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Asylum-seekers by country of origin

Name: Asylum-seekers by country of origin by country, 2025
Creator: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (CC BY 4.0)
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197 countries · 2025

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Asylum-seekers by country of origin league table
#	Country	people	Region	Income
1	Venezuela, RB	1.18M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
2	Sudan	940,297	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Colombia	303,273	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
4	Cuba	288,050	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
5	Afghanistan	270,007	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
6	Nicaragua	269,315	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
7	Mexico	236,810	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
8	Haiti	236,318	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
9	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	236,271	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	India	181,121	South Asia	Lower middle income
11	Honduras	168,464	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
12	Congo, Dem. Rep.	168,421	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Syrian Arab Republic	154,355	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
14	Ethiopia	148,616	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
15	Guatemala	138,420	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
16	South Sudan	123,984	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Ecuador	122,060	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
18	Eritrea	118,444	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Turkiye	117,576	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
20	Peru	113,900	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
21	El Salvador	108,289	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
22	China	99,716	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
23	Iraq	96,887	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
24	Bangladesh	92,441	South Asia	Lower middle income
25	Russian Federation	88,310	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Central African Republic	82,600	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	Burkina Faso	69,817	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Myanmar	67,824	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
29	Brazil	66,672	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
30	Pakistan	65,066	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
31	Burundi	64,899	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Guinea	56,626	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Nigeria	56,176	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Iran, Islamic Rep.	49,263	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
35	Egypt, Arab Rep.	46,292	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
36	Senegal	38,978	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Cameroon	37,991	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Sri Lanka	33,564	South Asia	Upper middle income
39	Georgia	28,902	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
40	Mauritania	28,438	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	Ukraine	26,583	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
42	Yemen, Rep.	25,860	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
43	Cote d'Ivoire	24,238	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Mali	23,629	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45	Chile	23,057	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
46	Ghana	22,470	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Morocco	22,120	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
48	Niger	21,662	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Dominican Republic	20,783	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
50	Rwanda	20,214	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	Viet Nam	19,253	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
52	Uzbekistan	17,404	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
53	Chad	17,111	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
54	Angola	16,983	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	West Bank and Gaza	16,726	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
56	Nepal	14,564	South Asia	Lower middle income
57	Armenia	14,216	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
58	Algeria	12,949	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
59	Uganda	11,401	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Jordan	10,736	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
61	Tunisia	10,338	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
62	Congo, Rep.	9,431	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Lebanon	8,798	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
64	Sierra Leone	8,342	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
65	Indonesia	8,205	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
66	Belarus	8,119	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
67	Kyrgyz Republic	8,072	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
68	Romania	7,877	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Kenya	7,773	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
70	Albania	7,643	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
71	Jamaica	7,541	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Mozambique	7,207	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
73	Bolivia	6,747	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
74	Gambia, The	6,712	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
75	Kazakhstan	6,611	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
76	Tajikistan	6,420	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
77	Zimbabwe	6,373	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
78	Azerbaijan	6,242	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
79	Philippines	6,088	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
80	Malaysia	5,511	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
81	Togo	5,334	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
82	Argentina	4,621	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Libya	3,802	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
84	United States	3,779	North America	High income
85	Liberia	3,725	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
86	Serbia	3,695	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Mongolia	3,679	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
88	Benin	3,408	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
89	Moldova	3,022	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
90	Panama	2,993	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
91	Tanzania	2,777	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
92	Thailand	2,656	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
93	South Africa	2,575	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
94	Paraguay	2,398	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Kuwait	2,148	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
96	Fiji	2,058	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
97	Costa Rica	1,820	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
98	Malawi	1,779	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
99	Turkmenistan	1,663	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
100	Cambodia	1,646	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
101	Timor-Leste	1,520	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
102	Djibouti	1,419	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
103	Belize	1,382	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Guinea-Bissau	1,355	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
105	North Macedonia	1,332	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Tonga	1,324	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
107	Papua New Guinea	1,227	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
108	Guyana	1,092	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
109	Vanuatu	961	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
110	Hungary	899	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Israel	897	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
112	Botswana	789	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
113	Bahamas, The	760	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
114	Barbados	722	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
115	Spain	713	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	712	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
117	Trinidad and Tobago	704	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
118	Solomon Islands	701	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
119	Dominica	642	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
120	Korea, Rep.	630	East Asia & Pacific	High income
121	Germany	626	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Italy	575	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Zambia	546	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
124	Uruguay	536	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
125	United Kingdom	496	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	Samoa	496	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
127	Eswatini	472	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
128	Lao PDR	466	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
129	France	455	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Mauritius	440	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
131	Hong Kong SAR, China	411	East Asia & Pacific	High income
132	Poland	407	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Gabon	402	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
134	Comoros	401	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Saudi Arabia	385	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
136	Portugal	376	Europe & Central Asia	High income
137	Madagascar	362	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
138	Namibia	358	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
139	Equatorial Guinea	351	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
140	Ireland	330	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Bulgaria	290	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	St. Lucia	242	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
143	Canada	215	North America	High income
144	Singapore	212	East Asia & Pacific	High income
145	Sweden	195	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Netherlands	179	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Brunei Darussalam	170	East Asia & Pacific	High income
148	Montenegro	165	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
149	Czechia	158	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Suriname	152	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
151	Bahrain	130	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
152	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	129	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
153	Greece	121	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Slovenia	103	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Bermuda	101	North America	High income
156	Japan	91	East Asia & Pacific	High income
157	Latvia	91	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	Slovak Republic	91	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Cabo Verde	79	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
160	Lithuania	78	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Bhutan	77	South Asia	Lower middle income
162	Grenada	76	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
163	Belgium	69	Europe & Central Asia	High income
164	St. Kitts and Nevis	64	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
165	Andorra	57	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Estonia	52	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Kiribati	52	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
168	Denmark	50	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	United Arab Emirates	45	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
170	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	45	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
171	Oman	43	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
172	Croatia	43	Europe & Central Asia	High income
173	New Zealand	43	East Asia & Pacific	High income
174	Antigua and Barbuda	39	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
175	Switzerland	33	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Norway	32	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	Lesotho	31	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Australia	31	East Asia & Pacific	High income
179	Qatar	28	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
180	Naoero	22	East Asia & Pacific	High income
181	Seychelles	21	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
182	Sao Tome and Principe	20	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
183	Maldives	19	South Asia	Upper middle income
184	Malta	16	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
185	Austria	16	Europe & Central Asia	High income
186	Marshall Islands	16	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
187	Macao SAR, China	15	East Asia & Pacific	High income
188	Finland	15	Europe & Central Asia	High income
189	Tuvalu	10	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
190	Cyprus	10	Europe & Central Asia	High income
191	British Virgin Islands	7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
192	Turks and Caicos Islands	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
193	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
194	Aruba	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
195	French Polynesia	5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
196	Iceland	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
197	Cayman Islands	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income

Asylum-seekers by country of origin