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Unknown origin
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UNHCR pseudo-entity for unknown or unspecified origin. Boundaries →
Unknown origin — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Most refugees from here are now in United StatesPeak: 828,000 hosted in 1971
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 (2012)
A total of 26 was reported for this year, but no age/sex breakdown — common for high-income host countries.
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)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 876,000 | 460 |
| United Kingdom | 74,981 | 88,600 |
| United States | 87,238 | 4,679 |
| Belgium | 5,779 | 46,240 |
| France | 33,538 | 0 |
| Sweden | 5,658 | 10,800 |
| Canada | 15,452 | 0 |
| Ireland | 1,260 | 12,067 |
| Switzerland | 82 | 12,507 |
| Austria | 1,615 | 9,945 |
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 | 70/75 | 3 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1951 | 1951 | 2025 | 75/75 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1951 | 1993 | 2025 | 70/75 | 3 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1951 | 1993 | 2025 | 75/75 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1951 | 1997 | 2025 | 75/75 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1951 | 1966 | 2025 | 70/75 | 3 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1951 | 1965 | 2025 | 75/75 | — |
| Other people in need of international protection | Originating | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 1/1 | — |
| Host community | Originating | 1951 | 2021 | 2025 | 75/75 | — |
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).