Refugees by Country of Origin
People recognised as refugees (incl. refugee-like situations), counted by their country of origin. Countries with zero counts omitted.
Avg (2025)
145062.6
-8.0% vs 2024
Improving
121
of 195 tracked
Declining
50
period over period
Stable
23
±0.5% band
Refugees (people)
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2018–2025.
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 20 | +300.0% |
| 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 15 | +200.0% |
| 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 13 | +160.0% |
| 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 351,209 | +134.0% |
| 🇼🇸 Samoa | 17 | +112.5% |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 2,671,560 | -53.7% |
| 🇪🇪 Estonia | 86 | -31.7% |
| 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 12 | -29.4% |
| 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 1,864 | -27.8% |
| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 794 | -24.9% |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Africa +13.9%
Americas +9.4%
Europe +1.6%
Asia -29.4%
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 55 | 205,856.4 | +13.9% |
| Asia | 56 | 181,709.4 | -29.4% |
| Europe | 44 | 131,108.7 | +1.6% |
| Americas | 40 | 25,514.9 | +9.4% |
Refugees by Country of Origin — full ranking
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| # | Entity | Refugees (people) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 5,224,131 | +2.0% |
| 2 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 4,865,764 | -18.3% |
| 3 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 2,820,737 | +34.7% |
| 4 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 2,671,560 | -53.7% |
| 5 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 2,386,499 | +4.2% |
| 6 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 1,524,378 | +15.3% |
| 7 | 🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep. | 1,176,489 | +11.0% |
| 8 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 892,037 | -0.23% |
| 9 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 674,222 | -2.8% |
| 10 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 554,891 | +0.65% |
| 11 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 519,738 | +46.8% |
| 12 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 478,150 | +2.3% |
| 13 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 417,010 | +12.7% |
| 14 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 351,209 | +134.0% |
| 15 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 318,291 | -1.3% |
| 16 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 270,671 | -11.4% |
| 17 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 244,415 | -1.9% |
| 18 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 180,702 | +21.9% |
| 19 | 🇪🇭 Western Sahara | 174,607 | +0.02% |
| 20 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 164,215 | -0.13% |
| 21 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 157,912 | -0.16% |
| 22 | 🇨🇳 China | 153,962 | +0.26% |
| 23 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 149,405 | +7.0% |
| 24 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 148,369 | +0.91% |
| 25 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 140,366 | +27.7% |
| 26 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 130,983 | -14.5% |
| 27 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 99,360 | +2.6% |
| 28 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 94,449 | -6.5% |
| 29 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 90,497 | +4.9% |
| 30 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 85,591 | +94.0% |
| 31 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 79,669 | +2.4% |
| 32 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 68,182 | -5.0% |
| 33 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 57,327 | +11.6% |
| 34 | 🇵🇸 Palestine | 48,323 | +10.5% |
| 35 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 47,692 | +13.3% |
| 36 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 43,906 | +15.2% |
| 37 | 🇮🇳 India | 42,610 | +8.4% |
| 38 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 41,307 | +5.3% |
| 39 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 35,341 | +17.7% |
| 40 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 34,994 | -3.7% |
| 41 | 🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire | 32,506 | +10.4% |
| 42 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 31,862 | +11.9% |
| 43 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 29,665 | -5.6% |
| 44 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 29,395 | +23.2% |
| 45 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,653 | -8.1% |
| 46 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 23,763 | +0.11% |
| 47 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 21,447 | -2.0% |
| 48 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 20,636 | +3.4% |
| 49 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 19,462 | +9.9% |
| 50 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 17,302 | +4.5% |
| 51 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 17,207 | -3.8% |
| 52 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 17,161 | -0.43% |
| 53 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 16,030 | +6.3% |
| 54 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 15,578 | -2.2% |
| 55 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 15,281 | +4.5% |
| 56 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 13,433 | +7.1% |
| 57 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 13,325 | +13.9% |
| 58 | 🇨🇬 Congo, Rep. | 13,134 | -6.9% |
| 59 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 13,028 | +0.63% |
| 60 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 12,792 | +23.2% |
| 61 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 12,661 | -0.19% |
| 62 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 11,332 | -1.2% |
| 63 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 10,400 | -2.0% |
| 64 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 9,568 | +0.36% |
| 65 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 9,215 | +0.47% |
| 66 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 9,174 | +4.3% |
| 67 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 8,925 | +11.0% |
| 68 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 8,019 | +2.3% |
| 69 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 7,885 | +22.1% |
| 70 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 7,257 | -2.4% |
| 71 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 6,728 | -17.3% |
| 72 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 6,632 | -17.1% |
| 73 | 🇱🇦 Lao | 6,489 | -1.0% |
| 74 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 6,306 | +24.3% |
| 75 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 5,846 | -6.3% |
| 76 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 5,723 | +14.1% |
| 77 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 5,471 | +9.6% |
| 78 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 5,358 | +11.4% |
| 79 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 5,164 | +0.23% |
| 80 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 5,117 | +0.61% |
| 81 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 4,163 | +2.9% |
| 82 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 4,144 | +0.61% |
| 83 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 3,711 | +3.3% |
| 84 | 🇺🇸 USA | 3,667 | -8.4% |
| 85 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 3,369 | +11.6% |
| 86 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic | 3,337 | -1.9% |
| 87 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 3,130 | +7.2% |
