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Nepal
Nepal — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Most refugees from here are now in United StatesLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Tibetan (origin)Peak: 132,432 hosted in 2002
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 — Various studies estimate that a large number of individuals lack citizenship certificates in Nepal. While these individuals are not all necessarily stateless, UNHCR has been working closely with the Government of Nepal and partners to address this situation.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 108,897 | 0 |
| Tibetan (origin) | 20,316 | 0 |
| China | 7 | 9 |
| Iraq | 9 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 172 | 123 |
| Australia | 27 | 181 |
| Germany | 0 | 64 |
| Canada | 28 | 19 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 | 25 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 16 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 11 |
| Denmark | 0 | 5 |
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 a3bf514b · 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 | 62/62 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1994 | 1994 | 2025 | 32/32 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1964 | 2000 | 2025 | 62/62 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1994 | 2000 | 2025 | 32/32 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1964 | 2006 | 2025 | 62/62 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1994 | 2006 | 2025 | 32/32 | — |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2005 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1964 | 2003 | 2025 | 62/62 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1994 | 2009 | 2025 | 32/32 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1964 | 1974 | 2025 | 62/62 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1964 | 2007 | 2025 | 62/62 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1994 | 2007 | 2025 | 32/32 | — |
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).