Refugee Population

Name: Ghana Refugee Population
Creator: UNHCR, via HDX

Forcibly displaced and stateless people in Ghana at each year end, by country of origin and population type — refugees, asylum seekers, returnees and others of concern. Sourced from UNHCR, via HDX (CC BY-IGO). 1329 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · covers 1961 to 2025listing updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵29.001,329 recordsGeography

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
year	INTEGER
country_of_origin_code	TEXT
country_of_asylum_code	TEXT
country_of_origin_name	TEXT
country_of_asylum_name	TEXT
refugees	INTEGER
asylum_seekers	INTEGER
other_people_in_need_of_international_protection	INTEGER
internally_displaced_persons	INTEGER
stateless_persons	INTEGER
others_of_concern_to_unhcr	INTEGER
host_community	INTEGER
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Refugee Population
yearINTEGER	country of origin codeTEXT	country of asylum codeTEXT	country of origin nameTEXT	country of asylum nameTEXT	refugeesINTEGER	sourceTEXT
1961	GHA	TGO	Ghana	Togo	5000	UNHCR, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
1962	GHA	TGO	Ghana	Togo	5000	UNHCR, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
1963	GHA	TGO	Ghana	Togo	5000	UNHCR, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
1964	GHA	TGO	Ghana	Togo	5000	UNHCR, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
1965	GHA	TGO	Ghana	Togo	5000	UNHCR, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

yearINTEGER	country of origin codeTEXT	country of asylum codeTEXT	country of origin nameTEXT	country of asylum nameTEXT	refugeesINTEGER	asylum seekersINTEGER	other people in need of international protectionINTEGER	internally displaced personsINTEGER	stateless personsINTEGER	others of concern to unhcrINTEGER	host communityINTEGER	sourceTEXT
10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	example-source-1
20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	example-source-2
30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	example-source-3
40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	example-source-4
50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	example-source-5
60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	example-source-6
70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	example-source-7
80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/refugee_population

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: 1961 to 2025
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: UNHCR, via HDX

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (UNHCR, via HDX). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 1961 to 2025; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Refugee population (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from UNHCR, via HDX]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/refugee-population

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/refugee_population?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/refugee_population?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/refugee_population",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
year	INTEGER
country_of_origin_code	TEXT
country_of_asylum_code	TEXT
country_of_origin_name	TEXT
country_of_asylum_name	TEXT
refugees	INTEGER
asylum_seekers	INTEGER
other_people_in_need_of_international_protection	INTEGER
internally_displaced_persons	INTEGER
stateless_persons	INTEGER
others_of_concern_to_unhcr	INTEGER
host_community	INTEGER
source	TEXT

yearINTEGER

country of origin codeTEXT

country of asylum codeTEXT

country of origin nameTEXT

country of asylum nameTEXT

refugeesINTEGER

asylum seekersINTEGER

other people in need of international protectionINTEGER

internally displaced personsINTEGER

stateless personsINTEGER

others of concern to unhcrINTEGER

host communityINTEGER

sourceTEXT

1961

GHA

TGO

Ghana

Togo

5000

UNHCR, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

1962

GHA

TGO

Ghana

Togo

5000

UNHCR, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

1963

GHA

TGO

Ghana

Togo

5000

UNHCR, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

1964

GHA

TGO

Ghana

Togo

5000

UNHCR, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

1965

GHA

TGO

Ghana

Togo

5000

UNHCR, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

yearINTEGER

country of origin codeTEXT

country of asylum codeTEXT

country of origin nameTEXT

country of asylum nameTEXT

refugeesINTEGER

asylum seekersINTEGER

other people in need of international protectionINTEGER

internally displaced personsINTEGER

stateless personsINTEGER

others of concern to unhcrINTEGER

host communityINTEGER

sourceTEXT

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How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Refugee population (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from UNHCR, via HDX]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/refugee-population

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/refugee_population?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/refugee_population?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/refugee_population",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]