World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
17,259 (2025)
Earliest
6,000 (1963)
Highest
90,000 (1974)
Years reported
63
Member state
Senegal at the United Nations
050,000100,0001963: 6,0001964: 30,0001965: 50,0001966: 61,4001967: 59,8701968: 57,2101969: 68,4001970: 67,0601971: 80,0001972: 82,0001973: 84,0001974: 90,0001975: 46,0001976: 38,0001977: 5,0001978: 5,0001979: 5,0001980: 5,0001981: 4,0001982: 5,2501983: 5,1401984: 5,2001985: 5,5001986: 5,5101987: 5,1801988: 5,2031989: 53,3451990: 58,1131991: 71,9081992: 71,6201993: 73,0011994: 72,9941995: 66,7621996: 65,0421997: 57,2201998: 60,8221999: 21,5372000: 20,7622001: 20,7032002: 20,7062003: 20,7222004: 20,8022005: 20,7062006: 20,5872007: 20,4172008: 33,1892009: 22,1432010: 20,6702011: 20,6402012: 14,2292013: 14,2412014: 14,2672015: 14,3832016: 14,5752017: 14,6462018: 14,3592019: 14,4672020: 14,3612021: 14,4792022: 11,8022023: 11,8562024: 11,8362025: 17,25919632025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1963–2025. 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)
202517,259
202411,836
202311,856
202211,802
202114,479
202014,361
201914,467
201814,359
201714,646
201614,575
201514,383
201414,267
201314,241
201214,229
201120,640
201020,670
200922,143
200833,189
200720,417
200620,587
200520,706
200420,802
200320,722
200220,706
200120,703
200020,762
199921,537
199860,822
199757,220
199665,042
199566,762
199472,994
199373,001
199271,620
199171,908
199058,113
198953,345
19885,203
19875,180
19865,510
19855,500
19845,200
19835,140
19825,250
19814,000
19805,000
19795,000
19785,000
19775,000
197638,000
197546,000
197490,000
197384,000
197282,000
197180,000
197067,060
196968,400
196857,210
196759,870
196661,400
196550,000
196430,000
19636,000

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