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Visualizing the State of Refugees by Country
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30,510,629โThatโs the number of refugees the world had in 2023 according to documented refugees by the UNHCR. These are the people who left their homeland to find a safe refuge in a foreign country.
In fact, according to the the UNโs refugee agency, there were a total of 110 million people forcibly displaced worldwide. Of those, a vast majority (almost 60%) were internally displaced, while the rest were the 30.5 million refugees charted above by Preyash Shah.
52% of Asylum Seekers Came from Three Countries in 2023
More than half of the refugees under UNHCRโs mandate originate from only three countries: Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. Here is the breakdown by country of origin, including not fully recognized countries and refugees of unknown origin.
Country of OriginRefugees ๐ธ๐พ Syria6,494,141 ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan6,110,219 ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine5,865,447 ๐ธ๐ธ South Sudan2,227,684 ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar1,266,022 ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan1,027,070 ๐จ๐ฉ Dem. Rep. of the Congo948,417 ๐ธ๐ด Somalia814,561 ๐จ๐ซ Central African Rep.750,875 ๐ช๐ท Eritrea537,161 ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria381,149 ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq330,667 ๐ง๐ฎ Burundi323,487 ๐ป๐ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)300,759 ๐ท๐ผ Rwanda249,543 ๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali233,188 ๐จ๐ณ China161,574 ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka147,624 ๐ฎ๐ท Iran (Islamic Rep. of)147,238 ๐ช๐น Ethiopia145,039 ๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon133,945 ๐ญ๐น Haiti116,463 ๐น๐ท Tรผrkiye115,708 ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan115,662 ๐ณ๏ธ Unknown114,949 ๐จ๐ด Colombia111,394 ๐ต๐ธ Palestine106,426 ๐ช๐ญ Western Sahara91,016 ๐ท๐บ Russian Federation85,382 ๐ญ๐ณ Honduras72,341 ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador62,248 ๐ณ๏ธ Stateless56,281 ๐พ๐ช Yemen43,526 ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan43,305 ๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso43,124 ๐ฌ๐ณ Guinea38,089 ๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania37,216 ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala32,220 ๐ท๐ธ Serbia and Kosovo30,333 ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh25,311 ๐จ๐ฎ Cote d’Ivoire25,264 ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt24,652 ๐ณ๐ช Niger23,280 ๐ฎ๐ณ India23,243 ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania21,750