Refugee population by country or territory of asylum rose 1.01% to 201 persons in Eritrea in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, refugee population by country or territory of asylum in Eritrea reached an all time high of 5,042 persons in 2007 and an all time low of 5.00 persons in 1993. When compared to Eritrea's main peers, refugee population by country or territory of asylum in Djibouti amounted to 21,193 persons, 11,220 persons in Somalia, 1,040,288 persons in Sudan and 166,906 persons in Yemen in 2020.
Eritrea has been ranked 141st within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of refugee population by country or territory of asylum, 59 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Refugee Population (by Country or Territory of Asylum) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Chad | persons | 369,538 | 391,235 | 411,475 | 451,203 | 442,670 | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | persons | 19,369 | 17,683 | 17,553 | 18,293 | 19,639 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | persons | 212,492 | 213,515 | 232,647 | 246,746 | 258,391 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | persons | 2,549 | 2,342 | 2,392 | 2,252 | 199 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | persons | 736,081 | 791,631 | 889,412 | 903,226 | 733,123 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | persons | 553,907 | 451,097 | 431,895 | 421,243 | 438,899 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | persons | ... | ... | ... | 244 | 316 | 308 | 310 | 308 | |||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | persons | 122 | 136 | 153 | 263 | 315 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | persons | 8,081 | 11,579 | 14,565 | 16,738 | 17,882 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 263,012 | 262,558 | 283,405 | 291,838 | 298,309 | ||||||
| Sudan | persons | 309,632 | 421,459 | 906,590 | 1,078,280 | 1,055,489 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | persons | 267,163 | 269,778 | 270,913 | 264,359 | 268,503 |
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