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Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Most recent
503,732 (2025)
Earliest
150,000 (1960)
Highest
1.72436e+06 (1994)
Years reported
66
Member state
Democratic Republic of the Congo at the United Nations
01,000,0002,000,0001960: 150,0001961: 203,0001962: 223,0001963: 237,0001964: 236,0001965: 265,0001966: 357,1001967: 434,1001968: 475,4001969: 496,3001970: 489,0001971: 474,2501972: 495,2501973: 460,0501974: 503,2501975: 510,0001976: 515,0001977: 530,3001978: 653,0001979: 710,4801980: 611,1101981: 576,7401982: 497,6001983: 303,5001984: 337,3301985: 283,0001986: 301,2301987: 320,0001988: 340,6751989: 340,6891990: 416,4351991: 482,9591992: 391,1271993: 572,0701994: 1,724,3651995: 1,433,7601996: 675,9721997: 297,5361998: 240,2141999: 285,2702000: 332,5092001: 362,0142002: 332,9782003: 234,0332004: 199,3232005: 204,3412006: 208,3712007: 177,3902008: 155,1622009: 185,8092010: 166,3332011: 152,7482012: 65,1062013: 113,3572014: 119,7522015: 383,0952016: 451,9572017: 537,0892018: 529,0652019: 523,7332020: 490,2432021: 524,1482022: 520,5442023: 523,3922024: 517,4042025: 503,73219602025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1960–2025. 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)
2025503,732
2024517,404
2023523,392
2022520,544
2021524,148
2020490,243
2019523,733
2018529,065
2017537,089
2016451,957
2015383,095
2014119,752
2013113,357
201265,106
2011152,748
2010166,333
2009185,809
2008155,162
2007177,390
2006208,371
2005204,341
2004199,323
2003234,033
2002332,978
2001362,014
2000332,509
1999285,270
1998240,214
1997297,536
1996675,972
19951.43376e+06
19941.72436e+06
1993572,070
1992391,127
1991482,959
1990416,435
1989340,689
1988340,675
1987320,000
1986301,230
1985283,000
1984337,330
1983303,500
1982497,600
1981576,740
1980611,110
1979710,480
1978653,000
1977530,300
1976515,000
1975510,000
1974503,250
1973460,050
1972495,250
1971474,250
1970489,000
1969496,300
1968475,400
1967434,100
1966357,100
1965265,000
1964236,000
1963237,000
1962223,000
1961203,000
1960150,000

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