World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
2,655,191 (2025)
Earliest
197,000 (1960)
Highest
2,749,266 (2024)
Years reported
66
Member state
Germany at the United Nations
02,500,0005,000,0001960: 197,0001961: 190,0001962: 185,0001963: 182,0001964: 180,0001965: 180,0001966: 140,0001967: 112,0001968: 110,0001969: 113,0001970: 115,0001971: 125,0001972: 125,0001973: 125,0001974: 123,0001975: 122,0001976: 122,0001977: 120,0001978: 83,5001979: 87,0001980: 94,0001981: 100,0001982: 100,0001983: 115,0001984: 126,6001985: 475,0001986: 547,9001987: 596,2001988: 610,2001989: 628,5001990: 816,0001991: 821,5001992: 1,236,0001993: 1,418,0001994: 1,354,6001995: 1,267,9001996: 1,266,0001997: 1,049,0001998: 949,2001999: 975,5002000: 906,0002001: 903,0002002: 980,0012003: 960,3932004: 876,6142005: 699,9962006: 605,3292007: 578,8662008: 582,7192009: 593,7872010: 594,2502011: 571,6722012: 589,7352013: 187,5452014: 216,9562015: 316,0982016: 669,4682017: 970,3572018: 1,063,8352019: 1,146,6822020: 1,210,5962021: 1,255,6942022: 2,075,4452023: 2,593,0072024: 2,749,2662025: 2,655,19119602025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1960–2025. 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)
20252,655,191
20242,749,266
20232,593,007
20222,075,445
20211,255,694
20201,210,596
20191,146,682
20181,063,835
2017970,357
2016669,468
2015316,098
2014216,956
2013187,545
2012589,735
2011571,672
2010594,250
2009593,787
2008582,719
2007578,866
2006605,329
2005699,996
2004876,614
2003960,393
2002980,001
2001903,000
2000906,000
1999975,500
1998949,200
19971,049,000
19961,266,000
19951,267,900
19941,354,600
19931,418,000
19921,236,000
1991821,500
1990816,000
1989628,500
1988610,200
1987596,200
1986547,900
1985475,000
1984126,600
1983115,000
1982100,000
1981100,000
198094,000
197987,000
197883,500
1977120,000
1976122,000
1975122,000
1974123,000
1973125,000
1972125,000
1971125,000
1970115,000
1969113,000
1968110,000
1967112,000
1966140,000
1965180,000
1964180,000
1963182,000
1962185,000
1961190,000
1960197,000

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