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Refugees Hosted by African country

2025

Number of refugees hosted in the country (UNHCR).

Africa, 202552 of 54 countries
10.5mtotal across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2025Uganda · 1.9mLowest in 2025Sierra Leone · 0Reported in 202552 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
0600k1.2m1.8m2.4mUganda1.9mChad1.5mEthiopia1.0mSudan810kKenya617kSouth Sudan602kLibya553kDemocratic Republic of the Congo504kCameroon409kNiger386kMauritania301kMali287kEgypt220kAlgeria181kTanzania171kNigeria124kRwanda116kBurundi111kZambia83kCote d'Ivoire75kRepublic of the Congo63kCentral African Republic55kSouth Africa55kTogo54kBurkina Faso41kMalawi35kAngola25kDjibouti25kGhana21kSomalia21kSenegal17kBenin17kZimbabwe9kMorocco7kNamibia5kMozambique5kGambia4kTunisia2kGuinea2kEswatini1kLiberia1kBotswana847Lesotho478Gabon166Eritrea119Madagascar87Guinea-Bissau24Mauritius24Comoros5Cabo Verde0Equatorial Guinea0Sierra 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.
Eastern Africa17 of 18 countries4.7m
Middle Africa8 of 9 countries2.6m
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries1.8m
Western Africa16 of 16 countries1.3m
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries63k
Africaall 54 countries · 52 with a 2025 figure10.5m

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

Refugees HostedNumber of refugees 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) — "Refugees Hosted". Data adapted from UNHCR. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/refugees-hosted
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=refugees_hosted_total&year=2025&limit=100

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

Refugees 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.

#CountryRefugees HostedPeriod
1Uganda1.94M2025
2Chad1.5M2025
3Ethiopia1.01M2025
4Sudan809.82K2025
5Kenya617.13K2025
6South Sudan601.82K2025
7Libya552.52K2025
8Democratic Republic of the Congo503.73K2025
9Cameroon408.61K2025
10Niger385.99K2025
11Mauritania301.49K2025
12Mali286.72K2025
13Egypt220.03K2025
14Algeria180.58K2025
15Tanzania171.14K2025
16Nigeria123.85K2025
17Rwanda115.79K2025
18Burundi110.8K2025
19Zambia83.23K2025
20Cote d'Ivoire74.63K2025
21Republic of the Congo62.5K2025
22Central African Republic55.31K2025
23South Africa55.18K2025
24Togo54.17K2025
25Burkina Faso41K2025
26Malawi35.24K2025
27Angola25.4K2025
28Djibouti24.9K2025
29Ghana21.05K2025
30Somalia20.97K2025
31Senegal17.26K2025
32Benin16.97K2025
33Zimbabwe8.57K2025
34Morocco7.3K2025
35Namibia5.47K2025
36Mozambique5.11K2025
37Gambia4.11K2025
38Tunisia2.39K2025
39Guinea2.15K2025
40Eswatini1.41K2025
41Liberia1.17K2025
42Botswana8472025
43Lesotho4782025
44Gabon1662025
45Eritrea1192025
46Madagascar872025
47Guinea-Bissau242025
48Mauritius242025
49Comoros52025
50Cabo Verde02025
51Equatorial Guinea02025
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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