Refugee population by country or territory of origin by country
Countries reporting
203
Highest
5.22 million
Ukraine
Lowest
0
Anguilla
Median
1,265
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
7,395
What the numbers show
Refugee population by country or territory of origin is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 5.22 million in Ukraine; the lowest is 0 in Anguilla.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,265, and the mean is 139,200.
Over the past decade 132 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%).
Refugee population by country or territory of origin: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 5.22 million | 2025 | up 1,525.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Syria | 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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 | 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 | Western Sahara | 174,607 | 2025 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 164,215 | 2025 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Iran | 157,912 | 2025 | up 85.9% | rising |
| 22 | China | 153,962 | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Turkey | 149,405 | 2025 | up 150.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 148,369 | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 25 | Cameroon | 140,366 | 2025 | up 1,228.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Azerbaijan | 130,983 | 2025 | up 1,249.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Russia | 99,360 | 2025 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Honduras | 94,449 | 2025 | up 1,279.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Pakistan | 90,497 | 2025 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Niger | 85,591 | 2025 | up 6,088.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Colombia | 79,669 | 2025 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 32 | El Salvador | 68,182 | 2025 | up 361.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Yemen | 57,327 | 2025 | up 260.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Palestine | 48,323 | 2025 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Guinea | 47,692 | 2025 | up 180.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Mauritania | 43,906 | 2025 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 37 | India | 42,610 | 2025 | up 331.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Mexico | 41,307 | 2025 | up 264.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 35,341 | 2025 | up 2,305.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Guatemala | 34,994 | 2025 | up 240.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Cote d'Ivoire | 32,506 | 2025 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 31,862 | 2025 | up 162.2% | 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 | Vietnam | 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 | Laos | 6,489 | 2025 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Brazil | 6,306 | 2025 | up 606.2% | volatile |
| 74 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | North Korea | 263 | 2025 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 133 | United Arab Emirates | 252 | 2025 | up 176.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Hong Kong | 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 | South 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 | French Guiana | 42 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Australia | 41 | 2025 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 36 | 2025 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Austria | 33 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Lesotho | 27 | 2025 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Denmark | 21 | 2025 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 20 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Norway | 20 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Samoa | 17 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Guadeloupe | 17 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Cape Verde | 15 | 2025 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Cyprus | 15 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Macao | 15 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 176 | East Timor | 15 | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | Vanuatu | 13 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Slovenia | 12 | 2025 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Malta | 11 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Seychelles | 10 | 2025 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Curacao | 8 | 2025 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 185 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 187 | Bermuda | 6 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Switzerland | 6 | 2025 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Andorra | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 189 | Brunei | 5 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Finland | 5 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Kiribati | 5 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Monaco | 5 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 189 | Nauru | 5 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 189 | Niue | 5 | 2025 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 196 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 196 | Iceland | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 196 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 196 | San Marino | 0 | 2005 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 196 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 196 | Anguilla | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |