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Visualizing the State of Refugees by Country
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30,510,629—That’s 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 UN’s 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 UNHCR’s 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 🇸🇾 Syria6,494,141 🇦🇫 Afghanistan6,110,219 🇺🇦 Ukraine5,865,447 🇸🇸 South Sudan2,227,684 🇲🇲 Myanmar1,266,022 🇸🇩 Sudan1,027,070 🇨🇩 Dem. Rep. of the Congo948,417 🇸🇴 Somalia814,561 🇨🇫 Central African Rep.750,875 🇪🇷 Eritrea537,161 🇳🇬 Nigeria381,149 🇮🇶 Iraq330,667 🇧🇮 Burundi323,487 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)300,759 🇷🇼 Rwanda249,543 🇲🇱 Mali233,188 🇨🇳 China161,574 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka147,624 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Rep. of)147,238 🇪🇹 Ethiopia145,039 🇨🇲 Cameroon133,945 🇭🇹 Haiti116,463 🇹🇷 Türkiye115,708 🇵🇰 Pakistan115,662 🏳️ Unknown114,949 🇨🇴 Colombia111,394 🇵🇸 Palestine106,426 🇪🇭 Western Sahara91,016 🇷🇺 Russian Federation85,382 🇭🇳 Honduras72,341 🇸🇻 El Salvador62,248 🏳️ Stateless56,281 🇾🇪 Yemen43,526 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan43,305 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso43,124 🇬🇳 Guinea38,089 🇲🇷 Mauritania37,216 🇬🇹 Guatemala32,220 🇷🇸 Serbia and Kosovo30,333 🇧🇩 Bangladesh25,311 🇨🇮 Cote d’Ivoire25,264 🇪🇬 Egypt24,652 🇳🇪 Niger23,280 🇮🇳 India23,243 🇦🇱 Albania21,750
