Australia vs Finland: Forcibly displaced people

Australia
116,340
in 2025
Finland
104,423
in 2025
Australia rank
76th
Finland rank
78th

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Australia
  • Finland
050.0k100.0k150.0k201020172025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 116,340 against 104,423 in Finland, a difference of 11,917.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Globally, Australia ranks 76th and Finland ranks 78th of 180 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forcibly displaced people
Source
Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 3,518 data points, 2010–2025
Last refreshed

Forcibly displaced people are represented by the sum of (1) refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (2) refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), (3) asylum-seekers, (4) other people in need of international protection, and (5) internally displaced people (IDPs). Situations in which people are reported in more than one of these categories are accounted for, to the extent possible.