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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Hosting fell to 9% of ten years agoMost refugees from here are now in SerbiaLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Ukraine
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
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 24,877 | 0 |
| Serbia | 13,260 | 0 |
| Iran | 13 | 62 |
| Iraq | 0 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 5 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 189,959 | 0 |
| United States | 106,410 | 51 |
| Sweden | 52,891 | 0 |
| Germany | 30,000 | 726 |
| Denmark | 27,519 | 574 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 24,229 | 2,092 |
| Croatia | 20,889 | 0 |
| Canada | 15,494 | 26 |
| Norway | 14,339 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 7,964 | 725 |
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 | 1993 | 1997 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1992 | 1992 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1993 | 2000 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1992 | 2000 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1993 | 1993 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1992 | 1993 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2008 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1993 | 2008 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1992 | 2008 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1993 | 1998 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1992 | 1992 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1993 | 1997 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1992 | 1997 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
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).