Refugees and others in need of protection by host country
UNHCR counts 4.2 m people in these groups in the United States in 2025, 9.4% of all it counted in host countries; the top three host countries 22%.
Source: UNHCR2025Updated 24 Oct 2026
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Refugees and others in need of protection hosted, 2025
under 18,00018,000–330,000330,000–1 m1 m–2 m2 m+
No dataNot reported since 2023
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Summary
UNHCR counted 45 m refugees, asylum seekers and others in need of international protection in host countries in 2025, 1.2% less than in 2024. The United States 4.2 m (9.4%), Germany 3.0 m (6.6%) and Colombia 2.8 m (6.3%); together, 22% of the world total.
176 countries and territories have a figure for 2025. Counts refugees, asylum seekers and other people in need of international protection, as UNHCR reports them.
Source: UNHCR2025Updated 24 Oct 2026
Countries and territories with data
| United States | 4.2 m | 9.4% | 3.6 m | +15% | 457,647 | 3.7 m | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3.0 m | 6.6% | 3.1 m | −5% | 2.7 m | 297,503 | 0 |
| Colombia | 2.8 m | 6.3% | 2.8 m | +1% | 1,464 | 17,421 | 2.8 m |
| Türkiye | 2.5 m | 5.6% | 3.1 m | −19% | 2.4 m | 102,497 | 0 |
| Uganda | 2.0 m | 4.4% | 1.8 m | +10% | 1.9 m | 35,249 | 0 |
| Peru | 1.7 m | 3.7% | 1.7 m | −1% | 6,788 | 556,770 | 1.1 m |
| Iran1 | 1.7 m | 3.7% | 3.5 m | −53% | 770,514 | 0 | 879,500 |
| Chad | 1.5 m | 3.4% | 1.3 m | +17% | 1.5 m | 9,371 | 0 |
| Pakistan2 | 1.4 m | 3.2% | 1.8 m | −19% | 1.2 m | 119,502 | 140,558 |
| Bangladesh | 1.2 m | 2.6% | 1.0 m | +17% | 1.2 m | 67 | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 1.1 m | 2.5% | 1.1 m | +5% | 1.0 m | 112,987 | 0 |
| Egypt | 1.1 m | 2.5% | 876,962 | +25% | 220,033 | 878,268 | 0 |
| Poland | 1.0 m | 2.3% | 1.0 m | −2% | 990,469 | 13,848 | 0 |
| Brazil | 948,151 | 2.1% | 795,492 | +19% | 278,966 | 119,651 | 549,534 |
| France | 873,646 | 2% | 810,325 | +8% | 788,419 | 85,227 | 0 |
| Sudan | 859,963 | 1.9% | 837,988 | +3% | 809,816 | 50,147 | 0 |
| Kenya | 835,771 | 1.9% | 823,904 | +1% | 617,125 | 218,646 | 0 |
| Spain | 759,794 | 1.7% | 693,298 | +10% | 511,079 | 248,715 | 0 |
| Canada | 730,503 | 1.6% | 561,551 | +30% | 416,028 | 314,475 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 725,819 | 1.6% | 640,460 | +13% | 581,072 | 144,747 | 0 |
| Chile | 674,696 | 1.5% | 539,515 | +25% | 2,631 | 9,561 | 662,504 |
| Libya | 658,477 | 1.5% | 277,010 | +138% | 552,523 | 105,954 | 0 |
| South Sudan | 605,064 | 1.4% | 517,471 | +17% | 601,818 | 3,246 | 0 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 603,844 | 1.4% | 518,445 | +16% | 503,732 | 100,112 | 0 |
| Lebanon3 | 542,785 | 1.2% | 765,390 | −29% | 535,168 | 7,617 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 467,887 | 1% | 469,338 | 0% | 26,428 | 8,571 | 432,888 |
| Jordan | 444,294 | 1% | 675,388 | −34% | 436,226 | 8,068 | 0 |
| Niger | 435,990 | 1% | 421,795 | +3% | 385,986 | 50,004 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 427,166 | 1% | 443,740 | −4% | 408,613 | 18,553 | 0 |
| Italy | 427,058 | 1% | 520,127 | −18% | 192,914 | 234,144 | 0 |
| Czechia | 396,552 | 0.9% | 392,198 | +1% | 395,559 | 993 | 0 |
| Mexico | 389,694 | 0.9% | 481,893 | −19% | 152,002 | 173,532 | 64,160 |
| Iraq | 345,711 | 0.8% | 335,343 | +3% | 322,345 | 23,366 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 333,597 | 0.7% | 310,239 | +8% | 283,935 | 49,662 | 0 |
| Mauritania | 308,868 | 0.7% | 162,277 | +90% | 301,490 | 7,378 | 0 |
| Austria | 308,665 | 0.7% | 313,711 | −2% | 286,651 | 22,014 | 0 |
