Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre by country
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
177
Highest
77.07 units per square kilometre
Lebanon
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Vanuatu
Median
0.0642 units per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,976
What the numbers show
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 77.07 units per square kilometre in Lebanon; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0642 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.48 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 82,077.8%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 100.0%).
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanon | 77.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Malta | 36.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Monaco | 8.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 4 | Uganda | 7.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 615.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Jordan | 7.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 7.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 321.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Germany | 7.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,280.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Netherlands | 7.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 218.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Belgium | 5.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 551.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 5.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,424.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Armenia | 5.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,003.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Czechia | 4.89 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12,623.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Switzerland | 4.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 267.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Montenegro | 4.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 664.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Rwanda | 4.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Cyprus | 4.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 906.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Türkiye | 4.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 433.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Liechtenstein | 3.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 521.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Republic of Moldova | 3.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50,855.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Burundi | 3.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Poland | 3.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,812.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Austria | 3.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 363.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Slovakia | 2.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18,262.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Pakistan | 2.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 25 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 340.8% | volatile |
| 26 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.85 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 255.9% | rising |
| 27 | Denmark | 1.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 423.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Ireland | 1.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,801.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Greece | 1.49 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,447.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Lithuania | 1.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8,649.6% | volatile |
| 31 | France | 1.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 185.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Cameroon | 1.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 322.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Italy | 1.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 291.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Djibouti | 0.995 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Estonia | 0.983 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82,077.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Kenya | 0.9277 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 0.8992 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,167.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Chad | 0.8743 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 153.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 0.8683 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 125.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Spain | 0.7719 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8,219.3% | volatile |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 0.7493 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,828.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Latvia | 0.7354 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30,610.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Hungary | 0.6923 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,487.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Portugal | 0.6856 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10,438.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Iraq | 0.6599 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.6248 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31,950.0% | volatile |
| 47 | South Sudan | 0.6033 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 48 | Sweden | 0.5835 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Slovenia | 0.5227 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,111.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Togo | 0.5192 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Sudan | 0.4938 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 477.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 0.4587 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Croatia | 0.4473 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,586.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Malaysia | 0.4135 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Romania | 0.3802 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,906.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Gambia | 0.3764 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Georgia | 0.3744 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,971.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Malawi | 0.3734 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 507.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Bahrain | 0.3175 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Finland | 0.2957 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 699.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Hong Kong | 0.2867 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 166.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Norway | 0.2844 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 125.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Ecuador | 0.2533 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Egypt | 0.2416 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.2309 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 361.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.2133 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Niger | 0.2131 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 368.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Cayman Islands | 0.2042 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 880.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Belarus | 0.197 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,572.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Albania | 0.1854 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,190.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Congo | 0.1776 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Thailand | 0.1709 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 73 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.1471 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1449 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,838.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 0.1379 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Nepal | 0.1366 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Mauritania | 0.1092 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Yemen | 0.1052 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Zambia | 0.0974 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 207.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Iceland | 0.0864 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11,934.5% | volatile |
| 81 | India | 0.085 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Nigeria | 0.0768 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,043.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Russian Federation | 0.0751 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35,555.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0731 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 0.0727 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 396.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Eswatini | 0.0699 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 139.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 0.0698 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 319.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Syria | 0.0654 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Mexico | 0.0642 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,778.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Senegal | 0.0616 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Japan | 0.0613 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 763.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Israel | 0.0571 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 93 | South Africa | 0.0554 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Mali | 0.0545 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 364.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 0.0534 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Central African Republic | 0.0528 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 129.8% | volatile |
| 97 | United States of America | 0.0447 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.2% | falling |
| 98 | Republic of Korea | 0.0415 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 638.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Algeria | 0.0414 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 100 | Panama | 0.0367 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0333 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 102 | China | 0.0323 units per square kilometre | 2020 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 103 | Kuwait | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Ghana | 0.031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Somalia | 0.0283 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 632.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Brazil | 0.0282 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,447.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 0.0261 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Tunisia | 0.0257 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 449.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Benin | 0.0251 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,386.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0232 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | 0.0213 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,404.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Angola | 0.0202 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0199 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Canada | 0.0193 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Morocco | 0.0186 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 468.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Qatar | 0.0171 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 0.0161 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Kazakhstan | 0.0158 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7,259.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Paraguay | 0.0151 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,453.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Liberia | 0.0121 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Barbados | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Lesotho | 0.0105 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Belize | 0.0094 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 919.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Guatemala | 0.0092 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 542.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Guinea | 0.0089 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Turkmenistan | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7,931.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0075 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0074 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 129 | Uruguay | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 576.3% | volatile |
| 130 | New Zealand | 0.007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0068 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Mozambique | 0.0066 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Namibia | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | 0.0061 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 167.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Comoros | 0.0054 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Peru | 0.0052 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 495.0% | volatile |
| 137 | El Salvador | 0.0051 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Australia | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Indonesia | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 162.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Ukraine | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 141 | Chile | 0.0031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Philippines | 0.0031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 424.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Jamaica | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 0.0026 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Mauritius | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Honduras | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,037.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Argentina | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Botswana | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Cuba | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Colombia | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 567.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Libya | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 153 | Eritrea | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Oman | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Fiji | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Gabon | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 1987 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Suriname | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | falling |
| 161 | Cambodia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Guyana | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Madagascar | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 345.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Viet Nam | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Mongolia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Bahamas | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Curacao | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Grenada | 0 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Haiti | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Macao | 0 units per square kilometre | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Naoero | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Singapore | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Refugees by country of asylum UNHCR (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.