Asylum-seekers by country of asylum
Compare asylum-seekers by country of asylum across 175 countries and territories using the World Bank's official 2025 fixed-year API slice.
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Key Insights
- •Coverage: 175 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2025.
- •Published range: 0 to 3718945 people.
- •Discovery motivation: Worldwide X trends around Saudi Arabia, New York and September 11 prompted a current, non-event-specific comparison of where pending asylum claims are hosted.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 51,417.7people)
About This Statistic
Asylum-seekers are individuals who have sought international protection and whose claims for refugee status have not yet been determined. This includes those who are in various stages of the asylum process, such as initial application, appeal, or awaiting final decision. In specific contexts, asylum-seekers may also include those who are seeking protection under complementary forms of protection, and those enjoying temporary protection, but whose claims are still under consideration.
MapTheory uses only finite 2025 observations mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric country codes. Aggregates, missing values and other years are excluded without estimation. Discovery motivation: Worldwide X trends around Saudi Arabia, New York and September 11 prompted a current, non-event-specific comparison of where pending asylum claims are hosted.
Methodology
Asylum-seekers are individuals who have sought international protection and whose claims for refugee status have not yet been determined. This includes those who are in various stages of the asylum process, such as initial application, appeal, or awaiting final decision. In specific contexts, asylum-seekers may also include those who are seeking protection under complementary forms of protection, and those enjoying temporary protection, but whose claims are still under consideration.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 3,718,945.0people |
| 2 | Egypt | 878,268.0people |
| 3 | Peru | 556,770.0people |
| 4 | Canada | 314,469.0people |
| 5 | Germany | 297,503.0people |
| 6 | Spain | 248,715.0people |
| 7 | Italy | 234,144.0people |
| 8 | Kenya | 218,646.0people |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 178,212.0people |
| 10 | Mexico | 173,532.0people |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 144,747.0people |
| 12 | Brazil | 119,651.0people |
| 13 | Pakistan | 119,502.0people |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 112,987.0people |
| 15 | Libya | 105,954.0people |
| 16 | Türkiye | 102,497.0people |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 100,112.0people |
| 18 | France | 85,227.0people |
| 19 | Australia | 82,925.0people |
| 20 | South Africa | 82,358.0people |
| 21 | Malaysia | 63,011.0people |
| 22 | Belgium | 58,725.0people |
| 23 | Sudan | 50,147.0people |
| 24 | Niger | 50,004.0people |
| 25 | Netherlands | 49,662.0people |
| 26 | United Republic of Tanzania | 43,262.0people |
| 27 | South Korea | 39,106.0people |
| 28 | Uganda | 35,249.0people |
| 29 | Ireland | 33,728.0people |
| 30 | Greece | 31,928.0people |
| 31 | Angola | 30,261.0people |
| 32 | Israel | 29,682.0people |
| 33 | Uruguay | 27,288.0people |
| 34 | Somalia | 25,702.0people |
| 35 | Malawi | 25,251.0people |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 23,369.0people |
| 37 | Iraq | 23,366.0people |
| 38 | Cyprus | 23,162.0people |
| 39 | Japan | 22,647.0people |
| 40 | Austria | 22,014.0people |
| 41 | Mozambique | 18,972.0people |
| 42 | Cameroon | 18,553.0people |
| 43 | Nigeria | 18,192.0people |
| 44 | Colombia | 17,421.0people |
| 45 | Switzerland | 17,039.0people |
| 46 | Rwanda | 15,251.0people |
| 47 | India | 15,075.0people |
| 48 | Morocco | 15,033.0people |
| 49 | Yemen | 14,642.0people |
| 50 | Poland | 13,848.0people |
| 51 | Zambia | 12,906.0people |
| 52 | Benin | 11,947.0people |
| 53 | Djibouti | 10,141.0people |
| 54 | Chile | 9,561.0people |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 9,495.0people |
| 56 | Chad | 9,371.0people |
| 57 | Portugal | 8,595.0people |
| 58 | Ecuador | 8,571.0people |
| 59 | Central African Republic | 8,454.0people |
| 60 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8,177.0people |
| 61 | Republic of the Congo | 8,109.0people |
| 62 | Jordan | 8,068.0people |
| 63 | Lebanon | 7,617.0people |
| 64 | Mauritania | 7,378.0people |
| 65 | Norway | 6,280.0people |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 6,257.0people |
