This document summarizes refugee populations from Syria by country. It lists that as of March 2016, there were over 4.8 million registered refugees from Syria and estimates of 6.1-6.3 million total refugees. The largest populations are in Turkey (over 2.7 million registered), Lebanon (over 1 million registered), and Jordan (over 650,000 registered). Significant refugee populations are also found in Germany, Greece, Iraq, and other neighboring countries to Syria.

1. 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]
Turkey
2,724,937 (registered as of August 2016)[4]
2,748,367 (the highest number registered since 3 March
2016)
Lebanon
1,500,000 (estimated arrivals as of Dec 2015)
1,048,275 (registered)[5]
Jordan
1,265,000 (census results as of Nov 2015)[6]
657,422 (registered July 2016)[7]
Germany 600,000 (registered by April 2016)[8]
Greece
496,119 (arrivals to May 2016)[9]
54,574 (estimated in country May 2016)[9]
5,615 (applicants to Dec 2015)[10]
Saudi Arabia 420,000 (estimated overstays as of 2015)[11]
Macedonia
400,000 (estimated arrivals)[9]
2,150 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
Serbia (incl. Kosovo) 313,314 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
Iraq (incl. Iraqi
Kurdistan)
1,139,000 (estimated in Iraqi Kurdistan)
956,000 (estimated rest of Iraq March 2016)
249,395 (registered)[12]
United Arab
Emirates
242,000 (estimated overstays,government source,2015)
[13][14]
Kuwait 155,000+[11][15]
(estimated overstays to June 2015)
Egypt
117,702 (registered as of March 2016)
119,665 (UNHCR estimate as of March 2016)[16]
500,000 (Egypt MFA estimate as of September 2016)
Sweden 110,333 (applicants to December 2015) [10]
Hungary 72,505 (applicants to December 2015) [10]
Canada
61,452 (applicants to October 2016)
39,295 (approved as of November 2016)
36,223 (resettled as of November 2016)[17][18]
Croatia
55,000 (estimated as of September 2015)[19]
386 (applicants to December 2015) [10]
Algeria
43,000 (estimated as of November 2015)
5,721 (registered as of November 2015) [20]
Qatar
40,000 (estimated overstays 2015)[11]
42 (registered)[11]
Austria 39,131 (applicants to July 2016)[10]
Netherlands 31,963 (applicants to July 2016) [10]
Libya 26,672 (registered as of December 2015)[1]
Armenia 20,000 (estimated as of October 2016)[21]

2. Denmark 19,433 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
Bulgaria 17,527 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
United States 16,218 (resettled to November 2016) [22]
Belgium 15,951 (applicants to July 2016) [10]
Norway 13,993 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
Singapore 13,856 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
Switzerland 12,931 (applicants to July 2016)[10]
France 11,694 (applicants to July 2016)[10]
Brazil
9,000 (approved) [23]
2,097 (as of November 2015)[24]
United Kingdom
9,467 (applicants to July 2016)[10]
5,102 (resettled as of August 2015) [25]
Spain 8,365 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
Russia 5,000 (estimated 2015)[26]
Malaysia 5,000 (estimated August 2015)[citation needed]
Australia 4,500 (2015)
Tunisia 4,000 (September 2015)[27]
Cyprus 3,527 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
Bahrain 3,500 (estimated June 2015)[11]
Argentina 3,000 (approved)[28]
Montenegro 2,975 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
Italy 2,538 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
Romania 2,525 (applicants to December 2015)[10]
Malta 1,222 (applicants to December 2015) [10]
Somalia 1,312 (as of January 2016)
Finland 1,127 (as of December 2015)[10]
Gaza Strip 1,000 (as of December 2013)[29]
Language: Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish, Armenian, Aramaic
Religion:
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.