Half of these persons of concern were officially classified as refugees.
Malaysia has 41,000 registered "persons of concern" and thousands more unknown.
The highest figure since 1993, when recording keeping began, was in 2009 with 36.5m persons of concern.
Collectively referred to as "persons of concern", the term used by the UNHCR includes refugees, asylum-seekers,returnees, stateless persons and certain groups of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
As of Jan . 1 2004, there were about 17.1 million "persons of concern" who fell under the mandate of UNHCR, as compared with 20.6 million the previous year.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees issued "persons of concern" letters on their behalf and moved them into a facility it managed jointly with the Cambodian government.
For the 62,711 people currently considered persons of concern, that breaks down to $5,340 £4,2733) per head per year; meanwhile Lebanon, housing roughly 954,000 more refugees, has received $1,051,948,838 (just $1,034, or £827, per person).
As of January 1, there were more than 20.6 million "persons of concern" who fell under the mandate of the UN High Commission for Refugees, as compared with 19.8 million the previous year.
The total number of refugees and other persons of concern to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) rose dramatically in 2006 from 21 million at the beginning of the year to 32.9 million at year's end.
