Refugee population by country or territory of origin by country

Countries reporting
202
Highest
5.95 million
Syrian Arab Republic
Lowest
0
Tuvalu
Median
1,127
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
7,190

What the numbers show

Refugee population by country or territory of origin is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 5.95 million in Syrian Arab Republic; the lowest is 0 in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,127, and the mean is 151,911.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 7,999.4%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 100.0%).

Refugee population by country or territory of origin: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Syrian Arab Republic 5.95 million 2024 up 53.1% volatile
1 Niue 5 2024 down 72.2% falling
2 Afghanistan 5.77 million 2024 up 122.1% falling
2 Anguilla 0 2024 volatile
3 Ukraine 5.12 million 2024 up 2,054.7% volatile
4 South Sudan 2.29 million 2024 up 271.7% volatile
5 Sudan 2.09 million 2024 up 214.5% volatile
6 Myanmar 1.32 million 2024 up 176.1% volatile
7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.06 million 2024 up 105.1% volatile
8 Somalia 894,049 2024 down 19.2% volatile
9 Central African Republic 693,488 2024 up 68.3% volatile
10 Eritrea 551,296 2024 up 51.8% volatile
11 Nigeria 467,605 2024 up 414.2% volatile
12 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 370,169 2024 up 4,521.9% volatile
13 Mali 354,075 2024 up 154.3% volatile
14 Burundi 322,462 2024 up 344.9% volatile
15 Iraq 305,493 2024 down 17.4% volatile
16 Rwanda 249,087 2024 up 213.7% volatile
17 Western Sahara 174,578 2024 up 49.9% rising
18 Ethiopia 164,418 2024 up 89.3% volatile
19 Iran 158,166 2024 up 92.4% rising
20 China (People’s Republic of) 153,564 2024 down 27.1% volatile
21 Azerbaijan 153,154 2024 up 1,357.5% volatile
22 Burkina Faso 150,081 2024 up 7,999.4% volatile
23 Haiti 148,252 2024 up 299.1% volatile
24 Sri Lanka 147,033 2024 up 20.5% rising
25 Türkiye 139,640 2024 up 118.6% volatile
26 Cameroon 109,864 2024 up 923.0% volatile
27 Honduras 100,969 2024 up 2,328.9% volatile
28 Russia 96,869 2024 up 37.3% volatile
29 Pakistan 86,259 2024 down 74.3% volatile
30 Colombia 77,775 2024 down 78.4% volatile
31 El Salvador 71,765 2024 up 554.3% volatile
32 Yemen 51,357 2024 up 1,858.0% volatile
33 Niger 44,119 2024 up 5,960.3% volatile
34 Palestine, State of 43,701 2024 down 55.0% volatile
35 Guinea 42,096 2024 up 176.1% volatile
36 India 39,303 2024 up 276.8% volatile
37 Mexico 39,241 2024 up 267.7% volatile
38 Mauritania 38,111 2024 up 11.8% falling
39 Guatemala 36,323 2024 up 385.1% volatile
40 Nicaragua 30,020 2024 up 1,800.0% volatile
41 Côte d'Ivoire 29,442 2024 down 59.1% volatile
42 Bangladesh 28,473 2024 up 162.0% volatile
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26,821 2024 up 22.6% volatile
44 Cuba 23,865 2024 up 218.3% volatile
45 Egypt 23,736 2024 up 49.3% volatile
46 Albania 21,875 2024 up 115.4% volatile
47 Viet Nam 19,961 2024 down 93.6% volatile
48 Croatia 17,891 2024 down 55.4% volatile
49 Belarus 17,704 2024 up 312.1% volatile
50 Libya 17,235 2024 up 311.6% volatile
51 Georgia 16,554 2024 up 147.6% volatile
52 Armenia 15,933 2024 up 34.6% volatile
53 Ghana 15,078 2024 down 31.8% volatile
