World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
535,168 (2025)
Earliest
1,310 (1964)
Highest
1.15403e+06 (2014)
Years reported
62
Member state
Lebanon at the United Nations
01,000,0002,000,0001964: 1,3101965: 5701966: 3,4301967: 01968: 4,5101969: 4,5101970: 01971: 3,0501972: 3,3401973: 3,8301974: 01975: 01976: 700,0001977: 700,0001978: 5,0001979: 2,9001980: 5,0001981: 3,2001982: 2,8001983: 2,9201984: 2,9201985: 4,8901986: 5,9201987: 5,9001988: 4,4201989: 4,3501990: 2,5501991: 5,2231992: 6,0121993: 1,1871994: 1,3591995: 1,8671996: 2,4081997: 3,0621998: 3,6841999: 4,1722000: 2,6722001: 2,8162002: 2,8262003: 2,5192004: 1,7532005: 1,0782006: 20,1642007: 50,3302008: 50,4132009: 50,3982010: 8,0452011: 8,9712012: 133,9132013: 856,5392014: 1,154,0292015: 1,070,8442016: 1,012,9592017: 998,8762018: 949,6532019: 916,1412020: 870,3882021: 845,8652022: 818,8612023: 788,4722024: 758,6422025: 535,16819642025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1964–2025. 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)
2025535,168
2024758,642
2023788,472
2022818,861
2021845,865
2020870,388
2019916,141
2018949,653
2017998,876
20161.01296e+06
20151.07084e+06
20141.15403e+06
2013856,539
2012133,913
20118,971
20108,045
200950,398
200850,413
200750,330
200620,164
20051,078
20041,753
20032,519
20022,826
20012,816
20002,672
19994,172
19983,684
19973,062
19962,408
19951,867
19941,359
19931,187
19926,012
19915,223
19902,550
19894,350
19884,420
19875,900
19865,920
19854,890
19842,920
19832,920
19822,800
19813,200
19805,000
19792,900
19785,000
1977700,000
1976700,000
19750
19740
19733,830
19723,340
19713,050
19700
19694,510
19684,510
19670
19663,430
1965570
19641,310

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