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Cyprus

Cyprus — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.

35.2 refugees per 1,000 residents — #11 worldwideRefugees hosted ×6.83 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in United Kingdom

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Hosted in Cyprus · Refugees
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Originating from Cyprus · Refugees
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Resident population · 0
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UN WPP 2024

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

Hosting Originating

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 8,782 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)

CountryRefugeesAsylum-seekers
Iran14186
Serbia7184
Iraq2039
Palestine520
Sierra Leone76
Lebanon012
Bosnia and Herzegovina56
Sri Lanka55
Pakistan010
Syria55

Top host countries

Top host countries (2000)

CountryRefugeesAsylum-seekers
Canada75
Australia05
Switzerland50

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

Sources

SourceLicensedata as ofretrievedStatus
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — country listCC-BY-4.02026-08-192026-08-19up to date
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — population figuresCC-BY-4.02025-12-312026-08-19up to date
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — demographicsCC-BY-4.02025-12-312026-08-19up to date
UNHCR (data: IDMC) — IDMC internal displacement figures via UNHCR APICC-BY-IGO2025-12-312026-08-19up to date
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — solutionsCC-BY-4.02025-12-312026-08-19up to date
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — asylum applicationsCC-BY-4.02025-12-312026-08-19up to date
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — footnotesCC-BY-4.02025-12-312026-08-19up to date
United Nations, DESA, Population Division — World Population Prospects 2024 — total population by sexCC-BY-3.0-IGO2023-07-012026-08-19up to date
Natural Earth (via world-atlas) — Admin 0 – Countries, 1:50mPublic Domain2022-05-012026-08-19up to date

Snapshot f1a2b53a · Methodology · Boundaries

Data coverage

How complete is the record for this country — metric by metric.

ValueHosting / OriginatingFirst reportedFirst non-zeroLast reportedYears reportedLongest gap
RefugeesHosting19681968202544/585 yr
RefugeesOriginating19771977202536/4910 yr
Asylum-seekersHosting19682000202544/585 yr
Asylum-seekersOriginating19772000202536/4910 yr
Internally displaced (IDPs)Hosting19681993202544/585 yr
Internally displaced (IDPs)Originating19771993202536/4910 yr
Stateless personsHosting20042019202522/22—
Others of concernHosting19681999202544/585 yr
Returned refugeesHosting19681982202544/585 yr
Returned refugeesOriginating19771999202536/4910 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).