Refugees by country of origin where people fled from

Venezuela was the origin of 7.6 m refugees and others in need of international protection in 2025, 18% of all UNHCR counted; the top three countries of origin 42%.

Source: UNHCR2025Updated 24 Oct 2026

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Refugees and others in need of protection, by origin, 2025

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Refugees by country of origin · 2025

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Total, all origins reported43 m4.7% less than in 2024 (45 m)

Highest

7.6 m
5.3 m
5.0 m
4.0 m
3.8 m
2.5 m
1.6 m
1.3 m

Refugees, asylum seekers and others in need of international protection, by country of origin, as UNHCR counts them. Palestinian refugees under UNRWA’s mandate are not included.

Source: UNHCR2015–2025Updated 24 Oct 2026

Summary

UNHCR counted 43 m refugees, asylum seekers and others in need of international protection in 2025, 4.7% less than in 2024. Venezuela 7.6 m (18%), Ukraine 5.3 m (12%) and Syria 5.0 m (12%); together, 42% of the world total.

206 countries and territories have a figure for 2025. Palestinian refugees under UNRWA’s mandate are not in UNHCR’s figures.

Source: UNHCR2025Updated 24 Oct 2026

Countries and territories with data

Every country and territory with a figure for 2025, with 2024 for comparison.

Venezuela	7.6 m	18%	7.6 m	0%	417,010	1.2 m	6.0 m
Ukraine¹	5.3 m	12%	5.2 m	+2%	5.2 m	26,583	0
Syria	5.0 m	12%	6.1 m	−18%	4.9 m	154,355	0
Afghanistan²	4.0 m	9.3%	6.2 m	−35%	2.7 m	270,007	1.0 m
Sudan	3.8 m	8.8%	2.8 m	+35%	2.8 m	940,297	0
South Sudan	2.5 m	5.9%	2.3 m	+8%	2.4 m	123,984	0
Myanmar	1.6 m	3.7%	1.4 m	+15%	1.5 m	67,824	0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.3 m	3.1%	1.2 m	+10%	1.2 m	168,421	0
Somalia	1.1 m	2.6%	1.1 m	0%	892,037	236,271	0
Central African Republic	756,822	1.8%	711,570	+6%	674,222	82,600	0
Eritrea	673,335	1.6%	663,058	+2%	554,891	118,444	0
Mali	543,367	1.3%	372,538	+46%	519,738	23,629	0
Nigeria	534,326	1.2%	554,894	−4%	478,150	56,176	0
Burkina Faso	421,026	1%	280,776	+50%	351,209	69,817	0
Haiti	417,020	1%	423,302	−1%	180,702	236,318	0
Burundi	383,190	0.9%	383,193	0%	318,291	64,899	0
Colombia	382,942	0.9%	475,647	−19%	79,669	303,273	0
Iraq	367,558	0.9%	457,127	−20%	270,671	96,887	0
Cuba	317,445	0.7%	368,003	−14%	29,395	288,050	0
Ethiopia	312,831	0.7%	322,565	−3%	164,215	148,616	0
Nicaragua	304,656	0.7%	386,221	−21%	35,341	269,315	0
Mexico	278,117	0.7%	243,970	+14%	41,307	236,810	0
Türkiye	266,981	0.6%	297,861	−10%	149,405	117,576	0
Rwanda	264,629	0.6%	270,366	−2%	244,415	20,214	0
Honduras	262,913	0.6%	338,670	−22%	94,449	168,464	0
China	253,678	0.6%	334,524	−24%	153,962	99,716	0
India	223,731	0.5%	242,236	−8%	42,610	181,121	0
