Refugees & asylum-seekers

Where refugees come from, where they live, and who gets protection. UNHCR end-year stocks and Eurostat asylum decisions. Not the same as foreign-born or net migration.

Data updated

Refugees worldwide, 2025
36M
Peak 37M in 2023
Asylum-seekers waiting
9.0M
Claims pending at year end
Largest origin
Venezuela
6.5M abroad
Largest single corridor
Venezuela → Colombia
2.8M people

Where refugees live

In absolute numbers Colombia, Germany, Türkiye and Uganda host the most. Per resident, the weight falls on countries next to wars. Switch between the two and play the years.

2025
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Refugees per 1,000 residents, 2025

36M refugees and others in need of international protection, by the country hosting them. Lebanon hosts the most per resident.

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Refugees per 1,000 residents · grey = no UNHCR figure

Most per resident, 2025(countries over 500,000 people)

  1. 1🇱🇧Lebanon91
  2. 2🇱🇾Libya74
  3. 3🇹🇩Chad72
  4. 4🇲🇩Moldova63
  5. 5🇲🇷Mauritania57
  6. 6🇨🇴Colombia53
  7. 7🇸🇸South Sudan49
  8. 8🇦🇲Armenia40
  9. 9🇯🇴Jordan38
  10. 10🇺🇬Uganda38
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, end-year stocks by country of asylum. Refugees include Venezuelans and others UNHCR counts as in need of international protection; Palestinians under UNRWA are not included. Population: World Bank.birthrate.io/migration/refugees#refugee-map

Where they come from

A handful of crises account for most of the world's refugees. Click a bar to add it to the trend.

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Where refugees come from, 2025

Refugees and others in need of protection, by country of origin. Click up to four countries to compare how each exodus grew.

VenezuelaUkraineSyriaAfghanistan
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, by country of origin. Asylum-seekers not included.birthrate.io/migration/refugees#origins
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The largest refugee corridors, 2025

Most refugees stay in a neighbouring country. Each bar is one origin and one host.

  • Venezuela → Colombia2.8M
  • Syria → Türkiye2.3M
  • Afghanistan → Iran1.6M
  • Sudan → Chad1.3M
  • Afghanistan → Pakistan1.3M
  • Myanmar → Bangladesh1.2M
  • Ukraine → Germany1.2M
  • Venezuela → Peru1.1M
  • South Sudan → Uganda1.0M
  • Ukraine → Poland972K
  • Venezuela → Brazil699K
  • Syria → Germany669K
  • Venezuela → Chile663K
  • DR Congo → Uganda645K
  • South Sudan → Sudan635K
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, origin by country of asylum. Refugees and others in need of protection.birthrate.io/migration/refugees#corridors
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Forcibly displaced people, 2000–2025

Refugees outside their country, asylum-seekers waiting for a decision, others in need of international protection, and people displaced inside their own country.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder. 'Others in need of protection' is mostly Venezuelans, counted separately from 2018. Excludes Palestinians under UNRWA's mandate.birthrate.io/migration/refugees#trend

Who gets asylum in the EU

Recognition rates differ hugely by nationality: near-certain protection for some, near-certain refusal for others.

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Who gets asylum in the EU, 2025

Share of first-instance decisions that granted protection, by citizenship. EU average: 39%. Citizenships with at least 1,000 decisions.

  • 🇦🇫Afghanistan73%
  • 🇹🇷Türkiye13%
  • 🇻🇪Venezuela92%
  • 🇨🇴Colombia6.7%
  • 🇧🇩Bangladesh10%
  • 🇸🇾Syria29%
  • 🇺🇦Ukraine73%
  • 🇪🇬Egypt11%
  • 🇵🇪Peru7.8%
  • 🇬🇳Guinea29%
  • 🇸🇴Somalia63%
  • 🇵🇰Pakistan24%
  • 🇮🇶Iraq23%
  • 🇨🇩DR Congo17%
  • 🇷🇺Russia20%
  • 🇮🇷Iran31%
  • 🇲🇦Morocco8.3%
  • 🇲🇱Mali87%
  • 🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire27%
  • 🇳🇬Nigeria21%

Blue above the EU average, copper below it.

Source: Eurostat migr_asydcfsta. Positive = refugee status, subsidiary protection or humanitarian status. Appeals can change the outcome later.birthrate.io/migration/refugees#recognition

Every host country

Largest refugee stocks

#CountryRefugeesYear
1🇩🇪Germany2.7M2025
2🇹🇷Türkiye2.4M2025
3🇺🇬Uganda1.9M2025
4🇹🇩Chad1.5M2025
5🇧🇩Bangladesh1.2M2025
6🇵🇰Pakistan1.2M2025
7🇪🇹Ethiopia1M2025
8🇵🇱Poland990.5K2025
9🇸🇩Sudan809.8K2025
10🇫🇷France788.4K2025
11🇮🇷Iran770.5K2025
12🇰🇪Kenya617.1K2025
13🇸🇸South Sudan601.8K2025
14🇬🇧United Kingdom581.1K2025
15🇱🇾Libya552.5K2025

