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Forcibly displaced people worldwide at end-2025 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.
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:
For methodological explanations, data limitations and coverage, visit the Methodology page.
Around two-thirds of all refugees under UNHCR’s mandate and other people in need of international protection come from just five countries.
| Venezuela | 6.5 million |
| Ukraine | 5.2 million |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 4.9 million |
| Afghanistan | 3.7 million |
| Sudan | 2.8 million |
Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Uganda and the Islamic Republic of Iran hosted around one-third of the world’s refugees and other people in need of international protection.
| Colombia | 2.8 million |
| Germany | 2.7 million |
| Türkiye | 2.4 million |
| Uganda | 1.9 million |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | 1.7 million |
At the end of 2025, of the 117.8 million forcibly displaced people, an estimated 45 million (38 per cent) are children below 18 years of age.
Between 2018 and 2025, an average of 305,000 children were born as refugees per year.
Almost 4.4 million refugees returned to their countries of origin during 2025 while 81,800 arrived through resettlement or sponsorship pathways (with or without UNHCR’s assistance).
Low- and middle-income countries host 68 per cent of the world’s refugees and other people in need of international protection. The Least Developed Countries provided asylum to 26 per cent of the total.
Data on some 4.5 million stateless people residing in 100 countries was reported at end-2025. The true global figure is estimated to be significantly higher.
65 per cent of refugees and other people in need of international protection lived in countries neighbouring their countries of origin.
