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Algeria
Algeria — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Most refugees from here are now in CanadaLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Western SaharaPeak: 219,314 hosted in 1992
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 (4)
- All · REF · Now in — Refers to Palestinians under the UNHCR mandate only.
- All · REF · Now in — According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps. Statistical data relating to refugees are entirely for humanitarian purposes. The total number of persons in need of humanitarian assistance services is estimated to be far higher than this figure.
- All · REF · Now in — According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps.
- All · REF · Now in — UNHCR uses the number 90,000 to refer to the ‘most vulnerable refugees’ recognizing that assistance figures may need to be calculated differently. Based on an interagency study conducted in 2018, the Inter Sector Working Group, like the host Government, estimates that 173,600 people live in the camps. UN agencies use different points of reference for the population living in the camps. For the purposes of the SRRP, the higher 173,600 number will be used as a planning figure to ensure humanitarian assistance is comprehensive. See https://algeria.un.org/sites/default/files/2024-01/SRRP%20-%20English.pdf.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Western Sahara | 165,000 | 0 |
| Palestine | 4,000 | 0 |
| DR Congo | 202 | 159 |
| Mali | 100 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 100 | 0 |
| Guinea | 35 | 35 |
| Sierra Leone | 30 | 30 |
| Congo | 30 | 29 |
| Unknown origin | 59 | 0 |
| Chad | 20 | 19 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2,600 | 348 |
| United Kingdom | 1,740 | 0 |
| United States | 846 | 155 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 317 | 617 |
| Spain | 696 | 0 |
| Germany | 0 | 403 |
| Australia | 331 | 28 |
| France | 353 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 186 | 140 |
| Belgium | 216 | 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 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 | 1970 | 1970 | 2025 | 52/56 | 4 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1981 | 1981 | 2025 | 43/45 | 2 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1970 | 2000 | 2025 | 52/56 | 4 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1981 | 2000 | 2025 | 43/45 | 2 yr |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1970 | 1998 | 2025 | 52/56 | 4 yr |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1981 | 1998 | 2025 | 43/45 | 2 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1970 | 1989 | 2025 | 52/56 | 4 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1981 | 1996 | 2025 | 43/45 | 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).