Iran	207,175	0.5%	219,347	−6%	157,912	49,263	0
Russia	187,670	0.4%	222,831	−16%	99,360	88,310	0
Sri Lanka	181,933	0.4%	180,380	+1%	148,369	33,564	0
Cameroon	178,357	0.4%	169,506	+5%	140,366	37,991	0
El Salvador	176,471	0.4%	208,539	−15%	68,182	108,289	0
Western Sahara	175,550	0.4%	175,445	0%	174,607	943	0
Guatemala	173,414	0.4%	231,642	−25%	34,994	138,420	0
Pakistan	155,563	0.4%	169,243	−8%	90,497	65,066	0
Azerbaijan	137,225	0.3%	160,780	−15%	130,983	6,242	0
Ecuador	127,783	0.3%	110,102	+16%	5,723	122,060	0
Bangladesh	124,303	0.3%	136,604	−9%	31,862	92,441	0
Peru	121,785	0.3%	125,520	−3%	7,885	113,900	0
Niger	107,253	0.3%	54,894	+95%	85,591	21,662	0
Guinea	104,318	0.2%	97,300	+7%	47,692	56,626	0
Yemen	83,187	0.2%	84,194	−1%	57,327	25,860	0
Brazil	72,978	0.2%	91,222	−20%	6,306	66,672	0
Mauritania	72,344	0.2%	66,533	+9%	43,906	28,438	0
Egypt	70,055	0.2%	79,653	−12%	23,763	46,292	0
Palestine³	65,049	0.2%	59,432	+9%	48,323	16,726	0
Côte d'Ivoire	56,744	0.1%	56,227	+1%	32,506	24,238	0
Senegal	52,006	0.1%	52,696	−1%	13,028	38,978	0
Georgia	46,204	0.1%	51,564	−10%	17,302	28,902	0
Vietnam	39,889	0.1%	42,555	−6%	20,636	19,253	0
Ghana	38,500	0.1%	34,423	+12%	16,030	22,470	0
Serbia	33,360	0.1%	37,542	−11%	29,665	3,695	0
Morocco	32,520	0.1%	30,911	+5%	10,400	22,120	0
Chad	32,392	0.1%	42,851	−24%	15,281	17,111	0
Angola	30,416	0.1%	33,985	−11%	13,433	16,983	0
Armenia	29,794	0.1%	36,392	−18%	15,578	14,216	0
Albania	29,090	0.1%	33,373	−13%	21,447	7,643	0
Chile	28,415	0.1%	29,243	−3%	5,358	23,057	0
Belarus	27,581	0.1%	30,491	−10%	19,462	8,119	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25,365	0.1%	27,782	−9%	24,653	712	0
Uganda	24,193	0.1%	28,695	−16%	12,792	11,401	0
Nepal	22,583	0.1%	27,459	−18%	8,019	14,564	0
Uzbekistan	22,568	0.1%	27,917	−19%	5,164	17,404	0
Republic of the Congo	22,565	0.1%	26,388	−14%	13,134	9,431	0
Algeria	22,123	0.1%	22,398	−1%	9,174	12,949	0
Dominican Republic	22,023	0.1%	16,901	+30%	1,240	20,783	0
Kenya	21,098	<0.1%	30,803	−32%	13,325	7,773	0
Libya	20,963	<0.1%	23,593	−11%	17,161	3,802	0
Lebanon	18,366	<0.1%	21,659	−15%	9,568	8,798	0
Togo	17,995	<0.1%	17,936	0%	12,661	5,334	0
Indonesia	17,420	<0.1%	27,370	−36%	9,215	8,205	0
Sierra Leone	17,267	<0.1%	16,935	+2%	8,925	8,342	0
Croatia	17,250	<0.1%	17,990	−4%	17,207	43	0
Jordan	16,207	<0.1%	19,263	−16%	5,471	10,736	0
Tunisia	14,049	<0.1%	15,008	−6%	3,711	10,338	0
Gambia	13,440	<0.1%	15,727	−15%	6,728	6,712	0
Zimbabwe	13,005	<0.1%	18,351	−29%	6,632	6,373	0
Cambodia	12,978	<0.1%	12,995	0%	11,332	1,646	0
Kyrgyzstan	11,409	<0.1%	14,750	−23%	3,337	8,072	0
Romania	11,007	<0.1%	11,871	−7%	3,130	7,877	0
Kazakhstan	10,755	<0.1%	16,507	−35%	4,144	6,611	0
Tajikistan	10,583	<0.1%	11,990	−12%	4,163	6,420	0
Jamaica	10,183	<0.1%	12,012	−15%	2,642	7,541	0
Moldova	8,868	<0.1%	12,118	−27%	5,846	3,022	0
