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Romania
Romania — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Refugees hosted ×80.07 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in United StatesLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Ukraine
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
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)
A total of 1,712 was reported for this year, but no age/sex breakdown — common for high-income host countries.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 379 | 0 |
| Somalia | 378 | 0 |
| Iraq | 348 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | 278 | 0 |
| Iran | 118 | 0 |
| Türkiye | 41 | 0 |
| DR Congo | 22 | 0 |
| Congo | 21 | 0 |
| Palestine | 21 | 0 |
| Syria | 14 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2,079 | 0 |
| United States | 567 | 1,301 |
| Hungary | 1,318 | 15 |
| Canada | 572 | 411 |
| Sweden | 944 | 0 |
| Czechia | 140 | 337 |
| France | 406 | 0 |
| Belgium | 314 | 0 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 228 | 40 |
| Switzerland | 243 | 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 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 | 1977 | 1977 | 2025 | 43/49 | 6 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1970 | 1970 | 2025 | 53/56 | 2 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1977 | 2002 | 2025 | 43/49 | 6 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1970 | 2000 | 2025 | 53/56 | 2 yr |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2004 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1977 | 2019 | 2025 | 43/49 | 6 yr |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1970 | 2014 | 2025 | 53/56 | 2 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1977 | 1992 | 2025 | 43/49 | 6 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1970 | 1985 | 2025 | 53/56 | 2 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).