What we count
People outside their country of origin who need international protection, including Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA.
Refugees worldwide
How many people were recorded at year-end as refugees or in a refugee-like situation under UNHCR and UNRWA mandates.
Published value
WORLDRelated numbers in context
68,700,000internally displaced people worldwide
943,232,877international tourist arrivals this year
1,737,534asylum applications submitted this year
What lies behind this number
People outside their country of origin who need international protection, including Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA.
How the source derives it
The source harmonises national population and registration data under common international definitions of migration and displacement.
What one number cannot show
The figure is not all forced displacement: it excludes internally displaced people and follows specific legal and statistical categories.
Source value
The displayed value is the latest global figure reported by UNHCR Global Trends 2025 for end-2025.
How the value is used: The value remains unchanged until a new aggregate figure is published.
Published value41,600,000people
- Period
- end-2025
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- UNHCR Global Trends 2025
How the number is calculated
We display the latest published global figure without a time-based calculation.
Formula used
V = latest published valueReference value41,600,000end-2025
Data typeunchangedwithout time calculation
DisplaypublishedUNHCR Global Trends 2025
Source value
UNHCR Global Trends 2025 reports the latest published figure used on this page for end-2025.
Value period
We display the latest published global figure without a time-based calculation.
Display
The published value is shown without moving final digits.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from UNHCR Global Trends 2025 and refers to end-2025. It is the latest figure published by this source. The source harmonises national population and registration data under common international definitions of migration and displacement.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- UNHCR Global Trends 2025
- Data period
- end-2025
- Verified
- 13 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Direct display of the latest figure