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

Most recent
19,613 (2025)
Earliest
7,000 (1964)
Highest
132,432 (2002)
Years reported
62
Member state
Nepal at the United Nations
0100,000200,0001964: 7,0001965: 7,0001966: 7,0001967: 7,1801968: 7,7301969: 7,9901970: 8,0601971: 7,9301972: 8,0001973: 8,0001974: 8,1001975: 8,2001976: 8,3001977: 8,4001978: 8,5001979: 8,6001980: 8,7001981: 8,8001982: 9,8001983: 10,8001984: 11,8001985: 12,8001986: 13,8001987: 14,8001988: 15,8001989: 16,8501990: 17,8001991: 28,3191992: 95,2511993: 105,3441994: 123,2701995: 124,7511996: 126,8141997: 129,1581998: 126,1041999: 127,9422000: 129,2342001: 130,9452002: 132,4322003: 123,6622004: 124,9202005: 126,4322006: 128,1722007: 130,6782008: 124,8262009: 108,4572010: 89,8042011: 72,6512012: 56,2632013: 46,3032014: 38,4902015: 32,6692016: 25,2492017: 21,4672018: 20,8042019: 19,5702020: 19,5552021: 19,5742022: 19,5602023: 19,5822024: 19,5982025: 19,61319642025
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)
202519,613
202419,598
202319,582
202219,560
202119,574
202019,555
201919,570
201820,804
201721,467
201625,249
201532,669
201438,490
201346,303
201256,263
201172,651
201089,804
2009108,457
2008124,826
2007130,678
2006128,172
2005126,432
2004124,920
2003123,662
2002132,432
2001130,945
2000129,234
1999127,942
1998126,104
1997129,158
1996126,814
1995124,751
1994123,270
1993105,344
199295,251
199128,319
199017,800
198916,850
198815,800
198714,800
198613,800
198512,800
198411,800
198310,800
19829,800
19818,800
19808,700
19798,600
19788,500
19778,400
19768,300
19758,200
19748,100
19738,000
19728,000
19717,930
19708,060
19697,990
19687,730
19677,180
19667,000
19657,000
19647,000

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