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The UNHCR Refugee Data app showcases forced displacement and statelessness statistics over the last 24 years by country of asylum and origin.
Resettlement involves the identification and transfer of refugees (country of origin) from a State in which they have sought protection (country of asylum) to a third State which has agreed to admit them (country of resettlement). UNHCR’s identification of refugees for resettlement is referred to as submissions, and the transfer of refugees to a third State is referred to as departures.
| Year |
Country of Origin |
Country of Asylum ↑ |
Country of Resettlement |
Persons ↓ | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nigeria | - | - | 282 | January - December |
| 2024 | Cuba | - | - | 277 | January - December |
| 2024 | Mali | - | - | 272 | January - December |
| 2024 | Yemen | - | - | 205 | January - December |
| 2024 | Haiti | - | - | 201 | January - December |
| 2024 | Honduras | - | - | 164 | January - December |
| 2024 | Cameroon | - | - | 149 | January - December |
| 2024 | Viet Nam | - | - | 125 | January - December |
| 2024 | Senegal | - | - | 107 | January - December |
| 2024 | Cambodia | - | - | 98 | January - December |
| 2024 | El Salvador | - | - | 49 | January - December |
| 2024 | Guatemala | - | - | 20 | January - December |
| 2024 | Ecuador | - | - | 9 | January - December |
| Footnote | Year | Country of Origin |
Country of Asylum |
Population Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The IDP figure differs from those agreed and communicated by UN OCHA, given the exlusion of IDPs due to disasters, in line with UNHCR methodology. | 2024 | - | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | IDP |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figure for non-displaced stateless is based on results from the 2021 Population Census, deducting the figures of stateless refugees and stateless asylum-seekers. | 2024 | - | Greece | STA |
| Refugees includes people in refugee-like situations | 2024 | - | Albania | REF |
| In Thailand, the number of new refugee arrivals is not available, but the Operation Centre for Displaced Persons, Ministry of Interior of Thailand, estimates that 52,000 refugees fled Myanmar and subsequently returned home from Thailand’s Temporary Safety Areas. | 2024 | - | Thailand | REF |
| The National Victims Registry of Colombia contains the historical accumulated figure of the number of victims of displacement which continues to increase, given that victims continue to be registered in the country. Thus, the total number of persons recognized as victims of displacement (more than 8.7 million), includes the number of IDPs who are subject to attention and/or reparation, i.e. those who meet the requirements to access the measures of attention and reparation established in Colombian Law 1448 (7 million). The number of victims of displacement who are deceased, direct victims of forced disappearance and homicide, and other victims who, for various reasons, cannot effectively access these measures, are identified as not being subject to attention or reparation and therefore not included in the figure of 7 million. The figure is constantly updated, considering that by legal definition, victims have up to two years to make their declaration and be included in the registry system. See the summary: https://www.unidadvictimas.gov.co/es/registro-unico-de-victimas-ruv/. | 2024 | - | Colombia | IDP |
| The United States of America has also offered temporary status in certain circumstances to people in need of international protection. UNHCR is in discussions with the U.S. government about how to best reflect such datapoints for all relevant populations in future reporting cycles. | 2024 | - | United States of America | REF |
| Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 3,900 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them. | 2024 | - | Saudi Arabia | ASY |
| Authorities in Uzbekistan confirmed that the number of stateless persons with permanent residence has decreased below 20,000, leading to a revision of the previous statistics as of 31 December 2023. The figures will be reviewed once official data for 2024 becomes available. Information on categories of statelessness, other than stateless persons with permanent residence is unavailable. | 2024 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| The reported figure is a preliminary estimate of persons of undetermined nationality by UNHCR. The start-year estimate is based on the UNHCR 2018 statelessness study which documents specific profiles of groups at risk of statelessness in South Sudan. During 2024, 19,561 people at risk of statelessness were assessed and issued nationality certificates. 27,411 additional people of undetermined nationality status were identified. | 2024 | - | South Sudan | STA |
| The IDP figure can be found at CONAPO (2021) "Diagnóstico nacional sobre la situación del desplazamiento forzado interno en México" (https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/681782/Diagn_stico_nacional_sobre_la_situaci_n_del_desplazamiento_forzado_interno.pdf), where it is mentioned that 262,411 IDPs were displaced due to insecurity causes (pg18) and 24,376 IDPs due to disasters (pg 49). These calculations are based on 2020 Population and Housing Census carried out by INEGI. | 2024 | - | Mexico | IDP |
| Naturalization figures refer to the admission of protected persons as permanent residents of Canada. | 2024 | - | Canada | NAT |
