All🧳 Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
Asylum-seekers are individuals who have sought international protection and whose claims for refugee status have not yet been determined.
1
🇻🇪Venezuela
1,181,156
2
🇸🇩Sudan
940,297
3
🇨🇴Colombia
303,273
4
🇨🇺Cuba
288,050
5
🇦🇫Afghanistan
270,007
6
🇳🇮Nicaragua
269,315
7
🇲🇽Mexico
236,812
8
🇭🇹Haiti
236,318
9
🇸🇴Somalia
236,269
10
🇮🇳India
181,121
11
🇭🇳Honduras
168,464
12
🇨🇩DR Congo
168,421
13
🇸🇾Syria
154,355
14
🇪🇹Ethiopia
148,616
15
🇬🇹Guatemala
138,420
16
🇸🇸South Sudan
123,984
17
🇪🇨Ecuador
122,060
18
🇪🇷Eritrea
118,444
19
🇹🇷Türkiye
117,576
20
🇵🇪Peru
113,900
21
🇸🇻El Salvador
108,289
22
🇨🇳China
99,716
23
🇮🇶Iraq
96,887
24
🇧🇩Bangladesh
92,441
25
🇷🇺Russia
88,310
26
🇨🇫Central African Republic
82,600
27
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
69,817
28
🇲🇲Myanmar
67,824
29
🇧🇷Brazil
66,672
30
🇵🇰Pakistan
65,065
31
🇧🇮Burundi
64,899
32
🇬🇳Guinea
56,626
33
🇳🇬Nigeria
56,176
34
🇮🇷Iran
49,263
35
🇪🇬Egypt
46,292
36
🇸🇳Senegal
38,978
37
🇨🇲Cameroon
37,991
38
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
33,564
39
🇬🇪Georgia
28,902
40
🇲🇷Mauritania
28,438
41
🇺🇦Ukraine
26,583
42
🇾🇪Yemen
25,860
43
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
24,238
44
🇲🇱Mali
23,629
45
🇨🇱Chile
23,057
46
🇬🇭Ghana
22,470
47
🇲🇦Morocco
22,120
48
🇳🇪Niger
21,661
49
🇩🇴Dominican Republic
20,783
50
🇷🇼Rwanda
20,214
Highlights
As of 2025, Venezuela ranks first with 1,181,156, followed by Sudan (940,297) and Colombia (303,273).
Across 199 countries and territories, values run from 1,181,156 (Venezuela) to 0 (Luxembourg), with a median of 1,646.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from the Americas, 2 from Africa and 2 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, 2025. Unit: count.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026