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Dominican Rep.
Dominican Rep. — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Hosting fell to 3% of ten years agoMost refugees from here are now in United StatesLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Haiti
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 — UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population affected by ruling 168-13 that found an effective nationality solution. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Dominican delegation during the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness, approximately 48 per cent of the total Group A population of 61,049 persons had been authorized by the National Electoral Board (JCE) to request their nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2020, over 1,830 Group B persons (800 of which were children) – out of the 7,159 approved individuals who had applied to the regularization plan established in Law 169-14 - had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). Up until December 2020, one naturalization decree had been issued granting Dominican nationality to 749 applicants, all of whom are still pending to receive nationality documentation.
- All · STA · Now in — UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population affected by ruling 168-13 that found an effective nationality solution. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) in 2022, out of the total Group A population of 61,206 persons, approximately 26,200 had obtained their Dominican nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2020, over 1,830 persons (800 of which were children) – out of the 7,159 approved individuals who had applied to the regularization plan established in Law 169-14 (Group B)- had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). Up until December 2023, two naturalization decrees had been issued granting Dominican nationality to 799 applicants, all of whom are still pending to receive nationality documentation.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 472 | 24 |
| Cuba | 34 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 38 | 24 |
| United States | 5 | 19 |
| Argentina | 0 | 7 |
| 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 | 1970 | 1970 | 2025 | 44/56 | 9 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1978 | 1978 | 2025 | 33/48 | 15 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1970 | 2000 | 2025 | 44/56 | 9 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1978 | 2000 | 2025 | 33/48 | 15 yr |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2010 | 2013 | 2025 | 16/16 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1970 | 1986 | 2025 | 44/56 | 9 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1978 | 2024 | 2025 | 33/48 | 15 yr |
| Other people in need of international protection | Hosting | 2018 | 2018 | 2025 | 8/8 | — |
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).