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Nigeria
Nigeria — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Refugees hosted ×89.29 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in NigerLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Cameroon
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 · RET,IDP · Fled from — Nigerian returnees from Cameroon are now in IDP-like situations.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chad | 3,194 | 0 |
| Sierra Leone | 2,001 | 0 |
| Liberia | 1,588 | 0 |
| Unknown origin | 298 | 0 |
| Sudan | 78 | 0 |
| Congo | 70 | 0 |
| Benin | 23 | 0 |
| Angola | 14 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,232 | 689 |
| Canada | 852 | 795 |
| United Kingdom | 1,475 | 0 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1,036 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 126 | 279 |
| Benin | 205 | 6 |
| France | 154 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 128 |
| Australia | 24 | 108 |
| Senegal | 8 | 123 |
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 | 1976 | 1976 | 2025 | 50/50 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1968 | 1968 | 2025 | 42/58 | 16 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1976 | 2001 | 2025 | 50/50 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1968 | 2000 | 2025 | 42/58 | 16 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1976 | 2014 | 2025 | 50/50 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1968 | 2014 | 2025 | 42/58 | 16 yr |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1976 | 2005 | 2025 | 50/50 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1968 | 2014 | 2025 | 42/58 | 16 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1976 | 1981 | 2025 | 50/50 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1968 | 1970 | 2025 | 42/58 | 16 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1976 | 2016 | 2025 | 50/50 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1968 | 2016 | 2025 | 42/58 | 16 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).