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Tunisia
Tunisia — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Refugees hosted ×3.62 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in ItalyLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Sudan
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 298 | 0 |
| Algeria | 60 | 5 |
| Somalia | 36 | 0 |
| Iraq | 11 | 0 |
| Burundi | 7 | 0 |
| Iran | 6 | 0 |
| Russia | 5 | 0 |
| Syria | 5 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 420 | 119 |
| France | 291 | 0 |
| Canada | 68 | 108 |
| Sweden | 117 | 0 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 63 | 35 |
| Germany | 0 | 57 |
| Italy | 53 | 0 |
| Syria | 34 | 8 |
| Austria | 36 | 0 |
| Denmark | 35 | 0 |
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 | 1951 | 1951 | 2025 | 49/75 | 16 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1983 | 1983 | 2025 | 43/43 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1951 | 2000 | 2025 | 49/75 | 16 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1983 | 2000 | 2025 | 43/43 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1951 | 2016 | 2025 | 49/75 | 16 yr |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1983 | 2013 | 2025 | 43/43 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1951 | 1996 | 2025 | 49/75 | 16 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1983 | 1993 | 2025 | 43/43 | — |
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).