Asylum-seekers hosted (pending cases, by country of asylum)

177 countries, 2025. Unit: people.

First in the ranking
3,718,945
Median country
1,836
half above, half below
World total
9 mn
UNHCR aggregate
Range
0 to 3,718,945
Aruba - United States

How to read it

Across 177 countries worldwide, the highest value is in United States (3,718,945) and the lowest in Aruba (0).

The median country is at 1,836: half are above, half below.

For the world as a total, the value rose from 977,087 in 1996 to 8,998,097 in 2025.

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

Asylum-seekers hosted over time

Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Continent Share of the highest value
1United States3,718,945North America
2Egypt878,268Africa
3Peru556,770South America
4Canada314,475North America
5Germany297,503Europe
6Spain248,715Europe
7Italy234,144Europe
8Kenya218,646Africa
9Costa Rica178,212North America
10Mexico173,532North America
11United Kingdom144,747Europe
12Brazil119,651South America
13Pakistan119,502Asia
14Ethiopia112,987Africa
15Libya105,954Africa
16Türkiye102,497Asia
17Democratic Republic of the Congo100,112Africa
18France85,227Europe
19Australia82,925Oceania
20South Africa82,358Africa
21Malaysia63,011Asia
22Belgium58,725Europe
23Sudan50,147Africa
24Niger50,004Africa
25Netherlands49,662Europe
26Tanzania43,262Africa
27South Korea39,106Asia
28Uganda35,249Africa
29Ireland33,728Europe
30Greece31,928Europe
31Angola30,261Africa
32Israel29,682Asia
33Uruguay27,288South America
34Somalia25,702Africa
35Malawi25,251Africa
36Trinidad and Tobago23,369North America
37Iraq23,366Asia
38Cyprus23,162Asia
39Japan22,647Asia
40Austria22,014Europe
41Mozambique18,972Africa
42Cameroon18,553Africa
43Nigeria18,192Africa
44Colombia17,421South America
45Switzerland17,039Europe
46Rwanda15,251Africa
47India15,075Asia
48Morocco15,033Africa
49Yemen14,642Asia
50Poland13,848Europe
51Zambia12,906Africa
52Benin11,947Africa
53Djibouti10,141Africa
54Chile9,561South America
55Zimbabwe9,495Africa
56Chad9,371Africa
57Portugal8,595Europe
58Ecuador8,571South America
59Central African Republic8,454Africa
60Côte d'Ivoire8,177Africa
61Republic of the Congo8,109Africa
62Jordan8,068Asia
63Lebanon7,617Asia
64Mauritania7,378Africa
65Norway6,280Europe
66United Arab Emirates6,257Asia
67Tunisia5,523Africa
68Indonesia4,697Asia
69Sweden4,661Europe
70New Zealand4,584Oceania
71Togo4,282Africa
72Syria4,144Asia
73Panama4,129North America
74Guatemala4,088North America
75Argentina3,941South America
76Saudi Arabia3,907Asia
77Algeria3,690Africa
78Eswatini3,511Africa
79South Sudan3,246Africa
80Tajikistan3,238Asia
81Suriname3,191South America
82Papua New Guinea3,121Oceania
83Luxembourg3,050Europe
84Thailand2,880Asia
85Denmark2,738Europe
86Kyrgyzstan1,981Asia
87Burkina Faso1,957Africa
88Finland1,879Europe
89Belize1,836North America
90Paraguay1,659South America
91Venezuela1,577South America
92Senegal1,538Africa
93Belarus1,470Europe
94Burundi1,466Africa
95Malta1,390Europe
96Namibia1,326Africa
97Bulgaria1,317Europe
98Madagascar1,279Africa
99Dominican Republic1,029North America
100Armenia998Asia
101Czechia993Europe
102Russia976Europe
103Philippines942Asia
104Liberia725Africa
105Slovenia722Europe
106Iceland660Europe
107Kuwait611Asia
108Moldova594Europe
109The Gambia509Africa
110Latvia487Europe
111China482Asia
112Ghana475Africa
113Ukraine443Europe
114Honduras441North America
115Croatia434Europe
116Oman414Asia
117Afghanistan382Asia
118El Salvador328North America
119Mali322Africa
120Estonia321Europe
121Romania316Europe
122Nepal302Asia
123Georgia288Asia
124Sri Lanka271Asia
125Mauritius233Africa
126Lesotho202Africa
127Azerbaijan199Asia
128Montenegro175Europe
129Guinea172Africa
130Bosnia and Herzegovina164Europe
131Kazakhstan163Asia
132Lithuania156Europe
133Qatar153Asia
134Sint Maarten141North America
135Serbia134Europe
136Bahrain122Asia
137Nauru92Oceania
138Gabon86Africa
139Bangladesh67Asia
140Hungary42Europe
141Cuba40North America
142North Macedonia38Europe
143Liechtenstein37Europe
144Fiji31Oceania
145Guinea-Bissau30Africa
146Guyana29South America
147British Virgin Islands26North America
148Botswana21Africa
149Slovakia16Europe
150Cayman Islands15North America
151Mongolia15Asia
152Comoros14Africa
153Albania11Europe
154Barbados8North America
155Vanuatu7Oceania
156Dominica5North America
157Cambodia5Asia
158Aruba0North America
159Bahamas0North America
160Bolivia0South America
161Brunei0Asia
162Cabo Verde0Africa
163Curaçao0North America
164Eritrea0Africa
165Hong Kong0Asia
166Haiti0North America
167Iran0Asia
168Saint Kitts and Nevis0North America
169Saint Lucia0North America
170Monaco0Europe
171Myanmar0Asia
172Singapore0Asia
173Sierra Leone0Africa
174Turks and Caicos Islands0North America
175Turkmenistan0Asia
176Uzbekistan0Asia
177Vietnam0Asia
UNHCR · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

Biggest changes, 2015-2025

change in units · 166 countries

Largest increase

  1. United States 286,177 → 3,718,945 +3,432,768
  2. Egypt 38,135 → 878,268 +840,133
  3. Peru 350 → 556,770 +556,420
  4. Canada 19,631 → 314,475 +294,844
  5. Spain 11,023 → 248,715 +237,692

Largest decrease

  1. South Africa 1,096,021 → 82,358 −1,013,663
  2. Sweden 157,017 → 4,661 −152,356
  3. Germany 420,570 → 297,503 −123,067
  4. Türkiye 212,368 → 102,497 −109,871
  5. Austria 80,060 → 22,014 −58,046

By continent

median country
Africa 8,109
Asia 611
Europe 1,317
North America 91
South America 6,256
Oceania 1,607

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.