| 88 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 2,642 | +3.5% |
| 89 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 2,477 | +104.9% |
| 90 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 2,403 | -3.9% |
| 91 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 2,368 | +1.5% |
| 92 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 2,338 | +0.69% |
| 93 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 2,223 | +8.2% |
| 94 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 2,055 | +3.6% |
| 95 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 1,886 | -6.3% |
| 96 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 1,864 | -27.8% |
| 97 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 1,800 | -5.3% |
| 98 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 1,598 | +10.3% |
| 99 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 1,592 | +26.4% |
| 100 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 1,368 | -10.5% |
| 101 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1,319 | +12.4% |
| 102 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 1,279 | +20.2% |
| 103 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 1,265 | -3.2% |
| 104 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 1,240 | +14.8% |
| 105 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 984 | +3.8% |
| 106 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 807 | +2.8% |
| 107 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 794 | -24.9% |
| 108 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 710 | +16.0% |
| 109 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 696 | -8.8% |
| 110 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 685 | +6.0% |
| 111 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 644 | +27.8% |
| 112 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 637 | +5.5% |
| 113 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 625 | -5.9% |
| 114 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 577 | +39.0% |
| 115 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 576 | +21.5% |
| 116 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 551 | -3.3% |
| 117 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 542 | +16.8% |
| 118 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 533 | +7.0% |
| 119 | 🇬🇧 UK | 517 | +24.0% |
| 120 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 424 | -0.47% |
| 121 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 384 | +54.2% |
| 122 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 375 | +12.6% |
| 123 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 367 | +16.1% |
| 124 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 360 | +16.5% |
| 125 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 346 | +2.7% |
| 126 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 343 | +38.3% |
| 127 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 342 | +9.3% |
| 128 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 327 | -6.0% |
| 129 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 327 | +9.0% |
| 130 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 283 | +7.6% |
| 131 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 267 | -7.6% |
| 132 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 266 | +1.1% |
| 133 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 263 | -7.1% |
| 134 | 🇦🇪 UAE | 252 | -3.4% |
| 135 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China | 245 | +2.1% |
| 136 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 220 | +46.7% |
| 137 | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 199 | +24.4% |
| 138 | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 194 | +4.3% |
| 139 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 189 | +5.6% |
| 140 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 186 | +6.9% |
| 141 | 🇫🇷 France | 166 | +19.4% |
| 142 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 162 | -4.7% |
| 143 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 159 | +16.9% |
| 144 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 133 | +12.7% |
| 145 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 128 | +30.6% |
| 146 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 126 | -3.8% |
| 147 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 119 | +4.4% |
| 148 | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 117 | +17.0% |
| 149 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 117 | -17.6% |
| 150 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 113 | +21.5% |
| 151 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 109 | -0.91% |
| 152 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 108 | +3.8% |
| 153 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 101 | -9.0% |
| 154 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 97 | +6.6% |
| 155 | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 97 | +10.2% |
| 156 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 94 | -3.1% |
| 157 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 86 | -31.7% |
| 158 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 73 | +12.3% |
| 159 | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 73 | +65.9% |
| 160 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 69 | +1.5% |
| 161 | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 65 | +54.8% |
| 162 | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 62 | -18.4% |
| 163 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 58 | +11.5% |
| 164 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 56 | +1.8% |
| 165 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 56 | +12.0% |
| 166 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 43 | -4.4% |
| 167 | 🇬🇫 French Guiana | 42 | +27.3% |
| 168 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 41 | +32.3% |
| 169 | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis | 36 | +33.3% |
| 170 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 33 | 0.00% |
| 171 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 27 | +8.0% |
| 172 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 21 | +31.3% |
| 173 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 20 | +300.0% |
| 174 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 20 | -9.1% |
| 175 | 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe | 17 | 0.00% |
| 176 | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 17 | +112.5% |
| 177 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 15 | +7.1% |
| 178 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 15 | +50.0% |
| 179 | 🇲🇴 Macao, China | 15 | 0.00% |
| 180 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 15 | +200.0% |
| 181 | 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands | 14 | 0.00% |
| 182 | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 13 | +160.0% |
| 183 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 12 | -29.4% |
| 184 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 11 | +10.0% |
| 185 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 10 | 0.00% |
| 186 | 🇨🇼 Curaçao | 8 | 0.00% |
| 187 | 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | 8 | +60.0% |
| 188 | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 6 | +20.0% |
| 189 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 6 | +20.0% |
| 190 | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 5 | 0.00% |
| 191 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 5 | — |
| 192 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 5 | 0.00% |
| 193 | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 5 | 0.00% |
| 194 | 🇳🇺 Niue | 5 | 0.00% |
| 195 | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 5 | 0.00% |
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