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India — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Most refugees from here are now in United StatesLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Sri LankaPeak: 262,802 hosted in 1993
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
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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)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| China | 92,343 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 64,743 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | 12,760 | 34 |
| Myanmar | 779 | 13 |
| Iran | 114 | 11 |
| Somalia | 84 | 0 |
| Sudan | 56 | 0 |
| Iraq | 30 | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 10 | 0 |
| Rwanda | 6 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,374 | 4,998 |
| Canada | 3,196 | 1,315 |
| South Africa | 0 | 1,450 |
| United Kingdom | 1,275 | 0 |
| Australia | 117 | 874 |
| Germany | 0 | 523 |
| Czechia | 0 | 263 |
| France | 129 | 0 |
| Denmark | 33 | 84 |
| Sweden | 110 | 0 |
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 | 1964 | 1964 | 2025 | 56/62 | 6 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1971 | 1988 | 2025 | 40/55 | 15 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1964 | 2000 | 2025 | 56/62 | 6 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1971 | 2000 | 2025 | 40/55 | 15 yr |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2019 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1971 | 1998 | 2025 | 40/55 | 15 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1964 | 1982 | 2025 | 56/62 | 6 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1971 | 1971 | 2025 | 40/55 | 15 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).