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South Sudan
South Sudan — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
49.4 refugees per 1,000 residents — #6 worldwide8.4% of the world’s refugees fled from here#13 host country for refugees (2025)
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 (2)
- All · STA · Now in — The reported figure is a preliminary estimate of persons of undetermined nationality by UNHCR. The estimate is based on the UNHCR 2018 statelessness study which documents specific profiles of groups at risk of statelessness in South Sudan.
- All · STA · Now in — This newly reported figure is a preliminary estimate of persons of undetermined nationality by UNHCR. The estimate is based on the UNHCR 2018 statelessness study which documents specific profiles of groups at risk of statelessness in South Sudan.
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 (2011)
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 (2011)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 76,845 | 5 |
| DR Congo | 22,186 | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 4,967 | 85 |
| Central African Rep. | 1,025 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2011)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 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 | 2011 | 2011 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 2011 | 2012 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 2011 | 2011 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 2011 | 2011 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | — | 2011 | 2011 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2011 | 2020 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 2011 | 2017 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 2011 | 2015 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 2011 | 2013 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 2011 | 2011 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
| Returned IDPs | — | 2011 | 2014 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
| Host community | — | 2011 | 2020 | 2025 | 15/15 | — |
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).