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Russia
Name as used by UNHCR: Russian Federation
Russia — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Hosting fell to 4% of ten years agoMost 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 132,524 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 19,560 | 0 |
| Tajikistan | 2,061 | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | 1,519 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | 521 | 620 |
| Azerbaijan | 780 | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | 747 | 30 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 321 | 0 |
| Moldova | 151 | 0 |
| Somalia | 147 | 0 |
| Turkmenistan | 128 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,916 | 2,367 |
| Kazakhstan | 12,671 | 0 |
| Georgia | 7,603 | 0 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,408 | 1,530 |
| Azerbaijan | 64 | 2,462 |
| Canada | 1,694 | 665 |
| Germany | 0 | 1,969 |
| Sweden | 1,490 | 0 |
| Australia | 697 | 180 |
| Czechia | 145 | 574 |
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 | 1996 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1964 | 1964 | 2025 | 57/62 | 3 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1993 | 2000 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1964 | 2000 | 2025 | 57/62 | 3 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1993 | 1994 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1964 | 1994 | 2025 | 57/62 | 3 yr |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2004 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1993 | 1997 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1964 | 1997 | 2025 | 57/62 | 3 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1993 | 1993 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1964 | 1994 | 2025 | 57/62 | 3 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1993 | 1999 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1964 | 1999 | 2025 | 57/62 | 3 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).