| The estimated figure of stateless persons in Lebanon is around 40,000. However, there is no official data on the scope of statelessness in Lebanon. Recent studies, including a 2021 study in Akkar undertaken by UNHCR and SIREN Associates, indicate that an estimated 27,000 to 40,000 persons in Lebanon lack a nationality. This does not include any estimate of statelessness amongst populations displaced to Lebanon, or of populations that may be at risk of statelessness. This reported figure will be reviewed as more information becomes available. | 2024 | - | Lebanon | STA |
| The Lebanese government estimates that 1.5 million Syrians are in Lebanon (some 755,400 registered by UNHCR as well as 10,000 asylum-seekers and refugees of other nationalities). | 2024 | - | Lebanon | REF |
| The number of reported stateless people reflects only those registered with, or otherwise individually known to, UNHCR. It does not include an estimate of all stateless people in the country. | 2024 | - | Egypt | STA |
| The figure includes individuals recognised as stateless (refugees, asylum-seekers and not displaced persons) and individuals who filed a new application to request recognition as a stateless person and who are pending resolution. | 2024 | - | Costa Rica | STA |
| This figure presents an estimate of persons with undetermined nationality or those at risk of statelessness, based on a survey conducted by the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (DGIE) in 2010, which found approximately 9,500 persons to be at risk of statelessness. The 2023 population and housing census led to the identification of areas where populations reside who are stateless or at the risk thereof. A mapping exercise by the National Statelessness Taskforce led to the identification of additional populations (approx. 5,000 people) of undetermined nationality or at risk of statelessness. | 2024 | - | Rwanda | STA |
| Based on new arrivals information in the report of international organizations and UNHCR protection monitoring activities, UNHCR estimates there to be 23,400 people of various origins in Kyrgyzstan who may be in need of international protection. | 2024 | - | Kyrgyzstan | REF |
| The statistics of stateless/undetermined nationality have been revised as per the updated data received from the Ministry of Interior (as of end-2024). Based on this, the figure of 954 (other stateless persons according to 2011 census) has been removed. This is to note that the latest 2021 census did not include the category of stateless persons, therefore these are not reported. | 2024 | - | Czechia | STA |
| No official data on the actual number of refugees residing in Bulgaria is available. The estimate includes 74,300 Ukrainians who received temporary protection, and 34,400 other refugees. | 2024 | - | Bulgaria | REF |
| The stateless statistics figure is a combination of data published by the National Institute of Statistics (570 as of 1 January 2024), as well as estimates from NGOs on the number of persons who are stateless or at risk of statelessness present in Italy. | 2024 | - | Italy | STA |
| According to some reports many stateless persons have been naturalized since 2011, but no official figures are yet confirmed. The reported figures will be reviewed as more information becomes available. | 2024 | - | Syrian Arab Rep. | STA |
| The statelessness figure is based on a 2019 mapping study jointly conducted by the Government and UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Cote d'Ivoire | STA |
| With regards to refugee statistics, since 2024 the number of refugees in Iceland are based on data reported by authorities of persons with valid residence permits issued on the basis of international protection, subsidiary protection, resettlement or family reasons and adding beneficiaries of temporary protection. It does not include refugees who have been granted permanent residence permits. The figures replace previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Iceland | REF |
| Some information about stateless persons in the country is available, however it is not yet sufficiently reliable to produce estimates of the size of the population. | 2024 | - | Afghanistan | STA |
| Official statistics on the size of the refugee population are not available. UNHCR refugee population estimates is based on the cumulative number of recognized asylum-seekers over the past 10 years, plus the reported number of beneficiaries of Temporary Protection in the country by end-2024. | 2024 | - | Austria | REF |
| In 2023, UNHCR conducted an extensive identification exercise of stateless persons in Azerbaijan using both government and UNHCR registers. The exercise was able to account for 513 stateless person, which was used as the start year figure. During 2024, 306 individuals at risk of statelessness were able to acquire citizenship. Additional persons of undetermined nationality were identified during the year, resulting in a total of 271 stateless persons in the country at end-year based on information from the State Migration Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Azerbaijan | STA |
| UNHCR is verifying the number of stateless persons with the Government of Saudi Arabia. | 2024 | - | Saudi Arabia | STA |
| The number of refugees was re-calculated based on the refugee data, as provided by the government. The overall figures for Spain include refugee status (8%), subsidiary protection (9%), temporary protection (51%) and humanitarian reasons (32%). | 2024 | - | Spain | REF |
| Estimates of the number of Ukrainians in a refugee-like situation in Montenegro were revised. | 2024 | - | Montenegro | REF |
