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Refugee returnees to Afghanistan in 2017 by province

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Refugee returnees to Afghanistan in 2017 JSON 
56,274
Last updated 04 Nov 2017
Source - UNHCR 
Refugee returnees to Afghanistan by age and gender JSON 
Source - UNHCR
Refugee returnees to Afghanistan by year JSON 
Refugee returnees to Afghanistan by province JSON 
Location name Source Data date Population
Badakhshan UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.1% 		71
Badghis UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.0% 		28
Baghlan UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  4.2% 		2,380
Balkh UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  2.5% 		1,432
Bamyan UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.2% 		105
Daykundi UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.0% 		18
Farah UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.3% 		175
Faryab UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  1.0% 		572
Ghazni UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.7% 		384
Ghor UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.0% 		11
Helmand UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  1.3% 		706
Herat UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  1.1% 		624
Jowzjan UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  1.9% 		1,085
Kabul UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  24.4% 		13,733
Kandahar UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  2.2% 		1,231
Kapisa UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.1% 		74
Khost UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  1.0% 		589
Kunar UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  2.5% 		1,426
Kunduz UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  8.7% 		4,913
Laghman UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  3.0% 		1,681
Logar UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  8.2% 		4,620
Maidan Wardak UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.8% 		444
Nangarhar UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  21.3% 		11,977
Nimruz UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.1% 		68
Nuristan UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.0% 		21
Paktia UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  4.5% 		2,554
Paktika UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.7% 		410
Panjshir UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.1% 		31
Parwan UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  1.4% 		776
Samangan UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.2% 		137
Sar-e Pol UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  5.6% 		3,167
Takhar UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  1.1% 		605
Urozgan UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.1% 		81
Zabul UNHCR, Government 4 Nov 2017
  0.3% 		145


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    Key contact information

    Please contact the following focal points

    Type of Inquiry Contact
    Donor Relations corcoran@unhcr.org
    Media farhadn@unhcr.org
    Data mazurenk@unhcr.org
      Afghanistan
    Worldbank country facts
    Capital
    Kabul
    Languages
    ps, uz, tk
    Population
    34,656,032
    Area
    652,860 km2
    GDP
    19,469,022,208 USD
    GDP growth
    2.23%
    Income level
    Low income
    Gini index
    27.8
    Currency
    AFN
    Literacy rate
    N/A
    Afghanistan Funding (2017)
    $137,700,000
    Total appeal
    Date of Funding Data 27 October 2017 (12 days ago)
    Refugees in Afghanistan JSON 
    87,255
    Last updated 04 Nov 2017
    Source - UNHCR 
    Refugees in Afghanistan by province JSON 
    Location name Source Data date Population
    Khost UNHCR 4 Nov 2017
      58.8%     		51,306
    Paktika UNHCR 4 Nov 2017
      41.2%     		35,949


    Refugees demographic breakdown JSON 
    Source - UNHCR, Government
    New IDPs in Afghanistan in 2017 JSON 
    318,295
    Last updated 04 Nov 2017
    Source - OCHA 
    IDPs in Afghanistan by year JSON 
    IDPs displaced by month JSON 
    IDPs by province JSON 
    Location name Source Data date Population
    Badakhshan OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      3.2%     		10,261
    Badghis OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      8.0%     		25,411
    Baghlan OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      5.9%     		18,893
    Balkh OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      2.5%     		8,048
    Bamyan OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      0.0%     		28
    Daykundi OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      0.1%     		324
    Farah OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      2.5%     		8,071
    Faryab OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      5.0%     		15,975
    Ghazni OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      1.8%     		5,831
    Ghor OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      3.6%     		11,565
    Helmand OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      2.6%     		8,192
    Herat OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      4.7%     		14,928
    Jowzjan OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      1.6%     		5,089
    Kabul OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      2.0%     		6,513
    Kandahar OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      4.9%     		15,498
    Kapisa OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      0.8%     		2,499
    Khost OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      0.8%     		2,618
    Kunar OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      2.3%     		7,366
    Kunduz OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      9.8%     		31,199
    Laghman OCHA 14 Oct 2017
      1.3%     		4,157
    Logar OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      0.6%     		1,883
    Maidan Wardak OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      1.1%     		3,360
    Nangarhar OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      15.7%     		50,118
    Nimruz OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      0.0%     		108
    Nuristan OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      0.1%     		352
    Paktia OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      2.2%     		6,867
    Paktika OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      0.5%     		1,498
    Panjshir OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      0.1%     		259
    Parwan OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      1.2%     		3,967
    Samangan OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      0.8%     		2,425
    Sar-e Pol OCHA 14 Oct 2017
      2.7%     		8,602
    Takhar OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      2.5%     		8,083
    Urozgan OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      5.7%     		18,144
    Zabul OCHA 4 Nov 2017
      3.2%     		10,163


      Highlights
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Bank signed a data sharing agreement. This will strengthen existing data collection processes and enhance technical capacity for a comprehensive analysis of the return process and how best to support the reintegration of returnees over time.
    05 Nov 2017
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      Links
    Afghanistan Shelter Cluster
    Global Shelter Cluster Afghanistan page
    Global Protection Cluster | Afghanistan
    The Global Protection Cluster coordinates and provides global level inter-agency policy advice and guidance on the implementation of the cluster approach to Protection Clusters in the field, supports protection responses in non-refugee situation humanitarian action as well as leads standard and policy setting relating to protection in complex and natural disaster humanitarian emergencies, in particular with regard to the protection of internally displaced persons.
    HDX | OCHA Afghanistan
    OCHA Afghanistan on HDX
    HDX | UNHCR Afghanistan
    UNHCR Afghanistan on HDX
    HR.info – Afghanistan Protection Cluster page
    humanitarianresponse.info
    PopStats
    UNHCR Population Statistics Database
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