Liberia	8,842	<0.1%	9,552	−7%	5,117	3,725	0
Malaysia	7,988	<0.1%	13,988	−43%	2,477	5,511	0
Bolivia	7,457	<0.1%	7,692	−3%	710	6,747	0
United States	7,446	<0.1%	6,413	+16%	3,667	3,779	0
Bhutan	7,334	<0.1%	7,956	−8%	7,257	77	0
Mozambique	7,326	<0.1%	9,058	−19%	119	7,207	0
Laos	6,955	<0.1%	7,316	−5%	6,489	466	0
Philippines	6,895	<0.1%	7,527	−8%	807	6,088	0
Mongolia	6,082	<0.1%	10,018	−39%	2,403	3,679	0
Kuwait	5,517	<0.1%	6,681	−17%	3,369	2,148	0
Argentina	5,163	<0.1%	6,653	−22%	542	4,621	0
Benin	4,687	<0.1%	4,789	−2%	1,279	3,408	0
Tanzania	4,369	<0.1%	5,159	−15%	1,592	2,777	0
South Africa	3,894	<0.1%	6,081	−36%	1,319	2,575	0
Djibouti	3,642	<0.1%	4,028	−10%	2,223	1,419	0
Turkmenistan	3,527	<0.1%	4,907	−28%	1,864	1,663	0
Panama	3,368	<0.1%	2,960	+14%	375	2,993	0
North Macedonia	3,218	<0.1%	4,481	−28%	1,886	1,332	0
Guinea-Bissau	3,155	<0.1%	3,167	0%	1,800	1,355	0
Thailand	2,983	<0.1%	4,322	−31%	327	2,656	0
Hungary	2,954	<0.1%	3,570	−17%	2,055	899	0
Saudi Arabia	2,753	<0.1%	3,871	−29%	2,368	385	0
Comoros	2,739	<0.1%	2,790	−2%	2,338	401	0
Paraguay	2,560	<0.1%	3,224	−21%	162	2,398	0
Fiji	2,401	<0.1%	3,416	−30%	343	2,058	0
Bahamas	2,358	<0.1%	4,056	−42%	1,598	760	0
Malawi	2,330	<0.1%	3,354	−31%	551	1,779	0
Costa Rica	2,187	<0.1%	2,697	−19%	367	1,820	0
Israel	2,162	<0.1%	2,966	−27%	1,265	897	0
Papua New Guinea	1,871	<0.1%	1,486	+26%	644	1,227	0
Poland	1,775	<0.1%	2,604	−32%	1,368	407	0
Timor-Leste	1,535	<0.1%	1,458	+5%	15	1,520	0
Belize	1,490	<0.1%	1,504	−1%	108	1,382	0
Guyana	1,434	<0.1%	1,904	−25%	342	1,092	0
Tonga	1,389	<0.1%	1,754	−21%	65	1,324	0
Gabon	1,386	<0.1%	1,857	−25%	984	402	0
Barbados	1,299	<0.1%	1,035	+26%	577	722	0
Trinidad and Tobago	1,280	<0.1%	1,584	−19%	576	704	0
Botswana	1,173	<0.1%	1,580	−26%	384	789	0
Namibia	1,043	<0.1%	1,543	−32%	685	358	0
United Kingdom	1,013	<0.1%	1,118	−9%	517	496	0
Madagascar	999	<0.1%	899	+11%	637	362	0
Vanuatu	974	<0.1%	1,156	−16%	13	961	0
Germany	953	<0.1%	1,201	−21%	327	626	0
Czechia	952	<0.1%	1,224	−22%	794	158	0
Spain	899	<0.1%	2,153	−58%	186	713	0
Zambia	892	<0.1%	1,320	−32%	346	546	0
Montenegro	861	<0.1%	1,821	−53%	696	165	0
Italy	841	<0.1%	2,120	−60%	266	575	0
Bulgaria	823	<0.1%	924	−11%	533	290	0
Equatorial Guinea	775	<0.1%	1,114	−30%	424	351	0
Solomon Islands	774	<0.1%	879	−12%	73	701	0
South Korea	747	<0.1%	1,231	−39%	117	630	0
Dominica	739	<0.1%	635	+16%	97	642	0
Mauritius	723	<0.1%	894	−19%	283	440	0
Slovakia	716	<0.1%	801	−11%	625	91	0
Eswatini	692	<0.1%	693	0%	220	472	0
Uruguay	662	<0.1%	1,120	−41%	126	536	0
Hong Kong	656	<0.1%	1,095	−40%	245	411	0
France	621	<0.1%	747	−17%	166	455	0
Canada	575	<0.1%	660	−13%	360	215	0
Samoa	513	<0.1%	492	+4%	17	496	0
Portugal	485	<0.1%	1,202	−60%	109	376	0
Saint Lucia	441	<0.1%	459	−4%	199	242	0
French Guiana	424	<0.1%	538	−21%	42	382	0
