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Afghanistan

Afghanistan — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.

Year-end 2025

Value

Hosting

Originating

Refugees

20,869

2,671,560

Asylum-seekers

382

270,007

Internally displaced (IDPs)

3,199,023

Stateless persons

Others of concern

432,219

1,008,969

Returned refugees

1,947,183

Returned IDPs

8,056

Other people in need of international protection

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1,030,958

Host community

600,000

Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of December 31, 2025; retrieved August 19, 2026).

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Hosted in Afghanistan · Refugees

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Originating from Afghanistan · Refugees

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Resident population · 0

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UN WPP 2024

Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of December 31, 2025; retrieved August 19, 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0

Year-end 0

Not reported

1951–2025 time series

Hosting Originating

Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of December 31, 2025; retrieved August 19, 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0

Age and sex (0)

Age and sex (2010)

F 642,706 (48.8%) · M 663,850 · All 1,318,018

Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of December 31, 2025; retrieved August 19, 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0

Top countries of origin

Top countries of origin (2001)

Top host countries

Top host countries (2000)

Country	Refugees	Asylum-seekers
Pakistan	2,000,000	0
Iran	1,482,000	12,228
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	23,629	10,931
Tajikistan	15,354	233
India	12,760	34
Uzbekistan	8,348	1,235
Canada	9,115	308
Germany	0	9,229
United Kingdom	5,675	0
Australia	4,358	376

Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of December 31, 2025; retrieved August 19, 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0

Sources

Source	License	data as of	retrieved	Status
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — country list	CC-BY-4.0	2026-08-19	2026-08-19	ok
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — population figures	CC-BY-4.0	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — demographics	CC-BY-4.0	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
UNHCR (data: IDMC) — IDMC internal displacement figures via UNHCR API	CC-BY-IGO	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — solutions	CC-BY-4.0	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — asylum applications	CC-BY-4.0	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — footnotes	CC-BY-4.0	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
United Nations, DESA, Population Division — World Population Prospects 2024 — total population by sex	CC-BY-3.0-IGO	2023-07-01	2026-08-19	ok
Natural Earth (via world-atlas) — Admin 0 – Countries, 1:50m	Public Domain	2022-05-01	2026-08-19	ok

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