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Syria
Name as used by UNHCR: Syrian Arab Rep.
UNHCR figures exclude Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA in Syria (~0.6 million), counted by UNRWA separately. Boundaries →
Syria — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
17.1% of the world’s refugees fled from hereHosting fell to 47% of ten years agoMost refugees from here are now in Türkiye
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 (6)
- All · REF · Fled from — Refugee figure for Syrians in Turkey is a Government estimate.
- All · REF · Fled from — Refers to Government estimates.
- All · REF · Fled from — Refugee figure for Syrians in Turkey was a Government estimate.
- All · STA · Now in — According to some reports many stateless persons have been naturalized since 2011, but no official figures are yet confirmed. The reported figures will be reviewed as more information becomes available.
- All · STA · Now in — According to some reports many stateless persons have been naturalized since 2011, but no official figures are yet confirmed.
- All · STA · Now in — The figure is an estimate.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 1,829 | 1,405 |
| Yemen | 748 | 168 |
| Somalia | 443 | 314 |
| Sudan | 91 | 290 |
| Afghanistan | 172 | 25 |
| Iran | 47 | 132 |
| Algeria | 14 | 103 |
| Türkiye | 11 | 76 |
| Bahrain | 23 | 33 |
| Tunisia | 34 | 8 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,618 | 1,829 |
| Sweden | 2,028 | 0 |
| Germany | 0 | 1,046 |
| United States | 560 | 168 |
| Canada | 390 | 98 |
| Switzerland | 137 | 152 |
| Denmark | 219 | 39 |
| France | 148 | 0 |
| Iraq | 49 | 78 |
| Australia | 61 | 61 |
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 | 1978 | 1978 | 2025 | 46/48 | 1 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1968 | 1968 | 2025 | 49/58 | 9 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1978 | 2000 | 2025 | 46/48 | 1 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1968 | 2000 | 2025 | 49/58 | 9 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1978 | 2012 | 2025 | 46/48 | 1 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1968 | 2012 | 2025 | 49/58 | 9 yr |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2004 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1978 | 1999 | 2025 | 46/48 | 1 yr |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1968 | 2011 | 2025 | 49/58 | 9 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1978 | 1982 | 2025 | 46/48 | 1 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1968 | 1982 | 2025 | 49/58 | 9 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1978 | 2016 | 2025 | 46/48 | 1 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1968 | 2016 | 2025 | 49/58 | 9 yr |
| Host community | Hosting | 1978 | 2022 | 2025 | 46/48 | 1 yr |
| Host community | Originating | 1968 | 2022 | 2025 | 49/58 | 9 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).