Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled by country
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum with 148 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Countries reporting
177
Highest
2.66 million
Germany
Lowest
0
Vanuatu
Median
12,269
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
10,579
What the numbers show
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 2.66 million in Germany; the lowest is 0 in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 12,269, and the mean is 160,801.
Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 34,306.5%), and the largest decrease in Curaçao (down 100.0%).
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 2.66 million | 2025 | up 740.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | 2.39 million | 2025 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Uganda | 1.94 million | 2025 | up 305.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Chad | 1.50 million | 2025 | up 306.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 1.18 million | 2025 | up 407.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 1.16 million | 2025 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 1.01 million | 2025 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Poland | 990,469 | 2025 | up 6,946.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Sudan | 809,816 | 2025 | up 161.5% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 788,419 | 2025 | up 188.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 770,514 | 2025 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Kenya | 617,125 | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 13 | South Sudan | 601,818 | 2025 | up 128.8% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 581,072 | 2025 | up 372.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Libya | 552,523 | 2025 | up 5,837.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Lebanon | 535,168 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Spain | 511,079 | 2025 | up 7,827.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 503,732 | 2025 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 19 | United States of America | 457,647 | 2025 | up 67.5% | falling |
| 20 | Jordan | 436,226 | 2025 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Canada | 416,028 | 2025 | up 206.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Cameroon | 408,613 | 2025 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Czechia | 395,559 | 2025 | up 10,767.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Niger | 385,986 | 2025 | up 209.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Iraq | 322,345 | 2025 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Mauritania | 301,490 | 2025 | up 289.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Mali | 286,715 | 2025 | up 1,701.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Austria | 286,651 | 2025 | up 297.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Netherlands | 283,935 | 2025 | up 220.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Brazil | 278,966 | 2025 | up 3,105.4% | volatile |
| 31 | India | 238,643 | 2025 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Egypt | 220,033 | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Switzerland | 208,287 | 2025 | up 184.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Romania | 206,671 | 2025 | up 7,907.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Italy | 192,914 | 2025 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Belgium | 186,393 | 2025 | up 428.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Algeria | 180,575 | 2025 | up 91.7% | flat |
| 38 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 171,142 | 2025 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Mexico | 152,002 | 2025 | up 5,134.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Malaysia | 150,164 | 2025 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Republic of Moldova | 149,324 | 2025 | up 34,306.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Sweden | 144,116 | 2025 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Slovakia | 140,885 | 2025 | up 17,165.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Ireland | 137,869 | 2025 | up 2,157.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Greece | 134,563 | 2025 | up 441.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Norway | 124,006 | 2025 | up 146.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Nigeria | 123,848 | 2025 | up 8,829.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Armenia | 123,087 | 2025 | up 537.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Rwanda | 115,794 | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Burundi | 110,800 | 2025 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 105,596 | 2025 | up 538.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Finland | 102,544 | 2025 | up 707.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Denmark | 95,007 | 2025 | up 247.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Thailand | 84,017 | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 55 | Zambia | 83,225 | 2025 | up 214.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Côte d'Ivoire | 74,630 | 2025 | up 3,684.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Hungary | 71,332 | 2025 | up 1,527.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Portugal | 70,349 | 2025 | up 8,166.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Congo | 62,500 | 2025 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Central African Republic | 55,307 | 2025 | up 654.3% | volatile |
| 61 | South Africa | 55,177 | 2025 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Lithuania | 54,381 | 2025 | up 4,870.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Togo | 54,167 | 2025 | up 146.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Yemen | 49,107 | 2025 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Cyprus | 48,207 | 2025 | up 582.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Japan | 42,450 | 2025 | up 1,612.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Estonia | 41,299 | 2025 | up 26,038.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 40,996 | 2025 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Serbia | 40,863 | 2025 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Belarus | 40,794 | 2025 | up 2,160.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 36,395 | 2025 | up 910.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Malawi | 35,241 | 2025 | up 290.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Australia | 33,415 | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Latvia | 32,454 | 2025 | up 16,715.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Croatia | 29,748 | 2025 | up 5,654.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Georgia | 26,522 | 2025 | up 1,244.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Ecuador | 26,428 | 2025 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Angola | 25,396 | 2025 | up 63.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Djibouti | 24,899 | 2025 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Ghana | 21,050 | 2025 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Somalia | 20,967 | 2025 | up 159.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Afghanistan | 20,869 | 2025 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 20,822 | 2025 | up 2,887.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Nepal | 19,613 | 2025 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Senegal | 17,259 | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Benin | 16,974 | 2025 | up 3,127.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 14,333 | 2025 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovenia | 12,513 | 2025 | up 4,306.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Montenegro | 12,269 | 2025 | up 596.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Russian Federation | 11,811 | 2025 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 10,284 | 2025 | up 687.