World Development Indicators
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: Australia
- Most recent
- 33,415 (2025)
- Earliest
- 40,000 (1965)
- Highest
- 317,000 (1981)
- Years reported
- 54 of 61 in the span
- Member state
- Australia at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 54 of the 61 years between 1965 and 2025 for Australia. The missing 7 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 33,415 |
| 2024 | 29,511 |
| 2023 | 34,502 |
| 2022 | 54,430 |
| 2021 | 55,606 |
| 2020 | 57,411 |
| 2019 | 58,529 |
| 2018 | 56,934 |
| 2017 | 48,480 |
| 2016 | 42,187 |
| 2015 | 36,917 |
| 2014 | 35,565 |
| 2013 | 34,485 |
| 2012 | 30,061 |
| 2011 | 23,423 |
| 2010 | 21,790 |
| 2009 | 22,543 |
| 2008 | 20,915 |
| 2007 | 22,161 |
| 2006 | 68,942 |
| 2005 | 64,955 |
| 2004 | 63,478 |
| 2003 | 56,242 |
| 2002 | 59,422 |
| 2001 | 57,885 |
| 2000 | 60,219 |
| 1999 | 64,879 |
| 1998 | 69,714 |
| 1997 | 66,056 |
| 1996 | 67,298 |
| 1995 | 62,145 |
| 1994 | 57,575 |
| 1993 | 53,505 |
| 1992 | 52,604 |
| 1991 | 53,117 |
| 1990 | 97,915 |
| 1989 | 97,915 |
| 1988 | 90,970 |
| 1987 | 87,600 |
| 1986 | 85,900 |
| 1985 | 89,000 |
| 1984 | 89,000 |
| 1983 | 317,000 |
| 1982 | 317,000 |
| 1981 | 317,000 |
| 1980 | 304,000 |
| 1979 | 304,000 |
| 1978 | 304,000 |
| 1970 | 42,000 |
| 1969 | 42,000 |
| 1968 | 43,000 |
| 1967 | 44,000 |
| 1966 | 40,000 |
| 1965 | 40,000 |
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