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Guatemala

Guatemala — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.

Refugees hosted ×7.14 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in United StatesLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Honduras

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Hosted in Guatemala · Refugees
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Originating from Guatemala · 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

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 68 (49.6%) · Male 69 · All 137

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
Nicaragua5120
El Salvador1715
Cuba90
Honduras70
Peru60
China50
Haiti50
Russia50

Top host countries

Top host countries (2000)

CountryRefugeesAsylum-seekers
United States3,612101,646
Mexico16,0310
Canada710152
Belize2800
Sweden610
Denmark55
Australia50
Cuba50

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
RefugeesHosting19721972202547/547 yr
RefugeesOriginating19801980202546/46—
Asylum-seekersHosting19722000202547/547 yr
Asylum-seekersOriginating19802000202546/46—
Internally displaced (IDPs)Hosting19721994202547/547 yr
Internally displaced (IDPs)Originating19801994202546/46—
Others of concernHosting19722015202547/547 yr
Others of concernOriginating19802000202546/46—
Returned refugeesHosting19721980202547/547 yr
Returned refugeesOriginating19801987202546/46—
Other people in need of international protectionHosting2021202120211/1—
Host communityHosting19722021202547/547 yr
Host communityOriginating19802021202546/46—

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).