Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, gaps filled by country
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 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
199
Highest
5.22 million
Ukraine
Lowest
0
British Virgin Islands
Median
1,319
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
10,260
What the numbers show
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, gaps filled is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 5.22 million in Ukraine; the lowest is 0 in British Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,319, and the mean is 141,269.
Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 16,258.1%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (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 | Ukraine | 5.22 million | 2025 | up 1,525.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.87 million | 2025 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Sudan | 2.82 million | 2025 | up 349.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 2.67 million | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 5 | South Sudan | 2.39 million | 2025 | up 206.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Myanmar | 1.52 million | 2025 | up 237.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.18 million | 2025 | up 117.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Somalia | 892,037 | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 674,222 | 2025 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Eritrea | 554,891 | 2025 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Mali | 519,738 | 2025 | up 237.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Nigeria | 478,150 | 2025 | up 184.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 417,010 | 2025 | up 5,493.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 351,209 | 2025 | up 16,258.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Burundi | 318,291 | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Iraq | 270,671 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Rwanda | 244,415 | 2025 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Haiti | 180,702 | 2025 | up 419.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 164,215 | 2025 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 157,912 | 2025 | up 85.9% | rising |
| 21 | China | 153,962 | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Türkiye | 149,405 | 2025 | up 150.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 148,369 | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 24 | Cameroon | 140,366 | 2025 | up 1,228.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 130,983 | 2025 | up 1,249.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 99,360 | 2025 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Honduras | 94,449 | 2025 | up 1,279.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Pakistan | 90,497 | 2025 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Niger | 85,591 | 2025 | up 6,088.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Colombia | 79,669 | 2025 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 31 | El Salvador | 68,182 | 2025 | up 361.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Yemen | 57,327 | 2025 | up 260.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Palestine, State of | 48,323 | 2025 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea | 47,692 | 2025 | up 180.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Mauritania | 43,906 | 2025 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 36 | India | 42,610 | 2025 | up 331.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Mexico | 41,307 | 2025 | up 264.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 35,341 | 2025 | up 2,305.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Guatemala | 34,994 | 2025 | up 240.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32,506 | 2025 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 31,862 | 2025 | up 162.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Serbia | 29,665 | 2025 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Cuba | 29,395 | 2025 | up 330.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,653 | 2025 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Egypt | 23,763 | 2025 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Albania | 21,447 | 2025 | up 106.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Viet Nam | 20,636 | 2025 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Belarus | 19,462 | 2025 | up 372.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Georgia | 17,302 | 2025 | up 166.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Croatia | 17,207 | 2025 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Libya | 17,161 | 2025 | up 182.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Ghana | 16,030 | 2025 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Armenia | 15,578 | 2025 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Chad | 15,281 | 2025 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Angola | 13,433 | 2025 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Kenya | 13,325 | 2025 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Congo | 13,134 | 2025 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 13,028 | 2025 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Uganda | 12,792 | 2025 | up 102.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Togo | 12,661 | 2025 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Cambodia | 11,332 | 2025 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Morocco | 10,400 | 2025 | up 490.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Lebanon | 9,568 | 2025 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Indonesia | 9,215 | 2025 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Algeria | 9,174 | 2025 | up 164.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Sierra Leone | 8,925 | 2025 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Nepal | 8,019 | 2025 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Peru | 7,885 | 2025 | up 119.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Bhutan | 7,257 | 2025 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Gambia | 6,728 | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 6,632 | 2025 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6,489 | 2025 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Brazil | 6,306 | 2025 | up 606.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Republic of Moldova | 5,846 | 2025 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Ecuador | 5,723 | 2025 | up 468.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Jordan | 5,471 | 2025 | up 198.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Chile | 5,358 | 2025 | up 867.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 5,164 | 2025 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Liberia | 5,117 | 2025 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 4,163 | 2025 | up 427.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 4,144 | 2025 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Tunisia | 3,711 | 2025 | up 138.8% | volatile |
| 83 | United States of America | 3,667 | 2025 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Kuwait | 3,369 | 2025 | up 213.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,337 | 2025 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Romania | 3,130 | 2025 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Jamaica | 2,642 | 2025 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Malaysia | 2,477 | 2025 | up 469.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Mongolia | 2,403 | 2025 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 2,368 | 2025 | up 245.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Comoros | 2,338 | 2025 | up 325.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Djibouti | 2,223 | 2025 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Hungary | 2,055 | 2025 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 1,886 | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 1,864 | 2025 | up 317.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,800 | 2025 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Bahamas | 1,598 | 2025 | up 639.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1,592 | 2025 | up 96.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Poland | 1,368 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 100 | South Africa | 1,319 | 2025 | up 195.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Benin | 1,279 | 2025 | up 219.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Israel | 1,265 | 2025 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Dominican Republic | 1,240 | 2025 | up 224.