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Hungary
Hungary — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Refugees hosted ×16.27 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in CanadaLargest 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
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 5,816 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 2,344 | 117 |
| Romania | 1,318 | 15 |
| Afghanistan | 694 | 448 |
| Iraq | 201 | 281 |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 239 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 24 |
| Somalia | 33 | 48 |
| Sierra Leone | 33 | 40 |
| Armenia | 37 | 27 |
| Sudan | 26 | 35 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 202 | 1,894 |
| Switzerland | 75 | 0 |
| United States | 46 | 25 |
| France | 70 | 0 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 19 | 33 |
| Sweden | 31 | 0 |
| Colombia | 30 | 0 |
| Morocco | 22 | 0 |
| Peru | 12 | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 7 |
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 | 1989 | 1989 | 2025 | 37/37 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1965 | 1965 | 2025 | 59/61 | 1 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1989 | 2000 | 2025 | 37/37 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1965 | 2000 | 2025 | 59/61 | 1 yr |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2005 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1989 | 2023 | 2025 | 37/37 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1965 | 2013 | 2025 | 59/61 | 1 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1989 | 1991 | 2025 | 37/37 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1965 | 1996 | 2025 | 59/61 | 1 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).