54 Chad 14,617 2024 down 69.7% volatile
55 Congo 14,110 2024 down 2.7% volatile
56 Senegal 12,947 2024 down 44.0% volatile
57 Togo 12,685 2024 up 36.8% volatile
58 Angola 12,545 2024 up 32.5% volatile
59 Kenya 11,696 2024 up 36.9% volatile
60 Cambodia 11,474 2024 down 12.2% volatile
61 Morocco 10,609 2024 up 596.6% volatile
62 Uganda 10,377 2024 up 44.6% volatile
63 Lebanon 9,534 2024 up 123.7% volatile
64 Indonesia 9,172 2024 down 36.3% volatile
65 Algeria 8,800 2024 up 150.8% volatile
66 Gambia 8,140 2024 up 58.9% volatile
67 Sierra Leone 8,042 2024 up 61.2% volatile
68 Zimbabwe 7,992 2024 down 64.4% volatile
69 Nepal 7,840 2024 down 8.2% volatile
70 Bhutan 7,433 2024 down 68.5% volatile
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6,556 2024 down 12.3% volatile
72 Peru 6,459 2024 up 49.1% volatile
73 Republic of Moldova 6,236 2024 up 179.6% volatile
74 Uzbekistan 5,152 2024 up 7.6% volatile
75 Liberia 5,086 2024 down 62.5% volatile
76 Brazil 5,072 2024 up 419.1% volatile
77 Ecuador 5,015 2024 up 521.4% volatile
78 Jordan 4,990 2024 up 191.6% volatile
79 Chile 4,809 2024 up 742.2% volatile
80 Kazakhstan 4,119 2024 up 85.6% volatile
81 Tajikistan 4,045 2024 up 460.2% volatile
82 United States of America 4,004 2024 down 19.6% volatile
83 Tunisia 3,593 2024 up 143.4% volatile
84 Kyrgyzstan 3,400 2024 up 38.8% volatile
85 Kuwait 3,019 2024 up 210.0% volatile
86 Romania 2,919 2024 up 52.3% volatile
87 Turkmenistan 2,580 2024 up 448.9% volatile
88 Jamaica 2,552 2024 up 51.7% volatile
89 Mongolia 2,501 2024 up 15.7% volatile
90 Saudi Arabia 2,332 2024 up 278.6% volatile
91 Comoros 2,322 2024 up 300.3% volatile
92 Djibouti 2,055 2024 up 136.2% volatile
93 North Macedonia 2,013 2024 up 14.9% volatile
94 Hungary 1,984 2024 up 57.0% volatile
95 Guinea-Bissau 1,900 2024 up 45.5% volatile
96 Poland 1,528 2024 up 17.0% volatile
97 Bahamas 1,449 2024 up 570.8% volatile
98 Israel 1,307 2024 up 35.2% volatile
99 Tanzania, United Republic of 1,259 2024 up 49.3% volatile
100 Malaysia 1,209 2024 up 164.0% volatile
101 South Africa 1,174 2024 up 178.2% volatile
102 Dominican Republic 1,080 2024 up 210.3% volatile
103 Benin 1,064 2024 up 222.4% volatile
104 Czechia 1,057 2024 down 20.0% volatile
105 Gabon 948 2024 up 429.6% volatile
106 Philippines 785 2024 up 18.9% volatile
107 Montenegro 763 2024 up 27.0% volatile
108 Slovak Republic 664 2024 up 110.1% volatile
109 Namibia 646 2024 down 48.3% volatile
110 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 612 2024 up 3.0% volatile
111 Madagascar 604 2024 up 116.5% volatile
112 Malawi 570 2024 up 60.1% volatile
113 Papua New Guinea 504 2024 up 76.8% volatile
114 Bulgaria 498 2024 down 69.7% volatile
115 Trinidad and Tobago 474 2024 up 27.8% volatile
116 Argentina 464 2024 up 49.2% volatile
117 Equatorial Guinea 426 2024 up 153.6% volatile
118 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 417 2024 up 204.4% rising
119 Barbados 415 2024 up 406.1% volatile
120 Germany 348 2024 up 104.7% volatile
121 Zambia 337 2024 up 9.1% volatile
122 Panama 333 2024 up 301.2% volatile
123 Costa Rica 316 2024 down 23.7% volatile
124 Guyana 313 2024 down 55.3% volatile
125 Canada 309 2024 up 247.2% volatile
126 Thailand 300 2024 up 34.5% volatile
127 Bahrain 289 2024 down 16.0% volatile
