Data for 2025

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2025

Name: Refugees by Country of Origin, 2025
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 2025, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2025 covers 202 countries. Ukraine is highest, at 5,224,131; 10 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 1,272. Against 2024, 182 values changed (126 up, 56 down), 4 countries joined, 2 left.

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Refugees by Country of Origin · Data for 2025

HighestUkraine

5,224,131

Lowest10 countries share it

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

202countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
177distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Refugees by Country of Origin, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,224,131
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4,865,764
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,820,737
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,671,560
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,386,499
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,524,378
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,176,489
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	892,037
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	674,222
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	554,891
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	519,738
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	478,150
Venezuela`VEN`South America	417,010
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	351,209
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	318,291
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	270,671
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	244,415
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	180,702
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	164,215
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	157,912
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	153,962
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	149,405
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	148,369
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	140,366
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	130,983
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99,360
Honduras`HND`Central America	94,449
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	90,497
Niger`NER`Western Africa	85,591
Colombia`COL`South America	79,669
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	68,182
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	57,327
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	48,323
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	47,692
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43,906
India`IND`Southern Asia	42,610
Mexico`MEX`Central America	41,307
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35,341
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	34,994
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32,506
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	31,862
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29,665
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	29,395
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24,653
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23,763
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	21,447
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20,636
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	19,462
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	17,302
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17,207
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	17,161
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16,030
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	15,578
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15,281
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13,433
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13,325
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13,134
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13,028
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	12,792
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12,661
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11,332
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10,400
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	9,568
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,215
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9,174
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8,925
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8,019
Peru`PER`South America	7,885
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7,257
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6,728
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6,632
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,489
Brazil`BRA`South America	6,306
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5,846
Ecuador`ECU`South America	5,723
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5,471
Chile`CHL`South America	5,358
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5,164
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5,117
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,163
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4,144
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3,711
United States`USA`Northern America	3,667
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,369
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,337
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,130
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,642
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,477
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,403
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2,368
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,338
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,223
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,055
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,886
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,864
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,800
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,598
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,592
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,368
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,319
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,279
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,265
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,240
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	984
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	807
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	794
Bolivia`BOL`South America	710
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	696
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	685
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	644
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	637
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	625
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	577
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	576
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	551
Argentina`ARG`South America	542
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	533
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	517
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	424
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	384
Panama`PAN`Central America	375
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	367
Canada`CAN`Northern America	360
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	346
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	343
Guyana`GUY`South America	342
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	327
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	327
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	283
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	267
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	266
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	263
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	252
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	245
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	220
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	199
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	194
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	189
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	186
France`FRA`Western Europe	166
Paraguay`PRY`South America	162
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	159
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	133
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	128
Uruguay`URY`South America	126
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	119
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	117
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	117
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	113
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	109
Belize`BLZ`Central America	108
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	101
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	97
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	97
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	94
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	86
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	73
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	73
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	69
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	65
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	62
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	58
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	56
Suriname`SUR`South America	56
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	43
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	41
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	36
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	33
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	27
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	21
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	20
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	20
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	15
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	15
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	15
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	14
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	12
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	8
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	8
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	6
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	5
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	5
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	5
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Ukraine5,224,131
Syria4,865,764
Sudan2,820,737
Afghanistan2,671,560
South Sudan2,386,499

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,272. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −2countries joined / left
182values changed, of 198 in both
126 · 56rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Sudan2,094,373 → 2,820,737+726,364
Myanmar1,322,503 → 1,524,378+201,875
Burkina Faso150,081 → 351,209+201,128
Mali354,075 → 519,738+165,663
DR Congo1,060,086 → 1,176,489+116,403

Fell most

Afghanistan5,766,586 → 2,671,560−3,095,026
Syria5,952,174 → 4,865,764−1,086,410
Iraq305,504 → 270,671−34,833
Azerbaijan153,154 → 130,983−22,171
Central African Republic693,488 → 674,222−19,266

+ Aruba

+ Cook Islands

+ Cayman Islands

+ French Polynesia

− New Caledonia

− Puerto Rico

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 202
Values are stored exactly as published. 10 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 202 countries has every column.

05The files

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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 (2025). Refugees by Country of Origin, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-by-origin/2025

0634 held

Other years

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Refugees by Country of Origin, 2024
200 countries
The year after ›
This is the newest year. A newer one will get its own page at its own address; this one is never rewritten.
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