| Mali | 287,037 | 0.6% | 135,827 | +111% | 286,715 | 322 | 0 |
| India | 253,718 | 0.6% | 250,006 | +1% | 238,643 | 15,075 | 0 |
| Belgium | 245,118 | 0.5% | 236,689 | +4% | 186,393 | 58,725 | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 233,727 | 0.5% | 262,804 | −11% | 36,395 | 178,212 | 19,120 |
| Switzerland | 225,326 | 0.5% | 213,177 | +6% | 208,287 | 17,039 | 0 |
| Tanzania | 214,404 | 0.5% | 218,123 | −2% | 171,142 | 43,262 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 213,175 | 0.5% | 191,343 | +11% | 150,164 | 63,011 | 0 |
| Romania | 206,987 | 0.5% | 184,991 | +12% | 206,671 | 316 | 0 |
| Algeria | 184,265 | 0.4% | 188,206 | −2% | 180,575 | 3,690 | 0 |
| Argentina | 183,098 | 0.4% | 173,791 | +5% | 4,941 | 3,941 | 174,216 |
| Ireland | 171,597 | 0.4% | 156,441 | +10% | 137,869 | 33,728 | 0 |
| Greece | 166,491 | 0.4% | 144,694 | +15% | 134,563 | 31,928 | 0 |
| Moldova | 149,918 | 0.3% | 136,845 | +10% | 149,324 | 594 | 0 |
| Sweden | 148,777 | 0.3% | 168,519 | −12% | 144,116 | 4,661 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 142,040 | 0.3% | 127,131 | +12% | 123,848 | 18,192 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 140,901 | 0.3% | 144,349 | −2% | 140,885 | 16 | 0 |
| South Africa | 137,535 | 0.3% | 171,484 | −20% | 55,177 | 82,358 | 0 |
| Rwanda | 131,045 | 0.3% | 128,561 | +2% | 115,794 | 15,251 | 0 |
| Norway | 130,286 | 0.3% | 129,894 | 0% | 124,006 | 6,280 | 0 |
| Armenia | 124,085 | 0.3% | 145,354 | −15% | 123,087 | 998 | 0 |
| Australia | 116,340 | 0.3% | 120,789 | −4% | 33,415 | 82,925 | 0 |
| Burundi | 112,266 | 0.3% | 91,164 | +23% | 110,800 | 1,466 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 106,913 | 0.2% | 114,728 | −7% | 105,596 | 1,317 | 0 |
| Finland | 104,423 | 0.2% | 97,568 | +7% | 102,544 | 1,879 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 100,533 | 0.2% | 126,347 | −20% | 20 | 1,029 | 99,484 |
| Denmark | 97,745 | 0.2% | 100,832 | −3% | 95,007 | 2,738 | 0 |
| Zambia | 96,131 | 0.2% | 88,918 | +8% | 83,225 | 12,906 | 0 |
| Thailand | 86,897 | 0.2% | 87,025 | 0% | 84,017 | 2,880 | 0 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 82,807 | 0.2% | 69,176 | +20% | 74,630 | 8,177 | 0 |
| Portugal | 78,944 | 0.2% | 71,166 | +11% | 70,349 | 8,595 | 0 |
| Hungary | 71,374 | 0.2% | 72,359 | −1% | 71,332 | 42 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 71,369 | 0.2% | 73,303 | −3% | 48,207 | 23,162 | 0 |
| Republic of the Congo | 70,609 | 0.2% | 69,766 | +1% | 62,500 | 8,109 | 0 |
| Japan | 65,097 | 0.1% | 60,361 | +8% | 42,450 | 22,647 | 0 |
| Panama | 64,109 | 0.1% | 67,722 | −5% | 2,694 | 4,129 | 57,286 |
| Central African Republic | 63,761 | 0.1% | 53,378 | +19% | 55,307 | 8,454 | 0 |
| Yemen | 63,749 | 0.1% | 60,921 | +5% | 49,107 | 14,642 | 0 |
| Malawi | 60,492 | 0.1% | 56,659 | +7% | 35,241 | 25,251 | 0 |
| Togo | 58,449 | 0.1% | 48,756 | +20% | 54,167 | 4,282 | 0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 56,999 | 0.1% | 25,413 | +124% | 1,150 | 1,981 | 53,868 |
| Angola | 55,657 | 0.1% | 55,542 | 0% | 25,396 | 30,261 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 54,537 | 0.1% | 53,859 | +1% | 54,381 | 156 | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 52,931 | 0.1% | 66,152 | −20% | 4,377 | 163 | 48,391 |
| Uruguay | 51,316 | 0.1% | 68,100 | −25% | 3,195 | 27,288 | 20,833 |
| Somalia | 46,669 | 0.1% | 41,763 | +12% | 20,967 | 25,702 | 0 |
| South Korea | 43,513 | 0.1% | 40,084 | +9% | 4,407 | 39,106 | 0 |
| Burkina Faso | 42,953 | 0.1% | 41,408 | +4% | 40,996 | 1,957 | 0 |
| Belarus | 42,264 | 0.1% | 44,621 | −5% | 40,794 | 1,470 | 0 |
