World Development Indicators
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: Iran
- Most recent
- 770,514 (2025)
- Earliest
- 2,000 (1962)
- Highest
- 4,404,995 (1991)
- Years reported
- 51 of 64 in the span
- Member state
- Iran at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 51 of the 64 years between 1962 and 2025 for Iran. The missing 13 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 770,514 |
| 2024 | 3,489,257 |
| 2023 | 3,764,517 |
| 2022 | 3,425,091 |
| 2021 | 798,343 |
| 2020 | 800,025 |
| 2019 | 979,435 |
| 2018 | 979,435 |
| 2017 | 979,435 |
| 2016 | 979,435 |
| 2015 | 979,435 |
| 2014 | 982,025 |
| 2013 | 857,352 |
| 2012 | 868,239 |
| 2011 | 886,465 |
| 2010 | 1,073,363 |
| 2009 | 1,070,483 |
| 2008 | 980,104 |
| 2007 | 963,544 |
| 2006 | 968,368 |
| 2005 | 974,301 |
| 2004 | 1,045,975 |
| 2003 | 984,895 |
| 2002 | 1,306,599 |
| 2001 | 1,868,000 |
| 2000 | 1,868,000 |
| 1999 | 1,835,688 |
| 1998 | 1,931,332 |
| 1997 | 1,982,553 |
| 1996 | 2,030,359 |
| 1995 | 2,071,988 |
| 1994 | 2,236,350 |
| 1993 | 2,495,038 |
| 1992 | 4,150,723 |
| 1991 | 4,404,995 |
| 1990 | 4,174,401 |
| 1989 | 2,850,000 |
| 1988 | 2,850,000 |
| 1987 | 2,760,000 |
| 1986 | 2,590,000 |
| 1985 | 2,300,000 |
| 1984 | 2,000,000 |
| 1983 | 1,900,060 |
| 1982 | 1,700,060 |
| 1981 | 1,565,000 |
| 1980 | 330,000 |
| 1979 | 130,100 |
| 1969 | 300 |
| 1968 | 300 |
| 1963 | 1,500 |
| 1962 | 2,000 |
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