The World in Numbers: Where Are All These Never-Ending Refugee Flows Going to End Up?

The world in figures

Where do refugees come from and where do they go?

The number of refugees in the world, mln people, as of the end of the year (According to the UN, 2018)

2007 — 16.0
2017 — 25.3

Children — 52%

 

What territories did refugees leave, mln people, as of the end of 2017:

Syria — 6.3
Palestine — 5.4
Afghanistan — 2.6
South Sudan — 2.4
Myanmar — 1.2

Refugees in total — 70%

Those left their homes in 2017

The largest refugee flows in 2017, thousand people:

From Syria to Turkey — 681
From Myanmar to Bangladesh — 656
From South Sudan to Sudan — 456