Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents by host country
In 2025, Aruba hosted the most refugees for its population: 105.4 per 1,000 residents.
Source: UNHCR; World Bank population2025Updated 24 Oct 2026
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Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents, 2025
under 0.240.24–2.02.0–7.87.8–20.020.0+
No dataNot reported since 2023
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Summary
The highest: Aruba 105.4, Lebanon 92.8 and Libya 88.3.
176 countries and territories have a figure for 2025. Divides UNHCR’s count by World Bank population.
Source: UNHCR; World Bank population2025Updated 24 Oct 2026
Countries and territories with data
| Aruba | 105.4 | 106.2 | −1% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon1 | 92.8 | 131.8 | −30% |
| Libya | 88.3 | 37.5 | +135% |
| Chad | 72.0 | 63.4 | +14% |
| Moldova | 63.5 | 57.0 | +11% |
| Mauritania | 58.1 | 31.4 | +85% |
| Colombia2 | 53.0 | 53.1 | 0% |
| Cyprus | 52.1 | 54.0 | −4% |
| South Sudan | 49.6 | 43.3 | +15% |
| Peru3 | 48.1 | 49.2 | −2% |
| Costa Rica4 | 45.4 | 51.2 | −11% |
| Curaçao | 44.2 | 74.3 | −41% |
| Armenia | 40.2 | 47.9 | −16% |
| Jordan | 38.6 | 58.5 | −34% |
| Uganda | 38.4 | 35.9 | +7% |
| Czechia | 36.4 | 36.0 | +1% |
| Germany | 35.4 | 37.1 | −5% |
| Chile5 | 34.0 | 27.3 | +24% |
| Austria | 33.5 | 34.2 | −2% |
| Ireland | 31.3 | 29.0 | +8% |
| Estonia | 30.5 | 30.9 | −2% |
| Djibouti | 29.6 | 27.9 | +6% |
| Türkiye | 29.0 | 36.2 | −20% |
| Guyana | 28.1 | 28.3 | −1% |
| Poland | 27.6 | 27.9 | −1% |
| Slovakia | 26.0 | 26.6 | −2% |
| Ecuador6 | 25.6 | 25.9 | −1% |
| Liechtenstein | 25.0 | 21.6 | +15% |
| Switzerland | 24.8 | 23.7 | +5% |
| Iceland | 23.2 | 23.2 | 0% |
| Norway | 23.2 | 23.3 | 0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 21.3 | 23.4 | −9% |
| Belgium | 20.5 | 20.0 | +3% |
| Montenegro | 20.0 | 30.2 | −34% |
| Luxembourg | 19.4 | 21.2 | −8% |
| Lithuania | 18.9 | 18.6 | +1% |
| Finland | 18.5 | 17.4 | +7% |
| Netherlands | 18.4 | 17.2 | +7% |
| Iran7 | 17.9 | 38.1 | −53% |
| Latvia | 17.8 | 26.5 | −33% |
| Canada | 17.5 | 13.6 | +29% |
| Malta | 16.7 | 16.3 | +2% |
| Sudan | 16.6 | 16.6 | 0% |
| Bulgaria | 16.6 | 17.8 | −7% |
| Denmark | 16.3 | 16.9 | −4% |
| Greece | 16.0 | 13.9 | +15% |
| Niger | 15.6 | 15.6 | 0% |
| Spain | 15.4 | 14.2 | +8% |
| Uruguay | 15.2 | 20.1 | −25% |
| Kenya | 14.5 | 14.6 | 0% |
| Cameroon | 14.3 | 15.2 | −6% |
| Sweden | 14.0 | 15.9 | −12% |
| Panama | 14.0 | 15.0 | −6% |
| France | 12.7 | 11.8 | +8% |
| United States8 | 12.2 | 10.6 | +15% |
| Central African Republic | 11.6 | 10.0 | +15% |
| North Macedonia | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0% |
| Mali | 11.4 | 5.5 | +105% |
| Republic of the Congo | 10.9 | 11.0 | −1% |
| Romania | 10.9 | 9.7 | +12% |
| United Kingdom | 10.4 | 9.2 | +13% |
| Egypt9 | 9.3 | 7.5 | +23% |
| Rwanda | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0% |
| Dominican Republic10 | 8.7 | 11.1 | −21% |
| Ethiopia | 8.3 | 8.1 | +2% |
| Nauru | 8.1 | 8.0 | +1% |
