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AnnexTABLE 23Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs),returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR| 2000-2010See Table 1 for definition of population categories.Due to change in classification and estimation methodology in a number of countries, figures as from 2007 are not fully comparable with pre-2007 figures.Absolute valuesEnd of year Refugees 1 (pending cases)Asylum-seekersReturnedrefugeesIDPs protected/assisted 2ReturnedIDPsStatelesspersons 3Others ofconcern 32000 12,129,600 1,087,500 767,500 5,998,500 369,100 .. 1,653,900 22,006,1002001 12,116,800 1,072,700 462,400 5,096,500 241,000 .. 1,039,500 20,028,9002002 10,594,100 1,093,500 2,426,000 4,646,600 1,179,000 .. 953,300 20,892,5002003 9,592,800 997,600 1,094,900 4,181,700 237,800 .. 905,300 17,010,1002004 9,574,800 885,200 1,434,400 5,426,500 146,500 1,455,900 597,000 19,520,3002005 8,662,000 802,100 1,105,600 6,616,800 519,400 2,383,700 960,400 21,050,0002006 9,877,700 743,900 733,700 12,794,300 1,864,200 5,806,000 1,045,500 32,865,3002007 11,391,000 740,100 730,600 13,740,200 2,070,100 2,937,300 68,700 31,678,0002008 10,489,800 825,800 603,800 14,442,200 1,361,400 6,572,200 166,900 34,462,1002009 10,396,500 983,900 251,500 15,628,100 2,229,500 6,559,600 411,700 36,460,8002010 10,549,700 837,500 197,700 14,697,900 2,923,300 3,463,000 1,255,600 33,924,700TotalDistribution by categoryEnd of year Refugees 1 (pending cases) refugeesassisted 2IDPspersons 3 concern 3TotalAsylum-seekers Returned IDPs protected/ Returned Stateless Others of2000 55.1% 4.9% 3.5% 27.3% 1.7% .. 7.5% 100.0%2001 60.5% 5.4% 2.3% 25.4% 1.2% .. 5.2% 100.0%2002 50.7% 5.2% 11.6% 22.2% 5.6% .. 4.6% 99.9%2003 56.4% 5.9% 6.4% 24.6% 1.4% .. 5.3% 100.0%2004 49.1% 4.5% 7.3% 27.8% 0.8% 7.5% 3.1% 100.1%2005 41.1% 3.8% 5.3% 31.4% 2.5% 11.3% 4.6% 100.0%2006 30.1% 2.3% 2.2% 38.9% 5.7% 17.7% 3.2% 100.1%2007 36.0% 2.3% 2.3% 43.4% 6.5% 9.3% 0.2% 100.0%2008 30.4% 2.4% 1.8% 41.9% 4.0% 19.1% 0.5% 100.1%2009 28.5% 2.7% 0.7% 42.9% 6.1% 18.0% 1.1% 100.0%2010 31.1% 2.5% 0.6% 43.3% 8.6% 10.2% 3.7% 100.0%Annual changeEnd of year Refugees 1 (pending cases) refugeesassisted 2IDPspersons 3 concern 3TotalAsylum-seekers Returned IDPs protected/ Returned Stateless Others of2000-2001 -0.1% -1.4% -39.8% -15.0% -34.7% .. -37.1% -9.0%2001-2002 -12.6% 1.9% 424.7% -8.8% 389.2% .. -8.3% 4.3%2002-2003 -9.5% -8.8% -54.9% -10.0% -79.8% .. -5.0% -18.6%2003-2004 -0.2% -11.3% 31.0% 29.8% -38.4% .. -34.1% 14.8%2004-2005 -9.5% -9.4% -22.9% 21.9% 254.5% 63.7% 60.9% 7.8%2005-2006 14.0% -7.3% -33.6% 93.4% 258.9% 143.6% 8.9% 56.1%2006-2007 15.3% -0.5% -0.4% 7.4% 11.0% -49.4% -93.4% -3.6%2007-2008 -7.9% 11.6% -17.4% 5.1% -34.2% 123.7% 142.9% 8.8%2008-2009 -0.9% 19.1% -58.3% 8.2% 63.8% -0.2% 146.7% 5.8%2009-2010 1.5% -14.9% -21.4% -6.0% 31.1% -47.2% 205.0% -7.0%Notes1 Since 2007, people in refugee-like situations are included in the refugee estimates. Figures as from 2007 are not fully comparable with previous years.2 Since 2007, people in IDP-like situations are included in the IDP estimates. IDP figures since 2007 are not fully comparable with previous years.3 Stateless persons were included in the category “Others of concern” until 2003.154 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2010