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Syrian Arab Republic | 9,885 | 2025 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 8,620 | 2025 | up 339.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 8,570 | 2025 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Iceland | 8,459 | 2025 | up 4,875.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Malta | 8,306 | 2025 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Papua New Guinea | 7,727 | 2025 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 98 | Indonesia | 7,374 | 2025 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Morocco | 7,304 | 2025 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Peru | 6,788 | 2025 | up 366.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 6,389 | 2025 | up 399.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Namibia | 5,470 | 2025 | up 216.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Mozambique | 5,105 | 2025 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Argentina | 4,941 | 2025 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Albania | 4,673 | 2025 | up 4,187.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Paraguay | 4,621 | 2025 | up 2,667.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Korea | 4,407 | 2025 | up 202.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 4,377 | 2025 | up 524.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Gambia | 4,108 | 2025 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Uruguay | 3,195 | 2025 | up 994.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Panama | 2,694 | 2025 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Chile | 2,631 | 2025 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Tunisia | 2,386 | 2025 | up 262.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Ukraine | 2,370 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 115 | Guinea | 2,154 | 2025 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 116 | New Zealand | 2,148 | 2025 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,877 | 2025 | up 1,687.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Guatemala | 1,586 | 2025 | up 614.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Colombia | 1,464 | 2025 | up 590.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Eswatini | 1,414 | 2025 | up 103.7% | volatile |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 1,377 | 2025 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Israel | 1,274 | 2025 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Liberia | 1,172 | 2025 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,150 | 2025 | up 229.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1,147 | 2025 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 126 | Philippines | 1,032 | 2025 | up 306.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Liechtenstein | 987 | 2025 | up 576.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Botswana | 847 | 2025 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 586 | 2025 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Lesotho | 478 | 2025 | up 1,441.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Saudi Arabia | 448 | 2025 | up 267.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Kuwait | 386 | 2025 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Belize | 347 | 2025 | up 920.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 311 | 2023 | up 69.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Oman | 289 | 2025 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Honduras | 270 | 2025 | up 864.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Bahrain | 240 | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Hong Kong, China | 236 | 2025 | up 116.5% | volatile |
| 139 | China | 230 | 2025 | down 99.9% | falling |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 213 | 2025 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Qatar | 195 | 2025 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 142 | El Salvador | 182 | 2025 | up 295.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Gabon | 166 | 2025 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Eritrea | 119 | 2025 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Cuba | 115 | 2025 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Madagascar | 87 | 2025 | up 1,350.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 80 | 1987 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Cayman Islands | 53 | 2025 | up 430.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Guyana | 35 | 2025 | up 191.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Jamaica | 31 | 2022 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 24 | 2025 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Mauritius | 24 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Suriname | 24 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 154 | Cambodia | 23 | 2025 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Dominican Republic | 20 | 2025 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Monaco | 17 | 2025 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 156 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 17 | 2025 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Fiji | 15 | 2025 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Viet Nam | 13 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Mongolia | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 161 | Bahamas | 10 | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 9 | 2025 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 | 2025 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 164 | Barbados | 5 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Comoros | 5 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Lucia | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 164 | Naoero | 5 | 2025 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Uzbekistan | 5 | 2025 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Curaçao | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Haiti | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Macau, China | 0 | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Singapore | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 28.46 million
- IDA & IBRD total 20.17 million
- Low & middle income 18.78 million
- European Union 7.74 million
- IDA total 11.87 million
- Euro area 5.83 million
- OECD members 11.80 million
- Europe & Central Asia 11.50 million
- Middle income 11.28 million
- High income 9.68 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 9.48 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa 9.48 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 9.48 million
- IDA only 9.41 million
- Least developed countries 9.39 million
- Early-demographic dividend 8.69 million
- Pre-demographic dividend 8.60 million
- IBRD only 8.30 million
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 8.06 million
- Post-demographic dividend 8.05 million
- Low income 7.51 million
- Africa Eastern and Southern 6.12 million
- Upper middle income 5.86 million
- Lower middle income 5.41 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 4.30 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 4.29 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 4.29 million
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.18 million
- Arab World 3.48 million
- Africa Western and Central 3.36 million
- Late-demographic dividend 3.11 million
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 2.83 million
- IDA blend 2.46 million
- Central Europe and the Baltics 2.08 million
- South Asia 1.44 million
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.44 million
- North America 873,675
- Latin America & Caribbean 540,170
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 539,961
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 493,239
How this figure is calculated
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum with 148 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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About this data
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum with 148 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.