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

24 countries in North America, 2025. Unit: people. World ranking →

First in the ranking
3,718,945
Median country
91
half above, half below
World total
9 mn
UNHCR aggregate
Range
0 to 3,718,945
Aruba - United States

How to read it

Across 24 countries in North America, the highest value is in United States (3,718,945) and the lowest in Aruba (0).

The median country is at 91: half are above, half below.

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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 Share of the highest value
1United States3,718,945
2Canada314,475
3Costa Rica178,212
4Mexico173,532
5Trinidad and Tobago23,369
6Panama4,129
7Guatemala4,088
8Belize1,836
9Dominican Republic1,029
10Honduras441
11El Salvador328
12Sint Maarten141
13Cuba40
14British Virgin Islands26
15Cayman Islands15
16Barbados8
17Dominica5
18Aruba0
19Bahamas0
20Curaçao0
21Haiti0
22Saint Kitts and Nevis0
23Saint Lucia0
24Turks and Caicos Islands0
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.