Global forced displacement stands at 98,253,922 refugees, 121,743,038 internally displaced persons and 10,045,458 asylum seekers
98.25 million refugees, 121.74 million internally displaced and 10.05 million asylum seekers worldwide. Syrians, Afghans and Ukrainians lead.
Global forced displacement stands at 98,253,922 refugees, 121,743,038 internally displaced persons and 10,045,458 asylum seekers. The number of stateless persons is not reported in the available data.
By country of origin, Syria ranks first with a cumulative total of 30,582,327 refugees over the 2021-2025 period. The number of Syrian refugees worldwide fell every year: 6,848,865 in 2021, 6,559,736 in 2022, 6,355,788 in 2023, 5,952,174 in 2024 and 4,865,764 in 2025. Asylum applications filed by Syrians rose from 139,754 in 2021 to 154,355 in 2025, after peaking at 182,954 in 2023.
Afghanistan totals 23,215,876 cumulative refugees. Their number stood at 2,712,869 in 2021, 5,661,717 in 2022, 6,403,144 in 2023, 5,766,586 in 2024 and 2,671,560 in 2025. Afghan asylum applications reached 384,732 in 2024, against 270,007 in 2025.
Ukraine counts 22,016,268 cumulative refugees, climbing from 27,562 in 2021 to 5,684,177 in 2022, then 5,960,362 in 2023, 5,120,036 in 2024 and 5,224,131 in 2025. Ukrainian asylum applications rose from 19,426 in 2021 to 26,583 in 2025.
South Sudan shows 11,627,444 cumulative refugees, the Democratic Republic of the Congo 5,055,865, Somalia 4,191,673 and Venezuela 1,564,469. For Venezuela, asylum applications (1,181,156 in 2025) far exceed the number of recognized refugees (417,010 the same year).
This analysis was produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence, from institutional sources and verifiable open data. AI Transparency