| Burundi | 7.8 | 6.5 | +20% |
| Croatia | 7.8 | 7.7 | +1% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7.8 | 3.5 | +121% |
| Hungary | 7.5 | 7.6 | −1% |
| Iraq | 7.4 | 7.3 | +1% |
| Portugal | 7.3 | 6.7 | +10% |
| Italy11 | 7.2 | 8.8 | −18% |
| Georgia | 6.8 | 8.3 | −18% |
| Togo | 6.8 | 5.8 | +17% |
| Bangladesh | 6.7 | 5.8 | +16% |
| Serbia | 6.3 | 5.5 | +14% |
| Slovenia | 6.2 | 6.3 | −1% |
| Malaysia | 5.9 | 5.4 | +10% |
| Pakistan12 | 5.6 | 7.0 | −21% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.4 | 4.7 | +13% |
| Belize | 5.2 | 5.5 | −6% |
| Suriname | 5.0 | 5.1 | −2% |
| Belarus | 4.7 | 4.9 | −5% |
| Brazil13 | 4.5 | 3.8 | +19% |
| Zambia | 4.4 | 4.2 | +5% |
| Australia14 | 4.2 | 4.4 | −5% |
| Argentina15 | 4.0 | 3.8 | +5% |
| Eswatini | 3.9 | 3.6 | +9% |
| Algeria | 3.9 | 4.0 | −3% |
| Sint Maarten | 3.6 | 3.6 | 0% |
| Israel | 3.1 | 2.7 | +12% |
| Tanzania | 3.0 | 3.2 | −4% |
| Mexico | 3.0 | 3.7 | −20% |
| Malawi | 2.7 | 2.6 | +4% |
| Kazakhstan | 2.5 | 3.2 | −21% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2.5 | 2.2 | +17% |
| Somalia | 2.4 | 2.2 | +8% |
| Namibia | 2.2 | 2.2 | +1% |
| South Africa16 | 2.1 | 2.7 | −21% |
| Albania | 2.0 | 3.9 | −49% |
| Benin | 2.0 | 1.6 | +22% |
| Burkina Faso | 1.8 | 1.8 | +1% |
| Gambia | 1.6 | 1.6 | +2% |
| Yemen | 1.5 | 1.5 | +2% |
| Angola | 1.4 | 1.5 | −3% |
| New Zealand | 1.3 | 1.1 | +19% |
| Tajikistan | 1.2 | 1.4 | −13% |
| Thailand | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0% |
| Zimbabwe | 1.1 | 1.3 | −21% |
| Papua New Guinea | 1.0 | 1.0 | −3% |
| Senegal | 1.0 | 0.7 | +41% |
| Cayman Islands | 0.9 | 0.9 | +3% |
| Paraguay | 0.9 | 1.1 | −19% |
| South Korea | 0.8 | 0.8 | +9% |
| British Virgin Islands | 0.8 | 1.0 | −22% |
| Bolivia | 0.7 | 1.6 | −53% |
| Mozambique | 0.7 | 0.7 | −3% |
| Nepal | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0% |
| United Arab Emirates | 0.7 | 0.7 | −5% |
| Azerbaijan | 0.6 | 0.7 | −2% |
| Tunisia | 0.6 | 1.0 | −37% |
| Ghana | 0.6 | 0.5 | +22% |
| Nigeria | 0.6 | 0.5 | +9% |
| Morocco | 0.6 | 0.5 | +17% |
| Venezuela | 0.6 | 0.7 | −24% |
| Syria | 0.5 | 0.7 | −18% |
| Japan | 0.5 | 0.5 | +8% |
| Afghanistan | 0.5 | 0.5 | −3% |
| Monaco | 0.4 | 0.4 | +1% |
| Turkmenistan | 0.4 | 0.5 | −7% |
| Botswana | 0.3 | 0.3 | +4% |
| Liberia | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0% |
| Guatemala | 0.3 | 0.3 | +20% |
| Lesotho | 0.3 | 0.3 | +10% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2 | 0.2 | +10% |
| Bahrain | 0.2 | 0.2 | −3% |
| Uzbekistan | 0.2 | 0.2 | −11% |
| Mauritius | 0.2 | 0.1 | +214% |
| Kuwait | 0.2 | 0.3 | −21% |
| India | 0.2 | 0.2 | +1% |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.2 | 0.2 | −1% |
| Guinea | 0.2 | 0.2 | −3% |
| Oman | 0.1 | 0.1 | −5% |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.1 | 0.1 | −5% |
| Qatar | 0.1 | 0.1 | −4% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0% |
| Gabon | 0.1 | 0.1 | −5% |
| El Salvador | 0.1 | 0.1 | +30% |
| Dominica | 0.1 | 0.1 | +1% |
| Ukraine | 0.1 | 0.1 | −5% |
