Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum by country
Asylum-seekers are individuals who have sought international protection and whose claims for refugee status have not yet been determined. This includes those who are in various stages of the asylum process, such as initial application, appeal, or awaiting final decision. In specific contexts, asylum-seekers may...
Countries reporting
176
Highest
3.72 million
United States
Lowest
0
Uzbekistan
Median
1,858
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
5,379
What the numbers show
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 3.72 million in United States; the lowest is 0 in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,858, and the mean is 51,126.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 158,977.0%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3.72 million | 2025 | up 1,199.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Egypt | 878,268 | 2025 | up 2,203.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Peru | 556,770 | 2025 | up 158,977.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 314,469 | 2025 | up 1,501.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 297,503 | 2025 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Spain | 248,715 | 2025 | up 2,156.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Italy | 234,144 | 2025 | up 289.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Kenya | 218,646 | 2025 | up 447.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 178,212 | 2025 | up 5,368.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 173,532 | 2025 | up 12,811.6% | volatile |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 144,747 | 2025 | up 215.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Brazil | 119,651 | 2025 | up 475.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Pakistan | 119,502 | 2025 | up 1,756.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 112,987 | 2025 | up 5,214.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Libya | 105,954 | 2025 | up 285.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Turkey | 102,497 | 2025 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 100,112 | 2025 | up 10,136.4% | volatile |
| 18 | France | 85,227 | 2025 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 19 | Australia | 82,925 | 2025 | up 299.6% | volatile |
| 20 | South Africa | 82,358 | 2025 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Malaysia | 63,011 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Belgium | 58,725 | 2025 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Sudan | 50,147 | 2025 | up 298.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Niger | 50,004 | 2025 | up 48,447.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Netherlands | 49,662 | 2025 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Tanzania | 43,262 | 2025 | up 1,912.2% | volatile |
| 27 | South Korea | 39,106 | 2025 | up 620.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Uganda | 35,249 | 2025 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Ireland | 33,728 | 2025 | up 577.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Greece | 31,928 | 2025 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Angola | 30,261 | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Israel | 29,682 | 2025 | up 154.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Uruguay | 27,288 | 2025 | up 39,447.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Somalia | 25,702 | 2025 | up 154.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Malawi | 25,251 | 2025 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 23,369 | 2025 | up 26,760.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Iraq | 23,366 | 2025 | up 215.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Cyprus | 23,162 | 2025 | up 948.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Japan | 22,647 | 2025 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Austria | 22,014 | 2025 | down 72.5% | rising |
| 41 | Mozambique | 18,972 | 2025 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Cameroon | 18,553 | 2025 | up 246.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Nigeria | 18,192 | 2025 | up 4,625.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Colombia | 17,421 | 2025 | up 16,491.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Switzerland | 17,039 | 2025 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 46 | Rwanda | 15,251 | 2025 | up 3,656.4% | volatile |
| 47 | India | 15,075 | 2025 | up 132.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Morocco | 15,033 | 2025 | up 880.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Yemen | 14,642 | 2025 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Poland | 13,848 | 2025 | up 322.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Zambia | 12,906 | 2025 | up 436.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Benin | 11,947 | 2025 | up 6,688.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Djibouti | 10,141 | 2025 | up 284.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Chile | 9,561 | 2025 | up 806.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 9,495 | 2025 | up 3,594.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Chad | 9,371 | 2025 | up 224.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Portugal | 8,595 | 2025 | up 1,405.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Ecuador | 8,571 | 2025 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Central African Republic | 8,454 | 2025 | up 2,446.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8,177 | 2025 | up 1,169.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Congo | 8,109 | 2025 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Jordan | 8,068 | 2025 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Lebanon | 7,617 | 2025 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Mauritania | 7,378 | 2025 | up 1,399.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Norway | 6,280 | 2025 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 6,257 | 2025 | up 1,382.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Tunisia | 5,523 | 2025 | up 6,803.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Indonesia | 4,697 | 2025 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Sweden | 4,661 | 2025 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 70 | New Zealand | 4,584 | 2025 | up 3,197.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Togo | 4,282 | 2025 | up 474.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Syria | 4,144 | 2025 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Panama | 4,129 | 2025 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Guatemala | 4,088 | 2025 | up 3,223.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Argentina | 3,941 | 2025 | up 271.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 3,907 | 2025 | up 11,739.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Algeria | 3,690 | 2025 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Eswatini | 3,511 | 2025 | up 1,235.0% | volatile |
