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Asylum-seekers by country of origin

Compare asylum-seekers by country of origin across 191 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2025 official-source dataset.

Source: World Development Indicators191 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
38,759.9people
Median: 1,820.0people
Countries Covered
191
with available data
Highest
Venezuela, RB
1,181,156.0people
Lowest
Luxembourg
0.0people
Top 5 Countries
1Venezuela, RB1,181,156.0people
2Sudan940,297.0people
3Colombia303,273.0people
4Cuba288,050.0people
5Afghanistan270,007.0people
By Region
Key Findings
  • Coverage: 191 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2025.
  • Published range: 0 to 1.18116e+06 people.
  • Discovery motivation: Google Trends Germany surfaced Sergey Lavrov, motivating an auditable cross-country view of unresolved international-protection claims by origin.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0people)High (1,181,156.0people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 38,759.9people)

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 retains one fixed reference year and unit. Only finite values mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric codes are included; aggregates, missing values and non-ISO geographies are excluded. No value is estimated or carried across years beyond modeling explicitly documented by the publisher.

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
1Venezuela1,181,156.0people
2Sudan940,297.0people
3Colombia303,273.0people
4Cuba288,050.0people
5Afghanistan270,007.0people
6Nicaragua269,315.0people
7Mexico236,812.0people
8Haiti236,318.0people
9Somalia236,269.0people
10India181,121.0people
11Honduras168,464.0people
12Democratic Republic of the Congo168,421.0people
13Syrian Arab Republic154,355.0people
14Ethiopia148,616.0people
15Guatemala138,420.0people
16South Sudan123,984.0people
17Ecuador122,060.0people
18Eritrea118,444.0people
19Türkiye117,576.0people
20Peru113,900.0people
21El Salvador108,289.0people
22People's Republic of China99,716.0people
23Iraq96,887.0people
24Bangladesh92,441.0people
25Russian Federation88,310.0people
26Central African Republic82,600.0people
27Burkina Faso69,817.0people
28Myanmar67,824.0people
29Brazil66,672.0people
30Pakistan65,065.0people
31Burundi64,899.0people
32Guinea56,626.0people
33Nigeria56,176.0people
34Islamic Republic of Iran49,263.0people
35Egypt46,292.0people
36Senegal38,978.0people
37Cameroon37,991.0people
38Sri Lanka33,564.0people
39Georgia28,902.0people
40Mauritania28,438.0people
41Ukraine26,583.0people
42Yemen25,860.0people
43Cote d'Ivoire24,238.0people
44Mali23,629.0people
45Chile23,057.0people
46Ghana22,470.0people
47Morocco22,120.0people
48Niger21,661.0people
49Dominican Republic20,783.0people
50Rwanda20,214.0people
51Vietnam19,253.0people
52Uzbekistan17,404.0people
53Chad17,111.0people
54Angola16,983.0people
55Nepal14,564.0people
56Armenia14,216.0people
57Algeria12,949.0people
58Uganda11,401.0people
59Jordan10,735.0people
60Tunisia10,338.0people
61Republic of the Congo9,431.0people
62Lebanon8,798.0people
63Sierra Leone8,342.0people
64Indonesia8,205.0people
65Belarus8,117.0people
66Kyrgyzstan8,072.0people
67Romania7,877.0people
68Kenya7,773.0people
69Albania7,643.0people
70Jamaica7,541.0people
71Mozambique7,207.0people
72Bolivia6,747.0people
73Republic of The Gambia6,712.0people
74Kazakhstan6,611.0people
75Tajikistan6,418.0people
76Zimbabwe6,373.0people
77Azerbaijan6,242.0people
78Philippines6,088.0people
79Malaysia5,510.0people
80Togo5,334.0people
81Argentina4,621.0people
82Libya3,802.0people
83United States of America3,779.0people
84Liberia3,725.0people
85Serbia3,695.0people
86Mongolia3,679.0people
87Benin3,407.0people
88Moldova, Republic of3,021.0people
89Panama2,996.0people
90United Republic of Tanzania2,777.0people
91Thailand2,656.0people
92South Africa2,575.0people
93Paraguay2,398.0people
94Kuwait2,148.0people
95Fiji2,058.0people
96Costa Rica1,820.0people
97Malawi1,779.0people
98Turkmenistan1,663.0people
99Cambodia1,646.0people
100Timor-Leste1,520.0people
101Djibouti1,419.0people
102Belize1,382.0people
103Guinea-Bissau1,355.0people
104The Republic of North Macedonia1,332.0people
105Tonga1,324.0people
106Papua New Guinea1,227.0people
107Guyana1,092.0people
108Vanuatu961.0people
109Hungary899.0people
110Israel897.0people
111Botswana789.0people
112Bahamas760.0people
113Barbados722.0people
114Spain713.0people
115Bosnia and Herzegovina712.0people
116Trinidad and Tobago704.0people
117Solomon Islands701.0people
118Dominica642.0people
119South Korea629.0people
120Germany626.0people
121Italy575.0people
122Zambia545.0people
123Uruguay540.0people
124Samoa496.0people
125United Kingdom495.0people
126Eswatini472.0people
127Lao People's Democratic Republic466.0people
128France455.0people
129Mauritius439.0people
130Hong Kong415.0people
131Poland407.0people
132Comoros401.0people
133Gabon401.0people
134Saudi Arabia385.0people
135Portugal380.0people
136Madagascar362.0people
137Namibia358.0people
138Equatorial Guinea351.0people
139Ireland330.0people
140Bulgaria290.0people
141Saint Lucia242.0people
142Canada215.0people
143Singapore212.0people
144Sweden195.0people
145Netherlands179.0people
146Brunei Darussalam170.0people
147Montenegro165.0people
148Czech Republic161.0people
149Suriname152.0people
150Bahrain130.0people
151Saint Vincent and the Grenadines129.0people
152Greece121.0people
153Slovenia103.0people
154Japan91.0people
155Latvia91.0people
156Slovakia91.0people
157Cape Verde79.0people
158Lithuania78.0people
159Bhutan77.0people
160Grenada76.0people
161Belgium69.0people
162Saint Kitts and Nevis63.0people
163Andorra57.0people
164Estonia52.0people
165Kiribati52.0people
166Denmark49.0people
167North Korea45.0people
168United Arab Emirates45.0people
169Croatia43.0people
170New Zealand43.0people
171Oman42.0people
172Antigua and Barbuda39.0people
173Switzerland33.0people
174Norway32.0people
175Lesotho31.0people
176Australia31.0people
177Qatar28.0people
178Nauru22.0people
179Seychelles21.0people
180Sao Tome and Principe20.0people
181Maldives19.0people
182Malta16.0people
183Marshall Islands16.0people
184Austria16.0people
185Finland15.0people
186Macao15.0people
187Cyprus10.0people
188Tuvalu10.0people
189Iceland5.0people
190Micronesia, Federated States of5.0people
191Luxembourg0.0people
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Data Source

This data comes from World Development Indicators (2025).

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