Global Leader on Statistics on Refugees Trends at a Glance 2015 in Review Global forced displacement has increased in 2015, with record-high numbers. By the end of the year, 65.3 million individuals were forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence, or human rights violations. This is 5.8 million more than the previous year (59.5 million). 65.3 million forcibly displaced worldwide 21.3 million persons were refugees If these 65.3 million persons were a nation, they would make up the 21st largest in the world. 16.1 million under UNHCR’s mandate 5.2 million Palestinian refugees registered by UNRWA 40.8 million internally displaced persons1 3.2 million asylum-seekers 12.4 million 24 An estimated 12.4 million people were newly displaced due to conflict or persecution in 2015. This included 8.6 million individuals displaced2 within the borders of their own country and 1.8 million newly displaced refugees.3 The others were new applicants for asylum. 3.7 02 per cent Developing regions hosted 86 per cent of the world’s refugees under UNHCR’s mandate. At 13.9 million people, this was the highest figure in more than two decades. The Least Developed Countries provided asylum to 4.2 million refugees or about 26 per cent of the global total. million PERSONS EVERY MINUTE UNHCR estimates that at least 10 million people globally were stateless at the end of 2015. However, data recorded by governments and communicated to UNHCR were limited to 3.7 million stateless individuals in 78 countries. On average 24 people worldwide were displaced from their homes every minute of every day during 2015 – some 34,000 people per day. This compares to 30 per minute in 2014 and 6 per minute in 2005. 1 Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). 2 Ibid. 3 The number of newly displaced refugees does not include applications for asylum whose refugee status has yet to be determined UNHCR Global Trends 2015 86 183/1000 REFUGEEs / INHABITANTS Lebanon hosted the largest number of refugees in relation to its national population, with 183 refugees per 1,000 inhabitants. Jordan (87) and Nauru (50) ranked second and third, respectively.