All🧳 Largest Refugee Populations by Origin
Refugees under the UNHCR mandate by country of origin.
- Africa40% · 54 entries
- Asia37% · 49 entries
- Europe19% · 40 entries
- Americas3.6% · 38 entries
- Oceania0% · 10 entries
1
🇺🇦Ukraine
5,224,131
2
🇸🇾Syria
4,865,764
3
🇸🇩Sudan
2,820,737
4
🇦🇫Afghanistan
2,671,560
5
🇸🇸South Sudan
2,386,499
6
🇲🇲Myanmar
1,524,378
7
🇨🇩DR Congo
1,176,489
8
🇸🇴Somalia
892,037
9
🇨🇫Central African Republic
674,222
10
🇪🇷Eritrea
554,891
11
🇲🇱Mali
519,738
12
🇳🇬Nigeria
478,150
13
🇻🇪Venezuela
417,010
14
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
351,209
15
🇧🇮Burundi
318,291
16
🇮🇶Iraq
270,671
17
🇷🇼Rwanda
244,415
18
🇭🇹Haiti
180,702
19
🇪🇹Ethiopia
164,215
20
🇮🇷Iran
157,912
21
🇨🇳China
153,962
22
🇹🇷Türkiye
149,405
23
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
148,369
24
🇨🇲Cameroon
140,366
25
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
130,983
26
🇷🇺Russia
99,360
27
🇭🇳Honduras
94,449
28
🇵🇰Pakistan
90,497
29
🇳🇪Niger
85,591
30
🇨🇴Colombia
79,669
31
🇸🇻El Salvador
68,182
32
🇾🇪Yemen
57,327
33
🇵🇸Palestine
48,323
34
🇬🇳Guinea
47,692
35
🇲🇷Mauritania
43,906
36
🇮🇳India
42,610
37
🇲🇽Mexico
41,307
38
🇳🇮Nicaragua
35,341
39
🇬🇹Guatemala
34,994
40
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
32,506
41
🇧🇩Bangladesh
31,862
42
🇷🇸Serbia
29,665
43
🇨🇺Cuba
29,395
44
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
24,653
45
🇪🇬Egypt
23,763
46
🇦🇱Albania
21,447
47
🇻🇳Vietnam
20,636
48
🇧🇾Belarus
19,462
49
🇬🇪Georgia
17,302
50
🇭🇷Croatia
17,207
Highlights
As of 2025, Ukraine ranks first with 5,224,131, followed by Syria (4,865,764) and Sudan (2,820,737).
Across 198 countries and territories, values run from 5,224,131 (Ukraine) to 0 (Tuvalu), with a median of 1,344.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Africa, 3 from Asia and 1 from Europe.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 2025. Unit: people.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026