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Countries that Host the Most Refugees

Name the countries that host the most people who have fled from another country.
As of 2025. Source.
Includes all registered refugees, asylum seekers, and other persons of concern who fled at any time and haven't returned
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3.62 m
Venezuela
United States
3.02 m
Ukraine
Germany
2.81 m
Syria
Turkey
2.50 m
Afghanistan
Iran
1.93 m
South Sudan
Uganda
1.77 m
Afghanistan
Pakistan
1.44 m
Sudan
Chad
1.14 m
Myanmar
Bangladesh
1.08 m
South Sudan
Ethiopia
1.03 m
Ukraine
Poland
1.00 m
Sudan
Egypt
0.882 m
South Sudan
Sudan
0.855 m
Somalia
Kenya
0.829 m
Afghanistan
France
0.748 m
Venezuela
Spain
0.727 m
Syria
Lebanon
0.693 m
Ukraine
Canada
0.690 m
Ukraine
United Kingdom
0.585 m
Sudan
South Sudan
0.560 m
Syria
Jordan
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52 Comments
Confabulously
+12
Level 79
Jan 25, 2018
It's interesting how countries that have the most refugees fleeing from the country also commonly have the most refugees fleeing into the country.
TomatosRaafatos
+3
Level 76
May 5, 2018
Well, no one's fleeing into Syria, that's for sure.
kalbahamut
+15
Level 79
May 5, 2018
It's largely just a collection of countries in the least stable parts of the world. This leads to large population displacements going in various directions.
stalintime
+11
Level 81
May 5, 2018
Crazy how both Sudan and South Sudan are on here, with the other one always being the main source
rocamorar
+42
Level 81
May 5, 2018
I suppose it's just Christians from Sudan going south, and Muslims from South Sudan going north.
Deuteronomius
+13
Level 69
May 20, 2026
Its more of a timing reason than religious. They didnt flee across the border in opposite directions at the same time like they did after British India was split.

The South Sudanese Civil war started in 2013 so many people fled to Sudan, as it was way safer.

Then the Sudanese Civil war started in 2023 and many people just fled to any neighbor they could reach, as anything was safer, so many people moved to South Sudan as well.

But it happened a decade appart, mostly not for religious reasons

HBK97
+7
Level 78
May 5, 2018
I would guess that it's Muslims fleeing from South Sudan and Christians fleeing from Sudan. But I could be wrong.
GalileoS
+13
Level 86
May 5, 2018
Maybe it is time to update quiz. Bangladesh now has over 700,000 Rohynga refugees fleeing Myanmar.
stubart409
+9
Level 69
May 5, 2018
I've been to ?, and quite liked it. Couldn't really tell you why I liked it though, it had a certain mystique to it.
mikeyp
+2
Level 77
May 5, 2018
Sounds like I should skip my Syria trip this year.
WolfCam
+3
Level 67
May 5, 2018
So people from South Sudan are fleeing to Sudan, and then people from Sudan are fleeing to South Sudan? How would this work?
workie
+14
Level 70
May 6, 2018
Because the Christians are going one way and the Muslims are going the other,
Osiris
+7
Level 68
May 6, 2018
The population is still adjusting to the schism. They flee to whichever side of the formerly quasi-unified country that is more geopolitically or religiously compatible with them.
undeadwarrior
+25
Level 66
May 6, 2018
As an Australia who has to read about the refugee problem we have here all the time, its absolutely hilarious to me that it doesn't even make the list! Our government is nothing but a great big giant cry-baby, angry that it has to take care of... not many refugees, really.
tigersue
+15
Level 75
May 7, 2018
Same for me in the UK - we are such a wealthy country and we are doing so little.
Djilas
+7
Level 86
Aug 14, 2020
Look at Lebanon ... 1/7 inhabitants is a refugee and it's the size of 4.4× ACT.
Asterlan
+10
Level 57
Oct 15, 2020
It’s not quite the same. Syrian refugees’ culture is a lot more similar to Lebanon’s than Australia. So a smaller percentage of Australians is more noticeable and problematic than a larger percentage of Lebanese being refugees.
Omnikin
+1
Level 68
May 7, 2018
I think it was my first attempt and I got 20/20. GG
OmarVP
+2
Level 55
May 7, 2018
being a 2018 quiz is a bit outdated, the second largest refugee crisis comes from Venezuela, having almost 2 million refugees, almost a million of them in Colombia, and not as many from Afghanistan anymore that is now third.
Killnumb
+1
Level 43
May 7, 2018
No Italy, really? lmao
GeoDude
+1
Level 46
Mar 15, 2019
I think they go to Italy but then move on. Maybe it's the food.
giuliano78
+9
Level 59
Oct 15, 2020
they don't stay in Italy, it is just the entry point
Penguin
+5
Level 50
Nov 14, 2018
Sudan goes to South Sudan and South Sudan goes back to Sudan ...
Vlastimir
+12
Level 73
Nov 7, 2019
Arab Muslims go to Sudan and African Christians go to South Sudan. One of the main reason why they split up in 2011.
EnlightWolif
+1
Level 50
Oct 25, 2025
I thought that, since the split, religious groups had already settled in the respective side. Apparently less Sudanese are going South since 2019
JWatson24
+8
Level 71
Aug 17, 2020
Does anyone else find it odd that China is the largest source of refugees to the US? Obviously America has an enormous Chinese population, but I'm pretty sure the majority of them (including all of the ones I know) are here for economic reasons. Does this have anything to do with the caveat (perhaps people fleeing Maoist China in the 60s and 70s for example) or am I just incorrect in my previous assumption?
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Oct 15, 2020
I think it probably has a lot to do with the caveat.
Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
Jul 10, 2023
With the latest update, China is no longer the largest source of refugees to the U.S.

