Data for 2024

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2024

Name: Refugees by Country of Origin, 2024
Creator: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
License: https://www.unhcr.org/what-we-do/data-and-publications/data-and-statistics/terms-use-datasets

Figures for 2024, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2024 covers 200 countries. Syria is highest, at 5,952,174; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 1,192. Against 2023, 185 values changed (157 up, 28 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Refugees by Country of Origin · Data for 2024

HighestSyria

5,952,174

Lowest9 countries share it

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

200countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
177distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Refugees by Country of Origin, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Refugees by Country of Origin, 2024: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,952,174
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5,766,586
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,120,036
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,290,622
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,094,373
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,322,503
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,060,086
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	894,120
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	693,488
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	551,296
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	467,605
Venezuela`VEN`South America	370,169
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	354,075
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	322,462
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	305,504
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	249,096
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	164,423
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	158,171
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	153,564
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	153,154
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	150,081
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	148,252
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	147,033
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	139,640
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	109,879
Honduras`HND`Central America	100,969
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	96,869
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	86,285
Colombia`COL`South America	77,775
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	71,765
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	51,384
Niger`NER`Western Africa	44,119
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	43,712
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42,096
India`IND`Southern Asia	39,303
Mexico`MEX`Central America	39,241
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38,111
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36,323
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31,438
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30,020
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29,442
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28,473
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	26,821
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	23,865
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23,736
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	21,875
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	19,961
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17,891
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	17,704
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	17,235
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	16,554
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	15,933
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15,078
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14,617
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	14,110
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12,947
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12,685
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12,545
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	11,696
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11,474
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10,609
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	10,384
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	9,534
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,172
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8,800
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	8,140
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8,042
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8,002
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,840
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7,433
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,556
Peru`PER`South America	6,459
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6,236
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5,152
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5,086
Brazil`BRA`South America	5,072
Ecuador`ECU`South America	5,015
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,990
Chile`CHL`South America	4,809
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4,119
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,045
United States`USA`Northern America	4,004
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3,593
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,400
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,019
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,919
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,580
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,552
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,501
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2,332
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,322
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,055
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,013
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1,984
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,900
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,528
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,449
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,307
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,259
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1,209
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,174
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,080
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,064
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,057
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	948
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	785
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	763
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	664
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	646
Bolivia`BOL`South America	612
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	604
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	570
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	504
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	498
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	474
Argentina`ARG`South America	464
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	426
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	417
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	415
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	348
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	337
Panama`PAN`Central America	333
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	316
Guyana`GUY`South America	313
Canada`CAN`Northern America	309
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	300
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	289
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	283
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	263
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	263
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	261
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	249
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	248
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	240
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	186
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	179
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	174
Paraguay`PRY`South America	170
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	160
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	150
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	142
France`FRA`Western Europe	139
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	136
Uruguay`URY`South America	131
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	126
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	118
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	114
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	111
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	110
Belize`BLZ`Central America	104
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	100
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	97
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	93
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	91
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	88
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	76
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	65
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	55
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	52
Suriname`SUR`South America	50
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	45
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	44
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	42
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	33
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	31
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	27
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	25
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	22
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	17
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	16
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	15
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	14
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	14
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	8
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	8
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	5
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	5
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	5
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	5
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	5
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Syria5,952,174
Afghanistan5,766,586
Ukraine5,120,036
South Sudan2,290,622
Sudan2,094,373

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,192. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −1countries joined / left
185values changed, of 198 in both
157 · 28rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Sudan1,496,923 → 2,094,373+597,450
Mali249,046 → 354,075+105,029
Burkina Faso54,869 → 150,081+95,212
DR Congo978,209 → 1,060,086+81,877
Nigeria410,308 → 467,605+57,297

Fell most

Ukraine5,960,362 → 5,120,036−840,326
Afghanistan6,403,144 → 5,766,586−636,558
Syria6,355,788 → 5,952,174−403,614
Central African Republic759,187 → 693,488−65,699
Colombia115,513 → 77,775−37,738

+ Micronesia

+ New Caledonia

− Palau

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

177 distinct values among 200
Values are stored exactly as published. 11 countries share 5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 200 countries has every column.

05The files

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https://api.unhcr.org/population/v1/population/?limit=1000&yearFrom=2024&yearTo=2024&coo_all=true

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2024). Refugees by Country of Origin, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-by-origin/2024

0634 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Refugees by Country of Origin, 2023
199 countries
The year after ›
Refugees by Country of Origin, 2025
202 countries
All of them
Refugees by Country of Origin: every year
34 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions