World Development Indicators
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: Cameroon
- Most recent
- 408,613 (2025)
- Earliest
- 8,000 (1970)
- Highest
- 485,285 (2023)
- Years reported
- 52 of 56 in the span
- Member state
- Cameroon at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 52 of the 56 years between 1970 and 2025 for Cameroon. The missing 4 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 408,613 |
| 2024 | 427,706 |
| 2023 | 485,285 |
| 2022 | 473,887 |
| 2021 | 457,269 |
| 2020 | 436,396 |
| 2019 | 406,259 |
| 2018 | 380,327 |
| 2017 | 337,382 |
| 2016 | 375,413 |
| 2015 | 342,970 |
| 2014 | 264,122 |
| 2013 | 114,744 |
| 2012 | 98,961 |
| 2011 | 100,368 |
| 2010 | 104,269 |
| 2009 | 99,950 |
| 2008 | 81,033 |
| 2007 | 60,137 |
| 2006 | 35,083 |
| 2005 | 52,042 |
| 2004 | 58,861 |
| 2003 | 58,583 |
| 2002 | 58,288 |
| 2001 | 41,186 |
| 2000 | 43,680 |
| 1999 | 49,227 |
| 1998 | 47,826 |
| 1997 | 47,057 |
| 1996 | 46,407 |
| 1995 | 45,781 |
| 1994 | 44,036 |
| 1993 | 44,013 |
| 1992 | 42,233 |
| 1991 | 45,237 |
| 1990 | 49,876 |
| 1989 | 48,630 |
| 1988 | 51,160 |
| 1987 | 59,190 |
| 1986 | 53,600 |
| 1985 | 35,150 |
| 1984 | 13,690 |
| 1983 | 4,190 |
| 1982 | 36,820 |
| 1981 | 172,710 |
| 1980 | 128,000 |
| 1979 | 19,990 |
| 1978 | 30,000 |
| 1977 | 30,000 |
| 1976 | 30,000 |
| 1975 | 30,000 |
| 1970 | 8,000 |
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