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UNHCR figures exclude Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA in Jordan (~2.4 million), counted by UNRWA separately. Boundaries →
Jordan — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
37.9 refugees per 1,000 residents — #8 worldwide#20 host country for refugees (2025)Most refugees from here are now in United States
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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UNHCR footnotes (1)
- All · REF · Now in — The refugee population in Jordan includes 34,300 Iraqis registered with UNHCR. The Government of Jordan estimated the number of Iraqis at 400,000 individuals at the end of March 2015. This includes refugees and other categories of Iraqis.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 919 | 7,209 |
| Sudan | 18 | 260 |
| Russia | 72 | 39 |
| Syria | 0 | 110 |
| Egypt | 0 | 85 |
| Somalia | 40 | 20 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 | 22 |
| Stateless (no country of origin) | 0 | 20 |
| Eritrea | 0 | 16 |
| Lebanon | 0 | 16 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 242 | 319 |
| Canada | 296 | 49 |
| Sweden | 136 | 0 |
| Australia | 66 | 47 |
| Denmark | 53 | 10 |
| Lebanon | 21 | 25 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 17 | 25 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 16 |
| Germany | 0 | 27 |
| Syria | 12 | 11 |
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 | 1971 | 1971 | 2025 | 47/55 | 5 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1984 | 1984 | 2025 | 42/42 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1971 | 2000 | 2025 | 47/55 | 5 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1984 | 2000 | 2025 | 42/42 | — |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2005 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1971 | 2018 | 2025 | 47/55 | 5 yr |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1984 | 2013 | 2025 | 42/42 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1971 | 1991 | 2025 | 47/55 | 5 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1984 | 1995 | 2025 | 42/42 | — |
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).