Ethiopia vs Pakistan: Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled

Ethiopia
1.01 million
in 2024
Pakistan
1.56 million
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
8th
Pakistan rank
5th

Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Pakistan
01.0M2.0M3.0M196819962024

How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 1.56 million against 1.01 million in Ethiopia, a difference of 551,650.

That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.5 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 46 years both countries report, Pakistan has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 8th and Pakistan ranks 5th of 183 countries.

Pakistan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Pakistan Difference Ahead
1970s 10,930 400,000 389,070 Pakistan
1980s 224,678 2.74 million 2.51 million Pakistan
1990s 398,283 1.65 million 1.25 million Pakistan
2000s 121,813 1.55 million 1.43 million Pakistan
2010s 596,644 1.55 million 952,780 Pakistan
2020s 898,002 1.64 million 746,498 Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher refugee population by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled, Ethiopia or Pakistan?
Pakistan, at 1.56 million against 1.01 million in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in refugee population by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled between Ethiopia and Pakistan?
551,650, with Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Pakistan?
46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Pakistan rank globally for refugee population by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled?
Ethiopia ranks 8th and Pakistan ranks 5th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ethiopia vs Pakistan: Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/refugee-population-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum-gaps-filled/ethiopia/pakistan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/refugee-population-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum-gaps-filled/ethiopia/pakistan/">Ethiopia vs Pakistan: Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
183 places, 7,634 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed

Refugee population by country or territory of asylum with 169 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.