| The total statelessness figure reported relates to 23,262 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity who are also counted as refugees or asylum-seekers from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State. The reported figure does not represent an estimate of the entire stateless population. | 2024 | - | India | STA |
| The increase in the number of refugees and asylum-seekers in Libya is due to the arrival in 2024 of a total of 228,800 Sudanese. Almost 30,800 of them were registered as asylum-seekers by UNHCR and the remaining 198,000 are estimated based on the issuance of health cards in areas outside of Tripoli and reported as people in a refugee-like situation. | 2024 | - | Libya | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The others of concern figure corresponds to the number of conflict-affected, non-displaced people assisted by UNHCR during the year. | 2024 | Ukraine | - | OOC |
| Based on the information reported in the media as well as UNHCR protection monitoring activities, UNHCR estimates there to be 2,300 people of various origins in Tajikistan who may be in need of international protection. | 2024 | - | Tajikistan | REF |
| Figures include persons at risk of statelessness (undetermined nationality) on the basis of the 2022 census, stateless persons registered with the Croatian Ministry of the Interior and information on stateless refugees and asylum-seekers reported by the Ministry of Interior. | 2024 | - | Croatia | STA |
| The figure is based on the 2024 National Housing & Population Census report which shows that there are 10,284 persons who identified themselves as members of indigenous communities, namely Bagabu, Bakingwe, Benet and Maragoli, that are not listed as nationals of Uganda in the Third Schedule to the Constitution. However, this may not represent the entirety of the stateless population in the country. | 2024 | - | Uganda | STA |
| The decrease in the stateless population in France between 2023 and 2024 is due to de-duplication of figures reported in previous years. | 2024 | - | France | STA |
| A limited number of countries record refugee and asylum statistics by country of birth rather than country of origin. This affects the number of refugees reported as originating from the United States of America. | 2024 | United States of America | - | REF |
| The number of refugee returns to Ukraine is estimated using IOM’s "Returns Report — General Population Survey" and "Internal Displacement Report — General Population Survey", Round 19. The estimated number of refugees who returned from abroad to their place of origin since the start of the war (1,066,000) was added to the estimated number of refugees who returned from abroad but not to their area of origin (355,000). This total was multiplied by the estimated proportion who returned in 2024 according to the GPS Return Report, excluding returnees for less than 3 months (which is the timeframe established in UNHCR’s Position Paper on Returns from Ukraine as indication of the intention of a stable return). This resulted in 14 per cent of total estimated returns from abroad (or 203,000 persons). The breakdown by former country of asylum is based on results from the latest UNHCR Intention Surveys with refugees returnees. | 2024 | Ukraine | - | RET |
| In October 2024, the Government of Turkmenistan announced the resolution of all known cases of statelessness in the country, following the naturalization of a final group of 1,146 stateless people in September 2024. In February 2025, the Government reported that, as of 31 December 2024, there were no remaining stateless people in Turkmenistan. Since 2017, UNHCR has relied on figures reported by its partner organizations, as official statistical data was not made available by the authorities. In 2023, UNHCR partners launched a verification exercise to cross-check their database on stateless persons and those with undetermined nationality. This process continued in 2024 and confirmed the Government’s report. As part of the exercise, individuals were contacted to verify their current legal status. The findings showed that many had been naturalized in recent years, some had confirmed foreign nationality, and others had passed away. This verification exercise, combined with the official information provided by the Government, confirms that there are now zero officially registered stateless people in Turkmenistan. The decrease in the reported figure corresponds to those people who were naturalized or who had another nationality confirmed. | 2024 | - | Turkmenistan | STA |
| The figure is from the 2010 census. | 2024 | - | Cabo Verde | STA |
| With respect to persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, this figure includes persons of concern covered by two separate Latvian laws. 157 persons fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004. 173,729 of the persons fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2024 | - | Latvia | STA |
| The decreased statistical data on refugees and subsidiary protection holders in Malta is primarily attributed to a revised/updated official data shared with UNHCR by the International Protection Agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Security and Employment. The official governmental data (as of June 30, 2024) reflects the active international protection holders residing in Malta. | 2024 | - | Malta | REF |
