Refugees of World increased from 19 million persons in 1990 to 33.8 million persons in 2020 growing at an average annual rate of 8.32%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.| Displacement | 29,365,000 Number in 2016 | IDMC |
| Macro Region (Persons in 2020) |
| Asia | 16,153,337 | UNDESA |
| Africa | 7,448,261 | UNDESA |
| South America | 4,296,605 | UNDESA |
| Europe | 3,851,712 | UNDESA |
| Oceania | 168,497 | UNDESA |
| Central America and the Caribbean | 336 timeseries | |
| Middle East | 429 timeseries | |
| North America | 472 timeseries | |
| Southeast Asia | 313 timeseries |
| Country (Persons) |
| Palestine | 2,319,073 in 2020 | UNDESA |
| Iran | 979,468 in 2020 | UNDESA |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 590,594 in 2020 | UNDESA |
| Serbia | 26,715 in 2020 | UNDESA |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2,190 in 2020 | UNDESA |
| Dominica | 1,424 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 38 in 2020 | UNDESA |
| Monaco | 22 in 2020 | UNDESA + 1 other |
| Samoa | 3 in 2019 | UNDESA + 1 other |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2 in 2019 | UNDESA + 1 other |
| Andorra | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Bhutan | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA + 1 other |
| Brunei Darussalam | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Cabo Verde | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA + 1 other |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA + 1 other |
| Falkland Islands | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Kiribati | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Maldives | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Marshall Islands | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Myanmar | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Puerto Rico | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA + 1 other |
| San Marino | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Seychelles | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA + 1 other |
| Tuvalu | 0 in 2019 | UNDESA |
| Afghanistan | 9 timeseries | |
| Albania | 30 timeseries | |
| Algeria | 37 timeseries | |
| Angola | 32 timeseries | |
| Argentina | 98 timeseries | |
| Armenia | 25 timeseries | |
| Australia | 159 timeseries | |
| Austria | 115 timeseries | |
| Azerbaijan | 27 timeseries | |
| Bahamas | 8 timeseries | |
| Bahrain | 14 timeseries | |
| Bangladesh | 15 timeseries | |
| Barbados | 3 timeseries | |
| Belarus | 28 timeseries | |
| Belgium | 142 timeseries | |
| Belize | 9 timeseries | |
| Benin | 43 timeseries | |
| Bolivia | 33 timeseries | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23 timeseries | |
| Botswana | 33 timeseries | |
| Brazil | 95 timeseries | |
| Bulgaria | 67 timeseries | |
| Burkina Faso | 32 timeseries | |
| Burundi | 23 timeseries | |
| Cambodia | 23 timeseries | |
| Cameroon | 41 timeseries | |
| Canada | 193 timeseries | |
| Central African Republic | 35 timeseries | |
| Chad | 39 timeseries | |
| Chile | 51 timeseries | |
| China | 34 timeseries | |
| Colombia | 49 timeseries | |
| Comoros | 6 timeseries | |
| Congo | 27 timeseries | |
| Costa Rica | 53 timeseries | |
| Croatia | 40 timeseries | |
| Cuba | 36 timeseries | |
| Cyprus | 63 timeseries | |
| Czech Republic | 77 timeseries | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 23 timeseries | |
| Denmark | 119 timeseries | |
| Djibouti | 18 timeseries | |
| Dominican Republic | 22 timeseries | |
| Ecuador | 89 timeseries | |
| Egypt | 62 timeseries | |
| El Salvador | 18 timeseries | |
| Eritrea | 7 timeseries | |
| Estonia | 28 timeseries | |
| Eswatini | 26 timeseries | |
| Ethiopia | 36 timeseries | |
| Fiji | 10 timeseries | |
| Finland | 106 timeseries | |
| France | 149 timeseries | |
| Gabon | 36 timeseries | |
| Gambia | 25 timeseries | |
| Georgia | 28 timeseries | |
