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Argentina
Argentina — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Most refugees from here are now in SpainLargest origin of refugees hosted here: RussiaPeak: 47,000 hosted in 1974
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
Year-end 0
Not reported
UNHCR footnotes (1)
- All · STA · Now in — The figure is reported by the Government.
1951–2025 time series
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
Age and sex (0)
Age and sex (2010)
A total of 4,173 was reported for this year, but no age/sex breakdown — common for high-income host countries.
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
Top countries of origin
Top countries of origin (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Laos | 1,321 | 0 |
| Peru | 324 | 636 |
| Cuba | 169 | 97 |
| Armenia | 15 | 139 |
| Kazakhstan | 81 | 0 |
| Senegal | 32 | 38 |
| Liberia | 49 | 20 |
| Algeria | 48 | 11 |
| Russia | 12 | 42 |
| Colombia | 19 | 31 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 87 | 1,337 |
| Spain | 434 | 0 |
| United States | 36 | 217 |
| Sweden | 23 | 0 |
| Brazil | 13 | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 5 |
| Mexico | 5 | 0 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0 |
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 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 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — population figures | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — demographics | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR (data: IDMC) — IDMC internal displacement figures via UNHCR API | CC-BY-IGO | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — solutions | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — asylum applications | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — footnotes | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| United Nations, DESA, Population Division — World Population Prospects 2024 — total population by sex | CC-BY-3.0-IGO | 2023-07-01 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| Natural Earth (via world-atlas) — Admin 0 – Countries, 1:50m | Public Domain | 2022-05-01 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
Snapshot f1a2b53a · Methodology · Boundaries
Data coverage
How complete is the record for this country — metric by metric.
| Value | Hosting / Originating | First reported | First non-zero | Last reported | Years reported | Longest gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refugees | Hosting | 1969 | 1969 | 2025 | 57/57 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1980 | 1980 | 2025 | 46/46 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1969 | 2000 | 2025 | 57/57 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1980 | 2000 | 2025 | 46/46 | — |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2022 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1969 | 2016 | 2025 | 57/57 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1980 | 2019 | 2025 | 46/46 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1969 | 1978 | 2025 | 57/57 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1980 | 1983 | 2025 | 46/46 | — |
| Other people in need of international protection | Hosting | 2018 | 2018 | 2025 | 8/8 | — |
| Host community | Hosting | 1969 | 2021 | 2025 | 57/57 | — |
A missing year is not zero — it is missing. And the start of counting is not the start of events: several metrics only began collection later (stateless 2004, OIP 2018; the IDP series runs from 1993 and switches to IDMC compilation in 2009).