Countries in Asia by refugees abroad

Countries in Asia by refugees abroad, World Bank, 2025

#	Country	Per 1,000 people	Region
1	Syria	189.92	Western Asia
2	Afghanistan	60.93	Southern Asia
3	Myanmar	27.79	South-Eastern Asia
4	Azerbaijan	12.78	Western Asia
5	Bhutan	9.11	Southern Asia
6	Sri Lanka	6.82	Southern Asia
7	Iraq	5.76	Western Asia
8	Armenia	5.05	Western Asia
9	Georgia	4.40	Western Asia
10	Turkey	1.74	Western Asia
11	Iran	1.71	Southern Asia
12	Lebanon	1.64	Western Asia
13	Yemen	1.37	Western Asia
14	Laos	0.82	South-Eastern Asia
15	Kuwait	0.69	Western Asia
16	Mongolia	0.67	Eastern Asia
17	Cambodia	0.63	South-Eastern Asia
18	Jordan	0.47	Western Asia
19	Kyrgyzstan	0.45	Central Asia
20	Tajikistan	0.39	Central Asia
21	Pakistan	0.35	Southern Asia
22	Nepal	0.27	Southern Asia
23	Turkmenistan	0.24	Central Asia
=24	Kazakhstan	0.20	Central Asia
=24	Vietnam	0.20	South-Eastern Asia
26	Bangladesh	0.18	Southern Asia
27	Bahrain	0.17	Western Asia
28	Uzbekistan	0.14	Central Asia
=29	Israel	0.12	Western Asia
=29	Maldives	0.12	Southern Asia
31	China	0.11	Eastern Asia
32	Malaysia	0.07	South-Eastern Asia
33	Saudi Arabia	0.06	Western Asia
=34	India	0.03	Southern Asia
=34	Indonesia	0.03	South-Eastern Asia
=36	Oman	0.02	Western Asia
=36	Qatar	0.02	Western Asia
=36	United Arab Emirates	0.02	Western Asia
=39	Brunei	0.01	South-Eastern Asia
=39	Cyprus	0.01	Western Asia
=39	North Korea	0.01	Eastern Asia
=39	Philippines	0.01	South-Eastern Asia
=39	Singapore	0.01	South-Eastern Asia
=39	Timor-Leste	0.01	South-Eastern Asia
=45	Japan	0.00	Eastern Asia
=45	South Korea	0.00	Eastern Asia
=45	Thailand	0.00	South-Eastern Asia

No World Bank figure for Taiwan.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	Per 1,000 people	Status
Palestine	8.93	Status disputed
Hong Kong	0.03	Territory of China
Macao	0.02	Territory of China

Questions

Which country in Asia has the most refugees abroad for its population?

Syria has the most refugees abroad for its population in Asia: 189.92 refugees abroad per 1,000 people (2025). Next come Afghanistan (60.93 refugees abroad per 1,000 people) and Myanmar (27.79 refugees abroad per 1,000 people).

Which country in Asia has the fewest refugees abroad for its population?

Thailand, with 0.00 refugees abroad per 1,000 people (2025).

What is the typical refugees abroad of a country in Asia?

The median of the 47 countries in Asia is 0.20 refugees abroad per 1,000 people: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Refugees who fled the country and are under UNHCR’s protection abroad, for every 1,000 people still living there. Palestine refugees under UNRWA are not included. Source: World Bank, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.