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Uganda
Uganda — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
37.7 refugees per 1,000 residents — #9 worldwide#3 host country for refugees (2025)Refugees hosted ×4.06 in ten years
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
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UNHCR footnotes (2)
- All · STA · Now in — The figure is based on the 2024 National Housing & Population Census report which shows that there are 10,284 persons who identified themselves as members of indigenous communities, namely Bagabu, Bakingwe, Benet and Maragoli, that are not listed as nationals of Uganda in the Third Schedule to the Constitution. However, this may not represent the entirety of the stateless population in the country.
- All · STA · Now in — This figure presents an estimate of persons with undetermined nationality/at risk of statelessness, based on joint outreach mission conducted by the Government of Uganda and UNHCR in September/October 2021, that aimed to provide estimate numbers through self-identification of communities not recognized under the Third Schedule of the 1995 Constitution.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 212,156 | 640 |
| Rwanda | 13,740 | 268 |
| DR Congo | 9,019 | 1,271 |
| Somalia | 1,236 | 133 |
| Ethiopia | 208 | 75 |
| Burundi | 118 | 48 |
| Kenya | 100 | 14 |
| Eritrea | 27 | 12 |
| Iraq | 8 | 0 |
| Chad | 5 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 13,020 | 0 |
| Sudan | 8,577 | 0 |
| Kenya | 5,780 | 61 |
| United Kingdom | 3,150 | 0 |
| United States | 519 | 279 |
| Sweden | 570 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0 | 471 |
| Canada | 89 | 105 |
| Denmark | 181 | 0 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 31 | 63 |
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 | 1961 | 1961 | 2025 | 65/65 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1973 | 1973 | 2025 | 53/53 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1961 | 2000 | 2025 | 65/65 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1973 | 2000 | 2025 | 53/53 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1961 | 2006 | 2025 | 65/65 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1973 | 2006 | 2025 | 53/53 | — |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2021 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1961 | 2013 | 2025 | 65/65 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1973 | 2013 | 2025 | 53/53 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1961 | 1965 | 2025 | 65/65 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1973 | 1978 | 2025 | 53/53 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1961 | 2006 | 2025 | 65/65 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1973 | 2006 | 2025 | 53/53 | — |
| Host community | Hosting | 1961 | 2019 | 2025 | 65/65 | — |
| Host community | Originating | 1973 | 2019 | 2025 | 53/53 | — |
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).