| The figure for the Russian Federation includes 6,894 Ukrainians who were granted refugee or temporary asylum status by end-2024. Moreover, as of mid-2023 an estimated 1.2 million Ukrainians were recorded in the Russian Federation under different legal forms of stay (other than refugee or temporary asylum status) and reported by UNHCR as persons in a refugee-like situation. However, this figure has not been updated since June 2023, and therefore can no longer be included in UNHCR’s official statistics for end of 2024. | 2024 | - | Russian Federation | REF |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figures include: (a) the number of stateless asylum seekers at end-year as reported by the Norwegian authorities; (b) the number of stateless refugees at year-end with valid residence permit as of 1 January 2024 and increases (e.g. recognitions) or decreases (e.g. refugee status cessation and naturalisations) through the year as reported by Norwegian authorities; and (c) the number of non-displaced stateless persons (those with other non-protection related types of permits) based on data from Statistics Norway corresponding to the resident population recorded as "Stateless" as of 1 January 2025, deducting the estimated number of stateless refugees at year-end. | 2024 | - | Norway | STA |
| All data is as of end-2022. | 2024 | - | Bahamas | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the number of stateless displaced persons have not been available for several years, hence current estimates may not reflect the real numbers currently in the country. | 2024 | - | Austria | STA |
| With regards to refugee statistics, since 2024 the number of refugees is Denmark are based on data reported by authorities of persons with valid residence permits for asylum as of 1 January 2024 and increases (e.g. recognitions) or decreases (e.g. refugee status cessation) through the year are as reported by authorities. Figures for temporary protection holders in Denmark are based on data by Eurostat. The figures replace previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Denmark | REF |
| There is no official data on statelessness in Poland. The reported figure refers to the number of stateless people holding a personal identification number issued by the Government, which does not cover all stateless people in the country. The figure additionally includes stateless asylum-seekers and refugees (including beneficiaries of temporary protection) in Poland. | 2024 | - | Poland | STA |
| The great majority are former Yugoslav citizens who have yet to have their nationality of North Macedonia formally recognized through the issuance of documents proving their nationality. | 2024 | - | North Macedonia | STA |
| According to the results of the 2020 All-Russia Census finalized at end-2022, some 91,173 persons declared themselves stateless. The number of persons who have acquired Russian citizenship in each subsequent year has been subtracted from this total, including 2,035 persons who obtained Russian citizenship in 2024. | 2024 | - | Russian Federation | STA |
| Since 2023, the number of refugees is based on the data on refugee and temporary protection status holders at year-end as provided by authorities. The figures replace previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | REF |
| The total statelessness figure includes 589,800 stateless persons reported by the Royal Thai Government and registered with the national civil registration system by the end of 2024, as well as other stateless individuals known to UNHCR, including permanent residents of Thailand who have not yet been granted nationality. The figure includes 513 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity from Myanmar who are also counted as refugees. | 2024 | - | Thailand | STA |
| Temporary protection granted to Ukrainians does not necessarily mean new displacement since it could include reapplications or reactivations from the refugees who were already granted refugee status following temporary visits to Ukraine as well as duplicated registrations across countries. Furthermore, Ukrainians that have been granted temporary protection may also have lodged individual asylum applications. See Ukraine Refugee Situation: Population movements, Factsheet #2, UNHCR (https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/114591). | 2024 | Ukraine | - | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| Based on reports from international organizations, UNHCR estimates that there are approximately 3,400 Afghan nationals residing in Turkmenistan who are likely to be in need of international protection. | 2024 | - | Turkmenistan | REF |
| All data is as of May 2024. | 2024 | - | Curacao | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The figures are based on a registration exercise in 2015 in three regions, leading to the registration of 842 people as stateless by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan and has increased during 2024 to 1,582, as additional people were identified. The remaining 2,884 persons reflects individuals identified by UNHCR partners as at risk of statelessness or with undetermined nationality awaiting a solution from the government, as well as individuals who obtained residency permits for stateless persons reported by UNHCR partners. During 2024, 2,414 people were able to acquire nationality. | 2024 | - | Tajikistan | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, since 2024 the number of stateless persons at year-end in Sweden are based on data reported by the Swedish Migration Agency including stateless refugees (3,752), stateless asylum-seekers (236) and stateless persons with other non-protection related types of permits (3,027). | 2024 | - | Sweden | STA |
