World Development Indicators
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: India
- Most recent
- 238,643 (2025)
- Earliest
- 44,000 (1964)
- Highest
- 262,802 (1993)
- Years reported
- 56 of 62 in the span
- Member state
- India at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 56 of the 62 years between 1964 and 2025 for India. The missing 6 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 238,643 |
| 2024 | 236,763 |
| 2023 | 252,867 |
| 2022 | 242,835 |
| 2021 | 212,413 |
| 2020 | 195,373 |
| 2019 | 195,103 |
| 2018 | 195,887 |
| 2017 | 197,142 |
| 2016 | 197,848 |
| 2015 | 201,379 |
| 2014 | 199,931 |
| 2013 | 188,391 |
| 2012 | 185,644 |
| 2011 | 185,118 |
| 2010 | 184,814 |
| 2009 | 185,318 |
| 2008 | 184,539 |
| 2007 | 161,534 |
| 2006 | 158,358 |
| 2005 | 139,284 |
| 2004 | 162,683 |
| 2003 | 164,754 |
| 2002 | 168,853 |
| 2001 | 169,548 |
| 2000 | 170,940 |
| 1999 | 180,031 |
| 1998 | 185,516 |
| 1997 | 223,072 |
| 1996 | 233,371 |
| 1995 | 227,481 |
| 1994 | 258,342 |
| 1993 | 262,802 |
| 1992 | 258,372 |
| 1991 | 210,569 |
| 1990 | 212,743 |
| 1989 | 9,549 |
| 1988 | 6,645 |
| 1987 | 6,720 |
| 1986 | 6,440 |
| 1985 | 6,720 |
| 1984 | 7,200 |
| 1983 | 6,930 |
| 1982 | 5,010 |
| 1981 | 3,510 |
| 1974 | 59,900 |
| 1973 | 58,840 |
| 1972 | 57,680 |
| 1971 | 56,180 |
| 1970 | 56,500 |
| 1969 | 56,150 |
| 1968 | 55,000 |
| 1967 | 50,000 |
| 1966 | 45,000 |
| 1965 | 45,000 |
| 1964 | 44,000 |
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