 2007 100 India 9,472.00 2007 101 Benin 9,444.00 2007 102 Djibouti 8,642.00 2007 103 United States 8,549.00 2006 104 Ghana 8,517.00 2007 105 Armenia 8,400.00 2007 106 Libya 8,000.00 2007 107 Central African Republic 7,900.00 2007 108 Sudan 7,895.00 2007 109 South Africa 7,818.00 2007 110 Guinea-Bissau 7,454.00 2007 111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,269.00 2007 112 Gabon 7,178.00 2007 113 Montenegro 7,000.00 2007 114 United States 6,666.00 2006 115 Congo, Republic of the 6,564.00 2007 116 United States 6,479.00 2006 117 Mali 6,300.00 2007 118 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6,181.00 2007 119 Gambia, The 5,955.00 2007 120 Nigeria 5,778.00 2007 121 South Africa 5,759.00 2007 122 Solomon Islands 5,400.00 2007 123 Guinea 5,259.00 2007 124 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5,243.00 2007 125 Sudan 5,023.00 2007 126 Togo 5,000.00 2007 127 Namibia 4,700.00 2007 128 Rwanda 4,400.00 2007 129 Zambia 4,100.00 2007 130 Guinea 3,900.00 2007 131 Central African Republic 3,700.00 2007 132 Kazakhstan 3,700.00 2007 133 Uzbekistan 3,400.00 2007 134 United States 3,100.00 2006 135 Cameroon 3,000.00 2007 136 Zimbabwe 2,500.00 2007 137 Azerbaijan 2,400.00 2007 138 United States 2,136.00 2006 139 Togo 1,500.00 2007 140 Georgia 1,100.00 2007 141 Uzbekistan 1,060.00 2007 142 Kazakhstan 508.00 2007

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Rank code: 2195

Country Comparison :: GDP (official exchange rate)

This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at official exchange rates (OER) is the home-currency-denominated annual GDP figure divided by the bilateral average US exchange rate with that country in that year. The measure is simple to compute and gives a precise measure of the value of output. Many economists prefer this measure when gauging the economic power an economy maintains vis-a-vis its neighbors, judging that an exchange rate captures the purchasing power a nation enjoys in the international marketplace. Official exchange rates, however, can be artificially fixed and/or subject to manipulation - resulting in claims of the country having an under- or over-valued currency - and are not necessarily the equivalent of a market-determined exchange rate. Moreover, even if the official exchange rate is market-determined, market exchange rates are frequently established by a relatively small set of goods and services (the ones the country trades) and may not capture the value of the larger set of goods the country produces. Furthermore, OER-converted GDP is not well suited to comparing domestic GDP over time, since appreciation/depreciation from one year to the next will make the OER GDP value rise/fall regardless of whether home-currency-denominated GDP changed.