128 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 283 2024 down 77.8% volatile
129 Italy 263 2024 up 317.5% volatile
129 Mauritius 263 2024 up 189.0% volatile
131 United Arab Emirates 261 2024 up 210.7% volatile
132 Botswana 249 2024 up 6.4% volatile
133 Fiji 248 2024 down 73.2% volatile
134 Hong Kong (China) 240 2024 up 860.0% volatile
135 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 186 2024 down 89.3% volatile
136 Latvia 179 2024 down 13.1% volatile
137 Spain 174 2024 up 190.0% volatile
138 Paraguay 170 2024 up 95.4% volatile
139 Saint Lucia 160 2024 down 82.6% volatile
140 Eswatini 150 2024 down 0.7% volatile
141 Korea 142 2024 down 70.3% volatile
142 France 139 2024 up 65.5% volatile
143 Netherlands 136 2024 up 115.9% volatile
144 Uruguay 131 2024 up 10.1% volatile
145 Estonia 126 2024 down 62.9% volatile
146 Oman 118 2024 up 372.0% volatile
147 Mozambique 114 2024 up 107.3% volatile
148 Lithuania 111 2024 down 39.0% volatile
149 Portugal 110 2024 up 266.7% volatile
150 Belize 104 2024 up 147.6% volatile
151 Grenada 100 2024 down 69.1% volatile
152 Sweden 98 2024 up 444.4% volatile
153 Greece 97 2024 down 10.2% volatile
154 Belgium 93 2024 up 22.4% volatile
155 Antigua and Barbuda 91 2024 up 71.7% volatile
156 Dominica 88 2024 up 151.4% volatile
157 Maldives 76 2024 up 137.5% volatile
158 Ireland 68 2024 up 871.4% volatile
159 Qatar 65 2024 up 182.6% volatile
160 Japan 55 2024 down 78.6% volatile
161 New Zealand 52 2024 up 271.4% volatile
162 Suriname 50 2024 up 194.1% volatile
163 Singapore 45 2024 down 18.2% volatile
164 Solomon Islands 44 2024 down 37.1% rising
165 Tonga 42 2024 up 121.1% volatile
166 Austria 33 2024 up 560.0% volatile
166 French Guiana 33 2024 volatile
168 Australia 31 2024 up 14.8% volatile
169 Saint Kitts and Nevis 27 2024 up 35.0% volatile
170 Lesotho 25 2024 up 56.2% volatile
171 Norway 22 2024 up 46.7% volatile
172 Slovenia 17 2024 down 32.0% volatile
172 Guadeloupe 17 2024 volatile
174 Denmark 16 2024 up 45.5% volatile
175 Macau (China) 15 2024 up 200.0% volatile
176 Cape Verde 14 2024 down 48.1% volatile
176 Turks and Caicos Islands 14 2024 down 6.7% rising
178 Cyprus 10 2024 unchanged volatile
178 Malta 10 2024 up 100.0% volatile
178 Seychelles 10 2024 down 56.5% volatile
181 Curaçao 8 2024 down 77.1% falling
181 Samoa 8 2024 volatile
183 Andorra 5 2024 unchanged volatile
183 Bermuda 5 2024 volatile
183 Switzerland 5 2024 down 68.8% volatile
183 Cayman Islands 5 2022 down 16.7% falling
183 Finland 5 2024 unchanged volatile
183 Kiribati 5 2024 unchanged volatile
183 Luxembourg 5 2024 rising
183 Monaco 5 2019 unchanged rising
183 Naoero 5 2024 volatile
183 Sao Tome and Principe 5 2024 down 79.2% falling
183 Timor-Leste 5 2024 down 61.5% volatile
183 Vanuatu 5 2024 volatile
195 Brunei Darussalam 0 2024 volatile
195 Iceland 0 2024 volatile
195 Marshall Islands 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
195 Puerto Rico 0 2024 volatile
195 San Marino 0 2005 down 100.0% falling
195 Tuvalu 0 2024 volatile

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Refugee population by country or territory of origin
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 7,190 data points, 1960–2024
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