| Estonia | 41,620 | 0.1% | 42,439 | −2% | 41,299 | 321 | 0 |
| Serbia | 40,997 | 0.1% | 36,270 | +13% | 40,863 | 134 | 0 |
| Djibouti | 35,040 | 0.1% | 32,636 | +7% | 24,899 | 10,141 | 0 |
| Latvia | 32,941 | 0.1% | 49,483 | −33% | 32,454 | 487 | 0 |
| Israel | 30,956 | 0.1% | 27,413 | +13% | 1,274 | 29,682 | 0 |
| Croatia | 30,182 | 0.1% | 29,927 | +1% | 29,748 | 434 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 29,102 | 0.1% | 32,056 | −9% | 1,877 | 23,369 | 3,856 |
| Benin | 28,921 | 0.1% | 23,225 | +25% | 16,974 | 11,947 | 0 |
| Georgia | 26,810 | 0.1% | 31,791 | −16% | 26,522 | 288 | 0 |
| Mozambique | 24,077 | 0.1% | 24,250 | −1% | 5,105 | 18,972 | 0 |
| Guyana | 23,465 | 0.1% | 23,479 | 0% | 35 | 29 | 23,401 |
| Morocco | 22,337 | 0.1% | 18,848 | +19% | 7,304 | 15,033 | 0 |
| Ghana | 21,525 | <0.1% | 17,334 | +24% | 21,050 | 475 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | 21,251 | <0.1% | 21,236 | 0% | 20,869 | 382 | 0 |
| North Macedonia | 20,860 | <0.1% | 20,937 | 0% | 20,822 | 38 | 0 |
| Nepal | 19,915 | <0.1% | 19,874 | 0% | 19,613 | 302 | 0 |
| Senegal | 18,797 | <0.1% | 13,064 | +44% | 17,259 | 1,538 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 18,065 | <0.1% | 22,432 | −19% | 8,570 | 9,495 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 15,910 | <0.1% | 20,911 | −24% | 14,333 | 1,577 | 0 |
| Syria | 14,029 | <0.1% | 16,402 | −14% | 9,885 | 4,144 | 0 |
| Tajikistan | 13,408 | <0.1% | 15,191 | −12% | 8,620 | 3,238 | 1,550 |
| Luxembourg | 13,334 | <0.1% | 14,344 | −7% | 10,284 | 3,050 | 0 |
| Slovenia | 13,235 | <0.1% | 13,369 | −1% | 12,513 | 722 | 0 |
| Montenegro | 12,444 | <0.1% | 18,820 | −34% | 12,269 | 175 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 12,071 | <0.1% | 11,964 | +1% | 7,374 | 4,697 | 0 |
| Aruba | 11,470 | <0.1% | 11,470 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 11,470 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10,848 | <0.1% | 10,983 | −1% | 7,727 | 3,121 | 0 |
| Malta | 9,696 | <0.1% | 9,284 | +4% | 8,306 | 1,390 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 9,406 | <0.1% | 19,638 | −52% | 1,147 | 0 | 8,259 |
| Iceland | 9,119 | <0.1% | 8,960 | +2% | 8,459 | 660 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 7,909 | <0.1% | 12,575 | −37% | 2,386 | 5,523 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 7,705 | <0.1% | 8,505 | −9% | 5 | 0 | 7,700 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7,634 | <0.1% | 7,634 | 0% | 1,377 | 6,257 | 0 |
| Curaçao | 6,903 | <0.1% | 11,593 | −40% | 0 | 0 | 6,903 |
| Namibia | 6,796 | <0.1% | 6,575 | +3% | 5,470 | 1,326 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 6,732 | <0.1% | 5,622 | +20% | 2,148 | 4,584 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 6,588 | <0.1% | 6,698 | −2% | 6,389 | 199 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 6,280 | <0.1% | 7,649 | −18% | 4,621 | 1,659 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 5,674 | <0.1% | 4,676 | +21% | 1,586 | 4,088 | 0 |
| Eswatini | 4,925 | <0.1% | 4,459 | +10% | 1,414 | 3,511 | 0 |
| Albania | 4,684 | <0.1% | 9,381 | −50% | 4,673 | 11 | 0 |
| Gambia | 4,617 | <0.1% | 4,411 | +5% | 4,108 | 509 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,355 | <0.1% | 4,355 | 0% | 448 | 3,907 | 0 |
| Suriname | 3,215 | <0.1% | 3,241 | −1% | 24 | 3,191 | 0 |
| Turkmenistan | 3,209 | <0.1% | 3,409 | −6% | 9 | 0 | 3,200 |
| Ukraine | 2,813 | <0.1% | 2,876 | −2% | 2,370 | 443 | 0 |
| Guinea | 2,326 | <0.1% | 2,343 | −1% | 2,154 | 172 | 0 |
| Belize | 2,183 | <0.1% | 2,287 | −5% | 347 | 1,836 | 0 |