Rank country GDP (official exchange rate) Date of Information

1 European Union $ 15,900,000,000,000 2010 est. 2 United States $ 14,620,000,000,000 2010 est. 3 China $ 5,745,000,000,000 2010 est. 4 Japan $ 5,391,000,000,000 2010 est. 5 Germany $ 3,306,000,000,000 2010 est. 6 France $ 2,555,000,000,000 2010 est. 7 United Kingdom $ 2,259,000,000,000 2010 est. 8 Italy $ 2,037,000,000,000 2010 est. 9 Brazil $ 2,024,000,000,000 2010 est. 10 Canada $ 1,564,000,000,000 2010 est. 11 Russia $ 1,477,000,000,000 2010 est. 12 India $ 1,430,000,000,000 2010 est. 13 Spain $ 1,375,000,000,000 2010 est. 14 Australia $ 1,220,000,000,000 2010 est. 15 Mexico $ 1,004,000,000,000 2010 est. 16 Korea, South $ 986,300,000,000 2010 est. 17 Netherlands $ 770,300,000,000 2010 est. 18 Turkey $ 729,100,000,000 2010 est. 19 Indonesia $ 695,100,000,000 2010 est. 20 Switzerland $ 522,400,000,000 2010 est. 21 Belgium $ 461,300,000,000 2010 est. 22 Sweden $ 444,600,000,000 2010 est. 23 Poland $ 438,900,000,000 2010 est. 24 Saudi Arabia $ 434,400,000,000 2010 est. 25 Taiwan $ 427,000,000,000 2010 est. 26 Norway $ 413,500,000,000 2010 est. 27 Austria $ 366,300,000,000 2010 est. 28 South Africa $ 354,400,000,000 2010 est. 29 Argentina $ 351,000,000,000 2010 est. 30 Iran $ 337,900,000,000 2010 est. 31 Thailand $ 312,600,000,000 2010 est. 32 Denmark $ 304,600,000,000 2010 est. 33 Greece $ 302,000,000,000 2010 est. 34 Venezuela $ 285,200,000,000 2010 est. 35 Colombia $ 283,100,000,000 2010 est. 36 United Arab Emirates $ 239,700,000,000 2010 est. 37 Finland $ 232,000,000,000 2010 est. 38 Hong Kong $ 226,500,000,000 2010 est. 39 Portugal $ 223,700,000,000 2010 est. 40 Malaysia $ 219,000,000,000 2010 est. 41 Singapore $ 217,400,000,000 2010 est. 42 Egypt $ 216,800,000,000 2010 est. 43 Nigeria $ 206,700,000,000 2010 est. 44 Ireland $ 204,100,000,000 2010 est. 45 Israel $ 201,300,000,000 2010 est. 46 Chile $ 199,200,000,000 2010 est. 47 Czech Republic $ 195,200,000,000 2010 est. 48 Philippines $ 189,100,000,000 2010 est. 49 Pakistan $ 174,800,000,000 2010 est. 50 Algeria $ 159,000,000,000 2010 est. 51 Romania $ 158,400,000,000 2010 est. 52 Peru $ 153,500,000,000 2010 est. 53 New Zealand $ 138,000,000,000 2010 est. 54 Ukraine $ 136,600,000,000 2010 est. 55 Hungary $ 132,300,000,000 2010 est. 56 Kazakhstan $ 129,800,000,000 2010 est. 57 Qatar $ 126,500,000,000 2010 est. 58 Kuwait $ 117,300,000,000 2010 est. 59 Bangladesh $ 105,400,000,000 2010 est. 60 Vietnam $ 102,000,000,000 2010 est. 61 Puerto Rico $ 93,520,000,000 2010 est. 62 Morocco $ 91,700,000,000 2010 est. 63 Slovakia $ 86,260,000,000 2010 est. 64 Angola $ 85,810,000,000 2010 est. 65 Iraq $ 84,140,000,000 2010 est. 66 Libya $ 77,910,000,000 2010 est. 67 Sudan $ 65,930,000,000 2010 est. 68 Ecuador $ 61,490,000,000 2010 est. 69 Croatia $ 59,920,000,000 2010 est. 70 Syria $ 59,630,000,000 2010 est. 71 Cuba $ 57,490,000,000 2010 est. 72 Oman $ 53,780,000,000 2010 est. 73 