| 79 | South Sudan | 3,246 | 2025 | up 288.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 3,238 | 2025 | up 1,032.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Suriname | 3,191 | 2025 | up 7,320.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Papua New Guinea | 3,121 | 2025 | up 596.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Luxembourg | 3,050 | 2025 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Thailand | 2,880 | 2025 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Denmark | 2,738 | 2025 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,981 | 2025 | up 1,138.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 1,957 | 2025 | up 1,287.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Finland | 1,879 | 2025 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Belize | 1,836 | 2025 | up 156.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Paraguay | 1,659 | 2025 | up 6,044.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Venezuela | 1,577 | 2025 | up 626.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Senegal | 1,538 | 2025 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 93 | Belarus | 1,470 | 2025 | up 438.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Burundi | 1,466 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Malta | 1,390 | 2025 | up 142.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Namibia | 1,326 | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 1,317 | 2025 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Madagascar | 1,279 | 2025 | up 12,690.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 1,029 | 2025 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Armenia | 998 | 2025 | up 1,856.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Czechia | 993 | 2025 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Russia | 976 | 2025 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Philippines | 942 | 2025 | up 409.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Liberia | 725 | 2025 | up 6,490.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Slovenia | 722 | 2025 | up 684.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Iceland | 660 | 2025 | up 315.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Kuwait | 611 | 2025 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Moldova | 594 | 2025 | up 531.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Gambia | 509 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Latvia | 487 | 2025 | up 167.6% | volatile |
| 111 | China | 482 | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Ghana | 475 | 2025 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Ukraine | 443 | 2025 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Honduras | 441 | 2025 | up 4,310.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Croatia | 434 | 2025 | up 1,346.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Oman | 414 | 2025 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Afghanistan | 382 | 2025 | up 389.7% | volatile |
| 118 | El Salvador | 328 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Mali | 322 | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Estonia | 321 | 2025 | up 339.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Romania | 316 | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Nepal | 302 | 2025 | up 1,577.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Georgia | 288 | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 271 | 2025 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Mauritius | 233 | 2025 | up 4,560.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Lesotho | 202 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 199 | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Montenegro | 175 | 2025 | up 872.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Guinea | 172 | 2025 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 164 | 2025 | up 720.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 163 | 2025 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Lithuania | 156 | 2025 | up 108.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Qatar | 153 | 2025 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 141 | 2025 | up 1,310.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Serbia | 134 | 2025 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 124 | 2023 | up 726.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Bahrain | 122 | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Nauru | 92 | 2025 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Gabon | 86 | 2025 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Bangladesh | 67 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Hungary | 42 | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Cuba | 40 | 2025 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 38 | 2025 | up 153.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Liechtenstein | 37 | 2025 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Fiji | 31 | 2025 | up 416.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 30 | 2025 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Guyana | 29 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Botswana | 21 | 2025 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Slovakia | 16 | 2025 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Cayman Islands | 15 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Mongolia | 15 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Comoros | 14 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Albania | 11 | 2025 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Barbados | 8 | 2025 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 7 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Cambodia | 5 | 2025 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Macao | 5 | 2017 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | Aruba | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Bahamas | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Bolivia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Curacao | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Eritrea | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Grenada | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Haiti | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Iran | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Jamaica | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Singapore | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | East Timor | 0 | 2015 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 9.00 million
- OECD members 5.96 million
- High income 5.76 million
- Post-demographic dividend 5.41 million
- North America 4.03 million
- IDA & IBRD total 3.50 million
- Low & middle income 3.24 million
- Middle income 2.76 million
- IBRD only 2.50 million
- Early-demographic dividend 2.29 million
- Lower middle income 1.46 million
- Europe & Central Asia 1.41 million
- Upper middle income 1.30 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.24 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 1.20 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 1.20 million
- Arab World 1.17 million
- Latin America & Caribbean 1.14 million
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.14 million
- European Union 1.13 million
- Euro area 1.10 million
- IDA total 991,229
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 942,178
- Sub-Saharan Africa 942,178
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 942,178
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 894,080
- Africa Eastern and Southern 791,897
- Pre-demographic dividend 739,981
- Least developed countries 598,535
- IDA only 578,860
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 575,453
- Late-demographic dividend 556,157
- Low income 480,202
- IDA blend 412,369
- East Asia & Pacific 224,545
- Africa Western and Central 150,281
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 129,284
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 112,393
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 75,283
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 75,191
About this data
Asylum-seekers are individuals who have sought international protection and whose claims for refugee status have not yet been determined. This includes those who are in various stages of the asylum process, such as initial application, appeal, or awaiting final decision. In specific contexts, asylum-seekers may also include those who are seeking protection under complementary forms of protection, and those enjoying temporary protection, but whose claims are still under consideration.