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Gabon | 984 | 2025 | up 465.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Philippines | 807 | 2025 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Czechia | 794 | 2025 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 710 | 2025 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Montenegro | 696 | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Namibia | 685 | 2025 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Papua New Guinea | 644 | 2025 | up 92.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Madagascar | 637 | 2025 | up 123.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Slovakia | 625 | 2025 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Barbados | 577 | 2025 | up 507.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Trinidad and Tobago | 576 | 2025 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Malawi | 551 | 2025 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Argentina | 542 | 2025 | up 191.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 533 | 2025 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 118 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 517 | 2025 | up 303.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Equatorial Guinea | 424 | 2025 | up 198.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Botswana | 384 | 2025 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Panama | 375 | 2025 | up 504.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 367 | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Canada | 360 | 2025 | up 393.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Zambia | 346 | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Fiji | 343 | 2025 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Guyana | 342 | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Germany | 327 | 2025 | up 113.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Thailand | 327 | 2025 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Mauritius | 283 | 2025 | up 180.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Bahrain | 267 | 2025 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Italy | 266 | 2025 | up 285.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 263 | 2025 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 133 | United Arab Emirates | 252 | 2025 | up 176.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Hong Kong, China | 245 | 2025 | up 642.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Eswatini | 220 | 2025 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Saint Lucia | 199 | 2025 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 194 | 2025 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Latvia | 189 | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Spain | 186 | 2025 | up 210.0% | volatile |
| 140 | France | 166 | 2025 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Paraguay | 162 | 2025 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Netherlands | 159 | 2025 | up 148.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Oman | 133 | 2025 | up 269.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Sweden | 128 | 2025 | up 611.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Uruguay | 126 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Mozambique | 119 | 2025 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Grenada | 117 | 2025 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Korea | 117 | 2025 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Belgium | 113 | 2025 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Portugal | 109 | 2025 | up 289.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Belize | 108 | 2025 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Lithuania | 101 | 2025 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 97 | 2025 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Dominica | 97 | 2025 | up 177.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Greece | 94 | 2025 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Estonia | 86 | 2025 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Qatar | 73 | 2025 | up 247.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 73 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 159 | Ireland | 69 | 2025 | up 1,280.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Tonga | 65 | 2025 | up 195.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Maldives | 62 | 2025 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 162 | New Zealand | 58 | 2025 | up 262.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Japan | 56 | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Suriname | 56 | 2025 | up 194.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Singapore | 43 | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Australia | 41 | 2025 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 36 | 2025 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Austria | 33 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Lesotho | 27 | 2025 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Denmark | 21 | 2025 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 20 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Norway | 20 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Samoa | 17 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Cape Verde | 15 | 2025 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Cyprus | 15 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Macau, China | 15 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Timor-Leste | 15 | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 13 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Slovenia | 12 | 2025 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Malta | 11 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Seychelles | 10 | 2025 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Curaçao | 8 | 2025 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 185 | Bermuda | 6 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Switzerland | 6 | 2025 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Andorra | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 187 | Brunei Darussalam | 5 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Finland | 5 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Kiribati | 5 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Monaco | 5 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 187 | Naoero | 5 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 193 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 193 | Iceland | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 193 | San Marino | 0 | 2005 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 193 | British Virgin Islands | 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 28.11 million
- IDA & IBRD total 28.01 million
- Low & middle income 27.96 million
- European Union 27,822
- IDA total 20.81 million
- Euro area 20,326
- IDA only 20.03 million
- Low income 17.84 million
- Least developed countries 14.87 million
- Pre-demographic dividend 13.59 million
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 11.16 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 11.08 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa 11.08 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 11.08 million
- Middle income 10.13 million
- Arab World 9.09 million
- Africa Eastern and Southern 8.61 million
- Early-demographic dividend 8.41 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 8.25 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 8.24 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 8.20 million
- IBRD only 7.20 million
- Upper middle income 6.73 million
- Europe & Central Asia 5.79 million
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.78 million
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 5.66 million
- Post-demographic dividend 5.33 million
- Lower middle income 3.40 million
- Africa Western and Central 2.47 million
- East Asia & Pacific 1.73 million
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.73 million
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.73 million
- Latin America & Caribbean 1.02 million
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.01 million
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 985,489
- Late-demographic dividend 789,687
- IDA blend 781,782
- OECD members 289,139
- South Asia 238,179
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 238,179
How this figure is calculated
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 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)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 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.