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Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: Burundi

Most recent
110,800 (2025)
Earliest
30,000 (1961)
Highest
300,302 (1994)
Years reported
65
Member state
Burundi at the United Nations
0250,000500,0001961: 30,0001962: 30,0001963: 34,0001964: 78,0001965: 65,0001966: 79,0001967: 79,0001968: 72,2001969: 46,2001970: 38,8001971: 32,9501972: 43,3901973: 49,0001974: 48,5001975: 49,5001976: 49,5001977: 50,0001978: 50,3401979: 50,4901980: 234,5601981: 234,5901982: 253,1701983: 253,8201984: 273,8101985: 267,4401986: 267,5001987: 267,5001988: 267,5001989: 267,4551990: 268,4031991: 270,1361992: 271,7451993: 271,8831994: 300,3021995: 173,0161996: 20,7341997: 22,0271998: 25,0921999: 22,1072000: 27,1332001: 27,8952002: 40,5322003: 40,9702004: 48,8072005: 20,6792006: 13,1742007: 24,4822008: 21,0922009: 24,9652010: 29,3642011: 35,6582012: 41,8112013: 45,4872014: 52,9312015: 53,3562016: 57,4622017: 62,3532018: 71,5012019: 78,4652020: 75,4612021: 81,4912022: 84,6362023: 85,2292024: 89,0752025: 110,80019612025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1961–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearRefugees hosted (UNHCR mandate)
2025110,800
202489,075
202385,229
202284,636
202181,491
202075,461
201978,465
201871,501
201762,353
201657,462
201553,356
201452,931
201345,487
201241,811
201135,658
201029,364
200924,965
200821,092
200724,482
200613,174
200520,679
200448,807
200340,970
200240,532
200127,895
200027,133
199922,107
199825,092
199722,027
199620,734
1995173,016
1994300,302
1993271,883
1992271,745
1991270,136
1990268,403
1989267,455
1988267,500
1987267,500
1986267,500
1985267,440
1984273,810
1983253,820
1982253,170
1981234,590
1980234,560
197950,490
197850,340
197750,000
197649,500
197549,500
197448,500
197349,000
197243,390
197132,950
197038,800
196946,200
196872,200
196779,000
196679,000
196565,000
196478,000
196334,000
196230,000
196130,000

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