They are now fifth after Venezuela, Guatemala, Cuba, and El Salvador.

But the reason that there are so many from China is that many Chinese gamed the system as a way to immigrate. Since China persecutes Christians (you can argue about the extent of this), the U.S. allowed pretty much any Chinese person to claim to be Christian and use that as a basis for asylum. There were whole agencies set up to facilitate this.

Here's an NPR report on the asylum mills.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/09/28/652218318/thousands-could-be-deported-as-government-targets-asylum-mills-clients

Jerry928
+4
Level 76
Aug 28, 2020
A very sad quiz to have done.
tree123
+3
Level 44
Feb 15, 2021
Lebanon's numbers are wrong. Out of the 6 M inhabitants, only 4M are Lebanese, Armenians or legal foreign workers. Refugees from Syria (1.25M), Palestine (600K) and Iraq (~200K) make up the remaining 2 M.
Froststar101
+1
Level 73
Nov 2, 2021
Thank you for the updated data in this quiz. It's very interesting and informative.
Kenneth3748
+2
Level 52
Feb 25, 2022
syrian refugees are going to germany???
VaultAgentMoez
+1
Level 62
Jul 30, 2022
No South Korea for North Korea??
Anderis
+8
Level 76
Aug 12, 2022
It's really difficult to escape from North Korea, so there wouldn't be enough people to make the list.
MHX
+1
Level 49
Jun 27, 2023
Surprised that the main source of the USA isn't Mexico.
French2010
+3
Level 96
Jul 10, 2023
Maybe it's a definitional question, in that most illegal immigrants from Mexico proper into the U.S. may not be classified as refugees or asylum seekers. As opposed to immigrants from other Central American or South American countries who are just transiting through Mexico to get to the U.S. as refugees or asylum seekers.
Alina365
+1
Level 86
Jul 10, 2023
Refugees from Ukraine going to Russia? How?
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jul 11, 2023
Ukraine had a large Russian population prior to the war.
thebigdp
+4
Level 91
Jul 11, 2023
I'll be controversial and say that there's been an enormous movement of people into Russia from Ukraine that were involuntary movements. Make of THAT what you will.
QRU
+4
Level 77
Jul 11, 2023
If you want to get yourself and your family out of a warzone, then you idealy go oposite direction of the front. If the front is between you and the west, you're going east. That hasn't really a lot to do with language.
SuperPotato2000
+2
Level 55
Sep 28, 2023
Not to mention that most Ukrainians speak at least some Russian and their languages are very similar
CambodianQuizzer
+1
Level 78
Sep 28, 2023
Had 2 seconds left and somehow got two South American countries with 1 second to spare...

Yikes.

Carpen3865
+2
Level 57
Oct 3, 2023
I got everything except the most obvious one, the US
GeographyBAHRAIN
+2
Level 66
Dec 3, 2024
I got France at the very last second, to the point where it shows me my fastest time was exactly 4:00, once I remembered France I was struggling to type it, and when the time ended I thought I lost, but apparently I somehow typed it! Thank you jetpunk for accepting "fr ance"
GoblinOfCooz
+1
Level 79
May 19, 2026
I don't understand how the data disagrees with the complementing quiz on countries which are the source of refugees
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 19, 2026
If you think there are errors, please point them out. The source is posted.
Addy2812
+3
Level 71
May 21, 2026
I was expecting to see Colombia here as they host over 2.8m Venezuelans under a "Temporary Protection Scheme". It seems like UNHCR represent these refugees under the "other people in need of protection" though so can see why you have missed them.
TheLonelyAlula
+2
Level 57
May 21, 2026
Doesn't Colombia have 2.8 million Venezuelan refugees?
TheHistorySweat
+1
Level 46
Jun 5, 2026
Funny how so many Sudanese flee to South Sudan and so many South Sudanese to Sudan.
SitzPinkler
+1
Level 73
Jun 5, 2026
Colombia's government reports 2.8 million Venezuelan refugees

https://www.migracioncolombia.gov.co/infografias-migracion-colombia/informe-de-migrantes-venezolanos-en-colombia-en-febrero

maur85
+1
Level 73
Jun 5, 2026
Colombia is also one of the countries in the world with highest amount of internal refugees, ironically.
vitriden
+1
Level 84
Jun 6, 2026
Is Maduro in the thumbnail cause you consider him a Venezuelan refugee in the US?
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