World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
1,159,038 (2025)
Earliest
400,000 (1979)
Highest
3,275,715 (1989)
Years reported
47
Member state
Pakistan at the United Nations
02,500,0005,000,0001979: 400,0001980: 1,428,2301981: 2,375,3301982: 2,877,4801983: 2,901,3601984: 2,500,0001985: 2,732,4401986: 2,882,1001987: 3,159,0001988: 3,257,5771989: 3,275,7151990: 3,255,9751991: 3,099,8911992: 1,629,2181993: 1,479,2661994: 1,055,4351995: 1,202,4931996: 1,202,7031997: 1,202,7331998: 1,202,4621999: 1,202,0152000: 2,001,4602001: 2,198,7922002: 1,227,4292003: 1,124,2952004: 1,290,9802005: 1,084,6892006: 1,044,4642007: 2,035,0252008: 1,780,9352009: 1,740,7092010: 1,900,6192011: 1,702,6982012: 1,638,4522013: 1,616,5052014: 1,505,5212015: 1,561,1572016: 1,352,5512017: 1,393,1322018: 1,404,0082019: 1,419,5962020: 1,438,9402021: 1,491,0702022: 1,743,7852023: 1,988,2312024: 1,560,4802025: 1,159,03819792025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1979–2025. 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)
20251,159,038
20241,560,480
20231,988,231
20221,743,785
20211,491,070
20201,438,940
20191,419,596
20181,404,008
20171,393,132
20161,352,551
20151,561,157
20141,505,521
20131,616,505
20121,638,452
20111,702,698
20101,900,619
20091,740,709
20081,780,935
20072,035,025
20061,044,464
20051,084,689
20041,290,980
20031,124,295
20021,227,429
20012,198,792
20002,001,460
19991,202,015
19981,202,462
19971,202,733
19961,202,703
19951,202,493
19941,055,435
19931,479,266
19921,629,218
19913,099,891
19903,255,975
19893,275,715
19883,257,577
19873,159,000
19862,882,100
19852,732,440
19842,500,000
19832,901,360
19822,877,480
19812,375,330
19801,428,230
1979400,000

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