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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025

Figures for 2025, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025 covers 177 countries. Germany is highest, at 2,655,191; 10 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 12,269. Against 2024, 152 values changed (93 up, 59 down), 1 country joined, 4 left.

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Refugee Population by Country of Asylum · Data for 2025

HighestGermany

2,655,191

Lowest10 countries share it

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 177 countries · select a heading to sort

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,655,191
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2,390,414
UgandaUGAEastern Africa1,936,719
ChadTCDMiddle Africa1,502,263
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,178,038
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,159,038
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa1,010,466
PolandPOLEastern Europe990,469
SudanSDNNorthern Africa809,816
FranceFRAWestern Europe788,419
IranIRNSouthern Asia770,514
KenyaKENEastern Africa617,125
South SudanSSDEastern Africa601,818
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe581,072
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa552,523
LebanonLBNWestern Asia535,168
SpainESPSouthern Europe511,079
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa503,732
United StatesUSANorthern America457,647
JordanJORWestern Asia436,226
CanadaCANNorthern America416,028
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa408,613
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe395,559
NigerNERWestern Africa385,986
IraqIRQWestern Asia322,345

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Germany2,655,191
  2. Türkiye2,390,414
  3. Uganda1,936,719
  4. Chad1,502,263
  5. Bangladesh1,178,038

Lowest

  1. Vanuatushared0
  2. Sierra Leoneshared0
  3. Singaporeshared0
  4. Myanmarshared0
  5. Haitishared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12,269. “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.

  • +1 / −4countries joined / left
  • 152values changed, of 176 in both
  • 93 · 59rose · fell
  • 24unchanged

Rose most

  • Libya200,335 → 552,523+352,188
  • Chad1,278,866 → 1,502,263+223,397
  • Uganda1,759,492 → 1,936,719+177,227
  • Bangladesh1,005,602 → 1,178,038+172,436
  • Mali135,533 → 286,715+151,182

Fell most

  • Iran3,489,257 → 770,514−2,718,743
  • Türkiye2,940,735 → 2,390,414−550,321
  • Pakistan1,560,480 → 1,159,038−401,442
  • Lebanon758,642 → 535,168−223,474
  • Jordan643,641 → 436,226−207,415
+ Vanuatu− Antigua and Barbuda− Equatorial Guinea− Palau− Solomon Islands

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.

The site’s method

  • 160 distinct values among 177

    Values are stored exactly as published. 10 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 177 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2025). Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-hosted/2025

0636 held

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07Questions

Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025: questions and answers

Which country has the highest refugees hosted in Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025?

Germany, at 2,655,191, of the 177 countries in the file.

What year does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025 describe?

2025.

How many countries does Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025 cover?

177.

Where can I download Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, 2025 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-26, when it was read from the publisher.

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