| The estimated figure of persons of concern under the statelessness mandate relates to stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity in Rakhine State, including stateless Rohingya IDPs in Myanmar. The number of persons of undetermined nationality residing in other states or regions in Myanmar is not currently available. The number of stateless people remaining in Rakhine State following violence in 2016 and 2017 and large scale departures to Bangladesh is based on detailed estimates for each village tract made by UNHCR, other UN agencies and NGOs in early 2018, which concluded that between 532,000 to 600,000 Rohingya remained in Rakhine State, increasing to 619,400 due to additional displacement (including an estimated 253,500 of those Rohingya who have been internally displaced). | 2024 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| The total stateless population in Malaysia includes 9,200 non-displaced stateless people who may be entitled to Malaysian nationality under the law. This number of non-displaced stateless people is based on a registration and community legal assistance programme undertaken in West Malaysia by a local NGO with technical support from UNHCR. The total statelessness figure reported also includes 111,700 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity who are also counted as refugees or asylum-seekers from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State. | 2024 | - | Malaysia | STA |
| This figure reflects the number of stateless persons identified through a survey completed by UNHCR and a partner among various communities affected by statelessness, which led to 1,000 interviews being conducted, through which 233 individuals were considered to be stateless. This figure only captures stateless individuals known to UNHCR, while there are likely to be more people in the country who are stateless. It does not include any estimate of the stateless refugee population or persons of undetermined nationality, populations that are also typically included in official UNHCR statelessness statistics. Based on other data sources it is understood that there are also persons of those profiles in Iraq, and the reported figures will be reviewed as more information becomes available. | 2024 | - | Iraq | STA |
| The UK’s stateless figures show the number of stateless individuals recognised through the UK's stateless determination procedure since it began in 2013. In previous years, this figure has been calculated by adding all grants of stateless leave. This resulted in unavoidable double counting for stateless individuals who were applying for further statelessness leave after the expiry of their initial grant of leave. The UK Government has now provided data for initial and subsequent grants. The subsequent grants have therefore been removed from the previous cumulative figure between 2013 - 2018. Since 2019, the cumulative figure now only includes initial grants of leave following individuals’ recognition as stateless. As of 2024, the total number of individuals recognised under UK’s statelessness determination procedure is 389. UNHCR further provides the number of asylum-seekers and refugees whose nationality has been recorded as ‘stateless’ as part of the asylum process. For this group there has been no formal determination that they are stateless. The number of 'stateless' asylum-seekers in the UK awaiting a decision has been revised, following decisions on their asylum claims during the year. | 2024 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | STA |
| The estimate for internally displaced people in Ethiopia included previously inaccessible locations in the Tigray region and the south of the country. | 2024 | - | Ethiopia | IDP |
| Figures are UNHCR estimates. | 2024 | - | Japan | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figures include: (a) the number of stateless asylum seekers at end-year reported by the Danish authorities; (b) the number of stateless refugees at year-end with valid residence permit as of 1 January 2024 and increases (e.g. recognitions) or decreases (e.g. refugee status cessation) through the year as reported by Danish authorities; and (c) the number of non-displaced stateless persons (those with other non-protection related types of permits) based on data from Statistics Denmark corresponding to the resident population recorded as "Stateless" as of 1 January 2025, deducting the estimated number of stateless refugees at year-end. | 2024 | - | Denmark | STA |
| The United States of America has not adopted a formal status determination procedure to identify stateless persons, and there is no official government data-tracking of the stateless population in the USA. As such, while the USA has a stateless population, the actual number is unknown. | 2024 | - | United States of America | STA |
| Almost all people recorded as being stateless have permanent residence and enjoy more rights than foreseen in the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. | 2024 | - | Estonia | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figures include: (a) the number of stateless asylum seekers at end-year as reported by the Icelandic authorities; (b) the number of stateless refugees at year-end with valid residence permits on the basis of international protection as reported by Icelandic authorities; and (c) the number of non-displaced stateless persons (those with other non-protection related types of permits) based on data from Statistics Iceland corresponding to the resident population recorded as "Stateless" as of 1 January 2024 (no available data for end-2024 yet), deducting the reported number of stateless refugees at year-end. | 2024 | - | Iceland | STA |