| Philippines | 1,974 | <0.1% | 2,342 | −16% | 1,032 | 942 | 0 |
| Liberia | 1,897 | <0.1% | 1,854 | +2% | 1,172 | 725 | 0 |
| Madagascar | 1,366 | <0.1% | 1,256 | +9% | 87 | 1,279 | 0 |
| Liechtenstein | 1,024 | <0.1% | 875 | +17% | 987 | 37 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 997 | <0.1% | 1,271 | −22% | 386 | 611 | 0 |
| Botswana | 868 | <0.1% | 823 | +5% | 847 | 21 | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 750 | <0.1% | 685 | +9% | 586 | 164 | 0 |
| China | 712 | <0.1% | 814 | −13% | 230 | 482 | 0 |
| Honduras | 711 | <0.1% | 341 | +109% | 270 | 441 | 0 |
| Oman | 703 | <0.1% | 714 | −2% | 289 | 414 | 0 |
| Lesotho | 680 | <0.1% | 610 | +11% | 478 | 202 | 0 |
| El Salvador | 510 | <0.1% | 392 | +30% | 182 | 328 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 484 | <0.1% | 500 | −3% | 213 | 271 | 0 |
| Bahrain | 362 | <0.1% | 371 | −2% | 240 | 122 | 0 |
| Qatar | 348 | <0.1% | 349 | 0% | 195 | 153 | 0 |
| Mauritius | 257 | <0.1% | 82 | +213% | 24 | 233 | 0 |
| Gabon | 252 | <0.1% | 261 | −3% | 166 | 86 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 236 | <0.1% | 260 | −9% | 236 | 0 | 0 |
| Sint Maarten | 158 | <0.1% | 156 | +1% | 17 | 141 | 0 |
| Cuba | 155 | <0.1% | 171 | −9% | 115 | 40 | 0 |
| Eritrea | 119 | <0.1% | 119 | 0% | 119 | 0 | 0 |
| Nauru | 97 | <0.1% | 95 | +2% | 5 | 92 | 0 |
| Cayman Islands | 68 | <0.1% | 65 | +5% | 53 | 15 | 0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 54 | <0.1% | 54 | 0% | 24 | 30 | 0 |
| Fiji | 46 | <0.1% | 25 | +84% | 15 | 31 | 0 |
| British Virgin Islands | 32 | <0.1% | 41 | −22% | 6 | 26 | 0 |
| Cambodia | 28 | <0.1% | 28 | 0% | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| Mongolia | 26 | <0.1% | 26 | 0% | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| Comoros | 19 | <0.1% | 18 | +6% | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| Monaco | 17 | <0.1% | 17 | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Barbados | 13 | <0.1% | 13 | 0% | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 13 | <0.1% | 19 | −32% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Bahamas | 10 | <0.1% | 30 | −67% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 | <0.1% | 8 | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanuatu | 7 | <0.1% | – | – | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dominica | 5 | <0.1% | 5 | 0% | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 | <0.1% | 5 | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Lucia | 5 | <0.1% | 5 | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Brunei | 0 | 0% | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Cabo Verde | 0 | 0% | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Haiti | 0 | 0% | 5 | −100% | – | – | – |
| Myanmar | 0 | 0% | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Singapore | 0 | 0% | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 0% | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Russia4 | Not reported since 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total, reporting countries | 45 m | 100% | 45 m | −1% | 28 m | 9.0 m | 7.2 m |
Source: UNHCR2024 and 2025Updated 24 Oct 2026
Notes
- Iran: The fall in 2025 follows returns and deportations of Afghans.
- Pakistan: The fall in 2025 follows returns and deportations of Afghans.
- Lebanon: UNHCR’s registered count; Lebanon’s government estimates a much larger number of Syrians in the country.
- Russia: UNHCR’s figures stop counting Ukrainians in Russia from 2024; they made up most of the earlier total. From 2024 Russia is shown as not reported and left out of the ranking.