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Iraq
Iraq — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Most refugees from here are now in GermanyLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Syria
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 (3)
- All · STA · Now in — Pending a more accurate study into stateless in Iraq, the estimate of stateless persons in Iraq has been adjusted to reflect the reduction of statelessness in line with Law 26 of 2006, which allows stateless persons to apply for nationality in certain circumstances.
- All · STA · Now in — Pending a more accurate study into statelessness in Iraq, the estimated reduction of stateless persons in Iraq has been adjusted to reflect the reduction of statelessness in line with Law 26 of 2006, which allows stateless persons to apply for nationality in certain circumstances.
- All · STA · Now in — This figure reflects the number of stateless persons identified through a survey completed by UNHCR and a partner among various communities affected by statelessness, which led to 1,000 interviews being conducted, through which 233 individuals were considered to be stateless. This figure only captures stateless individuals known to UNHCR, while there are likely to be more people in the country who are stateless. It does not include any estimate of the stateless refugee population or persons of undetermined nationality, populations that are also typically included in official UNHCR statelessness statistics. Based on other data sources it is understood that there are also persons of those profiles in Iraq, and the reported figures will be reviewed as more information becomes available.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 90,000 | 0 |
| Iran | 23,893 | 852 |
| Türkiye | 12,640 | 0 |
| Eritrea | 572 | 0 |
| Somalia | 313 | 0 |
| Sudan | 220 | 5 |
| Syria | 49 | 78 |
| Unknown origin | 100 | 10 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Iran | 386,000 | 0 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 25,284 | 16,621 |
| Sweden | 25,570 | 0 |
| United States | 19,290 | 370 |
| Denmark | 11,808 | 1,317 |
| Australia | 10,521 | 358 |
| United Kingdom | 9,510 | 0 |
| Jordan | 919 | 7,209 |
| Norway | 8,094 | 0 |
| Canada | 5,798 | 279 |
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 | 1979 | 1979 | 2025 | 45/47 | 2 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1968 | 1968 | 2025 | 50/58 | 8 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1979 | 2000 | 2025 | 45/47 | 2 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1968 | 2000 | 2025 | 50/58 | 8 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1979 | 1996 | 2025 | 45/47 | 2 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1968 | 1996 | 2025 | 50/58 | 8 yr |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2005 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1979 | 2014 | 2025 | 45/47 | 2 yr |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1968 | 1997 | 2025 | 50/58 | 8 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1979 | 1991 | 2025 | 45/47 | 2 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1968 | 1985 | 2025 | 50/58 | 8 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1979 | 2005 | 2025 | 45/47 | 2 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1968 | 2005 | 2025 | 50/58 | 8 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).