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Libya
Libya — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
74.1 refugees per 1,000 residents — #2 worldwide#15 host country for refugees (2025)Refugees hosted ×59.38 in ten years
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 8,500 | 0 |
| Somalia | 2,891 | 0 |
| DR Congo | 0 | 160 |
| Sierra Leone | 102 | 0 |
| Iraq | 29 | 19 |
| Sudan | 10 | 17 |
| Unknown origin | 9 | 12 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 226 | 183 |
| Canada | 106 | 99 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 31 | 141 |
| United States | 46 | 5 |
| Germany | 0 | 48 |
| Ireland | 48 | 0 |
| Denmark | 35 | 7 |
| Sweden | 29 | 0 |
| Finland | 19 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 8 |
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 | 1993 | 1993 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1980 | 1980 | 2025 | 46/46 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1993 | 2000 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1980 | 2000 | 2025 | 46/46 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1993 | 2011 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1980 | 2011 | 2025 | 46/46 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1980 | 2013 | 2025 | 46/46 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1993 | 1994 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1980 | 1994 | 2025 | 46/46 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1993 | 2011 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1980 | 2011 | 2025 | 46/46 | — |
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).