Largest asylum-seeker stocks

#CountryAsylum-seekersYear
1🇺🇸United States3.7M2025
2🇪🇬Egypt878.3K2025
3🇵🇪Peru556.8K2025
4🇨🇦Canada314.5K2025
5🇩🇪Germany297.5K2025
6🇪🇸Spain248.7K2025
7🇮🇹Italy234.1K2025
8🇰🇪Kenya218.6K2025
9🇨🇷Costa Rica178.2K2025
10🇲🇽Mexico173.5K2025
11🇬🇧United Kingdom144.7K2025
12🇧🇷Brazil119.7K2025
13🇵🇰Pakistan119.5K2025
14🇪🇹Ethiopia113K2025
15🇱🇾Libya106K2025
All countries — refugee stock table
#CountryRefugeesYear
1🇩🇪Germany2.7M2025
2🇹🇷Türkiye2.4M2025
3🇺🇬Uganda1.9M2025
4🇹🇩Chad1.5M2025
5🇧🇩Bangladesh1.2M2025
6🇵🇰Pakistan1.2M2025
7🇪🇹Ethiopia1M2025
8🇵🇱Poland990.5K2025
9🇸🇩Sudan809.8K2025
10🇫🇷France788.4K2025
11🇮🇷Iran770.5K2025
12🇰🇪Kenya617.1K2025
13🇸🇸South Sudan601.8K2025
14🇬🇧United Kingdom581.1K2025
15🇱🇾Libya552.5K2025
16🇱🇧Lebanon535.2K2025
17🇪🇸Spain511.1K2025
18🇨🇩DR Congo503.7K2025
19🇺🇸United States457.6K2025
20🇯🇴Jordan436.2K2025
21🇨🇦Canada416K2025
22🇨🇲Cameroon408.6K2025
23🇨🇿Czechia395.6K2025
24🇳🇪Niger386K2025
25🇮🇶Iraq322.3K2025
26🇲🇷Mauritania301.5K2025
27🇲🇱Mali286.7K2025
28🇦🇹Austria286.7K2025
29🇳🇱Netherlands283.9K2025
30🇧🇷Brazil279K2025
31🇮🇳India238.6K2025
32🇪🇬Egypt220K2025
33🇨🇭Switzerland208.3K2025
34🇷🇴Romania206.7K2025
35🇮🇹Italy192.9K2025
36🇧🇪Belgium186.4K2025
37🇩🇿Algeria180.6K2025
38🇹🇿Tanzania171.1K2025
39🇲🇽Mexico152K2025
40🇲🇾Malaysia150.2K2025
41🇲🇩Moldova149.3K2025
42🇸🇪Sweden144.1K2025
43🇸🇰Slovakia140.9K2025
44🇮🇪Ireland137.9K2025
45🇬🇷Greece134.6K2025
46🇳🇴Norway124K2025
47🇳🇬Nigeria123.8K2025
48🇦🇲Armenia123.1K2025
49🇷🇼Rwanda115.8K2025
50🇧🇮Burundi110.8K2025
51🇧🇬Bulgaria105.6K2025
52🇫🇮Finland102.5K2025
53🇩🇰Denmark95K2025
54🇹🇭Thailand84K2025
55🇿🇲Zambia83.2K2025
56🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire74.6K2025
57🇭🇺Hungary71.3K2025
58🇵🇹Portugal70.3K2025
59🇨🇬Congo62.5K2025
60🇨🇫Central African Republic55.3K2025
61🇿🇦South Africa55.2K2025
62🇱🇹Lithuania54.4K2025
63🇹🇬Togo54.2K2025
64🇾🇪Yemen49.1K2025
65🇨🇾Cyprus48.2K2025
66🇯🇵Japan42.5K2025
67🇪🇪Estonia41.3K2025
68🇧🇫Burkina Faso41K2025
69🇷🇸Serbia40.9K2025
70🇧🇾Belarus40.8K2025
71🇨🇷Costa Rica36.4K2025
72🇲🇼Malawi35.2K2025
73🇦🇺Australia33.4K2025
74🇱🇻Latvia32.5K2025
75🇭🇷Croatia29.7K2025
76🇬🇪Georgia26.5K2025
77🇪🇨Ecuador26.4K2025
78🇦🇴Angola25.4K2025
79🇩🇯Djibouti24.9K2025
80🇬🇭Ghana21.1K2025
81🇸🇴Somalia21K2025
82🇦🇫Afghanistan20.9K2025
83🇲🇰North Macedonia20.8K2025
84🇳🇵Nepal19.6K2025
85🇸🇳Senegal17.3K2025
86🇧🇯Benin17K2025
87🇻🇪Venezuela14.3K2025
88🇸🇮Slovenia12.5K2025
89🇲🇪Montenegro12.3K2025
90🇷🇺Russia11.8K2025
91🇱🇺Luxembourg10.3K2025
92🇸🇾Syria9.9K2025
93🇹🇯Tajikistan8.6K2025
94🇿🇼Zimbabwe8.6K2025
95🇮🇸Iceland8.5K2025
96🇲🇹Malta8.3K2025
97🇵🇬Papua New Guinea7.7K2025
98🇮🇩Indonesia7.4K2025
99🇲🇦Morocco7.3K2025
100🇵🇪Peru6.8K2025
101🇦🇿Azerbaijan6.4K2025
102🇳🇦Namibia5.5K2025
103🇲🇿Mozambique5.1K2025
104🇦🇷Argentina4.9K2025
105🇦🇱Albania4.7K2025
106🇵🇾Paraguay4.6K2025
107🇰🇷South Korea4.4K2025
108🇰🇿Kazakhstan4.4K2025
109🇬🇲Gambia4.1K2025
110🇺🇾Uruguay3.2K2025
111🇵🇦Panama2.7K2025
112🇨🇱Chile2.6K2025
113🇹🇳Tunisia2.4K2025
114🇺🇦Ukraine2.4K2025
115🇬🇳Guinea2.2K2025
116🇳🇿New Zealand2.1K2025
117🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago1.9K2025
118🇬🇹Guatemala1.6K2025
119🇨🇴Colombia1.5K2025
120🇸🇿Eswatini1.4K2025
121🇦🇪UAE1.4K2025
122🇮🇱Israel1.3K2025
123🇱🇷Liberia1.2K2025
124🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan1.2K2025
125🇧🇴Bolivia1.1K2025
126🇵🇭Philippines1K2025
127🇱🇮Liechtenstein9872025
128🇧🇼Botswana8472025
129🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina5862025
130🇱🇸Lesotho4782025
131🇸🇦Saudi Arabia4482025
132🇰🇼Kuwait3862025
133🇧🇿Belize3472025
134🇳🇮Nicaragua3112023
135🇴🇲Oman2892025
136🇭🇳Honduras2702025
137🇧🇭Bahrain2402025
138🇭🇰Hong Kong2362025
139🇨🇳China2302025
140🇱🇰Sri Lanka2132025
141🇶🇦Qatar1952025
142🇸🇻El Salvador1822025
143🇬🇦Gabon1662025
144🇪🇷Eritrea1192025
145🇨🇺Cuba1152025
146🇲🇬Madagascar872025
147🇰🇾Cayman Islands532025
148🇬🇾Guyana352025
149🇯🇲Jamaica312022
150🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau242025
151🇲🇺Mauritius242025
152🇸🇷Suriname242025
153🇰🇭Cambodia232025
154🇩🇴Dominican Republic202025
155🇲🇨Monaco172025
156🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)172025
157🇫🇯Fiji152025
158🇻🇳Vietnam132025
159🇲🇳Mongolia112025
160🇧🇸Bahamas102025
161🇹🇲Turkmenistan92025
162🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands82025
163🇻🇬British Virgin Islands62025
164🇧🇧Barbados52025
165🇰🇲Comoros52025
166🇫🇲Micronesia52016
167🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea52024
168🇰🇳St. Kitts and Nevis52025
169🇱🇨Saint Lucia52025
170🇳🇷Naoero52025
171🇵🇼Palau52024
172🇺🇿Uzbekistan52025
173🇼🇸Samoa52018
174🇦🇼Aruba02025
175🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda02024
176🇧🇳Brunei02025
177🇨🇻Cape Verde02025
178🇨🇼Curacao02025
179🇩🇲Dominica02025
180🇬🇩Grenada02022
181🇭🇹Haiti02025
182🇲🇴Macao02017
183🇲🇲Myanmar02025
184🇰🇵North Korea02015
185🇸🇬Singapore02025
186🇸🇧Solomon Islands02024
187🇸🇱Sierra Leone02025
188🇹🇱Timor-Leste02015
189🇻🇨St. Vincent and the Grenadines02022
190🇻🇺Vanuatu02025

