Where are Syria’s refugees going?

= 1,000 Syrians

After four years of conflict, about half of Syria's population of 22 million has been driven from their homes.

More than 4 million have fled the country.

More than 7.6 million have been displaced within Syria's borders.

Where are they heading?

The majority of those fleeing Syria are being sheltered in neighboring countries such as Turkey and Lebanon. From there, many are embarking on dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean to reach Europe. According to the International Organization for Migration, Greece and Italy are the landing points for 99% of them, but most don't stay.

Number of Syrian migrants who arrived in Italy and Greece in 2015:

Greece:

175,375

Italy:

6,710

(As of Aug. 31, 2015)

Germany

Hungary

Austria

France

Romania

Italy

Serbia

Bulgaria

Macedonia

Greece

Turkey

Syria

Lebanon

Tunisia

Mediterranean Sea

Iraq

Libya

Jordan

Egypt

Where are Syria's refugees and asylum seekers?

The number of Syrians arriving in Europe has exploded in the past year. By the end of July, there were more than 4 million Syrian refugees and asylum seekers in the Middle East, Europe and beyond.

Worldwide total

Registered refugees

Asylum applicants

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Here's how the number of refugees and asylum seekers has grown since the end of 2011:

December 2011 - worldwide total:

0 registered refugees

7494 asylum seekers

December 2012 - worldwide total:

497,965 registered refugees

39,387 asylum seekers

December 2013 - worldwide total:

2,284,529 registered refugees

103,205 asylum seekers

December 2014 - worldwide total:

3,693,946 registered refugees

249,100 asylum seekers

July 2015 - worldwide total:

4,015,257 registered refugees

376,355 asylum seekers

Which European countries have received the most asylum requests from Syrians?

Wealthier European countries such as Sweden, Germany and Austria, which have been some of the most welcoming, are the favored destination of most of the refugees. Germany has said it will accept as many as 800,000 refugees this year, many of whom are expected to be Syrians. Britain and France recently pledged to increase the number of refugees they will accept to a combined total of 44,000.

Cumulative asylum applications between April 2011 and August 2015:

Through Aug. 2015:

108,897

Germany

77,196

Serbia and Kosovo

64,685

Sweden

54,125

Hungary

20,946

Austria

15,254

Netherlands

15,197

Bulgaria

12,277

Denmark

8,683

Switzerland

7,196

united kingdom

6,895

France

6,334

Belgium

Note: A growing number of Syrians registered as refugees in the Middle East and North Africa are now seeking asylum elsewhere. So there is likely to be duplication in the refugee and asylum figures presented here.

Additional reporting by Times staff writers Alexandra Zavis and Patrick J. McDonnell

Sources: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Organization for Migration, State Department, World Bank