| Germany | 190 timeseries | |
| Ghana | 39 timeseries | |
| Greece | 101 timeseries | |
| Grenada | 4 timeseries | |
| Guatemala | 32 timeseries | |
| Guinea | 37 timeseries | |
| Guinea Bissau | 21 timeseries | |
| Guyana | 7 timeseries | |
| Haiti | 9 timeseries | |
| Honduras | 15 timeseries | |
| Hong Kong | 47 timeseries | |
| Hungary | 85 timeseries | |
| Iceland | 60 timeseries | |
| India | 50 timeseries | |
| Indonesia | 45 timeseries | |
| Iraq | 22 timeseries | |
| Ireland | 125 timeseries | |
| Israel | 41 timeseries | |
| Italy | 145 timeseries | |
| Jamaica | 14 timeseries | |
| Japan | 23 timeseries | |
| Jordan | 45 timeseries | |
| Kazakhstan | 30 timeseries | |
| Kenya | 40 timeseries | |
| Kuwait | 20 timeseries | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 18 timeseries | |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 5 timeseries | |
| Latvia | 31 timeseries | |
| Lebanon | 53 timeseries | |
| Lesotho | 14 timeseries | |
| Liberia | 35 timeseries | |
| Libya | 33 timeseries | |
| Liechtenstein | 18 timeseries | |
| Lithuania | 34 timeseries | |
| Luxembourg | 71 timeseries | |
| Macau | 6 timeseries | |
| Madagascar | 18 timeseries | |
| Malawi | 21 timeseries | |
| Malaysia | 65 timeseries | |
| Mali | 32 timeseries | |
| Malta | 64 timeseries | |
| Mauritania | 36 timeseries | |
| Mauritius | 4 timeseries | |
| Mexico | 86 timeseries | |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 3 timeseries | |
| Mongolia | 5 timeseries | |
| Montenegro | 16 timeseries | |
| Morocco | 65 timeseries | |
| Mozambique | 30 timeseries | |
| Namibia | 31 timeseries | |
| Nauru | 21 timeseries | |
| Nepal | 16 timeseries | |
| Netherlands | 151 timeseries | |
| New Zealand | 93 timeseries | |
| Nicaragua | 23 timeseries | |
| Niger | 35 timeseries | |
| Nigeria | 49 timeseries | |
| North Macedonia | 15 timeseries | |
| Norway | 130 timeseries | |
| Oman | 4 timeseries | |
| Pakistan | 34 timeseries | |
| Palau | 4 timeseries | |
| Panama | 51 timeseries | |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 timeseries | |
| Paraguay | 19 timeseries | |
| Peru | 65 timeseries | |
| Philippines | 50 timeseries | |
| Poland | 77 timeseries | |
| Portugal | 78 timeseries | |
| Qatar | 10 timeseries | |
| Republic of Korea | 53 timeseries | |
| Republic of Moldova | 40 timeseries | |
| Romania | 70 timeseries | |
| Russian Federation | 71 timeseries | |
| Rwanda | 21 timeseries | |
| Saint Lucia | 3 timeseries | |
| Saudi Arabia | 19 timeseries | |
| Senegal | 38 timeseries | |
| Sierra Leone | 18 timeseries | |
| Singapore | 11 timeseries | |
| Slovakia | 53 timeseries | |
| Slovenia | 35 timeseries | |
| Solomon Islands | 3 timeseries | |
| Somalia | 25 timeseries | |
| South Africa | 88 timeseries | |
| South Sudan | 12 timeseries | |
| Spain | 107 timeseries | |
| Sri Lanka | 24 timeseries | |
| Sudan | 31 timeseries | |
| Suriname | 10 timeseries | |
| Sweden | 157 timeseries | |
| Switzerland | 147 timeseries | |
| Tajikistan | 10 timeseries | |
| Thailand | 53 timeseries | |
| Timor-Leste | 3 timeseries | |
| Togo | 31 timeseries | |
| Tonga | 3 timeseries | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 29 timeseries | |
| Tunisia | 48 timeseries | |
| Turkey | 70 timeseries | |
| Turkmenistan | 9 timeseries | |
| Uganda | 40 timeseries | |
| Ukraine | 70 timeseries | |
| United Arab Emirates | 27 timeseries | |
| United Kingdom | 168 timeseries | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 16 timeseries | |
| United States of America | 193 timeseries | |
| Uruguay | 49 timeseries | |
| Uzbekistan | 23 timeseries | |
| Vanuatu | 5 timeseries | |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 55 timeseries | |
| Viet Nam | 3 timeseries | |
| Yemen | 38 timeseries | |
| Zambia | 32 timeseries | |
| Zimbabwe | 60 timeseries |
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