| With regards to refugee statistics, since 2024 the number of refugees in Sweden are based on data reported by authorities of persons with valid residence permits issued on the basis of international protection. The figures replace previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Sweden | REF |
| Stateless figures in Australia are sourced from the Government. They consist of figures on stateless persons held in detention and those that have been issued or are in an application process for an “Onshore Humanitarian Visa” and have self-reported to be stateless. Australia does not have a separate statelessness status determination procedure and only provides statistics on humanitarian visas. Due to this, the figure reported here does not capture all stateless persons in Australia and is not an estimate of statelessness in Australia. Figures for stateless persons in detention come from the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs and Australian Border Force report on Immigration Detention and Community Statistics Summary 31 December 2024. As updated data for some stateless populations were not yet available, some of the figures only reflect information received until mid-2024. | 2024 | - | Australia | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figure is an estimate based on previous NGO analysis of government data and may not represent the full magnitude of statelessness in Slovenia. | 2024 | - | Slovenia | STA |
| From the Islamic Republic of Iran, almost a quarter of a million Afghans were estimated to have returned to their country in 2024. Refugee returns are expected to increase in 2025, following the announcement by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in February 2025 that headcount slips will not be extended beyond 20 March 2025. See https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/115667. | 2024 | - | Iran (Islamic Rep. of) | REF |
| The figure is based on an estimate of 18,500 in 2019 by UNHCR with input from stateless communities of whom 1,670 stateless persons of Shona descent were granted Kenyan citizenship in 2020. In 2023, approximately 7,000 individuals from the Pemba community had their nationality confirmed. An official government report on the Pemba registration exercise is yet to be released and statistics will be updated accordingly. As of end-2024, the figure of 9,800 stateless persons in Kenya remains an estimate. | 2024 | - | Kenya | STA |
| Based on the information reported in the media as well as UNHCR protection monitoring activities, UNHCR estimates there to be 65,500 people of various origins in Kazakhstan who may be in need of international protection. | 2024 | - | Kazakhstan | REF |
| The figure of 516,000 others of concern provided by the Government of Colombia is no longer reported as it reflects a historical caseload for which up-to-date information is not available. | 2024 | Colombia | Colombia | OOC |
| The number of reported stateless people reflects only those individually known to UNHCR and partners. It does not include an estimate of all stateless people in the country. | 2024 | - | Israel | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figures include: (a) the number of stateless asylum seekers at end-year reported by the Finnish authorities; (b) the number of stateless refugees at year-end based on UNHCR's estimation of refugees in Finland (recognized asylum-seekers over that past 10-years); and (c) the number of non-displaced stateless persons (those with other non-protection related types of permits) based on data from Statistics Finland corresponding to the resident population recorded as "Stateless" as of 31 December 2023 (no available data for end-2024 yet), deducting the estimated number of stateless refugees. | 2024 | - | Finland | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figure is based on results from the 2021 Population Census. | 2024 | - | Malta | STA |
| The figure of 14,796 is based on data provided by the Namibian government's Director: National Population Register, Identification and Production in 2024. This comprises individuals who identified as stateless or individuals without proof of nationality in a government survey. A further assessment of this population is planned. | 2024 | - | Namibia | STA |
| Since February 2022, a number of Ukrainians have reached countries beyond Europe, where they are staying under various legal statuses. See UNHCR’s Ukraine Situation Operational Data Portal for up-to date statistics of refugees from Ukraine recorded in Europe and beyond. | 2024 | Ukraine | - | REF |
| The number of reported stateless people reflects only those registered with (i.e. as refugees), or otherwise individually known to, UNHCR. It does not include an estimate of all stateless people in the country. | 2024 | - | Cuba | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the reduction in reported statelessness figures for 2024 relates to a review of the methodology and use of available up to date data sources. The actual scale of statelessness is, however, undetermined and likely higher owing to the ongoing war, temporary occupation and large-scale forced displacement. | 2024 | - | Ukraine | STA |
| Refers to Palestinian refugees under the UNHCR mandate only. | 2024 | Palestinian | - | REF |
| Using 2023 census data, the stateless population has been estimated for the first time. | 2024 | - | Panama | STA |
| No estimates of the entire stateless population in the Islamic Rep. of Iran is available. | 2024 | - | Iran (Islamic Rep. of) | STA |
