ATLAS · REFUGEES (BY ASYLUM)

Refugees (by asylum) by Country

The whole world, recoloured by refugees (by asylum). Refugees (by asylum) worldwide (world figure): 31M (2024). On the map below, paler countries sit at the low end and the deepest green at the high end. Tap any nation to open its full profile. The number of refugees each country now HOSTS, according to UNHCR. This is where people have found refuge, which is often very different from where they fled.

HIGHEST

3.5M

LOWEST

WORLD

31M

180 countries with a figure

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, 2024 · geometry: Natural Earth (public domain)

How the map is coloured

29.162363K

No figure — the source has no value for this country (shown in words, never as zero).

The top 25

180 countries and territories have a refugees (by asylum) figure. Here are the highest:

#	Country	Refugees (by asylum)
1	Iran, Islamic Rep.	3.5M
2	Turkiye	2.9M
3	Germany	2.7M
4	Uganda	1.8M
5	Pakistan	1.6M
6	Chad	1.3M
7	Poland	1M
8	Ethiopia	1M
9	Bangladesh	1M
10	Sudan	793K
11	Lebanon	759K
12	France	722K
13	Jordan	644K
14	Kenya	604K
15	Congo, Dem. Rep.	517K
16	United Kingdom	516K
17	South Sudan	515K
18	United States	435K
19	Spain	429K
20	Cameroon	428K
21	Czechia	391K
22	Niger	370K
23	Iraq	318K
24	Italy	313K
25	Austria	285K

Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks 1st of 180.Every country’s full standing is on its profile.

Understand the number

ATLAS · FIELD GUIDE

Refugees by Country of Asylum: Where the World's Refugees Are Hosted

The refugees-by-asylum map recolours every country by how many refugees it hosts, from UNHCR. A plain-language guide to the definitions, what the map shows, and why the largest hosts are often not the countries people expect.

THE WORLD, BY THE NUMBERS

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