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Tibetan (origin)

Name as used by UNHCR: Tibetan

UNHCR origin entity "Tibetan"; not a country and not drawn on the map. Boundaries →

Tibetan (origin) — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.

Most refugees from here are now in Nepal

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Hosted in Tibetan (origin) · Refugees
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Originating from Tibetan (origin) · Refugees
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Resident population · 0
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UN WPP 2024

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

Hosting Originating

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)

Not reported

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

Not reported

Top host countries

Top host countries (2000)

CountryRefugeesAsylum-seekers
Nepal20,3160
Switzerland6160
Liechtenstein320
Canada50

Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0

Sources

SourceLicensedata as ofretrievedStatus
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — country listCC-BY-4.02026-08-192026-08-19up to date
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — population figuresCC-BY-4.02025-12-312026-08-19up to date
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — demographicsCC-BY-4.02025-12-312026-08-19up to date
UNHCR (data: IDMC) — IDMC internal displacement figures via UNHCR APICC-BY-IGO2025-12-312026-08-19up to date
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — solutionsCC-BY-4.02025-12-312026-08-19up to date
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — asylum applicationsCC-BY-4.02025-12-312026-08-19up to date
UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — footnotesCC-BY-4.02025-12-312026-08-19up to date
United Nations, DESA, Population Division — World Population Prospects 2024 — total population by sexCC-BY-3.0-IGO2023-07-012026-08-19up to date
Natural Earth (via world-atlas) — Admin 0 – Countries, 1:50mPublic Domain2022-05-012026-08-19up to date

Snapshot f1a2b53a · Methodology · Boundaries

Data coverage

How complete is the record for this country — metric by metric.

ValueHosting / OriginatingFirst reportedFirst non-zeroLast reportedYears reportedLongest gap
RefugeesOriginating19641964202562/62—
Asylum-seekersOriginating19642005202562/62—
Others of concernOriginating19642003202562/62—

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).