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Greece — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Refugees hosted ×5.42 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in United StatesLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Ukraine
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 · STA · Now in — With regards to stateless statistics, the figure for non-displaced stateless is based on results from the 2021 Population Census, deducting the figures of stateless refugees and stateless asylum-seekers.
- All · STA · Now in — Includes people deprived of their citizenship under previous nationality legislation, stateless individuals with permanent residence who are recognized as “stateless foreigners” and other stateless persons resident in Greece.
- All · STA · Now in — Includes people deprived of their citizenship under previous nationality legislation, stateless individuals with permanent residence who are recognized as "stateless foreigners" and other stateless persons resident in Greece.
- All · STA · Now in — In situ figure based on the 2011 census. Census figures were adjusted to include people registered as stateless by the Ministry of Interior from 2012 to 2021.
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)
A total of 57,417 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)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown origin | 3,000 | 0 |
| Türkiye | 2,327 | 350 |
| Iraq | 511 | 1,302 |
| Afghanistan | 131 | 363 |
| Iran | 292 | 94 |
| Ethiopia | 231 | 10 |
| Palestine | 29 | 36 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 35 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 48 |
| Sudan | 33 | 8 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 119 | 12 |
| United States | 5 | 8 |
| Yemen | 0 | 5 |
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 | 1951 | 1951 | 2025 | 75/75 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1965 | 1965 | 2025 | 56/61 | 3 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1951 | 2000 | 2025 | 75/75 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1965 | 2000 | 2025 | 56/61 | 3 yr |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2006 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1951 | 2004 | 2025 | 75/75 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1965 | 2025 | 2025 | 56/61 | 3 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1951 | 1982 | 2025 | 75/75 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1965 | 2024 | 2025 | 56/61 | 3 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).