Refugees hosted (under UNHCR mandate, by country of asylum) in Asia

43 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: people. World ranking →

First in the ranking
2,390,414
Median country
4,407
half above, half below
World total
28.5 mn
UNHCR aggregate
Range
0 to 2,390,414
Brunei - Türkiye

How to read it

Across 43 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Türkiye (2,390,414) and the lowest in Brunei (0).

The median country is at 4,407: half are above, half below.

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Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database · terms of use · licence

Refugees hosted over time

Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Türkiye2,390,414
2Bangladesh1,178,038
3Pakistan1,159,038
4Iran770,514
5Lebanon535,168
6Jordan436,226
7Iraq322,345
8India238,643
9Malaysia150,164
10Armenia123,087
11Thailand84,017
12Yemen49,107
13Cyprus48,207
14Japan42,450
15Georgia26,522
16Afghanistan20,869
17Nepal19,613
18Syria9,885
19Tajikistan8,620
20Indonesia7,374
21Azerbaijan6,389
22South Korea4,407
23Kazakhstan4,377
24United Arab Emirates1,377
25Israel1,274
26Kyrgyzstan1,150
27Philippines1,032
28Saudi Arabia448
29Kuwait386
30Oman289
31Bahrain240
32Hong Kong236
33China230
34Sri Lanka213
35Qatar195
36Cambodia23
37Vietnam13
38Mongolia11
39Turkmenistan9
40Uzbekistan5
41Brunei0
42Myanmar0
43Singapore0
UNHCR · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart above, up to six at a time. The ranking uses the latest year for which at least half of the countries have a value; countries without a value that year are not listed.