| 67 | Tunisia | 5,523.0people |
| 68 | Indonesia | 4,697.0people |
| 69 | Sweden | 4,661.0people |
| 70 | New Zealand | 4,584.0people |
| 71 | Togo | 4,282.0people |
| 72 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,144.0people |
| 73 | Panama | 4,129.0people |
| 74 | Guatemala | 4,088.0people |
| 75 | Argentina | 3,941.0people |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 3,907.0people |
| 77 | Algeria | 3,690.0people |
| 78 | Eswatini | 3,511.0people |
| 79 | South Sudan | 3,246.0people |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 3,238.0people |
| 81 | Suriname | 3,191.0people |
| 82 | Papua New Guinea | 3,121.0people |
| 83 | Luxembourg | 3,050.0people |
| 84 | Thailand | 2,880.0people |
| 85 | Denmark | 2,738.0people |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,981.0people |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 1,957.0people |
| 88 | Finland | 1,879.0people |
| 89 | Belize | 1,836.0people |
| 90 | Paraguay | 1,659.0people |
| 91 | Venezuela | 1,577.0people |
| 92 | Senegal | 1,538.0people |
| 93 | Belarus | 1,470.0people |
| 94 | Burundi | 1,466.0people |
| 95 | Malta | 1,390.0people |
| 96 | Namibia | 1,326.0people |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 1,317.0people |
| 98 | Madagascar | 1,279.0people |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 1,029.0people |
| 100 | Armenia | 998.0people |
| 101 | Czech Republic | 993.0people |
| 102 | Russian Federation | 976.0people |
| 103 | Philippines | 942.0people |
| 104 | Liberia | 725.0people |
| 105 | Slovenia | 722.0people |
| 106 | Iceland | 660.0people |
| 107 | Kuwait | 611.0people |
| 108 | Moldova, Republic of | 594.0people |
| 109 | Republic of The Gambia | 509.0people |
| 110 | Latvia | 487.0people |
| 111 | People's Republic of China | 482.0people |
| 112 | Ghana | 475.0people |
| 113 | Ukraine | 443.0people |
| 114 | Honduras | 441.0people |
| 115 | Croatia | 434.0people |
| 116 | Oman | 414.0people |
| 117 | Afghanistan | 382.0people |
| 118 | El Salvador | 328.0people |
| 119 | Mali | 322.0people |
| 120 | Estonia | 321.0people |
| 121 | Romania | 316.0people |
| 122 | Nepal | 302.0people |
| 123 | Georgia | 288.0people |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 271.0people |
| 125 | Mauritius | 233.0people |
| 126 | Lesotho | 202.0people |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 199.0people |
| 128 | Montenegro | 175.0people |
| 129 | Guinea | 172.0people |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 164.0people |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 163.0people |
| 132 | Lithuania | 156.0people |
| 133 | Qatar | 153.0people |
| 134 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 141.0people |
| 135 | Serbia | 134.0people |
| 136 | Bahrain | 122.0people |
| 137 | Nauru | 92.0people |
| 138 | Gabon | 86.0people |
| 139 | Bangladesh | 67.0people |
| 140 | Hungary | 42.0people |
| 141 | Cuba | 40.0people |
| 142 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 38.0people |
| 143 | Liechtenstein | 37.0people |
| 144 | Fiji | 31.0people |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.0people |
| 146 | Guyana | 29.0people |
| 147 | Virgin Islands, British | 26.0people |
| 148 | Botswana | 21.0people |
| 149 | Slovakia | 16.0people |
| 150 | Cayman Islands | 15.0people |
| 151 | Mongolia | 15.0people |
| 152 | Comoros | 14.0people |
| 153 | Albania | 11.0people |
| 154 | Barbados | 8.0people |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 7.0people |
| 156 | Cambodia | 5.0people |
| 157 | Dominica | 5.0people |
| 158 | Myanmar | 0.0people |
| 159 | Cape Verde | 0.0people |
| 160 | Eritrea | 0.0people |
| 161 | Haiti | 0.0people |
| 162 | Hong Kong | 0.0people |
| 163 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.0people |
| 164 | Monaco | 0.0people |
| 165 | Curaçao | 0.0people |
| 166 | Aruba | 0.0people |
| 167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0people |
| 168 | Saint Lucia | 0.0people |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 0.0people |
| 170 | Singapore | 0.0people |
| 171 | Turkmenistan | 0.0people |
| 172 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0people |
| 173 | Uzbekistan | 0.0people |
| 174 | Bahamas | 0.0people |
| 175 | Bolivia | 0.0people |
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Data Source
This data comes from Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), uri: https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/download (2025).
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