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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.

Year-end 2025

Value

Hosting

Originating

Refugees

213

148,369

Asylum-seekers

271

33,564

Internally displaced (IDPs)

4,099

Stateless persons

232

Others of concern

393

Returned refugees

131

Returned IDPs

Host community

Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of December 31, 2025; retrieved August 19, 2026).

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Hosted in Sri Lanka · Refugees

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Originating from Sri Lanka · Refugees

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Resident population · 0

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UN WPP 2024

Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of December 31, 2025; retrieved August 19, 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0

Year-end 0

Not reported

1951–2025 time series

Hosting Originating

Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of December 31, 2025; retrieved August 19, 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0

Age and sex (0)

Age and sex (2010)

F 221,931 (50.4%) · M 213,327 · All 440,319

Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of December 31, 2025; retrieved August 19, 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0

Top countries of origin

Top countries of origin (2000)

Top host countries

Top host countries (2000)

Country	Refugees	Asylum-seekers
India	64,743	0
France	15,183	0
Switzerland	13,667	1,433
Canada	10,591	2,192
United Kingdom	10,605	0
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	2,021	1,246
Australia	2,091	528
Norway	2,095	0
United States	1,084	300
Denmark	1,022	48

Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of December 31, 2025; retrieved August 19, 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	ok
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — population figures	CC-BY-4.0	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — demographics	CC-BY-4.0	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
UNHCR (data: IDMC) — IDMC internal displacement figures via UNHCR API	CC-BY-IGO	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — solutions	CC-BY-4.0	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — asylum applications	CC-BY-4.0	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — footnotes	CC-BY-4.0	2025-12-31	2026-08-19	ok
United Nations, DESA, Population Division — World Population Prospects 2024 — total population by sex	CC-BY-3.0-IGO	2023-07-01	2026-08-19	ok
Natural Earth (via world-atlas) — Admin 0 – Countries, 1:50m	Public Domain	2022-05-01	2026-08-19	ok

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