* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Refugee population, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 159 countries was 233913 refugees. The highest value was in Iran: 3764517 refugees and the lowest value was in Barbados: 5 refugees. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: refugees; Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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Countries Refugee population, 2023 Global rank Available data
Iran 3764517 1 1962 - 2023
Turkey 3251127 2 1960 - 2023
Jordan 3063591 3 1960 - 2023
Germany 2593007 4 1960 - 2023
Palestine 2482144 5 1960 - 2023
Pakistan 1988231 6 1979 - 2023
Uganda 1577498 7 1961 - 2023
Lebanon 1279108 8 1960 - 2023
Russia 1230131 9 1996 - 2023
Chad 1100921 10 1992 - 2023
Ethiopia 979846 11 1968 - 2023
Bangladesh 971984 12 1978 - 2023
Poland 971478 13 1991 - 2023
Sudan 922474 14 1967 - 2023
France 664366 15 1960 - 2023
Syria 595953 16 1960 - 2023
Kenya 538899 17 1970 - 2023
DR Congo 523392 18 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 485285 19 1970 - 2023
UK 448620 20 1960 - 2023
USA 409202 21 1960 - 2023
Spain 385701 22 1961 - 2023
Czechia 377120 23 1991 - 2023
Italy 298296 24 1960 - 2023
Iraq 286480 25 1979 - 2023
Niger 269996 26 1977 - 2023
Austria 257811 27 1960 - 2023
India 252867 28 1964 - 2023
Egypt 240507 29 1964 - 2023
Netherlands 237767 30 1960 - 2023
Sweden 237632 31 1960 - 2023
Brazil 235765 32 1969 - 2023
Switzerland 192507 33 1960 - 2023
Greece 192384 34 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 188953 35 1961 - 2023
Canada 169448 36 1960 - 2023
Belgium 167831 37 1960 - 2023
Armenia 150080 38 1992 - 2023
Malaysia 135872 39 1977 - 2023
Slovakia 126866 40 1993 - 2023
Mexico 124784 41 1970 - 2023
Moldova 120947 42 1999 - 2023
Rwanda 115643 43 1965 - 2023
Ireland 113902 44 1984 - 2023
Mauritania 112549 45 1987 - 2023
Norway 103606 46 1960 - 2023
Algeria 98590 47 1970 - 2023
Bulgaria 97618 48 1992 - 2023
Finland 89869 49 1984 - 2023
Romania 87487 50 1977 - 2023
Thailand 87314 51 1975 - 2023
Burundi 85229 52 1961 - 2023
Lithuania 80225 53 1997 - 2023
Zambia 72411 54 1965 - 2023
Nigeria 69940 55 1976 - 2023
Denmark 68912 56 1960 - 2023
South Africa 67145 57 1993 - 2023
Mali 66443 58 1971 - 2023
Montenegro 64733 59 2006 - 2023
Hungary 63180 60 1989 - 2023
Ecuador 62899 61 1972 - 2023
Portugal 62807 62 1975 - 2023
R. of Congo 60637 63 1969 - 2023
Yemen 55568 64 1977 - 2023
Latvia 45761 65 1999 - 2023
Kazakhstan 42685 66 1993 - 2023
Estonia 42005 67 2001 - 2023
Belarus 39981 68 1994 - 2023
Cyprus 39044 69 1968 - 2023
Burkina Faso 37735 70 1983 - 2023
Malawi 35201 71 1986 - 2023
Afghanistan 34826 72 1990 - 2023
Australia 34502 73 1965 - 2023
C.A. Republic 32913 74 1964 - 2023
Serbia 29365 75 1965 - 2023
Venezuela 29336 76 1969 - 2023
Togo 28240 77 1961 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 27790 78 1993 - 2023
Georgia 26019 79 1995 - 2023
Angola 25174 80 1976 - 2023
Croatia 25029 81 1992 - 2023
Costa Rica 23422 82 1972 - 2023
Djibouti 23063 83 1977 - 2023
Japan 22335 84 1977 - 2023
Nepal 19582 85 1964 - 2023
North Macedonia 18898 86 1992 - 2023
Somalia 17770 87 1977 - 2023
Luxembourg 13735 88 1960 - 2023
Senegal 11856 89 1963 - 2023
Malta 11724 90 1993 - 2023
Slovenia 10525 91 1992 - 2023
Papua N.G. 10523 92 1978 - 2023
Zimbabwe 10114 93 1980 - 2023
Tajikistan 10092 94 1992 - 2023
Uzbekistan 9405 95 1993 - 2023
Iceland 8715 96 1990 - 2023
Indonesia 8450 97 1978 - 2023
Morocco 8295 98 1960 - 2023
Ghana 7057 99 1969 - 2023
Peru 6712 100 1970 - 2023
Paraguay 5991 101 1969 - 2023
Azerbaijan 5771 102 1992 - 2023
Namibia 5157 103 1991 - 2023
Mozambique 5152 104 1975 - 2023
Albania 5079 105 1992 - 2023
Argentina 4104 106 1969 - 2023
South Korea 4053 107 1978 - 2023
Tunisia 3994 108 1960 - 2023
Gambia 3809 109 1990 - 2023
Turkmenistan 3614 110 1993 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 3205 111 2007 - 2023
Benin 2825 112 1969 - 2023
Panama 2724 113 1972 - 2023
Ukraine 2512 114 1994 - 2023
Ivory Coast 2370 115 1969 - 2023
Chile 2338 116 1969 - 2023
Guinea 2191 117 1990 - 2023
Libya 1837 118 1993 - 2023
New Zealand 1837 119 1967 - 2023
UA Emirates 1416 120 1968 - 2023
Colombia 1382 121 1970 - 2023
Uruguay 1285 122 1970 - 2023
Israel 1235 123 1998 - 2023
Swaziland 1202 124 1970 - 2023
Liberia 1164 125 1969 - 2023
Bolivia 1117 126 1972 - 2023
Guatemala 989 127 1972 - 2023
Philippines 934 128 1975 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 778 129 1970 - 2023
Botswana 761 130 1968 - 2023
Liechtenstein 597 131 2000 - 2023
Kuwait 572 132 1979 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 477 133 1974 - 2023
Sri Lanka 377 134 1991 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 348 135 1997 - 2023
Lesotho 319 136 1970 - 2023
Nicaragua 311 137 1972 - 2023
Hong Kong 301 138 1964 - 2023
Oman 300 139 2004 - 2023
China 296 140 1966 - 2023
Bahrain 254 141 1974 - 2023
Belize 214 142 1980 - 2023
Gabon 204 143 1969 - 2023
Qatar 197 144 1980 - 2023
Honduras 182 145 1972 - 2023
Eritrea 119 146 1993 - 2023
El Salvador 106 147 1972 - 2023
Madagascar 49 148 1994 - 2023
Guyana 27 149 1972 - 2023
Cambodia 24 150 1964 - 2023
G.-Bissau 24 151 1981 - 2023
Suriname 24 152 1992 - 2023
Vietnam 19 153 1971 - 2023
Monaco 17 154 2011 - 2023
Fiji 15 155 1995 - 2023
Comoros 10 156 1999 - 2023
Mongolia 10 157 2006 - 2023
Barbados 5 158 2023 - 2023
Mauritius 5 159 1999 - 2023



Definition: Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted.

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