Ireland	399	<0.1%	473	−16%	69	330	0
Bahrain	397	<0.1%	614	−35%	267	130	0
Netherlands	338	<0.1%	394	−14%	159	179	0
Sweden	323	<0.1%	393	−18%	128	195	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	323	<0.1%	415	−22%	194	129	0
North Korea	308	<0.1%	388	−21%	263	45	0
United Arab Emirates	297	<0.1%	420	−29%	252	45	0
Latvia	280	<0.1%	345	−19%	189	91	0
Singapore	255	<0.1%	348	−27%	43	212	0
Greece	215	<0.1%	330	−35%	94	121	0
Suriname	208	<0.1%	301	−31%	56	152	0
Grenada	193	<0.1%	236	−18%	117	76	0
Belgium	182	<0.1%	280	−35%	113	69	0
Lithuania	179	<0.1%	262	−32%	101	78	0
Oman	176	<0.1%	209	−16%	133	43	0
Brunei	175	<0.1%	71	+146%	5	170	0
Japan	147	<0.1%	220	−33%	56	91	0
Estonia	138	<0.1%	188	−27%	86	52	0
Antigua and Barbuda	136	<0.1%	171	−20%	97	39	0
Slovenia	115	<0.1%	117	−2%	12	103	0
Bermuda	107	<0.1%	99	+8%	6	101	0
New Zealand	101	<0.1%	79	+28%	58	43	0
Qatar	101	<0.1%	120	−16%	73	28	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	100	<0.1%	108	−7%	36	64	0
Cabo Verde	94	<0.1%	286	−67%	15	79	0
Maldives	81	<0.1%	107	−24%	62	19	0
Australia	72	<0.1%	114	−37%	41	31	0
Denmark	71	<0.1%	46	+54%	21	50	0
Guadeloupe	68	<0.1%	98	−31%	17	51	0
Andorra	62	<0.1%	21	+195%	5	57	0
Lesotho	58	<0.1%	74	−22%	27	31	0
Kiribati	57	<0.1%	58	−2%	5	52	0
Norway	52	<0.1%	59	−12%	20	32	0
Austria	49	<0.1%	73	−33%	33	16	0
Switzerland	39	<0.1%	55	−29%	6	33	0
Seychelles	31	<0.1%	28	+11%	10	21	0
Macao	30	<0.1%	28	+7%	15	15	0
São Tomé and Príncipe	28	<0.1%	25	+12%	8	20	0
Malta	27	<0.1%	20	+35%	11	16	0
Nauru	27	<0.1%	23	+17%	5	22	0
Cyprus	25	<0.1%	62	−60%	15	10	0
Finland	20	<0.1%	48	−58%	5	15	0
Luxembourg	20	<0.1%	5	+300%	20	0	0
Turks and Caicos Islands	20	<0.1%	20	0%	14	6	0
Marshall Islands	16	<0.1%	10	+60%	0	16	0
Niue	11	<0.1%	10	+10%	5	6	0
Tuvalu	10	<0.1%	11	−9%	0	10	0
Martinique	9	<0.1%	5	+80%	0	9	0
Curaçao	8	<0.1%	8	0%	8	0	0
British Virgin Islands	7	<0.1%	5	+40%	0	7	0
Aruba	5	<0.1%	–	–	0	5	0
Anguilla	5	<0.1%	5	0%	0	5	0
Cook Islands	5	<0.1%	–	–	0	5	0
Cayman Islands	5	<0.1%	–	–	0	5	0
Micronesia	5	<0.1%	5	0%	0	5	0
Iceland	5	<0.1%	5	0%	0	5	0
French Polynesia	5	<0.1%	–	–	0	5	0
Total, reporting countries	43 m	100%	45 m	−5%	28 m	7.4 m	7.1 m

Source: UNHCR2024 and 2025Updated 24 Oct 2026

Notes

Ukraine: UNHCR’s figures stop counting Ukrainians in Russia from 2024 (it counted them until 2023), so the total falls that year.
Afghanistan: The fall in 2025 follows returns and deportations of Afghans from Iran and Pakistan. From 2025 UNHCR also counts about a million Afghans as others in need of international protection.
Palestine: Palestinian refugees under the mandate of UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, are not in UNHCR’s figures; UNRWA counts nearly 6 million.

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