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
0250,000500,0001970: 8,0001975: 30,0001976: 30,0001977: 30,0001978: 30,0001979: 19,9901980: 128,0001981: 172,7101982: 36,8201983: 4,1901984: 13,6901985: 35,1501986: 53,6001987: 59,1901988: 51,1601989: 48,6301990: 49,8761991: 45,2371992: 42,2331993: 44,0131994: 44,0361995: 45,7811996: 46,4071997: 47,0571998: 47,8261999: 49,2272000: 43,6802001: 41,1862002: 58,2882003: 58,5832004: 58,8612005: 52,0422006: 35,0832007: 60,1372008: 81,0332009: 99,9502010: 104,2692011: 100,3682012: 98,9612013: 114,7442014: 264,1222015: 342,9702016: 375,4132017: 337,3822018: 380,3272019: 406,2592020: 436,3962021: 457,2692022: 473,8872023: 485,2852024: 427,7062025: 408,61319702025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1970–2025. 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.

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

YearRefugees hosted (UNHCR mandate)
2025408,613
2024427,706
2023485,285
2022473,887
2021457,269
2020436,396
2019406,259
2018380,327
2017337,382
2016375,413
2015342,970
2014264,122
2013114,744
201298,961
2011100,368
2010104,269
200999,950
200881,033
200760,137
200635,083
200552,042
200458,861
200358,583
200258,288
200141,186
200043,680
199949,227
199847,826
199747,057
199646,407
199545,781
199444,036
199344,013
199242,233
199145,237
199049,876
198948,630
198851,160
198759,190
198653,600
198535,150
198413,690
19834,190
198236,820
1981172,710
1980128,000
197919,990
197830,000
197730,000
197630,000
197530,000
19708,000

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