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In the past decade, the global refugee population has more than doubled to 36.4 million people. But a common misunderstanding is where they flee. The reality is that people affected by the world's largest refugee crises often aren't able to make it to high-income countries in Europe or North America. Instead, they take shelter in neighboring countries. However, the escalation of the war in Ukraine has changed things a bit.
The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) has recently released new data, highlighting worsening human tragedies and the growing need for humanitarian aid. Currently, there are over 122 million forcibly displaced people, including refugees, asylum seekers, stateless individuals, and internally displaced persons. These people suffer from escalating conflicts, human rights violations, persecution, and climate change, causing crises in regions like Mozambique, the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and Myanmar.
The White House, however, issued an executive order on February 3 freezing foreign aid from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for 90 days, which will also impact UNHCR, as the United States is one of the main humanitarian aid donors.
Based on
UNHCR data, click on to discover the countries hosting the most refugees.
Over half of all refugees under UNHCR's mandate and other people in need of international protection come from Syria, Afghanistan, and South Sudan.
The number of refugees needing priority resettlement in 2025 is 18 times greater than the 158,591 refugee resettlement arrivals in 2023.
Between 2018 and 2022, an average of 385,000 children were born as refugees per year.
Low- and middle-income countries host 75% of the world's refugees and other people in need of international protection. Click on for the top 25 host countries.
Number of refugees: 279,240
Top origin(s) of refugees: Syria
Number of refugees: 300,128
Top origin(s) of refugees: South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen, and Somalia
Number of refugees: 308,663
Top origin(s) of refugees: Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mali, Somalia, and Gambia
Number of refugees: 314,883
Top origin(s) of refugees: Sudan
Number of refugees: 351,338
Top origin(s) of refugees: Ukraine
Number of refugees: 365,262
Top origin(s) of refugees: Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Eritrea, and Sudan
Number of refugees: 369,722
Top origin(s) of refugees: Colombia, Morocco, and Venezuela
Number of refugees: 389,335
Top origin(s) of refugees: Myanmar, El Salvador, Cuba, Iraq, and Bhutan
Number of refugees: 469,277
Top origin(s) of refugees: Central African Republic and Nigeria
Number of refugees: 519,353
Top origin(s) of refugees: Somalia and South Sudan
Number of refugees: 520,073
Top origin(s) of refugees: Central African Republic and Rwanda
Number of refugees: 641,626
Top origin(s) of refugees: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Turkey
Number of refugees: 695,821
Top origin(s) of refugees: Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, and Somalia
Number of refugees: 762,731
Top origin(s) of refugees: Central African Republic, Nigeria, and Cameroon
Number of refugees: 799,175
Top origin(s) of refugees: Syria and Palestine
Number of refugees: 921,922
Top origin(s) of refugees: South Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea
Number of refugees: 926,433
Top origin(s) of refugees: South Sudan, Eritrea, Syria, and Ethiopia
Number of refugees: 961,801
Top origin(s) of refugees: Rohingya from Myanmar
Number of refugees: 989,877
Top origin(s) of refugees: Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus
Number of refugees: 1,249,342
Top origin(s) of refugees: Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Syria
Number of refugees: 1,512,681
Top origin(s) of refugees: DRC, Burundi, Somalia, and Rwanda
Number of refugees: 2,080,501
Top origin(s) of refugees: Afghanistan
Number of refugees: 2,509,506
Top origin(s) of refugees: Ukraine, Syria, and Afghanistan
Number of refugees: 3,368,976
Top origin(s) of refugees: Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq
Number of refugees: 3,443,522
Top origin(s) of refugees: Afghanistan and Iraq
Sources: (UNHCR) (Concern Worldwide)
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In the past decade, the global refugee population has more than doubled to 36.4 million people. But a common misunderstanding is where they flee. The reality is that people affected by the world's largest refugee crises often aren't able to make it to high-income countries in Europe or North America. Instead, they take shelter in neighboring countries. However, the escalation of the war in Ukraine has changed things a bit.
The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) has recently released new data, highlighting worsening human tragedies and the growing need for humanitarian aid. Currently, there are over 122 million forcibly displaced people, including refugees, asylum seekers, stateless individuals, and internally displaced persons. These people suffer from escalating conflicts, human rights violations, persecution, and climate change, causing crises in regions like Mozambique, the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and Myanmar.
The White House, however, issued an executive order on February 3 freezing foreign aid from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for 90 days, which will also impact UNHCR, as the United States is one of the main humanitarian aid donors.
Based on
UNHCR data, click on to discover the countries hosting the most refugees.