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Chile
Chile — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Most refugees from here are now in United StatesLargest origin of refugees hosted here: VenezuelaPeak: 9,500 hosted in 1973
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 · OIP · Now in — The number of other people in need of international protection is estimated from the Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan.
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 1,884 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peru | 217 | 10 |
| Cuba | 44 | 5 |
| Colombia | 27 | 18 |
| Serbia | 28 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 6 |
| Romania | 0 | 9 |
| Angola | 6 | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 0 |
| Palestine | 5 | 0 |
| Croatia | 5 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 224 | 85 |
| Sweden | 162 | 0 |
| France | 160 | 0 |
| Belgium | 84 | 0 |
| United States | 17 | 42 |
| Switzerland | 58 | 0 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 37 | 0 |
| Australia | 7 | 27 |
| Colombia | 30 | 0 |
| Mexico | 18 | 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 a3bf514b · 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 | 55/57 | 2 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1974 | 1974 | 2025 | 52/52 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1969 | 2000 | 2025 | 55/57 | 2 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1974 | 2000 | 2025 | 52/52 | — |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2023 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1969 | 2017 | 2025 | 55/57 | 2 yr |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1974 | 2022 | 2025 | 52/52 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1969 | 1996 | 2025 | 55/57 | 2 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1974 | 1982 | 2025 | 52/52 | — |
| Other people in need of international protection | Hosting | 2018 | 2018 | 2025 | 8/8 | — |
| Host community | Hosting | 1969 | 2021 | 2025 | 55/57 | 2 yr |
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).