Belarus $ 52,890,000,000 2010 est. 74 Luxembourg $ 52,430,000,000 2010 est. 75 Azerbaijan $ 52,170,000,000 2010 est. 76 Dominican Republic $ 50,870,000,000 2010 est. 77 Sri Lanka $ 48,240,000,000 2010 est. 78 Slovenia $ 46,440,000,000 2010 est. 79 Bulgaria $ 44,840,000,000 2010 est. 80 Tunisia $ 43,860,000,000 2010 est. 81 Guatemala $ 40,770,000,000 2010 est. 82 Uruguay $ 40,710,000,000 2010 est. 83 Lebanon $ 39,150,000,000 2010 est. 84 Serbia $ 38,920,000,000 2010 est. 85 Uzbekistan $ 37,720,000,000 2010 est. 86 Lithuania $ 35,730,000,000 2010 est. 87 Burma $ 35,650,000,000 2010 est. 88 Costa Rica $ 35,020,000,000 2010 est. 89 Kenya $ 32,420,000,000 2010 est. 90 Ethiopia $ 30,940,000,000 2010 est. 91 Yemen $ 30,020,000,000 2010 est. 92 Korea, North $ 28,000,000,000 2009 est. 93 Turkmenistan $ 27,960,000,000 2010 est. 94 Panama $ 27,200,000,000 2010 est. 95 Jordan $ 27,130,000,000 2010 est. 96 Latvia $ 23,390,000,000 2010 est. 97 Cyprus $ 22,750,000,000 2010 est. 98 Tanzania $ 22,430,000,000 2010 est. 99 Cote d'Ivoire $ 22,380,000,000 2010 est. 100 Macau $ 22,100,000,000 2009 est. 101 Cameroon $ 21,880,000,000 2010 est. 102 El Salvador $ 21,800,000,000 2010 est. 103 Bahrain $ 21,730,000,000 2010 est. 104 Trinidad and Tobago $ 21,200,000,000 2010 est. 105 Estonia $ 19,220,000,000 2010 est. 106 Bolivia $ 19,180,000,000 2010 est. 107 Ghana $ 18,060,000,000 2010 est. 108 Paraguay $ 17,170,000,000 2010 est. 109 Uganda $ 17,120,000,000 2010 est. 110 Afghanistan $ 16,630,000,000 2010 est. 111 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 16,200,000,000 2010 est. 112 Zambia $ 15,690,000,000 2010 est. 113 Honduras $ 15,340,000,000 2010 est. 114 Nepal $ 15,110,000,000 2010 est. 115 Equatorial Guinea $ 14,550,000,000 2010 est. 116 Jamaica $ 13,740,000,000 2010 est. 117 Iceland $ 12,770,000,000 2010 est. 118 Senegal $ 12,660,000,000 2010 est. 119 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 12,600,000,000 2010 est. 120 Gabon $ 12,560,000,000 2010 est. 121 Botswana $ 12,500,000,000 2010 est. 122 Brunei $ 11,960,000,000 2010 est. 123 Congo, Republic of the $ 11,880,000,000 2010 est. 124 Albania $ 11,580,000,000 2010 est. 125 Namibia $ 11,450,000,000 2010 est. 126 Cambodia $ 11,360,000,000 2010 est. 127 Georgia $ 11,230,000,000 2010 est. 128 Mozambique $ 10,210,000,000 2010 est. 129 Macedonia $ 9,580,000,000 2010 est. 130 Mauritius $ 9,427,000,000 2010 est. 131 Mali $ 9,077,000,000 2010 est. 132 Armenia $ 8,830,000,000 2010 est. 133 Papua New Guinea $ 8,809,000,000 2010 est. 134 Burkina Faso $ 8,672,000,000 2010 est. 135 Madagascar $ 8,330,000,000 2010 est. 136 Malta $ 7,801,000,000 2010 est. 137 Chad $ 7,592,000,000 2010 est. 138 Bahamas, The $ 7,538,000,000 2010 est. 139 West Bank $ 6,641,000,000 2008 est. 140 Haiti $ 6,495,000,000 2010 est. 141 Benin $ 6,494,000,000 2010 est. 142 Nicaragua $ 6,375,000,000 2010 est. 143 Laos $ 6,341,000,000 2010 est. 144 French Polynesia $ 6,100,000,000 