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Estonia — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.

30.7 refugees per 1,000 residents — #14 worldwideRefugees hosted ×261.39 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in United States

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Hosted in Estonia · Refugees
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Originating from Estonia · 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

UNHCR footnotes (1)
  • All · STA · Now in — Almost all people recorded as being stateless have permanent residence and enjoy more rights than foreseen in the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

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 5 (0%) · Male 31 · All 101,019

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
Afghanistan05
Pakistan05

Top host countries

Top host countries (2000)

CountryRefugeesAsylum-seekers
United States24139
Sweden1240
Canada2520
Russia410
Germany010
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)90
Argentina05
Australia50
Denmark50
Finland50

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
RefugeesHosting20002001202526/26—
RefugeesOriginating19921992202534/34—
Asylum-seekersHosting20002000202526/26—
Asylum-seekersOriginating19922000202534/34—
Stateless personsHosting20042004202522/22—
Others of concernOriginating19921998202534/34—
Returned refugeesHosting20002022202526/26—
Returned refugeesOriginating19921996202534/34—

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).