Number of refugees in Uganda 2022, by country of origin
largest refugee populations worldwide.
As of June 2022, Uganda hosted over 1.5 million refugees. Of the total, around 60 percent came from neighboring South Sudan. The Democratic Republic of the Congo ranked as the second leading origin of refugees living in Uganda. Approximately 440,400 Congolese citizens have searched for asylum in the bordering country so far. Uganda houses the highest number of individuals forcibly displaced in Africa as well as some of the