Countries Hosting the Most Refugees 2024

About This Dataset

The countries hosting the largest numbers of refugees and people in need of international protection at the end of 2024, according to UNHCR. Low- and middle-income countries host the large majority of the world's refugees, most of them fleeing to neighbouring states.

✨ AI Insight

Iran hosts more refugees than any other country - almost 3.5 million, mainly Afghans - followed closely by Turkey with 2.94 million, largely Syrians. Germany is the only wealthy Western nation near the top at 2.75 million, reflecting its acceptance of Syrian and Ukrainian arrivals. After the top three, the burden falls heavily on developing economies: Uganda (1.76M), Pakistan (1.56M), Chad (1.28M), Ethiopia (1.01M) and Bangladesh (1.01M) each host over a million despite limited resources. Sudan (793K) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (517K) round out the list, both grappling with their own internal conflicts. The data underscores UNHCR's finding that the countries least able to afford it shoulder most of the world's displacement.

Source: UNHCR Global Trends 2024

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Iran leads with 3,489,257 in All Time.

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Average value in All Time: 1,710,332 · median: 1,419,673.

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Gap in All Time: Iran is 6.7× larger than Democratic Republic of the Congo.