| With regards to refugee statistics, the number of refugees by end 2024 correspond to data on individuals holding active residence permits under refugee status or temporary protection as of December 2024, replacing previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Greece | REF |
| The figures for stateless individuals in Spain represent the 10,098 individuals recognized through the Spanish statelessness determination procedure, as well as 51 stateless refugees and 15 stateless asylum-seekers. Source: Permanent Observatory on Immigration, Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. | 2024 | - | Spain | STA |
| With regards to refugee statistics, official statistics on the size of the refugee population are not available. UNHCR refugee population estimates are based on the cumulative number of recognized asylum-seekers over the past 10 years, plus the reported number of beneficiaries of Temporary Protection in the country by end-2024. | 2024 | - | Finland | REF |
| The figure is based on an estimate of ethnic Vietnamese persons whose legal identity documents were withdrawn and whose nationality is undetermined. | 2024 | - | Cambodia | STA |
| The total statelessness figure reported relates to 2,642 stateless persons who are also counted as refugees or asylum-seekers. There are indications that a potentially sizable population of non-displaced stateless persons exists for whom no data is available. | 2024 | - | Indonesia | STA |
| The refugee population in Jordan includes 25,710 Iraqis registered with UNHCR. The Government of Jordan estimated the number of Iraqis at 400,000 individuals at the end of March 2015. This includes refugees and other categories of Iraqis. | 2024 | Iraq | Jordan | REF |
| From various sources such as civil status offices, health institutions, schools, municipal child protection units, and social services, UNHCR estimates the number of people with undetermined nationality (at risk of statelessness) in Albania. | 2024 | - | Albania | STA |
| UNHCR uses the number 90,000 to refer to the ‘most vulnerable refugees’ recognizing that assistance figures may need to be calculated differently. Based on an interagency study conducted in 2018, the Inter Sector Working Group, like the host Government, estimates that 173,600 people live in the camps. UN agencies use different points of reference for the population living in the camps. For the purposes of the SRRP, the higher 173,600 number will be used as a planning figure to ensure humanitarian assistance is comprehensive. See https://algeria.un.org/sites/default/files/2024-01/SRRP%20-%20English.pdf. | 2024 | Western Sahara | Algeria | REF |
| The number of other people in need of international protection is estimated from the Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan. | 2024 | - | Chile | OIP |
| As of December 2024, 930,000 Sudanese were registered by UNHCR in Egypt as asylum-seekers.The Government of Egypt reported 1.5 million Sudanese people having arrived in the country since the onset of the crisis. See also the Sudan Situation on the Operational Data Portal. | 2024 | Sudan | Egypt | ASY |
| End-year stock refers to protected persons who are yet to acquire permanent resident status. | 2024 | - | Canada | REF |
| As no government figures for the refugee population in the country is available, UNHCR estimates the number of refugees by assuming that it is the sum of all asylum-seekers recognized during the last ten years on a rolling basis. | 2024 | - | New Zealand | REF |
| The 2014 ministerial declaration that offered Prima Facie refugee status to persons fleeing generalised violence from Central African Republic from January 2013 onwards is no longer applicable. As such, all refugees are assessed on an individual basis by the National Commission for Refugees. | 2024 | - | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | REF |
| Ireland does not have a Statelessness Determination Procedure. Due to the lack of reliable data on potential cases of statelessness, the extent of statelessness in Ireland cannot be identified accurately. Therefore, the only data about stateless persons included is data pertaining to stateless refugees and stateless asylum seekers at year-end as reported by Irish authorities. | 2024 | - | Ireland | STA |
| In November 2017, jointly with the Ministry of the Interior of Montenegro (MoI) and the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, UNHCR carried out a field verification of all ex-Yugoslav refugees with unresolved legal status and persons at risk of statelessness, known to UNHCR at that time. The field exercise covered 2,318 individuals (including 42% children) in 20 out of 23 municipalities of Montenegro. Based on the verification results, in 2018 UNHCR reported at least 605 persons at risk of statelessness (145 at risk of statelessness and 460 in a statelessness like situation). In 2024, the number decreased by 60. However, an additional 67 persons at risk of statelessness were later identified, bringing the total to 413 persons at risk of statelessness by the end of 2024. In 2018, Montenegro introduced a formal statelessness determination procedure. By the end of December 2024, 10 persons had been officially recognized as stateless persons through this procedure. | 2024 | - | Montenegro | STA |
| The figure is reported by the Government. | 2024 | - | Argentina | STA |
| 59 persons were naturalized or granted citizenship in 2023. Since December 2021 the data on number of staleless persons is provided by the Government. | 2024 | - | Kyrgyzstan | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figure includes persons determined to be stateless following the statelessness determination procedure and persons with undetermined nationality who hold expired Soviet passports. | 2024 | - | Rep. of Moldova | STA |