| Honduras | 0.1 | 0.0 | +105% |
| Fiji | 0.0 | 0.0 | +83% |
| Barbados | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% |
| Indonesia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% |
| Madagascar | 0.0 | 0.0 | +6% |
| Eritrea | 0.0 | 0.0 | −2% |
| Hong Kong | 0.0 | 0.0 | −9% |
| Saint Lucia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% |
| Bahamas | 0.0 | 0.1 | −67% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.0 | 0.0 | −2% |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0 | 0.0 | −2% |
| Comoros | 0.0 | 0.0 | +4% |
| Vanuatu | 0.0 | – | – |
| Philippines | 0.0 | 0.0 | −16% |
| Cuba | 0.0 | 0.0 | −9% |
| Mongolia | 0.0 | 0.0 | −1% |
| Cambodia | 0.0 | 0.0 | −1% |
| China | 0.0 | 0.0 | −12% |
| Vietnam | 0.0 | 0.0 | −32% |
| Brunei | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Cabo Verde | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Haiti | 0.0 | 0.0 | −100% |
| Myanmar | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Singapore | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Russia17 | Not reported since 2023 | – | – |
Source: UNHCR; World Bank population2024 and 2025Updated 24 Oct 2026
Notes
- Lebanon: UNHCR’s registered count; Lebanon’s government estimates a much larger number of Syrians in the country.
- Colombia: 99% of the 2025 figure are counted as others in need of international protection rather than as refugees (UNHCR).
- Peru: 66% of the 2025 figure are counted as others in need of international protection rather than as refugees (UNHCR).
- Costa Rica: 76% of the 2025 figure are asylum seekers whose claims were not yet decided (UNHCR).
- Chile: 98% of the 2025 figure are counted as others in need of international protection rather than as refugees (UNHCR).
- Ecuador: 93% of the 2025 figure are counted as others in need of international protection rather than as refugees (UNHCR).
- Iran: The fall in 2025 follows returns and deportations of Afghans. 53% of the 2025 figure are counted as others in need of international protection rather than as refugees (UNHCR).
- United States: 89% of the 2025 figure are asylum seekers whose claims were not yet decided (UNHCR).
- Egypt: 80% of the 2025 figure are asylum seekers whose claims were not yet decided (UNHCR).
- Dominican Republic: 99% of the 2025 figure are counted as others in need of international protection rather than as refugees (UNHCR).
- Italy: 55% of the 2025 figure are asylum seekers whose claims were not yet decided (UNHCR).
- Pakistan: The fall in 2025 follows returns and deportations of Afghans.
- Brazil: 58% of the 2025 figure are counted as others in need of international protection rather than as refugees (UNHCR).
- Australia: 71% of the 2025 figure are asylum seekers whose claims were not yet decided (UNHCR).
- Argentina: 95% of the 2025 figure are counted as others in need of international protection rather than as refugees (UNHCR).
- South Africa: 60% of the 2025 figure are asylum seekers whose claims were not yet decided (UNHCR).
- 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.