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Lebanon
UNHCR figures exclude Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA in Lebanon (~0.5 million), counted by UNRWA separately. Boundaries →
Lebanon — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
91.5 refugees per 1,000 residents — #1 worldwide#16 host country for refugees (2025)Hosting fell to 50% of ten years ago
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 (1)
- All · STA · Now in — The estimated figure of stateless persons in Lebanon is around 40,000. However, there is no official data on the scope of statelessness in Lebanon. Recent studies, including a 2021 study in Akkar undertaken by UNHCR and SIREN Associates, indicate that an estimated 27,000 to 40,000 persons in Lebanon lack a nationality. This does not include any estimate of statelessness amongst populations displaced to Lebanon, or of populations that may be at risk of statelessness. This reported figure 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 1,817 | 2,570 |
| Sudan | 421 | 2,435 |
| Unknown origin | 132 | 641 |
| Somalia | 136 | 99 |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 143 |
| Algeria | 46 | 61 |
| Sierra Leone | 41 | 44 |
| Afghanistan | 58 | 5 |
| Jordan | 21 | 25 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Israel | 3,909 | 0 |
| Sweden | 2,328 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 1,245 | 0 |
| Canada | 548 | 399 |
| United States | 447 | 419 |
| Australia | 415 | 164 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 352 | 174 |
| Denmark | 373 | 43 |
| Germany | 0 | 213 |
| Norway | 173 | 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 | 58/62 | 2 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1982 | 1982 | 2025 | 43/44 | 1 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1964 | 2000 | 2025 | 58/62 | 2 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1982 | 2000 | 2025 | 43/44 | 1 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1964 | 2006 | 2025 | 58/62 | 2 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1982 | 2006 | 2025 | 43/44 | 1 yr |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2024 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1964 | 2005 | 2025 | 58/62 | 2 yr |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1982 | 1999 | 2025 | 43/44 | 1 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1964 | 1972 | 2025 | 58/62 | 2 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1982 | 1982 | 2025 | 43/44 | 1 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1964 | 2006 | 2025 | 58/62 | 2 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1982 | 2006 | 2025 | 43/44 | 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).