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Ukraine
Ukraine — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
18.4% of the world’s refugees fled from hereMost refugees from here are now in GermanyLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Afghanistan
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 (4)
- All · IDP · Now in — IDP figure in Ukraine includes 800,000 people who are in an IDP-like situation.
- All · IDP · Now in — The IDP figure has been aligned to the inter-agency methodology as defined in the 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview. Figure of others of concern relates to persons who have specific protection needs and live in non-government-controlled areas or within 20 km of the contact line in government-controlled areas.
- All · IDP · Fled from — IDP figure in Ukraine includes 800,000 people who are in an IDP-like situation.
- All · OOC · Now in — The others of concern figure corresponds to the number of conflict-affected, non-displaced people assisted by UNHCR during the year.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1,685 | 23 |
| Russia | 218 | 33 |
| Armenia | 228 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 192 | 6 |
| Georgia | 111 | 8 |
| Congo | 109 | 0 |
| Sudan | 69 | 0 |
| Iraq | 41 | 0 |
| Syria | 36 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 39 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,231 | 732 |
| Canada | 547 | 553 |
| Czechia | 18 | 935 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 422 | 373 |
| France | 363 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 230 | 0 |
| Australia | 20 | 203 |
| Sweden | 203 | 0 |
| Germany | 0 | 131 |
| Denmark | 98 | 31 |
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 | 1994 | 1994 | 2025 | 32/32 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1992 | 1992 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1994 | 2000 | 2025 | 32/32 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1992 | 2000 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1994 | 2014 | 2025 | 32/32 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1992 | 2014 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2004 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1994 | 1997 | 2025 | 32/32 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1992 | 1998 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1994 | 1994 | 2025 | 32/32 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1992 | 1996 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1994 | 2022 | 2025 | 32/32 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1992 | 2022 | 2025 | 34/34 | — |
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).