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Kenya — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
#12 host country for refugees (2025)Most refugees from here are now in CanadaLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Somalia
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 (2)
- All · STA · Now in — The figure is based on an estimate of 18,500 in 2019 by UNHCR with input from stateless communities, taking account of the registration by the Government of Kenya in 2020 of 1,670 stateless persons of Shona descent. These individuals were granted Kenyan citizenship in 2021.
- All · STA · Now in — The figure of 20,000 is an estimate by UNHCR and civil society organizations based on currently available information on several communities in Kenya. This estimate is under review pending further research and mapping activities.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 137,376 | 110 |
| Sudan | 55,585 | 775 |
| Ethiopia | 4,053 | 5,810 |
| Uganda | 5,780 | 61 |
| Rwanda | 2,691 | 582 |
| Eritrea | 113 | 848 |
| DR Congo | 251 | 421 |
| Burundi | 146 | 52 |
| Stateless (no country of origin) | 108 | 0 |
| Unknown origin | 0 | 38 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1,085 | 0 |
| United States | 449 | 185 |
| Canada | 445 | 140 |
| South Africa | 0 | 304 |
| Tanzania | 0 | 131 |
| Uganda | 100 | 14 |
| Australia | 75 | 11 |
| Norway | 77 | 0 |
| Sweden | 71 | 0 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 16 | 34 |
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 | 1970 | 1970 | 2025 | 56/56 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1975 | 1975 | 2025 | 40/51 | 10 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1970 | 2000 | 2025 | 56/56 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1975 | 2000 | 2025 | 40/51 | 10 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1970 | 2008 | 2025 | 56/56 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1975 | 2008 | 2025 | 40/51 | 10 yr |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2006 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1970 | 2022 | 2025 | 56/56 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1975 | 2015 | 2025 | 40/51 | 10 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1970 | 1972 | 2025 | 56/56 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1975 | 1992 | 2025 | 40/51 | 10 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1970 | 2008 | 2025 | 56/56 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1975 | 2008 | 2025 | 40/51 | 10 yr |
| Host community | Hosting | 1970 | 2020 | 2025 | 56/56 | — |
| Host community | Originating | 1975 | 2020 | 2025 | 40/51 | 10 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).