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Costa Rica
Costa Rica — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Refugees hosted ×10.1 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in United StatesLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Nicaragua
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 (2)
- All · STA · Now in — The figure includes individuals recognised as stateless (refugees, asylum-seekers and not displaced persons) and individuals who filed a new application to request recognition as a stateless person and who are pending resolution.
- All · STA · Now in — Figure refers to a population of undetermined nationality.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 2,715 | 0 |
| Colombia | 515 | 954 |
| Cuba | 971 | 55 |
| El Salvador | 793 | 0 |
| Unknown origin | 302 | 52 |
| Peru | 223 | 28 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 50 | 211 |
| United States | 0 | 15 |
| Sweden | 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 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 | 1972 | 1972 | 2025 | 51/54 | 2 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1992 | 1992 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1972 | 2000 | 2025 | 51/54 | 2 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1992 | 2000 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2014 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1972 | 2006 | 2025 | 51/54 | 2 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1972 | 1979 | 2025 | 51/54 | 2 yr |
| Other people in need of international protection | Hosting | 2019 | 2019 | 2025 | 7/7 | — |
| Host community | Hosting | 1972 | 2021 | 2025 | 51/54 | 2 yr |
| Host community | Originating | 1992 | 2021 | 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).