World Map with Top Ten Countries by Refugee Population

Here’s a list of the top ten countries hosting the largest number of refugees, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as of 2021:

• Turkey – 3.7 million refugees
• Colombia – 1.7 million refugees
• Pakistan – 1.4 million refugees
• Uganda – 1.4 million refugees
• Germany – 1.1 million refugees
• Bangladesh – 888,000 refugees
• Sudan – 797,000 refugees
• Iran – 780,000 refugees
• Lebanon – 878,000 refugees
• Syria – 6.6 million displaced people

Any person who is displaced from his original residence on account of his race, religion, political opinion, and nationality is called a refugee. There are many international agencies and organizations that co-ordinate refugee protection, such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Refugees were designated as legal groups post the Second World War that saw large number of people fleeing fleeing Eastern Europe. The world map with top ten countries by refugee population shows the countries that have the maximum refugee population. While Jordan has the largest number of refugees, West Bank and Gaza ranks second followed by Pakistan.