| All figures are as of mid-2024 apart from statistics on resettlement arrivals and asylum-seekers. | 2024 | - | Australia | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| With regards to refugee statistics, since 2024 the number of refugees is Norway are based on data reported by authorities of persons with valid residence permits for asylum as of 1 January 2024 and increases (e.g. recognitions) or decreases (e.g. refugee status cessation and naturalisations) through the year as reported by authorities. Figures for temporary protection holders in Norway are based on data by Eurostat. The figures replace previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Norway | REF |
| The total statelessness figure reported includes 10 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity who are also counted as refugee or asylum-seeker from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State. | 2024 | - | Philippines | STA |
| In the South Caucasus region, 141,900 refugees fled to Armenia with most of them arriving after renewed armed conflict in Karabakh in September 2023. | 2024 | - | Armenia | REF |
| The number of IDP returns in Ukraine is estimated using the IOM Ukraine "Internal Displacement Report - General Population Survey", Round 19 (results as of December). Based on the report, it is estimated that out of the total number of IDP returnees since the war started (3,096,000), 25% returned during 2024 (equivalent to 782,000 persons). | 2024 | - | Ukraine | RDP |
| Stateless persons reported by UNHCR correspond to recognized stateless persons who have been granted a residence permit in Belgium and who are therefore registered in the national register. It should be noted that recognized stateless persons who have not been granted a residence permit are not taken into account in figures provided by the Belgian Government. | 2024 | - | Belgium | STA |
| The statistics on asylum-seekers (new applications, re-opened/repeat applications and/or appeal application) and refugees individually recognized in Canada include persons who had their claim assessed before the Refugee Protection Division and the Refugee Appeal Division of the Immigration Refugee Board as well as by the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada through a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment. | 2024 | - | Canada | ASY |
| In December 2024, 116 Rohingya that were rescued and disembarked. At an initial interview with UNHCR soon after disembarkation they stated that they departed to Sri Lanka to seek asylum. Given the intention and considering the situation of Rohingya in Myanmar, UNHCR has included them as asylum-seekers. UNHCR has not been able to conduct a formal registration process as UNHCR does not have access to them while they remain in detention. | 2024 | - | Sri Lanka | ASY |
| UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population affected by ruling 168-13 that found an effective nationality solution. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) in 2022, out of the total Group A population of 61,206 persons, approximately 26,200 had obtained their Dominican nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2020, over 1,830 persons (800 of which were children) – out of the 7,159 approved individuals who had applied to the regularization plan established in Law 169-14 (Group B)- had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). Up until December 2023, two naturalization decrees had been issued granting Dominican nationality to 799 applicants, all of whom are still pending to receive nationality documentation. | 2024 | - | Dominican Rep. | STA |
| The number of refugees was rebased using updated data on the number of residence permit holder with refugee status and temporary protection holders by the end of 2023, available from Eurostat. | 2024 | - | Italy | REF |
| In Pakistan, the verification of the number of new arrivals from Afghanistan concluded in 2024. Due to the inactivation of substantive numbers of absentees, this resulted in an overall reduction of 190,200 Afghans reported in the country and an increase of 108,300 Afghans being registered as asylum-seekers. At the same time, 143,900 formerly unregistered family members of registered refugees, that were previously reported as people in a refugee-like situation, are now included as refugees, in line with the upcoming 2025-2027 multi-year strategy for Afghans. | 2024 | - | Pakistan | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| All statistics reported by the United States of America apart from resettlement arrivals are as of mid-2024. Hence, the data of new applications and decisions only include the period between January and June 2024, and the number of pending applications is as of 30 June 2024. The full year statistics for each of these are likely to be higher. | 2024 | - | United States of America | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| Various studies estimate that a significant number of individuals originally from Nepal lack citizenship certificates. While these individuals originally from Nepal are not all necessarily stateless, UNHCR has been working closely with the Government of Nepal and partners to address this situation. 467 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity who are also counted as refugees or asylum-seekers from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State, are reported in Nepal. | 2024 | - | Nepal | STA |
