This article provides a list of data to show the total number of refugees that are hosted in each sovereign state in the world. The United Nations defines a refugee as any person who is "forced to flee their own country and seek safety in another country. They are unable to return to their own country because of feared persecution as a result of who they are, what they believe in or say, or because of armed conflict, violence or serious public disorder."
Accommodations for refugees vary by country and situation. Some may be kept in refugee camps, some are urban refugees in individual residences, some stay in self-settled camps, and the location of some refugees is undefined or unknown by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).