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Asylum Seekers Hosted by African country

2025

Number of asylum seekers hosted in the country (UNHCR).

Africa, 202552 of 54 countries
2.0mtotal across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2025Egypt · 878kLowest in 2025Sierra Leone · 0Reported in 202552 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
0250k500k750k1.0mEgypt878kKenya219kEthiopia113kLibya106kDemocratic Republic of the Congo100kSouth Africa82kSudan50kNiger50kTanzania43kUganda35kAngola30kSomalia26kMalawi25kMozambique19kCameroon19kNigeria18kRwanda15kMorocco15kZambia13kBenin12kDjibouti10kZimbabwe9kChad9kCentral African Republic8kCote d'Ivoire8kRepublic of the Congo8kMauritania7kTunisia6kTogo4kAlgeria4kEswatini4kSouth Sudan3kBurkina Faso2kSenegal2kBurundi1kNamibia1kMadagascar1kLiberia725Gambia509Ghana475Mali322Mauritius233Lesotho202Guinea172Gabon86Guinea-Bissau30Botswana21Comoros14Equatorial Guinea5Cabo Verde0Eritrea0Sierra Leone0Sao Tome and Principeno dataSeychellesno data
20142025
UNHCR · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries1.1m
Eastern Africa17 of 18 countries534k
Middle Africa8 of 9 countries175k
Western Africa16 of 16 countries106k
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries87k
Africaall 54 countries · 52 with a 2025 figure2.0m

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
Two countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Asylum Seekers HostedNumber of asylum seekers hosted in the country (UNHCR).
SourceUNHCR, with processing by Africa API
Unitpeople
Last updated1 Jan 2025
Next expected updateJan 2026
Date range2025–2025
Coverage52 of 54 countries · 52 reported, 0 modelled, 2 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 52 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Asylum Seekers Hosted". Data adapted from UNHCR. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/asylum-seekers
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=asylum_seekers_hosted_total&year=2025&limit=100

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The measures that explain this one.
HumanitarianRefugees HostedNumber of refugees hosted in the country (UNHCR).HumanitarianInternally Displaced PeopleNumber of people displaced within their own country (UNHCR).HumanitarianStateless PeopleNumber of stateless people in the country (UNHCR).

Asylum Seekers Hosted: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

52 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryAsylum Seekers HostedPeriod
1Egypt878.27K2025
2Kenya218.65K2025
3Ethiopia112.99K2025
4Libya105.95K2025
5Democratic Republic of the Congo100.11K2025
6South Africa82.36K2025
7Sudan50.15K2025
8Niger50K2025
9Tanzania43.26K2025
10Uganda35.25K2025
11Angola30.26K2025
12Somalia25.7K2025
13Malawi25.25K2025
14Mozambique18.97K2025
15Cameroon18.55K2025
16Nigeria18.19K2025
17Rwanda15.25K2025
18Morocco15.03K2025
19Zambia12.91K2025
20Benin11.95K2025
21Djibouti10.14K2025
22Zimbabwe9.5K2025
23Chad9.37K2025
24Central African Republic8.45K2025
25Cote d'Ivoire8.18K2025
26Republic of the Congo8.11K2025
27Mauritania7.38K2025
28Tunisia5.52K2025
29Togo4.28K2025
30Algeria3.69K2025
31Eswatini3.51K2025
32South Sudan3.25K2025
33Burkina Faso1.96K2025
34Senegal1.54K2025
35Burundi1.47K2025
36Namibia1.33K2025
37Madagascar1.28K2025
38Liberia7252025
39Gambia5092025
40Ghana4752025
41Mali3222025
42Mauritius2332025
43Lesotho2022025
44Guinea1722025
45Gabon862025
46Guinea-Bissau302025
47Botswana212025
48Comoros142025
49Equatorial Guinea52025
50Cabo Verde02025
51Eritrea02025
52Sierra Leone02025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 52 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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