2004 145 Mongolia $ 5,807,000,000 2010 est. 146 Rwanda $ 5,693,000,000 2010 est. 147 Niger $ 5,603,000,000 2010 est. 148 Tajikistan $ 5,578,000,000 2010 est. 149 Zimbabwe $ 5,574,000,000 2010 est. 150 Moldova $ 5,357,000,000 2010 est. 151 Jersey $ 5,100,000,000 2005 est. 152 Curacao $ 5,080,000,000 2008 est. 153 Malawi $ 5,035,000,000 2010 est. 154 Liechtenstein $ 4,603,000,000 2007 155 Kyrgyzstan $ 4,444,000,000 2010 est. 156 Guinea $ 4,344,000,000 2010 est. 157 Barbados $ 3,963,000,000 2010 est. 158 Montenegro $ 3,884,000,000 2010 est. 159 Mauritania $ 3,486,000,000 2010 est. 160 New Caledonia $ 3,300,000,000 2003 est. 161 Suriname $ 3,297,000,000 2010 est. 162 Kosovo $ 3,237,000,000 2007 est. 163 Swaziland $ 3,165,000,000 2010 est. 164 Fiji $ 3,154,000,000 2010 est. 165 Togo $ 3,074,000,000 2010 est. 166 Guernsey $ 2,742,000,000 2005 167 Isle of Man $ 2,719,000,000 2005 est. 168 Faroe Islands $ 2,450,000,000 2008 est. 169 Somalia $ 2,372,000,000 2010 est. 170 Aruba $ 2,258,000,000 2005 est. 171 Eritrea $ 2,254,000,000 2010 est. 172 Cayman Islands $ 2,250,000,000 2008 est. 173 Guyana $ 2,197,000,000 2010 est. 174 Central African Republic $ 2,113,000,000 2010 est. 175 Greenland $ 2,030,000,000 2008 176 Sierra Leone $ 1,901,000,000 2010 est. 177 Lesotho $ 1,799,000,000 2010 est. 178 Cape Verde $ 1,573,000,000 2010 est. 179 Burundi $ 1,469,000,000 2010 est. 180 Maldives $ 1,433,000,000 2010 est. 181 Belize $ 1,431,000,000 2010 est. 182 Bhutan $ 1,397,000,000 2010 est. 183 Djibouti $ 1,139,000,000 2010 est. 184 Gibraltar $ 1,106,000,000 2006 est. 185 Antigua and Barbuda $ 1,099,000,000 2010 est. 186 British Virgin Islands $ 1,095,000,000 2008 187 San Marino $ 1,048,000,000 2004 188 Gambia, The $ 1,040,000,000 2010 est. 189 Saint Lucia $ 1,000,000,000 2010 est. 190 Liberia $ 977,000,000 2010 est. 191 Seychelles $ 919,000,000 2010 est. 192 Guinea-Bissau $ 825,000,000 2010 est. 193 Sint Maarten $ 794,700,000 2008 194 Vanuatu $ 721,000,000 2010 est. 195 Solomon Islands $ 674,000,000 2010 est. 196 Grenada $ 645,000,000 2010 est. 197 Northern Mariana Islands $ 633,400,000 2000 198 Timor-Leste $ 616,000,000 2010 est. 199 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 583,000,000 2010 est. 200 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 562,000,000 2010 est. 201 Comoros $ 557,000,000 2010 est. 202 Samoa $ 550,000,000 2010 est. 203 American Samoa $ 462,200,000 2005 204 Dominica $ 375,000,000 2010 est. 205 Tonga $ 301,000,000 2010 est. 206 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 238,100,000 2008 207 Sao Tome and Principe $ 187,000,000 2010 est. 208 Cook Islands $ 183,200,000 2005 est. 209 Anguilla $ 175,400,000 2009 est. 210 Palau $ 164,000,000 2008 211 Marshall Islands $ 161,700,000 2008 est. 212 Kiribati $ 152,000,000 2010 est. 213 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 105,100,000 2002 est. 214 Tuvalu $ 14,940,000 2002 215 Niue $ 10,010,000 2003