What this page measures

Refugees (incl. refugee-like)people
End-year stock of refugees and people in refugee-like situations under UNHCR’s mandate, by country of asylum. Does not include asylum-seekers still awaiting a decision, IDPs, or UNRWA-registered Palestine refugees. Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics.
Asylum-seekerspeople
End-year stock of asylum-seekers whose claims for refugee status have not yet been determined, by country of asylum (UNHCR). Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics.
Refugees as Share of International Migrants% of migrant stock
UNHCR refugee stock (incl. refugee-like) divided by World Bank international migrant stock × 100, for the nearest overlapping year. Rough composition of the foreign-born / migrant stock that is forced displacement rather than labour or family migration. Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics.
  • UNHCR counts people by country of asylum at the end of each year, not by where they fled from.

Definitions for every indicator are listed in the glossary, and collection methods in the methodology.

Sources & citation
  • UNHCR Refugee Statistics — End-year stock figures for refugees, people in refugee-like situations, and asylum-seekers by country of asylum (Refugee Population Statistics Database). Licence: UNHCR terms.

birthrate.io, "Refugees & asylum-seekers". https://www.birthrate.io/migration/refugees (accessed 12 November 2026). Underlying data: UNHCR Refugee Statistics.

Please cite the original statistical agency for the underlying figures. Charts and tables on this page may be reused with attribution.