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Refugee Data Finder

117.3 MILLION
Forcibly displaced people worldwide

Forcibly displaced people worldwide at mid-2025 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.

 

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73.5 MILLION

are internally displaced people (Source: IDMC, as of end-2024)

 
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36.4 MILLION

are refugees

 
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8.4 MILLION

are asylum-seekers

 
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6.1 MILLION

are other people in need of international protection

Welcome to UNHCR’s Refugee Population Statistics Database

The database contains information about forcibly displaced populations spanning more than 70 years of statistical activities. It covers displaced populations such as refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people, including their demographics. Stateless people are also included, most of who have never been displaced. The database also reflects the different types of solutions for displaced populations such as repatriation or resettlement.

This website is based on three data sources:

  • UNHCR data collected through its annual statistical activities with some data going back as far as 1951, the year UNHCR was created.
  • Data provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Information is limited to registered Palestine refugees under UNRWA’s mandate.
  • Data provided by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). Information is limited to people displaced within their country due to conflict or violence.

For methodological explanations, data limitations and coverage, visit the Methodology page.

67%

originate from just five countries

Nearly seven in ten of all refugees under UNHCR’s mandate and other people in need of international protection come from just five countries.

Venezuela6.5 million
Syrian Arab Republic5.5 million
Ukraine5.3 million
Afghanistan4.8 million
Sudan2.5 million

34%

hosted in five countries

Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Uganda hosted over one-third of the world’s refugees and other people in need of international protection.

Colombia2.8 million
Germany2.7 million
Türkiye2.7 million
Islamic Republic of Iran2.5 million
Uganda1.9 million

49

MILLION
are children

At the end of 2024, of the 123.2 million forcibly displaced people, an estimated 49 million (40 per cent) are children below 18 years of age.

 

2.3

MILLION
children were born as refugees

Between 2018 and 2024, an average of 337,800 children were born as refugees per year.

2

MILLION
refugees returned or were resettled

Almost 2 million refugees returned to their countries of origin during the first half of 2025 while 28,600 arrived through resettlement or sponsorship pathways (with or without UNHCR’s assistance).

71%

hosted in low- and middle-income countries

Low- and middle-income countries host 71 per cent of the world’s refugees and other people in need of international protection. The Least Developed Countries provided asylum to 25 per cent of the total.

4.4

MILLION
stateless people

Data on some 4.4 million stateless people residing in 101 countries was reported at mid-2025. The true global figure is estimated to be significantly higher.

66%

hosted in neighbouring countries

66 per cent of refugees and other people in need of international protection lived in countries neighbouring their countries of origin.

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