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Ecuador

Ecuador — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.

Hosting fell to 22% of ten years agoMost refugees from here are now in United StatesLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Colombia

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Hosted in Ecuador · Refugees
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Originating from Ecuador · 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

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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)

Female 45,919 (26.8%) · Male 55,953 · All 171,096

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
Colombia1,374102
Afghanistan700
Iran340
Türkiye025
Sri Lanka020
Peru150
Syria150
Pakistan120
Iraq110
Cuba80

Top host countries

Top host countries (2000)

CountryRefugeesAsylum-seekers
Australia26015
Canada12190
United Kingdom1700
United States42121
Sweden480
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)011
Switzerland55
Denmark09
Panama09
Spain80

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
RefugeesHosting19721972202550/542 yr
RefugeesOriginating19901990202536/36—
Asylum-seekersHosting19722000202550/542 yr
Asylum-seekersOriginating19902000202536/36—
Others of concernHosting19721999202550/542 yr
Others of concernOriginating19902022202536/36—
Returned refugeesHosting19721984202550/542 yr
Returned refugeesOriginating19902024202536/36—
Other people in need of international protectionHosting2018201820258/8—

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).