total population:

4,812,993 refugees (registered, March 2016)[1]

6,130,000-6,320,000 refugees (based on UN estimate,
March 2016)[2]

Regions with important populations[3]

2,724,937 (registered as of August 2016)[4]
Turkey
2,748,367 (the highest number registered since 3 March
2016)

1,500,000 (estimated arrivals as of Dec 2015)

1,048,275 (registered)[5]
1,265,000 (census results as of Nov 2015)[6]
Jordan
657,422 (registered July 2016)[7]
Germany
600,000 (registered by April 2016)[8]
496,119 (arrivals to May 2016)[9]
54,574 (estimated in country May 2016)[9]
Greece
5,615 (applicants to Dec 2015)[10]
420,000 (estimated overstays as of 2015)[11]
Saudi Arabia
400,000 (estimated arrivals)[9]
Macedonia
2,150 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
Serbia (incl. Kosovo) 313,314 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
1,139,000 (estimated in Iraqi Kurdistan)
Iraq (incl. Iraqi
956,000 (estimated rest of Iraq March 2016)
Kurdistan)
249,395 (registered)[12]
United Arab
242,000 (estimated overstays, government source, 2015)
[13][14]
Emirates
Kuwait
155,000+[11][15] (estimated overstays to June 2015)
117,702 (registered as of March 2016)
119,665 (UNHCR estimate as of March 2016)[16]
Egypt
500,000 (Egypt MFA estimate as of September 2016)
Sweden
110,333 (applicants to December 2015) [10]
Lebanon

Hungary

Canada
Croatia
Algeria
Qatar
Austria
Netherlands
Libya

72,505 (applicants to December 2015) [10]

61,452 (applicants to October 2016)
39,295 (approved as of November 2016)
36,223 (resettled as of November 2016)[17][18]
55,000 (estimated as of September 2015)[19]
386 (applicants to December 2015) [10]
43,000 (estimated as of November 2015)
5,721 (registered as of November 2015) [20]
40,000 (estimated overstays 2015)[11]
42 (registered)[11]
39,131 (applicants to July 2016)[10]
31,963 (applicants to July 2016) [10]
26,672 (registered as of December 2015)[1]

Armenia
Denmark
Bulgaria
United States
Belgium
Norway
Singapore
Switzerland
France
Brazil
United Kingdom
Spain
Russia
Malaysia
Australia
Tunisia
Cyprus
Bahrain
Argentina
Montenegro
Italy
Romania
Malta
Somalia
Finland
Gaza Strip
Language:
Religion:

20,000 (estimated as of October 2016)[21]

19,433 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
17,527 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
16,218 (resettled to November 2016) [22]
15,951 (applicants to July 2016) [10]
13,993 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
13,856 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
12,931 (applicants to July 2016)[10]
11,694 (applicants to July 2016)[10]
9,000 (approved) [23]
2,097 (as of November 2015)[24]
9,467 (applicants to July 2016)[10]
5,102 (resettled as of August 2015) [25]
8,365 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
5,000 (estimated 2015)[26]
5,000 (estimated August 2015)[citation needed]
4,500 (2015)
4,000 (September 2015)[27]
3,527 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
3,500 (estimated June 2015)[11]
3,000 (approved)[28]
2,975 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
2,538 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
2,525 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
1,222 (applicants to December 2015) [10]
1,312 (as of January 2016)
1,127 (as of December 2015)[10]
1,000 (as of December 2013)[29]
Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish, Armenian, Aramaic
Sunni Islam, Christianity, Shia Islam, Yazidism,
Druze

Syrian refugees are people that are citizens and permanent residents of Syria who have fled
from their country since the onset of the Syrian Civil War in 2011 and have sought asylum in
other countries.